The Virginia High School track runner held a supporter rally after being charged with assault and battery after seeing him hit another runner in his head in the baton of a viral video.
Alaila Everett of IC Norcom High School was seen hitting her in her head at the Virginia State Championship earlier this month.
The blow caused Tucker to hit the ground and clenched the back of his head. She was then diagnosed with a possible concussion and a skull fracture.
Since the incident, Everett has declared her innocence vigorously, claiming that she would not intentionally harm anyone, and that Baton's strike was accidental.
“In the end, after hitting her several times, my baton stuck behind her back like this, and it rolled her back,” she said. Wavy. “I lost my balance. She was attacked when I put my arms together again.”
That debate did not shake up Lynchberry Commonwealth lawyer Bethany Harrison.
On Thursday, Everett held a supporter gathering in collaboration with the Portsmouth chapter of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP).
“Thank you for supporting me,” she told supporters. “No one else wants to hear me except for those who know me and those who know I never do that. I won't hurt anyone. I'm not a fighter. I'm not a conflict. I don't even intend.”
“The Everett family has experienced racial slander and death threats, and we clearly believe that these are unacceptable,” said James Boyd, president of Portsmouth NAACP. I said Fox News.
Both the victim and suspect in this case are black.
“It was bothering me to see how the whole world dragged this young woman and dragged her character in based on what they thought they'd seen,” local activist Germain Green said at the event. “I just wanted to step up, speak up, bring unity and let this young woman know that the city of Portsmouth has her.”
Everett faces misdemeanor charges of assault and battery.
