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Dallas School District Issues Apology After Assignment Listed Kenosha Shooter as 'Hero for the Modern Age'

If I’ve learned anything during my time in this job, it’s that white people really be fucking trying it. Take for instance a school in Dallas, Texas, where a teacher listed Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse as a possible hero for students to write about. NBC News reports that the Dallas Independent School district issued an…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

September 17, 2020
Education, News

Dallas High School Cuts Off Valedictorian’s Mic After She Mentions Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice in Graduation Speech

Principal Temesghen Asmerom described it as a “technical difficulty” to the students, staff, and family members who had gathered together for the Emmett J. Conrad High School graduation in Dallas last Saturday. But a video, which has now gone viral, appears to tell another story. Just after valedictorian Rooha Haghar mentions “Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

June 7, 2019
Dallas School Police Officer Put on Administrative Leave After Slamming 12-Year-Old Girl to the Ground, Breaking Her Clavicle: Report

A Dallas Independent School District police officer has been placed on administrative leave after being seen on video picking up a sixth-grade student and slamming her to the ground, injuring the girl, authorities say. “Her clavicle is fractured,” Alma Valadez, the mother of 12-year-old Mariana Benton, told CBS DFW. In video shared across social media,…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

May 18, 2017