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New York School Denies That Four Black Girls Were Strip-Searched

HeadlineJan 25, 2019

In Binghamton, New York, school district officials are denying reports that four 12-year-old African-American girls were strip-searched by a middle school nurse and assistant principal after they allegedly acted “giddy” during a school lunch. The school district’s denial came after 200 people packed a school board meeting Tuesday evening to condemn the alleged incident, which they said left the four girls feeling humiliated and traumatized. The school board acknowledges the girls were detained on suspicion of possessing drugs—a suspicion that it admits was unfounded—but denies the girls were strip-searched.

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