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By: Staff The Associated Press, Published on IFil Sep 00 2017
CRESTON, Iowa — Five southern Iowa high school students who appeared in a photo shared on
social media wearing white hoods and waving a Confederate flag next to a burning cross have
been kicked off the high school football team, the coach said.
Creston/Orient-Macksburg football coach Brian Morrison told The Des Moines Register on
Thursday that the five Creston High School students are off the team, which was scheduled to
play Friday night.
Morrison said he had spoken with the parents of all the students involved and informed them the
teens were no longer on the team.
Morrison also said lawyers have become involved, but he couldn't provide details about whom
the lawyers are representing or what they are advocating.
"Litigation is what it is," Morrison said. "At this point tonight, they're not with us."
Earlier in the week, Principal Bill Messerole said the students involved have been disciplined, but
would not say what that discipline entailed, citing student confidentiality.
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Coach kicks students photographed in hoods off football team
Local law enforcement officials have said the boys' actions fall under protected speech and that
there is nothing for police to investigate.
Creston is a city of more than 7,800 people about 70 miles (110 kilometres ) south of Des
Moines.
Information from: The Des Moines Register, http://www.desmoinesregister.com
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