“The outreach was really to indicate that he, Matthew, understands his mishap in terms of what he did, what he’s caused. He’s remorseful,” Briggs continued. “I took that as some form of apology, but that’s not something I think at this time amounts to a solid apology, from my perspective.
“I don’t think an apology, an ‘I’m sorry,’ makes this go away because there’s a lot of harm that was caused.” The damning footage from the graduation shows Eddy pushing Briggs aside as his daughter was receiving her diploma, saying “I don’t want her touching him.”
According to the father, the super intendant rolled his eyes at the daughter during disciplinary hearing when she tried explained her behavior, & then expelled the daughter for doing the same thing her bully’s did to her.
Given that, I can understand a proud father holding some measure of a grudge over that, but not enough of a grudge to attack the person.
I think the comment’s OP is expressing something similar, being protective of a youth over an administrator jeopardizing the youth’s future.
I don’t think OP is condoning the attack, just acknowledging there’s more going on here than ignorance & racism.
None of what you said justifies doing what the dad did.
Did I say it did? Not in any way. In fact, I’m pretty sure that I said that none of what happened justified the father’s behavior.
You know what I didn’t do? I didn’t try to reduce a complex story down into good vs bad, or start antagonizing anyone who disagrees with me.