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Confederate Flag Sparks Fight at Tarpon Springs High
A student wore the flag across his shoulders last week, leading to a brawl between several students, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
A Confederate flag sparked a fight last week at Tarpon Springs High School, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
A student wore the controversial flag across his shoulders last Wednesday afternoon, leading to a brawl between at least four students, the newspaper reports.
No one was seriously hurt, but two brothers, one of whom was carrying the flag, say they were attacked as part of an ongoing racial feud. The brothers are facing a 10-day suspension, their family told the Times.
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Tarpon High Principal Clinton Herbic said the school is investigating how the fight started.
Read more in the Times' story.
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