Published May 21, 2016
A rope burn a 12-year-old black Waco girl received around her neck during an overnight school campout has left the girl's mother asking if her daughter was victimized by racially motivated bullying by sixth-grade classmates.
Sandy Rougely has retained a lawyer to press a personal injury claim against Live Oak Classical School, the private school where her daughter is enrolled. She tells The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/1OCwVlr ) her daughter returned from the April 28 campout with the injury to the front half of her neck.
In a statement to the newspaper, school trustee Jeremy Counseller said the girl was injured accidentally by a rope swing and accused Rougley's attorney of exploiting the accident for financial gain.
Rougely and her attorney say the injury was inflicted intentionally and racially motivated.
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Information from: The Dallas Morning News, http://www.dallasnews.com
https://www.foxnews.com/us/rope-burn-to-neck-of-black-girl-12-ignites-dispute