Tinker vs. Des Moines My representation is the defense of Des Moines, Iowa. 1. On a cold, brisk December morning in 1965 five students, and their parents of Des Moines high school made an extremely poor decision by wearing dark, filthy black, inappropriate material representing non- existent peace in a thriving nation. Earlier that week the principal of the high school warned the students and the parents that the armbands would create a nuisance and disrupt the learning environment making the educational atmosphere discontent. They wore the armbands anyway and when they refused to take off the bands they w