The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) shared a message with the Lawrence Middle School community on Monday, Dec. 23, hours after parents, students and civil rights activists gathered in front of the LA Police Department (LAPD) Devonshire Department in Northridge to demand justice in what they are calling a racially-motivated beating of 13-year-old Sal’Vyion “Sal” Torres.
“I want to inform you of an after-school altercation that occurred between an adult (non-employee) and a student off-campus on December 6, 2024, near Lawrence Middle School. We notified the parents of the student involved immediately following the incident,” the LAUSD statement reads.
Outrage from the Chatsworth school’s community erupted following the attack on the African American eighth-grade student by a white parent…