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School Resource Officer Fired After Video Surfaces of 11-Year-Old Being Body Slammed: ‘This Should Never Have Happened’
On Monday, I had the misfortune of reporting about a Vance County, N.C., school resource officer who was put on paid leave after picking up and slamming an 11-year-old student into the ground—twice. Thankfully, Christmas came early, and the same sheriff’s deputy who deserves to get stomped out by every parent in America for brutally…
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School Resource Officer Placed on Leave After Video Surfaces of 11-Year-Old Being Dragged, Body Slammed
School resource officers are hired to help provide a safe learning environment in schools throughout the country, not drag and body slam 11-year-old students like this: As a result, CNN reports that authorities are investigating the assault captured by surveillance video at Vance County Middle School in Vance County, N.C. The officer’s name has not…
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NY High School Pulls the Plug on Tarzan Production Amid Concerns That Students Would Be Cast as Apes
Amid concerns of racial insensitivity, a New York high school has pulled the plug on its upcoming production of Disney’s Tarzan. The Rockland/Westchester Journal-News reports that the drama club at Alexander Hamilton High School was prepared to kick off auditions for their Tarzan adaptation on Dec. 4, but those plans came to a screeching halt…
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NFL Superstar and Super Bowl Champ Richard Sherman Pays Off School’s Cafeteria Debt
Richard Sherman was already Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl superstar but now the NFL baller is a superhero for young students who’ve had trouble paying for meals at school. The San Francisco 49ers cornerback wrote out a personal check worth $7,491.27 to clear Cabrillo Middle School in Santa Clara’s outstanding cafeteria bill. “On Saturday, November 23rd,…
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The Noose Is Loose: Racist Symbol Found Inside Auburn University’s Dormitory
Nina Simone opened her banned 1964 song “Mississippi, Goddamn” with the line: “Alabama’s got me so upset…” And 55 years later, it still rings true. Racism in the heart of Dixie continues to rear its ugly head. A noose was discovered in a dormitory at the Yellowhammer State’s beloved Auburn University, reports the Associated Press.…
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At Colorado State University, White Students Not Punished for Blackface Selfie Celebrating Black Panther
Stupid is as stupid does. One of several white Colorado State University students who were pictured wearing blackface striking a pose from Marvel’s billion-dollar-plus blockbuster Black Panther said her actions were stupid but not racist. Yes, in 2019, some of your Caucasian brethren still think it’s fun to simulate temporary dark-skinned tones—and take photos doing…
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Texas School District Faces Lawsuit After Staffers Fill in Black Student’s Hair With a Sharpie: ‘That’s Assault’
If ever there was a perfect justification for throwing hands, it’s the discovery that staffers at your 7th grader’s middle school filled in his fade with a Sharpie. Thankfully, however, cooler heads prevailed, and instead of snatching the soul out of the offending party’s chests, a federal civil rights lawsuit was filed instead. From Yahoo:…
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Pittsburgh School District Under Fire After Active Shooting Drill Gunman Wears Arabic Garb
The Penn-Trafford School District is in deep shit after their active shooting drill training video hit the Internet, featuring the “shooter” adorned in traditional Arabic garb. “To stereotype the shooter is appalling given the data on active shooters and the recent shootings at the Tree of Life and Christ Church,” Elaine Linn, board secretary of…
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Free Smoke: Mom Invites 'Any Mom, Any Sister' to 'Catch These Hands' After Daughter Is Bullied at School
Here’s a long list of people you should never fuck with: 1. Black mothers. 2. Their kids. Unfortunately, some students at Niguel Hills Middle School in Orange County, Calif., decided to do exactly that and almost lost life and limb in the process. Because when Christian Tinsley found out her daughter was being bullied and…
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Fifth-Grader Dead Days After School Fight Left Her Unresponsive, Family Says
Authorities in Walterboro, S.C., are demanding answers after Raniya Wright, a fifth-grader at Forest Hills Elementary, died Wednesday after a school fight earlier in the week. Wright, 10, had been unresponsive and in critical condition since Monday, family told ABC affiliate WCIV. The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office found Wright unconscious in the nurse’s office after…