High school student accused after video of Pride Flag teenager being attacked spread

According to reports, a high school student in Georgia has filed criminal charges after being attacked by a camera on his classmates holding the LGBTQ pride flag.

Lands County Sheriff Ashley Paulk said on Friday that a young suspect at Lands High School was accused of disorderly conduct, simple assaults and vandalism of public facilities. Valdosta DailyThe allegations were made a day after the video was first circulated on social media.

In this video, which appears to be recorded in a high school cafeteria, a student wearing a black T-shirt can be seen running to a table, and a student wearing a rainbow wig is sitting there, wearing a proud flag. The attackers violently tore off the flags from the sitting students, forcing them to fall to the ground.

Then another student sitting near the victim was seen trying to physically intervene because the assailant ran to a nearby trash can and forcibly threw the flag into it. The video ends when the attacker pushes away to interfere with the students.

The authorities have not yet released the names of the students involved. However, according to LGBTQ Nation, social media posts claimed that the apparent attack occurred on a $5 bet and pointed out the name of the student who allegedly carried out the attack. As of Friday night, an online petition to remove the suspected attacker from the school sports team has more than 5,000 signatures.

“We know that a social media video involved two students and a proud flag,” Rodney Green, assistant principal of Lownds High School, told Valdosta Daily“We attach great importance to the well-being and safety of our students. Our staff strive to provide a safe environment where all our students feel valued.”

Green added: “As soon as the management of Lenz High School became aware of the incident, it immediately launched an investigation to ensure that the victim was not harmed and addressed another student in accordance with the appropriate consequences outlined in the Student Code of Conduct.”

Several other violent incidents involving the pride flag of public schools have also been reported recently.In Florida in late May, another video show A 12-year-old non-binary student wears a flag on his back, like a cloak attacked by a male student. It is said that this incident also involved the assailants throwing flags into the trash can. Another video posted online at about the same time showed a similar incident in a middle school in Ohio.

Weekly newspaper Contacted the Lonze County Sheriff’s Office for comments.