A high school student who sought to publicly deny he made a racist remark was properly refused access to his school’s public address system, a federal judge has ruled.
Given the “emotional and volatile” time during which the remark was made—immediately after the death of a Hispanic student— school officials made a “reasonable judgment” in refusing to allow a public mea culpa, Eastern District Judge Joseph F. Bianco ruled in DeFabio v. East Hampton Union Free School Dist., 07-cv-1717.
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