The 85-year-old great-grandfather of the alleged victims tells FOX 5 NY how distressing it is to see things like this still happening.
"To make it mild, I’m ticked off," he said.
It started on the playground and then spilled over to the stands during a high school football game earlier this month in"Every day that you wake up, you’re reminded you’re Black," the 83-year-old said. "I never imagined my great-grandkids would go through the stuff that I grew up with in the ‘40s and ‘50s." "I was the N-word every day in school and I’m tired of it," he said. "We were appalled," said Virginia Healy. "We stand with your family.
The three accused of spewing slurs are Riverhead High School and middle school students along with a former student. A letter from the superintendent assures the community disciplinary actions will be taken but won’t be publicly shared due to privacy laws."The church is a place where you know people can come together with different backgrounds, ethnicities," said Rev. Philip Hardt with the Riverhead United Methodist Church. "You can’t legislate attitude.
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