{"id":6560,"date":"2025-01-03T19:42:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=6560"},"modified":"2025-01-05T19:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T19:46:07","slug":"black-student-brutally-attacked-because-of-race-claims-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=6560","title":{"rendered":"Black Student Brutally Attacked Because of Race, Claims Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By <\/span>California Black Media<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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By Solomon O. Smith\/California Black Media<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A distraught mother and her legal team announced a $10 million lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on Dec. 16, alleging that her son was the target of bullying because of his race.<\/p>\n

\u201cCS DOE is a 14-year-old African American student at Verdugo High School. He is a Ninth Grader,\u201d reads a statement the plaintiff\u2019s attorneys shared with California Black Media (CBM).<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost from the first day of class (in August 2024), CS DOE was targeted by Latino students who called him racial slurs, physically attacked him and threatened to stab him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s identity has not yet been released to the public due to safety concerns, according to their attorneys Bradley C. Gage and Caree Harper. The student\u2019s mother is identified only as A.O. in the complaint.<\/p>\n

Punched and Kicked<\/h2>\n

The first video, filmed in August, showed several non-Black students punching and kicking a Black student in a bathroom on campus while yelling racial slurs. The mother claims that the students who attacked her son were not punished, and the administration asked her to move her son to another school for his safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey wanted him to leave the school without giving any disciplinary action towards those students,\u201d said the student\u2019s mother. \u201cHe\u2019s not going anywhere. He\u2019s going to finish. I wanted him to at least stay until the December winter break, and then I was going to transfer schools for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before she could enroll her son in a different school the attacks escalated.<\/p>\n

In December, a second altercation, on a video shared with news media, showed 4 to 6 boys attacking a Black student and using racial slurs. The video also shows a person in a safety vest trying to stop the fight and telling them to \u201chandle it after school.\u201d Then, the video ends.<\/p>\n

Stabbing<\/h2>\n

CS DOE, a14-year-old freshman, left the school but was followed by a car, according to Gage. Several individuals exited the vehicle, one with a \u201clarge butcher knife.\u201d A fight ensued and two people were stabbed. The Black student was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon but was later released into his mother\u2019s custody.<\/p>\n

Harper, who is handling the criminal charges, expressed frustration with the school and the District Attorney\u2019s office. She criticized newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney, Nathan J. Hoffman, for charging a 14-year-old for \u201cdefending his life\u201d while reconsidering the\u00a0resentencing of Eric and Lyle Menendez,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0brothers who were convicted of murdering their parents in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

The high school freshmen is scheduled to appear in juvenile court on Feb. 1, but Harper says she will reach out to the District Attorney and make the case against charging the young man.<\/p>\n

Traumatized<\/h2>\n

\u201cHis mama had to go find him because he was hiding and fleeing for his very life,\u201d said Harper. \u201cSo, we want to have a conversation with the new district attorney, who will hopefully see it as Bradley and I see it: this was a man who was defending his life against certain death.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the boy\u2019s mother, the young student is still traumatized and has not been able to return to the area because it remains unsafe. Racial slurs have also been spray painted on their home.<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s mother says that it has been difficult being separated and that her son has been scarred by the incident.<\/p>\n

Hate Crime<\/h2>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sad. I\u2019m devastated, you know,\u201d said the mother. \u201cI still feel like they\u2019re after him. I still feel like they can kill him, possibly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The LAUSD and principal of Verdugo High School did not respond to CBM\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n

If you are \u2013 or someone you know is \u2013 has experienced a hate crime or hate incident, please visit CAvsHate.org for more information and to find out what you can do about it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: Published without changes from Ethnic Media Services<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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