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Regina Scott Becomes LAPD’S First Black Woman Deputy Chief
High School Teacher Charged With Child Abuse After Punching Student
A black high school teacher faces suspicion of child abuse charges after footage showed him physically assaulting a white student. According to reports, 64-year-old Marston Riley began hit- ting the pupil after he report- edly cursed at him and repeatedly called him the N- word.
According to CBS News, the exchange began after the music teacher informed the 14-year-old student he was not wearing clothes in proper dress code. In a video posted on youtube, you can hear the student yell out ” You got me f**ked up N***a.”
Riley who attempts to get control of the situation walks away from the enraged stu- dent after being hit with a basketball. The two-minute clip shows the instructor eventually react to the racial comments and physical vio- lence that results in a fight.
MARSTON RILEY
Parents who were alerted to the fight were upset. “I think something needs to be done. That’s way out of hand,” one parent told the station.
A GoFundMe page has since been created by sup- porters of the teacher to help pay his legal fees.
The abuse Riley endured is reportedly not the first time he has been verbally or physically accosted by stu-
dents.
Riley receives over $80K from supporters
Students are coming to high school teacher, Marston Riley's defense, claiming the 16-year-old who fought with him started the encounter by spewing racist slurs.
By Tuesday, over $81,000 had been raised on behalf of Marston Riley, the music teacher who was filmed getting into a physical altercation with a 14-year-old student at the alternative high school where he teaches.
Once school officials noti- fied deputies of the fight, the 64-year-old was taken to the sheriff’s station for booking on suspicion of committing cruelty against a child. Offi- cials say he was booked there on $50,000 bail, but the sheriff’s Inmate Information Center confirms he was re- leased Saturday morning.
Meet Regina Scott — the first Black woman to reach the rank of deputy chief with the Los Angeles Police De- partment.
With her 31 years of expe- rience on the force, she will oversee Los Angeles’s Central Bureau, which the LAPD de- scribes as one of the most eth- nically and culturally diverse areas in the city.
“Deputy Chief Regina Scott represents the bright future of our department and our city,” said Chief Michel Moore. “Tonight we cele- brate a much deserved pro- motion of a proven leader as we embrace and encourage the next generation of LAPD leadership to step forward and serve.”
According to ABC 7, her ad- vancement is part of a con- certed effort by new police chief Michel Moore to di- versify the upper ranks of the force. And with her 31 years of experience on the force, it was an easily-earned promo- tion for Scott.
“I am both honored and humbled by this historic pro- motion,” Scott said last week when the news was an-
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nounced. “This promotion is more than just me, it is for those who paved the road be- fore me, and those who dare to dream big. I want to thank Chief Moore for having the courage and insight for real change and reform. I am ready to help build trust and help bridge the gap between the police and communities we serve.”
Scott is also the first Black woman to achieve the rank of commander. She joined the LAPD in July 1987 and was on the force when women were never in the upper eche- lons, according to the report.
Mother Pushed 5-Year-Old Down Steps, Killing Her
A Philadelphia mother has been arrested for allegedly shoving her 5-year-old daugh- ter down basement steps, killing her on Halloween, re- ports ABC.
25-year-old Ciara Robin- son has been charged with murder in the death of Amat- ulah “Amy” McLaughlin.
D. A. Tom Hogan told ABC, Robinson intentionally pushed the child down a flight of stairs leading to the base- ment.
“Eight-Nine feet down a set of stairs, concrete at the bottom of it, and the little girl hits her head and that’s what killed her,” he said.
According to ABC, respond- ing medics and police say they heard Robinson say that she was just upset with the child and that she should not have pushed her down the stairs.
An autopsy suggested the child suffered from abuse. “We found on her arms, on her legs, on her back, we found bruising, we found puncture wounds, we found scarring, we found lash marks, this little girl had been badly abused,” said Hogan.
A neighbor, Robert Gait- tens told ABC he had “no idea about the abuse was going on
CIARA ROBINSON
like that.” Adding I knew the children, actually I let them up- stairs a few times to watch car- toon network because the mother didn’t have cable or anything.”
According to Gaittens Robinson also has a 2-year- old son with another one on the way.
Ciara Robinson is re- portedly behind bars on charges of third degree murder and manslaughter, and also ag- gravated assault and child en- dangerment for the alleged abuse authorities say was going on for about a year.
The 2-year-old son is now in protective custody with a child care agency.
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