Black Student Stabbed Previously Faced Racist Attacks At School: Lawyers

Photo: Getty Images Lawyers for a Black teenager stabbed outside of a Los Angeles high school claim administrators could’ve prevented the attack had they taken action against past, racist incidents, CBS News reports. A 14-year-old Black teenager was among two students wounded in a stabbing outside of Verdugo Hills High School on Dec. 9. According to one of his attorneys, Brad Gage, the teen was chased down by a group of boys, one of whom was wielding a butcher knife, before the stabbing. Gage described the attack as racially motivated, noting that the other boys are Latino and his client “became terrorized almost immediately when he started high school here.” Following the stabbing, the 14-year-old student was detained and put in handcuffs on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The boy’s lawyers said he’s innocent and acted in self-defense. “He should never have had to go through this,” Gage said. Prior to the December stabbing, attorneys said the teen was attacked in the boys’ bathroom in August. The teen was allegedly physically assaulted and called racial slurs. The school could’ve prevented the December incident had administrators taken disciplinary action following the alleged August assault, according to Gage. “They are...