Kansas City Star Documents Slavery Prank Lawsuit From Two Years Ago

It's not exactly breaking news but the deets are worth considering.

To be fair, it's an excellent write-up into a culture war issue that still informs the local discourse . . .

"Other plaintiffs allege the school district went overboard in disciplining the students, violating their rights to due process and free speech."

One more time for the cheap seats . . .

What's interesting about this case is that the student pranksters advocating the restart to slavery were Black, Latino & biracial . . . An inconvenient fact that was omitted from initial reporting. 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

Slavery joke in Park Hill was 'friendly banter,' punishment was too harsh: Lawsuit

Tom Hutsler, a Republican candidate for Missouri House District 12, is suing the Park Hill school district, which suspended his son for 180 days over a racist petition he and four other boys created in 2021 while aboard a school bus.

Park Hill's answer to parents' lawsuit: Slavery petition 'caused massive disruption'

After the school district suspended three Park Hill South High School boys and expelled another for creating a petition to "Start slavery again," the parents of the punished children sued the district, alleging their rights to due process and free speech had been violated.

Developing . . .