Some details have been released surrounding an incident on Halloween night in Woodsboro, a small town near Corpus Christi.
According to the victim’s attorney, three teenagers allegedly donning Ku Klux Klan garb attacked a young black high school student with a taser during the night of October 31.
Attorney Matt Manning alleged that an additional five teenagers were targeted by the three in KKK robes. Manning’s client wasn’t seriously injured, according to the Independent.
The attack was first reported to the Refugio County Sheriff, who responded to Woodsboro shortly after. Refugio Sheriff Raul Gonzales said that the report they received detailed a “taser, or cattle-prod-like device,” being used.
Manning, who is representing the primary victim of the attack, said he was “infuriated” by the actions of the teens. Manning said in a Facebook post that he had learned that the three alleged perpetrators were still allowed to play in their local high school football game after the incident.
In the same post, Manning stated that after meeting with the victim and his family, he was “moved by the grace and genuineness of his mother in our conversation yesterday evening” and also was “truly impressed by the maturity this young man.”
No arrests or charges have been made as of now, despite Manning’s plea for a full investigation. The Woodsboro School District stated that the issue was outside their realm of authority because the attack happened off-campus.
A similar event allegedly occurred at Pittsburg High School, where a student wore a KKK costume to school on a “dare” just before Halloween, but no assault was associated with this incident.
Corpus Christi NAACP Official Jeremy Lane Coleman identified the attack in Woodsboro as a “hate crime,” and called for action against the teens. The identities of the assailants and victims were not revealed for privacy reasons as minors.
