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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.
Community members are protesting for accountability following last weekend's controversial high school basketball game between Coronado High and Orange Glen High.
Waving posters that demanded justice and with a Mexican flag in hand, dozens of community activists and supporters took to the streets of Coronado calling out.