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In reply to the discussion: White football players brutally raped black teammate during racist assault in HS locker room: police [View all]LiberalArkie
(15,703 posts)4. The complete article tells the story of small town high school football jocks pretty well.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/05/25/white-high-school-football-players-in-idaho-charged-with-raping-black-disabled-teammate-with-a-coat-hanger/?postshare=7551464174982950&tid=ss_tw
The lawsuit paints Howard as the ringleader of the racist abuse against the boy, who was adopted at age four by white parents living in the predominantly white town of 334 people.
Mr. Howard is a large and aggressive male who had been sent to live with his relatives in Idaho due to his inability to keep out of trouble in Texas, the complaint says. Mr. Howard is a relative of prominent individuals in the community and, at least in part due to his athletic ability and community connections, the Defendants ignored or were deliberately indifferent to the behavior of Mr. Howard which included aggression, taunting and bullying of The Plaintiff and other students in the District. With deliberate indifference, the Defendants did nothing to curb the vicious acts of Mr. Howard who brought with him from Texas a culture of racial hatred towards the Plaintiff.
The boy, one of the few black students at Dietrich let alone his football team, was subjected to frequent abuse by Howard and his fellow teammates, including aggressive humping, jumping on him from the back and simulating anal sex, according to the suit. His fellow football players allegedly gave him painful wedgies, stripped him of his clothes and took naked photos of him in the locker-room. One student drew a picture of the boy sitting in the back of the bus on a classroom chalkboard.
Mr. Howard is a large and aggressive male who had been sent to live with his relatives in Idaho due to his inability to keep out of trouble in Texas, the complaint says. Mr. Howard is a relative of prominent individuals in the community and, at least in part due to his athletic ability and community connections, the Defendants ignored or were deliberately indifferent to the behavior of Mr. Howard which included aggression, taunting and bullying of The Plaintiff and other students in the District. With deliberate indifference, the Defendants did nothing to curb the vicious acts of Mr. Howard who brought with him from Texas a culture of racial hatred towards the Plaintiff.
The boy, one of the few black students at Dietrich let alone his football team, was subjected to frequent abuse by Howard and his fellow teammates, including aggressive humping, jumping on him from the back and simulating anal sex, according to the suit. His fellow football players allegedly gave him painful wedgies, stripped him of his clothes and took naked photos of him in the locker-room. One student drew a picture of the boy sitting in the back of the bus on a classroom chalkboard.
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White football players brutally raped black teammate during racist assault in HS locker room: police [View all]
marmar
May 2016
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The complete article tells the story of small town high school football jocks pretty well.
LiberalArkie
May 2016
#4
His parents sent him up north for for a reason, I would hate to see what he got away
LiberalArkie
May 2016
#6
“‘Kool-Aid’ ‘chicken eater’ ‘watermelon’ and (the N-word),” the Post reports. .....real racist abuse
Person 2713
May 2016
#8
"Makes me laugh. I give no fucks" is what one of the rapists said about peoples reaction...
Lancero
May 2016
#17