A white high schooler has been charged with a hate crime after he was recorded throwing cotton balls at a Black student and hitting him with his belt
HOUMA, La. -- A white high-schooler has been charged with a hate crime after being caught on video throwing cotton balls at a Black student and whipping him with his belt, authorities said Wednesday.
The video shows the white student walking up behind a Black student sitting in the crowded lunchroom. He throws a handful of cotton balls at him, and then whips him repeatedly with his belt until the Black student stands and pushes him, news outlets reported. "I'm very pleased that the school took a front stand on this," Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soignet said in a news release.
News outlets reported that the victim is one of only a few Black students at the school. Authorities didn't identify the students, and it wasn't clear if the arrested teen has a lawyer who could speak for him.
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