Mississippi school: Student in noose case disciplined
WIGGINS, Miss. — A south Mississippi high school student has been disciplined following allegations that one or more white students put a noose around the neck of a black football player, a lawyer for the school district said Tuesday.
Administrators determined that Stone High School's conduct code was violated in the Oct. 13 incident, Sean Courtney, attorney for the Stone County school district, wrote in an email. He added that a student was disciplined after due process in accordance with district policies.
Courtney said he can't identify the student or the specific punishment, citing privacy rules. However, he denied allegations by Mississippi NAACP President Derrick Johnson that the district hadn't followed its own procedures. Johnson called Monday for a federal hate-crimes investigation and prosecution of the assailants, all younger than 18, as adults.
"To suggest that the district did not follow its policies and procedures or otherwise not investigate and address this issue is patently false," Courtney wrote. "This matter has been one that tears at the fabric of our schools and our community and the administration does not intend for it to be swept under the rug or otherwise ignored."
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