An Oregon school bus driver has been suspended for refusing to remove a Confederate flag from his personal vehicle.

The Mail Tribune reports that 28-year-old Ken Webber of Medford says he's worked for four years at First Student School Bus Transportation Services, a contractor for the Phoenix-Talent School District in the Medford area.

Webber says he began displaying the Confederate flag in the bed of his pickup truck a year and a half ago, after his father gave it to him as a birthday gift.

A spokeswoman for the school bus company says Webber was asked to remove the flag because it violates school district policy.

Webber says his suspension violates his free speech rights and he plans to hire an attorney.

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Information from: Mail Tribune, http://www.mailtribune.com/