A Black student was slapped, then he got punished, alleges new Davis School District lawsuit

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A woman filed suit against the district, alleging intentional discrimination against her son and faulting the district with declining to improve the atmosphere of harassment that she said Black students face daily — which she says the district knew about.

The predominantly white northern Utah school districtBut Sieger alleges that nothing has changed.

The filing doesn’t name the school at the center of its allegations. But the three employees listed as defendants appear on North Layton Junior High’s staff rosters. The first came in May 2019, before the DOJ report was released but while federal investigators were looking into concerns. It involved reports thatThe family of Izzy Tichenor has also said that they are considering suing Davis School District after

Black students reported that teachers often witnessed harassment but ignored it. Sometimes, too, the DOJ findings noted,Sieger’s attorney, Aaron Bergman, declined to comment. But the filing states that same treatment from staff happened to S.S. She searched his backpack. Nothing was found, the lawsuit states, and S.S. and Sieger demanded to know why he was accused of having the illegal substances. They believe it was because he is Black.

Sieger said the administrator, though, continues to watch her son closely as he walks in the hallways. She said her son feels “even more uncomfortable and threatened,” according to the complaint.

 

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Any person, any race, touching a girl without her consent deserves to be slapped. It's racist to pretend Black kids can't understand this.

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