The students in the video appeared to be re-enacting the 2020 fatal arrest of George Floyd at a homecoming assembly.
The video seemed to have originated on Snapchat. In the video, two students, with one dressed as a police officer, are seen holding another student down while one of the students pins another down to the gymnasium floor with his hands behind his back. One student can be seen pretending to kneel down on the student’s neck. The words, “I can’t breathe,” can be heard multiple times in the video.contacted the Rosepine High School principal, Joey Bartz, about the video.
“How do we get better moving forward without forgetting what we did in the past and the wrongs we did?” Bartz said. “I think that it’s one of those things where we’ve got to do a better job with making our kids socially and culturally aware of what’s going on in the world. Words can’t fix this, and we know that. The vow I have made to the students, since the event, is that we need to become better human beings moving forward. On that road, we need to be on the correct path through our actions.
The school is working with all parties involved, including their parents/guardians. We will work tirelessly to educate our students on better choices. After the punitive actions are taken, all we can do is hope and pray that we can learn from the mistakes made and become better human beings. Again, we are deeply sorry for the pain that this has caused and we know words are never enough, so we will vow to strive to become better through our future actions.The students involved in the video were reportedly suspended from Rosepine High School, following violation of district policy and protocol.
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