On Monday at Immanuel Christian School in Springfield, Virginia, authorities say twelve-year-old Amani Allen was held down by three male classmates who cut off her dreadlocks.
Allen is black, the three boys are white.
Allen says the three boys pinned her down to the playground slide, one put her hands behind her back, one put their hands over her mouth and one cut her hair, calling it ugly and nappy.
She says they also said she didn’t deserve to live and that she should never have been born.
Allen’s family said they have filed a police report.
The head of the school released a statement saying: “We take seriously the emotional and physical well-being of all of our students and have a zero tolerance policy for any kind of bullying or abuse. We are deeply disturbed by the allegations being made and are in communication with the family of the alleged victim to gather information and provide whatever support we can. We have also reached out to law-enforcement to ask them to conduct a thorough investigation.”
The school also says all the students involved will be held out of school while police conduct their investigation.
Allen, however, is showing an incredible amount of compassion.
She says even though she was traumatized, she feels like something must’ve happened to the three boys to make them want to do what they did.
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