Little Elm, Texas: Students protest rape & sexual harassment, cops riot

ISS = "in-school suspension"​

4 Little Elm High School students arrested; officers use taser, pepper spray at protest

Four Little Elm High School students were arrested Friday morning after they were accused of assaulting Little Elm police officers during a student-led protest. According to Little Elm ISD officials, students at the high school had planned a demonstration inside the campus that caused a "major disruption." Police said they used a taser and pepper spray on students. "The demonstration was a result of a social media post the day before that contained inaccurate information regarding an incident that happened a month ago," according to the school district's statement. Details of what the incident was have not been released by ...

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Texas Cops Tase, Pepper Spray High School Students Protesting Suspension of Student Who Reported Alleged Sexual Assault

Several students were pepper-sprayed, at least one was tased, and four were arrested on Friday during a protest against the purported handling of an alleged sexual assault at a Texas high school. Now, parents are upset and want answers, but the school that has been engulfed by the controversy says the students were aggravated by misinformation about the underlying incident. “I’m angry,” Maria Vaca told local ABC affiliate WFAA. “I’m pissed. They pepper sprayed my daughter, a good kid.” Vaca told the news outlet that her daughter and other students were protesting “a culture of sexual harassment and inaction” by ...

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Hundreds of Students Protest School's Handling of Sexual Assault Allegation, 4 Arrested

Hundreds of students protested Little Elm High School's handling of sexual assault allegations, resulting in 4 students being arrested. A sophomore recently accused a freshman of sexual harassment and abuse at the Dallas high school. A friend of the sophomore posted to social media that the abuse had been reported to the school administration, but instead of reprimanding the freshman, the sophomore was given three days' suspension for falsely accusing the freshman, The Associated Press reported. Students of Little Elm High school walked out of their classes in protest around 10:20 a.m Friday. Junior Kailey Heaton said the protest became ...

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Video of Texas police officers using stun guns, pepper spray on students ‘lacked context,' officials say

Officials in a Texas city responded to video of police using stun guns and pepper spray on high school students during a planned walkout last week, saying the footage "lacked context necessary" to understand everything that unfolded in the chaos. Little Elm Mayor Curtis Cornelious and Little Elm Independent School District (ISD) Superintendent Daniel Gallagher issued a joint statement on the events that took place at Little Elm High School on Friday, saying that some students assaulted officers and targeted specific individuals in the school building. "This demonstration on Friday was not peaceful and caused a major disruption," Gallagher said ...

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