Utah school district settles with family of biracial boy who was dragged by a school bus

A Utah school district has settled a civil rights lawsuit by the family of a biracial student who was dragged by a school bus

The boy's mother, Brenda Mayes, filed the lawsuit in May against a former bus driver who she alleges closed the bus door on her 14-year-old son's backpack and dragged him approximately 150 feet in February because of his"racial animus" toward students of mixed race. The lawsuit also alleged that the driver, John Naisbitt, previously displayed"racial animus and discriminatory conduct" toward other students of mixed race.

The district and Mayes' family reached the settlement of $62,500 less than a week ago, according to Mayes' attorney Robert Sykes. "This is a fair settlement and the family is happy about it. There was clearly a racist act, and this is a horrible thing that the bus driver did," Sykes said. Mother of mixed-race boy says racism behind bus-dragging incidentThe suit had requested that disciplinary action be taken against Naisbitt and that criminal charges be filed.

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