Coronado mayor demands apology from school district for tortilla-throwing incident response
Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey described the actions as a "rush to judgment" by the CIF and school district which falsely characterized the team and the community.
Author: LaMonica Peters (KFMB), City News Service
Published: 7:48 PM PDT July 7, 2021
Updated: 10:12 PM PDT July 7, 2021
CORONADO, Calif. — Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey called on the Coronado Unified School District's board to apologize for releasing a statement condemning the Coronado High School basketball team as being "fueled by racism, colorism and classism," following a tortilla-throwing incident after a championship game.
Following Coronado High School's 60-57 overtime victory in the boys' Division 4-A regional final some members of the crowd in Coronado gym on June 19 threw tortillas at the largely Latino Orange Glen players.