'Let Me Go!': Judge Sides with Black Middle Schooler with Disabilities Who Was Cuffed Four Times By School Police, Issues Scathing Order to California School District

'Let Me Go!': Judge Sides with Black Middle Schooler with Disabilities Who Was Cuffed Four Times By School Police, Issues Scathing Order to California School District

The parents of a Black middle school student who was repeatedly physically restrained and handcuffed by school police for misbehavior related to his disabilities have won out after a precedent-setting five-year legal battle with the local school district and sheriff’s department in southern California. After presiding over the racial and disability discrimination lawsuit since 2021, U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal approved settlement agreeme…