Virginia’s teenager who was seen hitting an opponent with a stick during a high school track competition held a gathering of supporters on Thursday to reiterate her innocence.
The gathering came one day after being served with a battery of offense and an assault charge.
The student, Alaila Everett, held the rally outside her school, IC Norcom High School, in Portsmouth, in Virginia. Dozens of people were seen attending the rally, because Everette gave a speech in tears, where she thanked her supporters sobbing.
“Thank you all for arguing me,” said Everett to the supporters, as we can see in the images of the local Virginia information station Wavy. “There is no one else who did not want to hear my story, with the exception of people who know me and people who know that I would never do anything like it, I would never hurt anyone. I am not a fighter, I am not even conflicting, I would not even do that on purpose, and I thank you for believing you in me.”
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Everett’s speech met with strong applause and a song of “We are holding with you”.
The president of Portsmouth Naacp, James Boyd, also spoke during the rally, alleging threats and insults that were directed to the family of Everett.
“The Everett family has experienced racial insults, they have experienced death threats and we unequivocally think that these things are unacceptable,” said Boyd.
Local community activist Germain Green called for the community’s unity in support of the adolescent.
“It disturbed me in my heart to see how the whole world dragged this young woman, dragging her character according to what they thought they saw. I just wanted to intervene, speak and bring the unity and let this young woman know that the city of Portsmouth goes up,” said Green.
Lynchburg’s Commonwealth’s lawyer’s office confirmed on Wednesday at PK Press Club Digital that an offense of aggression and Jad with battery had been deposited against the incident.
The incident occurred last Tuesday during a championship competition because images showed Everett by breaking Baton on the head of the Junior of Brookville High School Kaelen Tucker during a relay race. Everett and all his team were disqualified.
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A stick is returned to a 4×100 meter relay race. (Macabe Brown / Courier & Press / USA Today Network)
Tucker was then diagnosed with a concussion and a possible fracture of the skull, because images of the incident which have become viral.
Everett has since declared that successes were accidental, in interviews with Wavy and “Good Morning America”.
Virginia High School League (VHSL) had previously published a statement to PK Press Club Digital on this subject.
“The VHSL does not comment on individuals or disciplinary measures due to FERPA,” said the League Declaration. “The measures taken by the director of the meeting to disqualify the runner were appropriate and correct. We examine in depth each body like this which involves the safety of players with participating schools. Membership in VHSL has always made the priority to give students-athletes a safe environment for competition.”
PK Press Club Digital contacted the Portsmouth public school district to comment on the Everett family.
A stick held by Kiersten Duncan de LSU in the starting blocks of the female sprint relay in the 87th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at the Mike A. Myers stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA today Sport)
Before the announcement of the charges of offense on Everett, the Portsmouth Naacp published a declaration defending the besieged teenager on Wednesday.
“Alaila is not an attacker and media titles which allude to this in any case ashamed. We understand the sensitivity of the circumstances for the athletes and their families involved, but this story should not be unanswered,” the statement said.
“Alaila is a fee student and a star athlete at the Historical Secondary School IC Norcom. From all accounts, she is a young chef and exceptional scholar whose sporting talent has been well documented and recognized in our state. She was carried with integrity both on and outside the field and any story that pleads them guilty of any criminal activity is a violation of her regular study rights.”
