Following the brutal assault of a 16-year-old St. Louis high school student, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued a statement accusing girls’ schools of not doing enough to protect their students.
“We are deeply concerned that the schools where these teens were students have a history of promoting divisive racial ideologies surrounding the safety of their students,” Bailey told Fox News Digital. ”, it said in a statement.
Mr. Bailey went on to say that the school was partially responsible for the violence involving the teens.
“By promoting DEI and removing uniformed officers from campus in 2021, this school has taken some responsibility for this incident. There has been no substantive apology to the victims of this violent attack.This school is held accountable.”Parents in the district must understand what role these radical plans and safety flaws played here. Please explain how you achieved this,” Bailey said.
ST. Louis teenager remains unconscious with skull fracture in brutal attack
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey spoke to members of the media after oral arguments outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Mr Bailey accused the school of promoting a “divisive racial ideology” over student achievement. He was taken to safety after a 16-year-old student was brutally beaten in a video that went viral on the internet.
Fox News Digital reached out to Hazelwood East High School and the Hazelwood School District for comment on the attorney general’s accusations, but have not yet received a response.
In a previous interview with Wake Up Mid-Missouri, Bailey called for reforms to the state’s juvenile justice system in the wake of the incident.
“This is horrifying,” the Republican attorney general said, noting that two juveniles were also charged in last month’s shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs parade. We are seeing this happening more and more.” As a result, one woman died and nearly 20 others were injured.
Bailey added that suspects in the violent brawl should be tried as adults and charged with murder if the crime escalates to murder.
Missouri state calls for reform of juvenile system after teen arrested for slamming girl’s head into sidewalk
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey criticized the assault victim’s school for focusing on DEI and removing uniformed law enforcement from campus in 2021. (Graham Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“We need to reform the juvenile system to ensure that these types of issues are addressed,” Bailey said. “I’m going to be watching this case closely. I think there needs to be some accountability in our juvenile system. People are starting to realize that, and it’s causing problems across the state of Missouri.”
A 16-year-old girl named Kaylee was posted in a viral video in which she is seen fighting with a group of girls, who grab her, throw her to the ground, and repeatedly slam her head into the pavement.
A lawyer for Cayley’s family said she was fighting for her life. She fractured her skull and suffered swelling and bleeding in her brain that threatened her life. According to a report by Fox 2, her attorney said Caylee has not yet regained consciousness since the fight that occurred earlier this month.
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A 15-year-old girl has been arrested in connection with the brutal attack. Police said she was being held on suspicion of assault.
Fox News Digital’s Bradford Betz contributed to this report.
