Photo courtesy of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
A Black teenager was terrorized on Halloween by three classmates who tased him with a stun gun while wearing KKK costumes. The attack happened in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Oct. 31.
The terrorist-trio dressed in KKK costumes attacked the Black teenager outside of Woodsboro High School on Halloween. There is
allegedly a video circulating throughout the school of the attack. The victim’s attorney, Matt Manning, wants the police to track it down and demand an explanation from the school.Manning called the three juvenile terrorists what they are when he spoke to the press about the Halloween incident in Corpus Christi and denounced the usual white supremacist excuse “boys will be boys.”
“For you to dress up as a Klansman, you have a specific intent of terrorizing,” said Manning. “That’s not an accident, that’s not kids being kids, that’s not boys being boys. We’re not talking about high school hijinks,” he said.
“We’re talking about a very metered and intentional decision to do something that you know is terrorizing,” he continued. “That’s what has incensed me since I first heard about this case. I think it’s really important to discuss the historical context—the Klan is a particularly evocative terror group for Black Americans.”
“I represent one victim who was in fact tased by a taser, or taser-like weapon, which we know constitutes aggravated assault under the penal code in the state of Texas which is a second-degree felony because that is a deadly weapon.”
Manning said that the KKK trio also terrorized another young kid on the same night they attacked his young client. Both incidents allegedly took place outside of the Woodsboro High School. The boys involved in terrorizing his young client have not been disciplined by the school in any manner. They were also allowed to play in a football game after the incident.
“Furthermore, the three young men who perpetrated these crimes were apparently still allowed to play in Friday night’s Woodsboro Eagle football game against Falls City. We are demanding an explanation from the Woodsboro HS administration and athletic department for how three players could commit an act of terror, hate, and injury — surely known by coaches and administration to have occurred — yet still be afforded the PRIVILEGE to play football.”
The Texas high school claimed that they could not discipline the students because the incident happened off-campus. Manning is not satisfied by the appalling lack of action where the school is concerned.
“I find it wholly unsatisfactory,” said Manning. “We’re dealing with intentional acts, and those call for severe punishment.”