The rally in support of the Virginia High School runner last week reportedly was charged with assault and battery after hitting an opponent with a baton during the state championship relay.
The Alaila Everett rally took place on Thursday night outside IC Norcom High School in Portsmouth. WTKR-TV reported.
“My baby didn't do that. I know who raised him. I'm going to get up down ten toes.”
In tears, Everett thanked her supporters at the rally and accidentally insisted a strike on the head of Brookville High School runner Karen Tucker, the station said.
“No one else wanted to hear me. “I wouldn't do any harm to anyone. I'm not a fighter… I wouldn't do that on purpose.”
You can view the video here Everett's talk at the rally.
On March 4th, Everett and Tucker were the second legs in the 4x200m relay at the Virginia State High School League Championship at Liberty University in Lynchburg. During the race, Tucker passed Everett. WSET-TV Tucker felt a blow in the back of his head, and the hit knocked Tucker onto the surface of the track and out of the race.
You can view the video here Baton strike.
The judge has disqualified the IC Norcom Relay team for “contact interference,” the station said, adding that doctors are treating Tucker for a concussion and a fracture of a skull. You can view Wset's video report on the incident here.
But Everett Wavy-TV Interview He said the baton hit was a coincidence. She repeated her claims during An Interview It aired last week.”Good morning America. ”
After the incident, the athletic director of IC Norcom High School and Everett's father apologised to the Tucker's family over the phone, citing Tucker's parents, ABC News said.
Everett told Wavy that people “came a ghetto, a racist slander, a death threat.” This is all for a 9-second video.”
Last week, Bethany Harrison, federal lawyer for the city of Lynchburg. He told ABC News A misdemeanor charge of assault and battery was issued against Everett in connection with the incident.
Before the charges, Wavy said Everett's family was accompanied by court documents and that Tucker wanted a protective order.
At the rally, Portsmouth NAACP president James Boyd told the crowd that Everett was “not an attacker.”
Everett's mother Zeketa's costs stood by her daughter during the rally, saying, “My baby didn't do that. I know who raised it. I'm going to stand down the ten toes of the mine and get up,” WTKR added.
Germain Green, a NORCOM parent of three student-athletes, organized the rally and told WTKR: “I thought it was catastrophic to see what this young woman is experiencing.
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