{"id":1319580,"date":"2022-02-20T19:37:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1319580"},"modified":"2022-02-20T19:38:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:38:05","slug":"cali-school-official-calls-racist-vandalism-prank-that-went-sideways-after-black-student-confesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cali-school-official-calls-racist-vandalism-prank-that-went-sideways-after-black-student-confesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Cali School Official Calls Racist Vandalism \u2018Prank That Went Sideways\u2019 After Black Student Confesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcali-school-official-calls-racist-vandalism-prank-that-went-sideways-after-black-student-confesses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1319580&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-154926124-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A black female high school student has fessed up to writing racist graffiti over two drinking fountains at her school in the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD). A community liaison for the district said the incident was \u201ca prank that went sideways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The student admitted to scribbling \u201ccolored\u201d over one drinking fountain and writing \u201cwhite\u201d above an adjacent fountain at McClatchy High School, SCUSD Community Liaison Mark Harris\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sacramento.cbslocal.com\/2022\/02\/17\/person-identified-mcclatchy-hs-racist-graffiti-protest\/\">told<\/a> KOVR. The district launched an investigation into the incident February 11 after the graffiti was discovered, the SCUSD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scusd.edu\/press-release\/sacramento-city-unified-provides-update-incident-involving-graffiti-found-ck-mcclatchy\">said<\/a> in a release.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Last month, the school district appointed Harris as the community liaison to \u201cadvise and help the district address instances of racism, and improve on equity, social justice and civil rights,\u201d a January 19 school district press release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scusd.edu\/press-release\/sac-city-unified-appoints-liaison-help-address-racism-and-improve-equity-and-inclusion\">states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>He told KOVR he does not regard the incident as racism, partly because the student is black.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe those words that were on those water fountains were racist,\u201d Harris said. \u201cI do not believe they were hate crime or hate speech. Part of it quite honestly is because the admitted perpetrator is a young African American woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span> \u201cI\u2019ve been practicing law for 40 years, people typically don\u2019t confess to things they didn\u2019t do, unless they\u2019re under duress or coercion. And nobody has claimed that; not her, not her family,\u201d Harris told reporters at a press conference outside the school Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/article258524378.html\">according to<\/a> the <em>Sacramento Bee<\/em>. He noted video corroborates the confession.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The student is a minor, \u201c<span>and appropriate disciplinary action is being taken by district,\u201d the SCUSD said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cIt was a prank that went sideways is my characterization of what the young woman said in her confession,\u201d Harris said at the press conference, per the <em>Sacramento Bee<\/em>. \u201cIt should be a moment for our community to come together and make sure this doesn\u2019t destroy this person\u2019s life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>President Betty Williams of the Greater Sacramento NAACP compared the week-long investigation that culminated in the confession of the black student with another instance of racist graffiti at a different school in the district, that has been ongoing since December, the <em>Sacramento Bee<\/em> reports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Williams said:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>Why is it when you find something like this we find the Black students quicker than we find the white students. I want you to put that same energy into West Campus. I want you to put that same energy into every school district that\u2019s dealing with these issues. It\u2019s a problem. We have racism that\u2019s rooted in this school district.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>In the West Campus High School incident, Principal John McMeekin said Assistant Principal\u00a0<\/span><span>Elysse Versher was the target of racist graffiti. She told the <em>Bee<\/em> that on November 6, she found a racial slur scribed five times on a wall close to her parking space.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The following month, the Sacramento Police Department said surveillance video showed three people that the department was looking to identify in connection to the vandalism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yet another racist graffiti incident came to light in the school district this week. The latest incident occurred at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, where someone wrote the N-word, swastikas, and \u201cKKK\u201d on a wall at the school, a spokesperson with the SCUSD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/article\/news\/crime\/abraham-lincoln-elementary-school-racist-messages\/103-340a3ef8-6855-403a-8131-f25461ffeecf\">told<\/a> KXTV.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>The racist graffiti was found on Tuesday, and an investigation was opened. In a press release, the district <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scusd.edu\/press-release\/statement-sacramento-city-unified-school-district-superintendent-and-board-president\">announced<\/a> it \u201cis consulting with the Rancho Cordova Police Department on next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A black female high school student has fessed up to writing racist graffiti over two drinking fountains at her school in the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD). 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