Colorado elementary teacher kicks student, 12, out of class for wearing a 'Don't Tread On Me' Gadsden flag - as Gov. Jared Polis slams her claim it's linked to slavery

 Footage shows Jaiden, 12, and his mother talking to an administrator from The Vanguard School who claimed that the flag had 'origins with slavery.' The staffer claims that the patch was 'disruptive to the classroom environment.' He was told that the patch, which has 'Don't Tread on Me' emblazoned on it along with a rattlesnake, was against the district's policy and he was not allowed to go back to class without removing it. The pupil was told by the administrator: 'So the reason that they do not want the flag - the reason we do not want the flag displayed - is due to its origins with slavery, and the slave trade. But the child was backed up by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, (bottom right) who weighed in on the issue, denying that the flag was racist, instead claiming it was a 'great teaching moment'.