2 Sacramento-area students caught writing racist graffiti on camera
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Surveillance video captures 2 Sacramento-area college students writing racist graffiti
Two Sacramento-area high school students were filmed marking racist graffiti on the walls of a school building. A statement from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office says students at Rosemont High School penciled in racist remarks on March 22 around 5:15 p.m. These students have been identified by school officials. The sheriff’s office said it will check with the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office Juvenile Division if criminal charges are being considered. This is the second time in recent months that a student has been found responsible for racist graffiti. . A black student at CK McClatchy High School has confessed to labeling a school’s water fountains “white” and “colored”. of these cases still under investigation. Days after the water fountain vandalism was discovered, a second racist incident at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School prompted community leaders to come together and publicly speak out against the vandalism. In recent months, the school district has taken steps to address racism within its system. At the end of January, SCUSD hired attorney Mark. T Harris as the first-ever anti-racism liaison. The hiring was announced after two high-profile racism investigations from 2021. Last June, a seventh-grade teacher at Kit Carson International Academy was filmed using a racial slur in front of her class. In November, the same derogatory slur was found at West Campus High School, written repeatedly near Vice-Principal Elysse Versher’s parking spot. also faces a strike involving its teachers and staff after contract negotiations failed. The strike affects some 43,000 students.
Two Sacramento-area high school students were filmed marking racist graffiti on the walls of a school building.
A statement from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office says students at Rosemont High School penciled in racist remarks on March 22 around 5:15 p.m. These students were identified by school officials.
The sheriff’s office said it will check with the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office Juvenile Division if criminal charges are being considered.
It is the second time in recent months that a student has been found responsible for racist graffiti. A black student at CK McClatchy High School has confessed to labeling a school’s water fountains “white” and “colored”.
In general, the City of Sacramento Unified School District has handled several cases of racist writing on its campuses, with at least one such case still under investigation. Days after the water fountain vandalism was discovered, a second racist incident at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School prompted community leaders to come together and publicly speak out against the vandalism.
In recent months, the school district has taken steps to address racism within its system. At the end of January, SCUSD hired attorney Mark. T Harris as the first-ever anti-racism liaison. The hiring was announced after two high-profile racism investigations from 2021.
Last June, a seventh-grade teacher at Kit Carson International Academy was filmed hurling a racial slur in front of her class. In November, the same derogatory slur was found at West Campus High School, written repeatedly near Vice-Principal Elysse Versher’s parking spot.
This deputy director spoke with KCRA 3 about his concern that the investigation has not yet identified a suspect.
The school district is also facing a strike involving its teachers and staff after contract negotiations failed. The strike affects some 43,000 students.