Pro Photography. Anthony J. Phillips, the father of Lunenburg eighth-grader Isaac A. Phillips, 13, who plays freshman and junior varsity football for Lunenburg High School and was the target of racist graffiti . Volunteer Help the coach manage this team. Then be charged with a hate crime. Because some people are just assholes. The school was forced to apologize, and the Thanksgiving Day game was cancelled. A former school football player who was in the spotlight in 2013 after his family claimed racist graffiti was painted on their house will soon be arraigned on charges related to a shooting in. But why Leominster? If you havent seen the Blue Devils play football, youre missing out. Wednesday: Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. issues a statement saying his office does not have enough evidence to charge anyone in the racist graffiti incident at this time. "It's a real betrayal for all of us in town," Benson said. LUNENBURG (CBS) ---The parents of a Lunenburg football player who was the target of a hate crime, say they feel like they've been lied to since day one. Dec. 3: Police visit the Phillips home. In his mind he just wants to leave," Brazier said. Lunenburg High School football player Isaac Phillips, second from right, is shown during a candlelight vigil in his honor. Mother looks like shes missing a few dozen chromosomes to begin with. Lunenburg Football Roster Print 2022-23 Players (89) Staff (1) Do you have a team photo? According to Dad hes a great player. If its true, she didnt just put her son through a lot; she put this whole town through a lot.. Why would the kids at Lunenburg want to get rid of this star player? Benson said while serving on the school committee, she took part in writing one of the first-ever anti-bullying and anti-hazing policies in the state. Many members expressed their support. All this nonsense to transfer from one public school to another for the purposes of an underclassman to play football on a better team. Get the newest Turtleboy Sports t-shirt (as seen on the Felger and Mazz show) by clicking the picture above. Then he changed his story twice, first explaining he did a construction job on a blue house but that the spray paint in question was white and later saying the cans contained Flex Seal used to fix house gutters. "This brazen attack on the home of a high school football player warrants everyone's condemnation. The Associated Press contributed to this report. #RipAj, Anthony DeCarolis tweeted. Football is a brotherhood, one player wrote. The elder Phillips declined to respond to questions Wednesday afternoon outside the family home, where no trespassing signs have been placed. The comments apparently led police to first focus their attention on the team. LUNENBURG (CBS) A youth football league is coming under fire in Central Massachusetts for telling a 12-year-old he can't play with his team mid-season. Lunenburg Youth Football and Cheerleading provides an opportunity for all children regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, or religious preference an equal opportunity for participation in a safe, competitively balanced and organized setting. State Rep. Jen Benson served on the Lunenburg School Committee prior to going to the State House. #ada-button-frame { Any parent who puts academics first wants to keep their kid in Lunenburg and OUT of Leominster, since test scores are much higher at Lunenburg. Cases surrounding an 1895 Lunenburg County murder are the subject of historian Suzanne Lebsock's book, A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial. Nonprofit Organization. Police, FBI are investigating what a school official called an "act of hate.". When the FBI rolled into town and they hadnt solved the case in 24 hours it was a dead giveaway that the parents did it. "No matter how bad or how vulgar it sounds, that's how we communicate, that's how our friendship was. Withoutthem none of this is possible. Like when he said he wanted to kick the shit out of this pizza place employee in Florida because he wore a Black Olives Matter shirt: What are the odds this guy would affiliate himself with another fraudulent organization (BLM) whose entire organization revolved around a lie called hands up dont shoot? LUNENBURG A 2016 Lunenburg High School graduate and former football player died early Saturday morning in a car crash that injured a former schoolmate and led to motor-vehicle homicide and . The educators and coaches of Lunenburg value diversity, and we care deeply about all of our students, Calmes told reporters. Counselors will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Lunenburg Middle-High School, 54 Oak Ave. We strongly encourage you to come to the school with your student if they are in need of support, Santry said in the email. If the FBI can get Whitey Bulger to rat, they can get a bunch of high school kids to crack. Brazier responded by saying, OK. She denied that her husband or son were involved. 'I was hoping someone would come forward. The past few months have been very difficult for my family. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 432square miles (1,120km2), of which 432square miles (1,118km2) is land and 1square mile (2km2) (0.16%) is water. Email us at Turtleboysports@gmail.com for more information, and check out our website about types of advertising we offer. We have no tolerance for racism in any form, and we do everything we can to eliminate it from our schools and our community.". At his death in 1820, a Richmond newspaper noted in its obituary of William Taylor that he was the last man known to be alive who had heard Patrick Henry's famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Theyre outstanding, Nalen said of the organization. Brazier said she went outside the night of Nov. 14 to show her daughter that no one was out there, the affidavit said. She was emotionally upset and crying and was saying we did not understand, said the affidavit, which outlined the police investigation and asked for a warrant to search the home. We are trying to get to a place of healing and unity.. Home of the Blue Knights. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Im sure Leominster is a fine school with good teachers, but its not exactly an Ivy League preparatory high school. Nov. 17: A candle light vigil dubbed Many hands, one community is held in the center of town to show support for Phillips and his family. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91. Most of the leads that we have followed up throughout the investigation have led back toward the house, Luth said. The word was allegedly used against Worcester South players in two recent games. McNiff, a 2015 graduate, is hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. 1.79% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. If you burn down your own house its still arson, if you create a fake, hate crime in your town, its still a hate crime, everybody had to deal with it same as a hoax bomb-threat. Isaac Phillips, former Lunenburg football player whose family claimed to have been targets of racist graffiti in 2013, indicted on armed assault with intent to murder charge Tom Matthews,. Cant figure that one out. They held a freaking candlelight vigil. "They have known about previous allegations so it seems to me we've been lied to from day one," Brazier said. I love all you guys, McNiff posted, using a picture he posted for National Best Friends Day.. [8] Taylor served as County Clerk for 51 years (17631814). . The crash killed 18-year-old Austin AJ Robbins, a well-known football player and recent high school graduate whom friends described as a gregarious teen with a contagious laugh. Ironically at the same time, she wanted it to be a big deal so that her kid could go to Leominster. Murdock has an outstanding team and outstanding coaching staff. Nothing shady about that. Jan. 21: Lunenburg resident Steve Powell sends an email to selectmen asking for their support in planning an out-of-season scrimmage for the football team to make up for their lost Thanksgiving game in the midst of the racial tension. The Lunenburg story has echoes of the rookie hazing scandal that has enveloped the NFL's Miami Dolphins. Lunenburg Has Echoes of NFL Hazing Scandal. Interestingly, Ayer-Shirley coach Jermaine McKenzie was an assistant under Nalen at Matignon. Like for one thing, dont burn the evidence in the front yards makeshift fire pit. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. They questioned the whole football team. The 6-foot-3, 165-pound Hill shined in the opener against the Blue Devils, rushing for 129 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. I cant imagine hes doing well, Cunningham said. John R. Ellement can be reached at ellement@globe.com. On an online fund-raising page for the Robbins family, more than $12,000 had been donated from nearly 150 people as of Sunday afternoon. Her husband, Anthony J. Phillips, is black, and their son, Isaac Phillips, who played on Lunenburgs freshman and junior varsity teams, is biracial. On social media, former classmates and Lunenburg residents shared memories of Robbins using the hashtag #RIPAJ. Lunenburg High School's Varsity Football Twitter. When Brazier arrived she started the conversation by telling police she was done with the whole incident. She said she had painted over the graffiti and she no longer wanted to participate in the police investigation, saying she could not sleep at night and the events were ripping her family apart.When police told Brazier that they had no leads and would have to re-start the investigation, Brazier said her son was thriving in his new school and repeated that she wanted the investigation to end. Im surprised she got almost three weeks out of this before caving. Heather Hunt, 18, of Lunenburg sat on the hood of a car with her head in her hands across the street from a makeshift memorial for Austin Robbins. Someone painted racist graffiti including the N-word last week on the home of a 13-year-old student who plays on Lunenburg High School's freshman and junior varsity football teams. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. There he became a judge and subsequently Adjutant General of the United States Army under General William Henry Harrison in the War of 1812. And from the looks of it Anthony Phillips and Andrea Brazier are no longer together, as hes traded her in for a younger product: Pretty sure this chick is only a couple grades ahead of his son. Unbeknownst to him, his white mother did it, but lets her son live with the false fear that there are people in their own town who hate him so much because hes black that theyre willing to trespass on and violate their home with racial slurs. One junior varsity game ended in a shoving match after a tackle, with a referee reporting that racial epithets were used. All rights reserved. A lie that severely damaged the reputation of innocent people. The median income for a household in the county was $27,899, and the median income for a family was $34,302. His physicality. Isaac Phillips, 13, who is in eighth grade but plays on the Lunenburg High School football team, said when members of his family went outside Friday morning they found a racial slur tagged across its property. A Massachusetts high school football team has forfeited the remainder of the season, including the traditional Thanksgiving Day game, after racist graffiti was found spray-painted on a young player's home. Click here for more from The Boston Globe. Lunenburg County Public Schools operates the following schools: There are no private or independent schools in Lunenburg County, and no colleges or universities are located there. Jeffrey Thibodeau that she had to talk to [her husband] first and then she would call Thibodeau back. Phillips did not attend school on Monday and has said he wants to transfer to Leominster High School. Instead he was just arrested for armed robbery of a Dunkin Donuts. I feel really bad for him.. Stay up-to-date with important news developments, delivered right to your inbox. Nov. 15: Varsity football game between Lunenburg High School and Oakmont Regional High School is postponed because of what school officials described as an offense against a player.. AJ had a big heart and a beautiful spirit. Legal Statement. #ada-button-frame { The nerve ofthis chud. Anthony Phillips gave authorities three different accounts of where the cans had come from, according to investigators. 28.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Former Lunenburg High School football player Isaac Phillips' mother Andrea Brazier, replied "OK" when an FBI agent suggested she was the one who spray painted graffiti on the house, according to an affidavit. These so-called parents should get the Jerry Springer award for parenting while in the house of correction. LUNENBURG The father of a former Lunenburg football player said Thursday night the community his family has lived in for more than 15 years has shown its true colors in the months after racist graffiti was found on their home in November. After son gets into Leominster everything magically ends. Robbinss friend who was driving the car, Joseph Kapp of Gardner, is expected to be in a courtroom Monday to face charges of vehicular homicide and operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, Earlys office said. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. Near the memorial, a guidance counselor from Lunenburg High School sat with a group of young women, who were later joined by Lunenburg Police Chief James Marino and his wife. Police obtained a search warrant for instruments pertaining to the crime of defacing property, as well as paperwork containing Braziers handwriting. An investigation was launched. LUNENBURG (CBS) --- Words of hate were spray painted on a home and now, the crime is impacting an entire community. And helicopter parents will do ANYTHING for their kids. "As a community we offer our deepest support to the player and his family and want to emphasize that Lunenburg is an inclusive supportive community, and this is not the sort of behavior we foster or tolerate. During the game, a coach for Worcester South reported to a referee that a Lunenburg player used racist language toward one of his players. During much of the American Civil War, the family of Missionary Bishop Henry C. Lay lived in Lunenberg County, where Mrs. Lay (the former Eliza Withers Atkinson) grew up. This case is indicative of how school bullying can quickly escalate to a hate crime and civil rights violations, making it a community wide concern," ADL regional director Robert Trestan in the statement. Charges will not be filed in the case of racist graffiti left on the Lunenburg home of a young biracial high school football player, due to lack of evidence, authorities said on Wednesday. On Monday, Nov. 25, police asked Brazier to come to the Lunenburg Police Station to meet with investigators. Nov. 22: McCauliff travels to Worcester South to apologize to students for conduct exhibited by Lunenburg football players during two separate games. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. When I run my forhometools.com blog then I got the site. A football scrimmage scheduled for Saturday between Lunenburg High School and Monty Tech was canceled. [2], Lunenburg County was established on May 1, 1746, from Brunswick County. Nalen took over for longtime mentor Steve Boone. Its all so close, he said. The 6-foot-3, 165-pound Hill shined in the opener against the Blue Devils, rushing for 129 yards. [1] Its county seat is Lunenburg. I thought his vision for athletics went hand in hand with what I was looking for, Nalen said. Hes a great guy and a really good coach.. We all know thats why.. clearly the parents didnt stay in school long enough to understand the importance of education before sports. If you want your kid to leave the higher achieving school district so he can play on a superior football team then youre a ratchet ass parent. Nov. 19: The School Committee issues a public statement, saying it stands by the decision Calmes made to cancel the game. Lunenburg Police Chief James Marino said the case remains open. This isnt harmless, and allegations of racism should be taken seriously and investigated. Lunenburg Public Schools Superintendent Loxi Jo Calmes announced Monday the high school has canceled the rest of the season and that an investigation is underway into alleged racist slurs by. Police Chief James Marino told The Boston Globe that investigation into the racist graffiti is ongoing with help from the FBI, state police and the district attorney's office. If youre gonna spray paint racial slurs all over the home of some kid you hate, why would you be so careful not to damage the siding of the house? Although the dead giveaway was his outfit: Youre a grown ass man wearing an Echo Unlimited hoodie. Anthony Davis, an NFL football player, currently for the New Orleans Saints (beginning 2009). About. 2013 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. "We all want answers but it's not necessarily going to happen instantly, we have to let the investigation take place," she said. It happens at work, in stores, at school. The population density was 30 people per square mile (12/km2). Robbins has two brothers, Derek (entering ninth grade), and Tyler (entering seventh grade). LUNENBURG (CBS) ---The parents of a Lunenburg football player who was the target of a hate crime, say they feel like they've been lied to since day one. Cathy Hennessy, 46, who has three children in Lunenburg schools, said she could not understand why someone would do such a thing. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. In a varsity game between the same two schools, a Lunenburg player was accused of using a racial slur against a player on the opposing team. The Anti-Defamation League has said it was a hate crime and commended police for making the case a top priority, the station reported. Please enter valid email address to continue. Part of the investigation, she says, will include finding out if Phillips was bullied prior to Friday's discovery and whether those instances were ever reported to school officials. The past few months have been tough? If it was the mother, thats just really sad.. Robbins, who lived in Lunenburg, graduated this spring from the towns public high school, where he played on the schools football team. Those are the facts and that's what I'm accountable for. Blue Knights is the team's nickname. Being able to overcome adversity is something these guys definitely have.. Days after the vandalism, several hundred residents gathered in the center of town for a candlelight vigil to show their support for 13-year-old Isaac Phillips, who has since transferred to a school in a neighboring town. There were 4,998 households, out of which 27.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.50% were married couples living together, 13.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families. Lunenburg? or redistributed. 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And had someone questioned it and suggested that the parents did it, they would be the racists. But thats a racist statement. ", 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Thank you, Seniors. 53 talking about this. There were so many telltale signs: Meanwhile she was sharing pictures like this on her Facebook page: Oh, and how bout the fact that this lady basically made her son think the Klan was after him?Hes just going about his business and then wakes up one day and the N word is spray painted all over his house.
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