A few months ago, Darnell "Dynasty" Young was expelled for bringing a stun gun to school. His reason for having the stun gun was to protect himself from bullies. Now, he and his family are suing Indianapolis Public Schools for no stopping the bulling and attacks.
Here's more:
The Indianapolis Star reports that the suit alleges bullies used homophobic slurs, spat at Young and threw rocks and glass bottles at him, but that school administrators blamed Young, who carried his mother's purses and wore her jewelry to school.Another interesting piece is the expulsion procedures. According to sources, Darnell was told to "dress and behave in a manner that conformed to Principal Yarrell's notion of appropriate masculinity" to avoid expulsion.
"Rather than take effective measures to protect him, school staff told him that he was to blame for the harassment because of his appearance and told him to change his dress and behavior to conform to stereotypical ideas of masculinity and to be less 'flamboyant,'" the suit says.
The family's attorneys claim in the suit that the district violated Young's civil rights and the U.S. Constitution because, among other things, it discriminated against him based on his sexual orientation and it tried to get him to change the way he dressed, a violation of his First Amendment right to freedom of expression.
The school district, the School Board, Superintendent Eugene White, Tech Principal Larry Yarrell and Assistant Principal Debra Barlowe are named as defendants.
District spokesman John Althardt said Friday the district's attorneys would "review the information and we will respond accordingly," but he would not comment further.
If that was the cast, then the Principal may be looking for a new job. I will keep y'all posted on this lawsuit.
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THAT PRINCIPAL NEEDS HIS ASS WHOOPED! HE BETTER NOT BE BLACK! SOMEONE GOOGLE HIS NAME!
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