A spokesman for a Wisconsin highschool pushed again by a graduate’s father is talking out concerning the incident … saying there’s too little, too late, an apology.
The supervisor Rainey Briggs — who was on stage at Baraboo Excessive throughout the notorious commencement ceremony — attorneys instructed the media Matthew Eddy contacted him on Monday with an unofficial apology from his father … but it surely appears issues did not go so effectively.
Briggs stated Each day Mail, “Apologies simply do not make issues go away.” He says Eddie triggered “lots of harm” by dashing onto the stage and bodily stopping Briggs from shaking his daughter’s hand.
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As we reported … the video reveals Eddie ready close to the stage for his daughter to stroll throughout it earlier than dashing over to Briggs and pushing him away because the daughter got here with the diploma.
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At first, some thought race was an element right here – as a result of Briggs is black and Eddie is white – however to date there’s been no proof of that, and Eddie stated the policemen his beef with Briggs was as a result of he did not like Briggs for his previous issues with the college and his little one.
Briggs says he is undecided if his race was an element now that the mud has settled … telling NBC Information and DM that is a query for Eddie, although Briggs provides the optics do not look good.
Keep in mind … Briggs ended up getting a brief restraining order in opposition to Eddie and the daddy was additionally charged with petty disorderly conduct because of all of it.
The restraining order prohibits Eddie from contacting Briggs instantly…so he cannot legally apologize even when he needed to…but it surely would not appear to be any use proper now.