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Teenage girl beaten, expelled and arrested…for dropping cake
This is going to ruin your day. A young woman of color in Los Angeles had her wrist broken by a school security officer after not cleaning up a piece of dropped birthday cake to his satisfaction. During the attack he said, “hold still nappy head.”
The girl, 16 year-old Pleajhai Mervin, was subsequently expelled and arrested for littering and battery. Because as you can clearly see from the video still above, this teenage girl was battering the shit out a full grown, beefy security guard. Uh huh.
But it gets worse. When the girl’s mother went to the school to complain and rightfully demand that this guard be arrested–she was arrested and suspended from her job with the school district.
Students at the scene captured the assault on their cell phones; one such student was also beaten.
Students have planned a walk-out in protest. Do your part–spread the word. Oh No a WoC PhD has the contact info for the school and school district office.
Via Women of Color Blog.
Posted by Jessica
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