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Race Matters: Black Parents Use Civl War Law To Sue ‘Segregated’ Mississippi Schools

Getty Image Fair or foul? Black Parents Use Civil War-era Law To Sue Ain’t Isht Mississippi School Districts The Washington Post reports, The Southern Poverty Law Center is using a 147-year-old legal argument in an attempt to address what it describes as “gross inequities” between majority-white and majority-black public schools in Mississippi. In a lawsuit filed on tuesday, they allege that poor academic outcomes for black students in Mississippi are a direct result of the state’s failure to live up to the terms of its ‘readmission to the Union’ following the Civil War. As part of the terms of readmission, Mississippi was required to create a “uniform system of free public schools” for all citizens, both black and white. However, the state constitution changed several times until in 1890 it allowed only for “separate but equal” systems. Will Bardwell, a lawyer at the Southern Poverty Law Center says Mississippi has withheld their promise of uniform schools, according to the law. “Today, Mississippi schools are anything but uniform. If you’re a kid in Mississippi, your chances of getting a good education depend largely on whether your school is mostly white or mostly black. That is not a uniform system.” Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant clapped back at the complaint, calling it “another attempt by the Southern Poverty Law Center to fundraise on the backs of Mississippi taxpayers.” According to the report, Mississippi is among the nation’s lowest-performing states on many academic measures. Just, terrible.

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I Can’t Plead My Case: The Weeknd Enters No Contest Plea In Vegas Cop-Punching Case

The Weeknd Pleads No Contest To Battery Of Las Vegas Police Officer Don’t let the high-pitched falsetto fool you, Abel is ’bout that action, boss. Word on PageSix is that Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd entered a no contest plea last week in front of a Las Vegas judge for misdemeanor batter of a police officer. The report states that the judge agreed to drop the charge if Abel could keep his nose clean (no pun intended) and complete 50 hours of community service. The judge also demanded that Mr. Friday-Saturday-Sunday attend “impulse counseling”, an alcohol evaluation, and pay $1,000 to the injured officers fund. There is nothing about this guy that suggests he would be catching fade with a police officer. Maybe Canadians aren’t as nice a people as we think they are… Image via YouTube

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Peaceful Black Spring Valley Student Brutally Assaulted And Dragged By White School Resource Officer

Spring Valley Student Brutally Assaulted By White School Resource Officer Spring Valley High School officials and local deputies are investigating after a video supposedly taken at the high school shows a confrontation between a Black female student and the school’s resource officer . Via Live 5 News : School officials confirm the incident happened on Monday, but stopped short of releasing further details. According to Sheriff Leon Lott, the school resource officer was acting in response to a student who was refusing to leave class. “The student was told she was under arrest for disturbing school and given instructions which she again refused,” Lott said. “The video then shows the student resisting and being arrested by the SRO.” The video shows the officer approaching the girl sitting at a desk in a classroom. The officer grabs the girl’s arm while putting his own arm around the student’s neck. A struggle ensues, and the girl falls on the floor before being dragged away and out of the view of the camera. Parents of students at Spring Valley High School are already reacting to the video. A group calling themselves the Richland Two Black Parents Association called the video “egregious” and “unacceptable.” “Parents are heartbroken as this is just another example of the intolerance that continues to be of issue in Richland School District Two particularly with families and children of color,” the statement said. “As we have stated in the past, we stand ready to work in collaboration to address these horrible acts of violence and inequities among our children”. Check out the *GRAPHIC VIDEO* below: The full video of the Spring Valley High School Police Officer brutally assaulting a peaceful student. pic.twitter.com/oHIS8GrtSS — Shaun King (@ShaunKing) October 26, 2015 Seriously?!? Twitter

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Peaceful Black Spring Valley Student Brutally Assaulted And Dragged By White School Resource Officer

Peaceful Black Spring Valley Student Brutally Assaulted And Dragged By White School Resource Officer

Spring Valley Student Brutally Assaulted By White School Resource Officer Spring Valley High School officials and local deputies are investigating after a video supposedly taken at the high school shows a confrontation between a Black female student and the school’s resource officer . Via Live 5 News : School officials confirm the incident happened on Monday, but stopped short of releasing further details. According to Sheriff Leon Lott, the school resource officer was acting in response to a student who was refusing to leave class. “The student was told she was under arrest for disturbing school and given instructions which she again refused,” Lott said. “The video then shows the student resisting and being arrested by the SRO.” The video shows the officer approaching the girl sitting at a desk in a classroom. The officer grabs the girl’s arm while putting his own arm around the student’s neck. A struggle ensues, and the girl falls on the floor before being dragged away and out of the view of the camera. Parents of students at Spring Valley High School are already reacting to the video. A group calling themselves the Richland Two Black Parents Association called the video “egregious” and “unacceptable.” “Parents are heartbroken as this is just another example of the intolerance that continues to be of issue in Richland School District Two particularly with families and children of color,” the statement said. “As we have stated in the past, we stand ready to work in collaboration to address these horrible acts of violence and inequities among our children”. Check out the *GRAPHIC VIDEO* below: The full video of the Spring Valley High School Police Officer brutally assaulting a peaceful student. pic.twitter.com/oHIS8GrtSS — Shaun King (@ShaunKing) October 26, 2015 Seriously?!? Twitter

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