APS black student singled out to play cotton picking game

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Anonymous wrote:Really don’t like that the child’s name is being publicly circulated. There had to have been a way to circulate the letter with his name redacted, even if it was easy to otherwise figure out his identity based on context.

What?! The mother said it on the news, at the public school board meeting that’s recorded, etc. She wants his name out there.

Making it legal to publish it…. I get it. But it’s still in poor taste.The kid is still a kid, even if his mom is making what appear to be questionable choices regarding his privacy.

For better or worse, when kids are minors, their parents have legal authority to make these decisions about them. The mother did on camera interviews with the child on the local news and has never attempted to protect or otherwise shield his identity.

The whole thing is really shameful and the best thing for him would be for mom, Justin Fairfax and NAACP to let this quietly go away (which is what I suspect given the lack of any additional reporting since the demand letter was publicized and cause backlash). I really think they miscalculated how it would be received and made a lot of wrong assumptions and garnering sympathy from the public.

I don't think her assumptions are crazy if she's looking to get her son a cash settlement and admission to college. Even if the case fails, which it won't since Arlington quivers in fear over allegations like these, it won't be published so they can just copy the demand letter into their college app and get accepted. School systems decided to play into these impossible social justice standards so this is going to happen pretty frequently.

As someone who dealt with this lady for years, I’ll tell you she did not come up with some elaborate scheme like described above by herself.

Can you tell us more? I'm so intrigued.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Really don’t like that the child’s name is being publicly circulated. There had to have been a way to circulate the letter with his name redacted, even if it was easy to otherwise figure out his identity based on context.

What?! The mother said it on the news, at the public school board meeting that’s recorded, etc. She wants his name out there.

Making it legal to publish it…. I get it. But it’s still in poor taste.The kid is still a kid, even if his mom is making what appear to be questionable choices regarding his privacy.

For better or worse, when kids are minors, their parents have legal authority to make these decisions about them. The mother did on camera interviews with the child on the local news and has never attempted to protect or otherwise shield his identity.

The whole thing is really shameful and the best thing for him would be for mom, Justin Fairfax and NAACP to let this quietly go away (which is what I suspect given the lack of any additional reporting since the demand letter was publicized and cause backlash). I really think they miscalculated how it would be received and made a lot of wrong assumptions and garnering sympathy from the public.

I don't think her assumptions are crazy if she's looking to get her son a cash settlement and admission to college. Even if the case fails, which it won't since Arlington quivers in fear over allegations like these, it won't be published so they can just copy the demand letter into their college app and get accepted. School systems decided to play into these impossible social justice standards so this is going to happen pretty frequently.

As someone who dealt with this lady for years, I’ll tell you she did not come up with some elaborate scheme like described above by herself.

Can you tell us more? I'm so intrigued.

It sounds like she was pretty well known in the school and neighborhood because of her family's daycare business.

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Anonymous wrote:Really don’t like that the child’s name is being publicly circulated. There had to have been a way to circulate the letter with his name redacted, even if it was easy to otherwise figure out his identity based on context.

What?! The mother said it on the news, at the public school board meeting that’s recorded, etc. She wants his name out there.

Making it legal to publish it…. I get it. But it’s still in poor taste.The kid is still a kid, even if his mom is making what appear to be questionable choices regarding his privacy.

For better or worse, when kids are minors, their parents have legal authority to make these decisions about them. The mother did on camera interviews with the child on the local news and has never attempted to protect or otherwise shield his identity.

The whole thing is really shameful and the best thing for him would be for mom, Justin Fairfax and NAACP to let this quietly go away (which is what I suspect given the lack of any additional reporting since the demand letter was publicized and cause backlash). I really think they miscalculated how it would be received and made a lot of wrong assumptions and garnering sympathy from the public.

I don't think her assumptions are crazy if she's looking to get her son a cash settlement and admission to college. Even if the case fails, which it won't since Arlington quivers in fear over allegations like these, it won't be published so they can just copy the demand letter into their college app and get accepted. School systems decided to play into these impossible social justice standards so this is going to happen pretty frequently.

As someone who dealt with this lady for years, I’ll tell you she did not come up with some elaborate scheme like described above by herself.

Can you tell us more? I'm so intrigued.

It sounds like she was pretty well known in the school and neighborhood because of her family's daycare business.

To be clear her family doesn’t own it, it’s a large private daycare in Clarendon. Many family members work/worked there. Keisha is the accounts manager and the aunt with Arlington residency was the assistant director. Their kids all attend for free as a perk. A former board member tried to raise concerns about how funds were being handled at one point.

[Anonymous]

What's the latest, has anyone called the attorney general to arrest them for residency fraud and collect back taxes? Is the traumatized child still going to aps?

[Anonymous]

Was there ever a resolution to this?

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Anonymous wrote:What's the latest, has anyone called the attorney general to arrest them for residency fraud and collect back taxes? Is the traumatized child still going to aps?

Yeah really Jason Miyares’ job to perp walk a low level scammer

[Anonymous]

No updates. Radio silence from NAACP. Justin Fairfax, AKA “Ben Crump of Virginia,” has no updates on his website. There is no valid legal claim. This case is going nowhere.

[Anonymous]

Hmmmmmm… does that mean a lawsuit won’t be filed?

[Anonymous]

Now that school is going back in session, shouldn’t there be a resolution to this? Still no updates from Fairfax on behalf of his client? From APS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now that school is going back in session, shouldn’t there be a resolution to this? Still no updates from Fairfax on behalf of his client? From APS?

You won't know the exact amount of the settlement but can sort of get an idea when the budget is released and you see big legal/insurance expenses.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now that school is going back in session, shouldn’t there be a resolution to this? Still no updates from Fairfax on behalf of his client? From APS?

You won't know the exact amount of the settlement but can sort of get an idea when the budget is released and you see big legal/insurance expenses.

There’s no settlement. If there were, Justin Fairfax and NAACP would be shouting it from the rooftops. Instead, this “case” will die a silent death and there will be no further updates.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now that school is going back in session, shouldn’t there be a resolution to this? Still no updates from Fairfax on behalf of his client? From APS?

You won't know the exact amount of the settlement but can sort of get an idea when the budget is released and you see big legal/insurance expenses.

There’s no settlement. If there were, Justin Fairfax and NAACP would be shouting it from the rooftops. Instead, this “case” will die a silent death and there will be no further updates.

I hope so.

[Anonymous]

Pretty sure they paid her out

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now that school is going back in session, shouldn’t there be a resolution to this? Still no updates from Fairfax on behalf of his client? From APS?

You won't know the exact amount of the settlement but can sort of get an idea when the budget is released and you see big legal/insurance expenses.

There’s no settlement. If there were, Justin Fairfax and NAACP would be shouting it from the rooftops. Instead, this “case” will die a silent death and there will be no further updates.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure they paid her out [/

For what? She owes us back tuition.