Yulee football team shows solidarity for teammates suspended over controversial video

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News4Jax deemed the video excessively violative to stock successful its unedited form, but an edited mentation appears successful the videos wrong this nonfiction from our coverage.

NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – The Yulee High School shot squad showed solidarity for respective teammates, who were suspended aft a arguable video dispersed connected societal media, earlier Friday night’s homecoming game.

The clip shows 2 young, achromatic boys utilizing radical slurs -- 1 of them is seen wearing a achromatic cloth hood.

“Hold on, you spot that?” 1 of the boys said successful the video, pointing consecutive to the camera. “It’s a n****r.”

According to aggregate parents who provided the video to News4Jax, the clip had been sent to a radical of Black students astatine Yulee High School successful Nassau County by 1 of their classmates.

A spokesperson for the Nassau County School District told News4Jax that the pupil who sent the video via SnapChat, was not 1 of the 2 students who appeared successful it.

The Nassau County School territory confirmed with News4Jax that the video sparked a combat erstwhile a fewer students, immoderate connected the shot team, confronted the teen who sent them the video.

To amusement solidarity, the players were readying connected kneeling, immoderate wanting to beryllium retired of Friday night’s game. Parents told News4Jax they were told by the schoolhouse administrators that if they did that, they could not play the remainder of the season.

But the shot players did instrumentality the tract successful a mode to admit what was going on.

Video obtained by News4Jax showed 2 players holding achromatic jerseys successful the aerial erstwhile the squad took the field. It’s the cogwheel of 2 of their teammates who were suspended.

Parents said they were defending themselves aft being bullied and targeted due to the fact that of their race.

Melissa Ricks said her lad and different achromatic students astatine Yulee High were sent the video showing students radical slurs -- 1 adjacent wearing a achromatic hood.

“No 1 deserves that… it is 2021 and until radical commencement screaming… thing is going to change,” Melissa Ricks, a parent of a Yulee High School student, said.

She besides told News4Jax however she felt erstwhile the video was sent to her son.

“Enraged. Enraged. I person ne'er felt rage similar this successful my life. In my life. To cognize that this video was sent straight to my kid and fractional of my babies that are connected this shot team. Do you cognize what that feels like?” Ricks said.

Nassau County Public School Assistant Superintendent Mark Durham released the pursuing statement:

“The territory was made alert of a video that was recorded this summertime but conscionable precocious sent connected Snap Chat to respective Yulee High School students. The video contained radical slurs and images. It resulted successful a carnal altercation involving respective students. Disciplinary actions accordant with the district’s codification of behaviour person been fixed to students progressive successful the altercation and successful sending the Snap Chat video.”

Mark Durham, Assistant Superintendent of Instruction

News4Jax deemed the video excessively violative to stock successful its unedited form, but an edited mentation appears successful the videos wrong this nonfiction from our coverage.

Many parents are not blessed with however the concern is being handled, saying the students shown successful the video should besides beryllium disciplined.

Ricks said the contented is bigger than suspensions and shot games, and that the schoolhouse and assemblage request to instrumentality a basal against racism.

While respective of the shot players did clasp up jerseys, they wanted to bash much to marque definite their voices are heard.

Many of the players felt similar they were being silenced.

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