Lopez said the school asked him to apologize as a condition of receiving his diploma. 'I don't know why I should apologize, when it should be heard, because I did nothing wrong.'
A North Carolina high school student said he was denied his diploma at his graduation ceremony for wearing a Mexican flag over his gown.
Lopez told ABC News, "When I got up there I went for the handshake and I wasn't thinking nothing of it and I heard her say, 'You can't wear that.' And I was in shock and confused. I was like, 'What?' She was like, 'The flag. You can't wear that.'" Lopez said he wore the flag to honor his family as he's the first to graduate from high school in his immediate family.
In a statement to ABC News on Sunday, the Asheboro city school district said that Lopez's diploma has been available for pick up since Friday and that an apology has never been requested, expected or required.PHOTO: A student wearing a Mexican flag over his graduation gown at his graduation ceremony walks away after receiving his diploma holder in an image taken from video provided by graduation attendee Adolfo Hurtado.
"Te Asheboro Police Department is investigating 9 additional emails, for a total of 10, that have been sent to school employees via email threatening violence against the school and/or the employee," the department said in a statement.that it supports "our students' expressions of their heritage in the appropriate time and place."
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