U.S. launches probe of alleged civil rights violations at Boston school
Source: Reuters
U.S. launches probe of alleged civil rights violations at Boston school
Reuters
5 hours ago
BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts on Thursday launched a civil rights investigation into the elite Boston Latin School after black students charged that its administration ignored incidents of racism on campus.
The oldest U.S. high school has been under a harsh spotlight for the past few weeks after black students reported that school officials failed to investigate alleged instances of racial insults, including one case in which a student threatened to lynch a black classmate.
Eight civil rights organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and the Boston branch of the NAACP last week called on U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz to open a probe into the alleged instances of racism.
"We will conduct a thorough investigation into the recent complaints about racism at BLS and will go where the facts lead us," Ortiz said on Thursday.
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