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A group of female school bullies brutally attacked a girl in the common room while a male staff member walked by and did nothing.
The victim, who only goes by LS in a $1 million lawsuit filed by her mom, was charging an electronic device in the common room of Grant High School in Portland when a red-headed girl in a white hoodie came over to her and started talking to her.
The two reportedly had a heated conversation for several moments before the assaulter jumped on LS and began to repeatedly hit her, the Oregonian reported.
During the January 4 fight, a male staff member, who was sitting at the far end of the common room, can be seen walking hurriedly along the wall, not once looking at the altercation.
Portland Public Schools stopped employing officers in schools in June 2020 after the death of George Floyd because some activists were concerned the officers were targeting students of color.
Grant High School, where the incident took place, does employ security personnel. But Portland Public Schools axed school cops – also known as school resource officers – in the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin in May 2020.
A group of female school bullies attacked a girl, only identified as LS, in the common room on January 4, brutally beating her and leaving her with physical and emotional injuries
LS can be seen kneeling after being knocked the the ground in the fight as multiple girls attacked the junior. She was charging an electronic device when a girl in a white hoodie came over and got into a heated conversation before striking her
Surveillance video shows the girl winding her arm up several times before making heavy strikes against the girl as the conversation boils over.
LS – wearing a black hoodie – can be seen cowering away from the strikes, but shortly after the other girls join in and surround her.
She can be seen kneeling on the ground at one point as the girl in the white hoodie slams her fists into the girl’s head.
The five girls can be seen calmly leaving the cafeteria shortly after the employee. Seconds later, the girl in the hoodie returns, but doesn’t touch the girl.
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The girl can be seen huddling near the booth she was sitting in as two male students walk through the cafeteria. The lawsuit revealed she had a ‘bloody nose and visible blood on her shirt’ and was ‘shaken.’
She suffered from ‘contusions to her head, [had] a swollen nasal bridge, muscle strain to her head and neck, and ongoing right shoulder pain and stiffness.’ She also had a rotator cuff injury that required physical therapy.
Her mother, Rahel Fessehazion, 50, is now suing Portland Public School for $1.1 million for the physical and emotional injuries inflicted on her daughter and for the school’s negligence.
Fessehazion allegest her daughter, a junior at the school, had been taunted by this group of girls since her freshmen year. During LS’ freshmen year, administrators issued a no-contact order, which kept the girls in separate classes.
A male staff member was sitting on the far end of the common room and left it after the altercation broke out, not once looking over at the girls
The girls left shortly after him, leaving the girl with a bloody nose and visible blood on her shirt. LS had a no-contact order against the girls since freshmen year since they were allegedly taunting her
The incident happened at Grant High School, which does have security on campus. Portland Public Schools used to have police officers on campus, but that was discontinued in June 2020, after the death of George Floyd, because activists claimed officers were targeting students of color
The complaint also alleged the school only removed the girls from the school for a ‘few days’ after the fight, which caused LS to face ‘further harassment and additional emotional injuries.’
LS eventually obtained a temporary stalking protection order against the two girls after the fight. The protection order became finalized in February, according to the lawsuit.
Two of the girls were removed from Grant High School and moved to a different school on February 7.
LS would later transfer for her senior year, because she had ‘lost all trust in Grant High School.’
Fessehazion is claiming the school knew the dangers and allowed it to happen anyways.
She is asking for $780,000 for the staff member’s negligence and $400,000 for her daughter’s emotional distress.
