A Black eighth-grader in Brookline experienced racial bullying and harassment, including a “disturbing re-enactment of George Floyd’s murder,” according to a civil rights complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education.
The complaint outlines “increasing incidents of racial bullying, including racial slurs and physical violence,” according to a statement released Wednesday by Lawyers for Civil Rights. On Monday, the organization filed the complaint against Amos A. Lawrence School on behalf of the student, identified in the filing as M.C., and their parents.
The most recent incident allegedly involved a white student placing his knee on M.C.’s neck while repeatedly yelling “George Floyd” as the Black student lay on the ground. The complaint also claims that M.C. was called racist names such as “cotton picker.”
