Black high school football player allegedly attacked with noose
By Des Bieler and Cindy Boren
October 25 at 8:11 AM
A Mississippi NAACP official is calling for a federal hate crime investigation into an incident in which he said a noose was placed around the neck of a black high school football player and “yanked backward” ...
“No child should be walking down the hall or in a locker room and be accosted with a noose around their neck,” Johnson said at a news conference that included the parents of the Wiggins, Miss., player. “This is 2016, not 1916. This is America. This is a place where children should go to school and feel safe in their environment” ...
The alleged victim was not physically hurt but was “terrified,” Johnson said ... In a statement released Monday evening, Stone County Superintendent Inita Owen said: “I will not comment on this matter at this time, nor will I address a matter of student discipline in the press. I can assure everyone that the Stone County School District takes all matters involving students very seriously and will do everything within its power to make sure that all policies and procedures were adhered to and that all of its students have a safe place to receive an education.”
Carissa Bolden of Wiggins, the mother of a middle school student, attended the NAACP news conference and said white students have been displaying the Mississippi flag from their vehicles. In use since 1894, the flag has the Confederate battle emblem in the corner. Bolden believes the flag and the noose incident are related ...
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