I don’t mean to keep this ugly story unnecessarily going on this board, but I just read this statement from the young man and had some thoughts:
The videos and images falsely depicted me in using racial slurs against peaceful protestors in my home town. I was in the passenger seat with an American flag, and said nothing racist nor derogatory toward any individual. Some of the people at the protest were friends I graduated high school with, in which I would never disown in such horrible ways. Please look at all the facts before assuming anything. The one in which did use these derogatory terms was the driver of the Jeep.
A couple of thoughts - 1) According to him, it was his dad (clearly the driver according to the pictures) who used the racial slurs...did he just throw his old man under the bus? and 2) Is his poor grammar alone grounds for expulsion?