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Oklahoma students walk out after trans student’s death to protest bullying policies
(www.nbcnews.com)
this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2024
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
In body camera footage from a police officer’s interview with Nex, he described how three students “jumped” him after he threw water on them because they were bullying him and his friend over the way that they dressed.
“Our district safety and security team continues to work closely with law enforcement to help ensure everyone’s safety.” The letter added that experienced counselors were on hand to speak with students.
The walkout is not political, said Kane, a nonbinary student who went to Owasso High School for 10th and 11th grade and now takes online classes for his senior year.
Kane said he has gone back and forth between in-person school and online classes since eighth grade in part due to bullying over his sexuality more than his gender identity.
As he made comments about AIDS and how Jesus Christ was the “real man” lesbians need, students holding signs stating “trans youth belong” surrounded him to block him from sight.
If you are an LGBTQ young person in crisis, feeling suicidal or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, call the TrevorLifeline now at 1-866-488-7386 or the Rainbow Youth Project at 1-317-643-4888.
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This TL;DR is really bad. The 5th paragraph that starts with "As he made comments..." is referring to a COUNTER PROTESTOR, not Kane who was mentioned in the previous paragraph.
This is a good example to always read the article and not just the TL;DR bot summary!
That bot needs to die.
Still not thrilled with him
"As a result, Kane said speculation that Nex died from an overdose has been rampant among classmates."
That is in response to the initial autopsy not showing physical trauma. Kane is saying because of those initial results, classmates are speculating what caused Nex's death aka spreading rumors.
Kane is also one the organizer of the walkout and said...