Black student reportedly tased by group of teens dressed in KKK robes

By Biba Adams, The Grio

“Texas teen says he was attacked with a stun gun on Halloween by some Woodsboro High School classmates wearing Ku Klux Klan costumes.

…“For you to dress up as a Klansman, you have a specific intent of terrorizing,” Manning said, per AP. “That’s not an accident. That’s not kids being kids. That’s not boys being boys. That’s not hazing or high school hijinks. High school hijinks are egging somebody’s house, not dressing up as a Klansman and Tasing them.”…

According to the report, Manning did not identify the race of the robed teens. However, a local NAACP chapter president, Jeremy Lane Coleman, is calling the attack a hate crime. 

Per Newsweek, Manning added, “I think it’s really important to discuss the historical context — the Klan is a particularly evocative terror group for Black Americans.” The attorney is demanding action from law enforcement and the local school district…

“While we are deeply disappointed that any of our students might find this type of behavior acceptable, the district cannot discipline students for this type of conduct when it occurs off-campus,” Superintendent Ronald D. Segers Jr. wrote in a statement.

“Woodsboro ISD counselors are available to speak with any student who has been impacted by this event,” he maintained. “The district will continue to strictly enforce its anti-discrimination policy to the fullest extent permitted by the law and the Student Code of Conduct.”

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