A 14-year-old teen from Tujunga claimed his classmates attacked and called racial slurs for months before he was arrested after a stabbing at Verdugo Hills High School earlier this month .
“Make no mistake about it, this is a case of racism,” attorney Brad Gage said.
Gage shared a video of the 14-year-old getting jumped and punched in a school bathroom in late August. He said school officials and the teen’s mom met after the incident.
“They don’t care,” she said. “They didn’t do nothing to the other kid and that’s what I’m most upset about. They just sat there and id nothing.
Attorneys for the 14-year-old said there are very few African American students at Verdugo Hills. They added that almost from the first day of class in August, the boy was targeted by Latino students who called him racial slurs, physically attacked him and threatened to stab him.
“The school wanted to force my child out right after the incident of him being jumped in the bathroom,” the boy’s mother said. “They wanted him to leave the school without giving any disciplinary action towards the students who caused the problem itself. They didn’t do anything, so I said no. My son is going to stay here, he’s doing well.”