Student Told Not To Wear ‘BLM’ Mask At Graduation

Was the student denied his first amendment rights?  Was it racial insensitive on the school’s part?

Recently, at York Catholic High School, a private school in York Pennsylvania, student Dean Holmes was set to walk across the graduation stage.  All normal.   Except, Holmes wanted to wear a face mask with Black Lives Matter written across it.  But school officials told him to remove it because school policy forbade the wearing of anything with messaging on it.

Was the student denied his first amendment rights?  Was it racial insensitive on the school’s part?


Recent graduate Dean Holmes and his dad, John, join us for this edition of HUR@Home.