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Alleged Chicago Assault Reignites
Issue of Hate Crimes Against Whites

January 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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As Chicago authorities waited before filing hate-crime charges against four young adult blacks for an alleged attack on a white disabled man, the Internet raged.

Two Kindergarten Students of Mixed Races Come Home From Imagine School With Swastikas on Their Skin

November 18, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

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School officials say clear video from the school bus captured the incident, in which a middle school student is said to have drawn swastikas on at least two kindergarteners’ skin. A motive has not been disclosed.

To School Officials’ Surprise, NAACP Accuses District of ‘Obstruction’ and More Arbitrary Discipline

February 16, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

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The Flagler branch of the NAACP is accusing the school district of “willful” obstruction in disciplinary cases involving black students, and of ignoring behavior problems at Buddy Taylor Middle School.

School Board Seals Agreement Reforming Disciplining of Black Students, Ending Civil Rights Complaint

June 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The Flagler County School Board this evening voted 5-0 to ratify an agreement with the Southern Poverty Law Center that seeks to eliminate racial disparities in school discipline, resolving a federal civil rights complaint the center filed three years ago.

Flagler Schools Will Settle Civil Rights Lawsuit And Appoint Disciplinary Oversight Council

June 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

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The lawsuit by the Southern Poverty Law Center had targeted Flagler schools’ disproportionate punishment of black students. The disciplinary oversight coalition will meet quarterly and publicly, reviewing disciplinary data and making recommendations to the superintendent.

Complaint Cites Broad, Harsh Discrimination Against Black Students in Flagler Schools

August 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 79 Comments

From the outside looking in: a 22-page complaint filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center with the federal Office of Civil Rights calls for an investigation into discriminatory practices against black students in Flagler County schools.

Flagler County schools are among five Florida districts cited by the Southern Poverty Law Center in complaints filed with the federal Office of Civil Rights, calling for federal investigations into discriminatory punishments that disproportionately target black students.

Class-Action Lawsuit Calls Florida’s In-State College Tuition Restrictions Unconstitutional

October 19, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

American citizens who’ve lived in Florida for years and have all the documents to prove it are denied in-state tuition rights the moment they can’t prove that their parents are lawful Florida residents–an unconstitutional form of discrimination against citizens, the Southern Poverty Law Center charges in the lawsuit.

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