Student's Parents Sue After Kendrick Lamar Video Shown In Class

A town must pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit after Vernon Center Middle School showed a Kendrick Lamar music video, causing "emotional distress" to a police officer's son. Jordan Uhl, Francesca Fiorentini and Maz Jobrani discuss on The Young Turks. Your Support is Crucial to the Show: https://tyt.com/team

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"A Connecticut town is set to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit that claims the son of a police officer suffered emotional distress — and claims his parents were forced to pay tuition costs to move the child to another school — after the student's eighth grade class was shown a Kendrick Lamar music video.

A lawsuit filed in 2022 regarding the alleged incident in 2020 argues that an eighth grade social studies teacher at Vernon Center Middle School, showed his class a documentary called "Hip Hop: Songs that Shook America" that featured the Kendrick Lamar song "Alright.""

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