"We are speaking out today to address the harsh bias, abuse and discriminatory treatment our child has endured at the hands of the Palo Alto Union School District," said Raymond Goins with the San Jose NAACP, who read a statement from the family.
"An individual staff member allowed other children, or directed other children to kick our claimant in the genitals, and also locked him up, as was stated earlier, for 15 minutes in a closet as a joke," said attorney Jim Quadra, who is representing the family.
"The school dismissed it as a joke. Did not report it to the parents," Quadra added, highlighting the severe lack of accountability and concern for the child's safety.
"Since then, attorneys say the young boy has since experienced retaliatory harassment and say the boy recently reported thoughts of suicide to a school psychologist," indicating ongoing psychological trauma.
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