India, June 5 -- Tonja Luken, a teacher at Middlebury Community Schools in Indiana, has become the center of a social media firestorm due to her alleged actions during a school trip to Washington, DC. Luken is facing intense criticism for reportedly wearing a shirt with the number '8647' in front of the White House, which many interpret as a coded call for violence against President Donald Trump.

Middlebury Community Schools issued a statement amid the controversy. The school district said it 'owns policies that require teachers to refrain from using their position to promote partisan political views'.

"This prohibition applies to all teachers, regardless of their political leanings, and to every partisan political message, regardless o...