Wednesday, June 5, 2024 -The father of a Baraboo High School graduate forcefully intervened during the school’s graduation ceremony on Friday, May 31, to stop a black superintendent fromshaking his daughter's hand.
As his daughter walked across the
stage to receive her diploma, the father quickly pulled district
Superintendent Rainey Briggs away before she could shake his hand.
Wearing a white polo shirt and a baseball
cap, the man ran onto the stage right after his daughter received her diploma.
Before she could greet Superintendent
Briggs, he grabbed Briggs by the right arm and pushed him aside, loudly
proclaiming, “That’s my daughter,” as captured in a video by TV43 Baraboo.
In the footage, Briggs responds, “You
better get up off me, man. Get away from me, bro,” as graduation staff and
three Baraboo police officers, including the school resource officer, stepped
in to handle the situation.
A voice in the background can be heard
saying, “I don’t want her touching him.”
Following the incident, police escorted the
man out of the school.
Despite sharing the stage with other school
officials, including School Board President Kevin Vodak and Principal Steve
Considine, the man solely confronted Superintendent Briggs, the only black man
there.
District spokesperson Hailey Wagner later
confirmed that a disorderly conduct charge has been referred to the Sauk County
District Attorney’s Office for the father.
This incident follows a controversial
moment in 2018 when students at Baraboo High School were seen giving a Nazi
salute in a class photo, highlighting ongoing tensions within the school
community.
Watch the incident that unfolded at the
graduation ceremony below.
Father blocks black superintendent from shaking daughter’s hand during high school graduation (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/chfKCJk6fS
— DAILY POST 🇳🇬 (@dailypost_ng) June 5, 2024
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