A disturbing video of a “male student who identifies as female” breaking into the girls’ restroom at a New York high school and violently dragging a female student by the hair has sparked backlash and threats against the school, which was forced to close on Friday. Ta.
The shocking video, obtained by women’s and child advocacy organization Reduxx, shows a large, allegedly transgender student violently attacking a much smaller female student in a bathroom at Arcadia High School in Rochester. The situation is reflected.
🚨A female student was reportedly assaulted in the girls’ bathroom at Arcadia High School in Rochester, New York.
Another student at the school said the culprit was a self-proclaimed female student. He was said to be retaliating for a perceived insult.
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The attacker quickly overpowered the girl, hit her in the head with his fist, and dragged her to the floor.
The victim tried to protect his face from the blow and was dragged across the tiled bathroom floor. The other students cheered and one of the teachers tried to separate the two, but to no avail.
The assault lasted approximately 30 seconds and only ended when multiple school security guards and another faculty member intervened.
Greece Central School District has declined to confirm whether the attacker identifies as transgender, but another Arcadia student told Reduxx that he identifies as transgender and is not concerned about the incident. said it happened in February in retaliation for a perceived insult.
After news outlets shared the footage on Thursday, the school was placed on lockdown the next day. bomb threat WHEC reported what Superintendent Kathleen Grapman called a “hate crime.”
The threatening letter, which the school received at 6:07 a.m. Friday, said: “A worthless, perverted, mentally retarded person who believes he is a girl has created a situation in which he assaults a female student in the girls’ restroom.” “it is written like this.
“We’re here to send a message. We’ve planted a bomb in the school. Evacuate now.”
Several school buses had already arrived on campus but had to be diverted as police investigated the threat.They deemed the story unreliable before reopening schools at 9 a.m.
“It’s clear that this is being used as an agenda. Whether it’s a personal agenda or a political agenda, it’s being used,” Grapman said, according to local media.
“That fight that occurred was serious, very upsetting and concerning. And I also want to be clear, it involved a minor. It requires respect and privacy. A deserving minor was involved,” she continued. “You cannot share your video, name, or personal information with anyone.”
The superintendent did not say whether any disciplinary or policy action had been taken against the student who assaulted him.
Just a few weeks later, in March, students at John Jay High School in the Wappingers Central School District, New York, staged strike Breitbart News reported that the students were protesting being allowed to use the restroom as the gender they identify with, rather than their biological sex.
“John Jay, a lot of people at our school feel uncomfortable,” said Shawna Neelan, a student at John Jay High School. Said Spectrum News 1. “We want to change that and give them their own space and make us and them more comfortable.”
