The parents of 4 black students in New York are planning to file a $12M lawsuit against a school district after a teacher wrote the caption 'Monkey do' above an image of their children, and then showed it to the class during a slideshow.
In a notice of claim — the first step in a possible lawsuit — a lawyer for the families said the image was altered to compare the students to monkeys or gorillas. It says the district violated the group's civil rights.
Parents of a group of black students planning to sue a Long Island school for $12M after a teacher put the caption "Monkey do" above a photo of their children.The photo was taken next to the gorilla exhibit at the zoo and the students were"deliberately persuaded, tricked and cajoled" by the teacher into taking the picture, the claim states.
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