A mother believes her biracial son was racially profiled after an alleged incident that happened with a school resource officer, off campus.
Christine Britain’s 17-year-old year son attended North Cobb High School in August 2023 when the alleged incident occurred.
“I want them to let him go to school, get caught up. I want him to graduate,” said Britain.
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“The issues are pretty clear. The district violated the law. They unlawfully expelled my client. He should be back in school and they are restricting him from doing that,” said Attorney Michael Tafelski, Deputy Legal Director for The Southern Poverty Law Center.
Britain said the school resource officer confronted her son off campus after she received a complaint from a student that he was speeding in a school zone.
“When she got out of the car and had her hand on the gun he was scared, he refused to open his …