board meeting that we need to get to and need to be there on time. also as you know, the sheriff s department is having a news conference at 5:00 ppt want to give you ample time to get to that. first i d like to introduce james manning, chairman of our richland board of trustees. thank you, libby. first off, i want to thank you all for being here on such short notice today and also like to introduce some very special guests that are with us. we re very fortunate to have some strong supporters at richland school district 2 and the work that we do here. first i d like to introduce couple board members, chip jackson and amelia mackie. to my right, i would like to introduce the columbia urban league president j.t. mclaw horn, the columbia mayor, mayor steve benjamin, who is in the
you heard miguel reported, 61% of black students disciplined in this school, only 29% of white students. when you see this video, and you have a black teenage girl, a white officer, i have to ask you the question, is it about race, do you think? that is a tough question. i ll say this to you candidly. when i saw the video as an african-american male, i saw my daughter who graduated from the school district several years ago, my niece currently in the seventh grade and i saw my wife who works in the school district. i m an african-american male and i saw an african-american female. that s what i saw. the question is when the white officer looked into the face of that young girl, who did he see? it wouldn t look like his daughter, his niece or his wife. you can draw your own conclusions. that it s perspective i see when i see this video. chip jackson, i appreciate