{"id":2590,"date":"2014-02-21T07:39:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T15:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=2590"},"modified":"2014-02-21T07:39:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T15:39:31","slug":"8-us-school-wrestlers-kicked-out-of-tournament-after-lynching-photo-appears-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/02\/21\/8-us-school-wrestlers-kicked-out-of-tournament-after-lynching-photo-appears-online\/","title":{"rendered":"8 US school wrestlers kicked out of tournament after lynching photo appears online"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TRENTON, N.J. -An attorney for eight young U.S. wrestlers kicked out of a tournament after a photo surfaced of team members apparently simulating a lynching says the boys only intended to show school spirit.<\/p>\n

Scott Wilhelm said in a prepared statement that the New Jersey students didn’t think what they were doing could be seen as insensitive and they were sorry for offending anyone.<\/p>\n

The picture posted online showed boys in wrestling clothes surrounding a black wrestling dummy wearing a school T-shirt and hanging from a noose.<\/p>\n

The statement noted that the dummy is used in daily practices and, as far as the wrestlers know, is only manufactured in dark leather.<\/p>\n

“In outfitting the wrestling dummy, we did not give any thought to the physical appearance of the dummy as anything other than an unidentified generic wrestler,” Wilhelm said.<\/p>\n

The boys sat at a table while the statement was read but didn’t comment.<\/p>\n

Phillipsburg school officials made a statement Thursday saying they take the case seriously and “took the necessary actions to hold accountable those involved” but would not disclose the punishments because they are\u00a0 “student issues.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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