Students, Faculty, and the Law Enforcement on the Campus of an HBCU [Engling out in handcuffs]: Response to a Case Study

The use of law enforcement on the campus of the historically Black university has been addressed in the wake of a viral video showing a student being arrested after a dispute with a professor.

The student and teacher were not mentioned by the school, which is an HBCU.

Police were not called by the professor in the video, according to Gingles, but by another faculty member “only after their de-escalation efforts failed.”

The student continues, saying, “You’re the worst teacher ever. I will not apologize, so you take me out in handcuffs? You started yelling at me because I wouldn’t apologize. You tried to make me feel bad about the paper.

“We understand that the weaponization of police is a prevalent problem in our community; however, that is not what happened in this incident,” Robinson wrote.

“We know that this situation has caused a lot of trauma to those involved and our campus community at large, but please know that every available resource is being extended to bring a resolution.”

When asked about the status of the professor, she said, “She is very emotional and shaken by all of this. There have been several threats to her safety, which of course are cause for alarm.”

“We know you want immediate answers,” Robinson said in his letter. “However, the speed of our processes does not match the speed of social media. We are committed to ensuring due diligence and fairness. We do ask for your patience as we must take the necessary time to ensure the safety of everyone involved.”

New Jersey Teen Suicide School Bullying Lawsuit: A Family-Lawsuit Involving a Student and a Parent Accused of Harassment

A student at the same high school was hit in the face by another student who had made threats after she reported that she was attacked by four other teenagers.

Adriana was walking with her boyfriend in the school hallway when she was allegedly attacked. The assault was recorded and posted on social media the same day. The family said that a torrent of comments and online harassment drove the daughter to take her own life.

But the guidance counselor wasn’t available, so she went to a teacher who referred her. The student reported the threats of violence she received before she was attacked to the school principal and vice principal, according to the lawsuit. But neither the school district nor the administrators that Olivia spoke with “performed a proper investigation or took appropriate action to address the threatening behavior,” claims the lawsuit, filed in the Ocean County Superior Court.

They were dismissed as a conflict by the school. The O’Dea family did not receive any protection from the police, according to the lawyer for the family.

A lawyer representing the Central Regional School District, Central Regional Board of Education, the principal and vice principal filed an answer to the lawsuit on February 10 denying the accusations. There is beginning to be discovery by the plaintiffs, according to Ettman.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/13/us/new-jersey-teen-suicide-school-bullying-lawsuit/index.html

The Response of the Central Regional School District to an Abuse-Induced School Call, in which Triantafillos Parlapanides resigned

The girl’s mother, Racheal O’Dea, told CNN that her daughter was hit in the back of the head, neck, and back approximately 30 times and suffered a significant concussion. Her mom said she underwent physical therapy for six months, and had counseling for her mental health issues.

Parlapanides “demonstrated himself to be incapable of properly leading the school through situations like this,” Ettman said. It trickles down. The level of incompetence we’ve seen in our case and now with Adriana, it speaks for itself.”

Triantafillos Parlapanides, the former superintendent at Central Regional School District and Seaside Heights, resigned from his post on Saturday, effective immediately, the district said in a statement on its website about the district’s response to allegations of bullying.

“The District has contacted the [state] Department of Education and will undergo an independent assessment of the District’s anti-bullying policies and ensure every necessary safeguard is in place to protect our students and staff,” the statement says.

One of the teenagers allegedly involved in the attack is charged with aggravated assault, two are facing charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and a fourth is charged with harassment, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said in a statement to CNN on Friday. Billhimer did not identify the students but noted prosecutors were “precluded from releasing certain information due to the persons involved being juveniles.”

A statement from the high school states that the students responsible for a racially charged video, which showed one girl spray painting another girl’s face black, are no longer at the high school.

“The young women who (sic) responsible for this situation have been identified and they are no longer members of this school community,” Saint Hubert Catholic High School For Girls wrote in a statement published Saturday. The decision was made after an investigation.

An incident in which a girl sprays black on her face: a protest against anti-bias bullying at a Catholic high school

In the video, a girl is seen spray painting the face of another girl black as she says, “You’re a Black girl! You know your roots! It’s February! You’re nothing but a slave … and after this, she’s doing my laundry.” The people in the video can be heard laughing. One person is seen filming the incident on her phone. The girl with painted black face says she is proud.

When asked about whether the video was initially sent to Black students at the school, Kenneth Gavin, chief communications officer for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, told CNN, “At this time it is unknown as to the exact distribution. My understanding is that it was posted and shared on social media.”

The school denounced the behavior in the video as “repugnant,” writing that the Anti-Defamation League would offer anti-bias workshops at the school on February 20.

Faculty and students returned to Saint Hubert Catholic High School on Monday, the school wrote in its statement, adding there would be a “visible and active police presence around the campus perimeter.”