Posters reading “f*** the police” and “f*** Amerikkka: this is Native land” have been taken down from a classroom at Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles' Castle Heights neighborhood.
According to the Parents Defending Education organization, a parent contacted them to complain about the posters. A Palestinian flag a Transgender pride flag, an LGBTQ+ pride flag and a Black Lives Matter Flag were also hanging in the classroom.
The parent said they thought the posters were "disgusting brainwashing of students with taxpayer dollars."
Parents Defending Education – which says it is “a national grassroots organization working to reclaim our schools from activists imposing harmful agendas,” according to its organization website – said the Los Angeles Unified School District sent a statement regarding the posters.
"Across the nearly 630,000 students and about 30,000 teachers district-wide, individual teachers decorate their rooms in a variety of ways, with some decorations being directly tied to or in support of our district curriculum, while others are inclined to adorn based on their freedom of expression and individuality," said the school district.
LAUSD also said that it has a firm policy to treat all students and staff equally and prohibits people from using slurs.
"While utilizing decorations in our learning environments, all L.A. Unified teachers are expected to adhere to district policies and to be mindful of our mission to educate children in a classroom that reflects all our policies of inclusion and respectful treatment of individual rights," the district continued.
Any displays determined to be "overtly and objectively political" or against school policies are taken down and handled administratively, according to the statement.
"Nevertheless, not every subjective belief that any one display is ‘political’ can be accommodated in a district as large and diverse as L.A. Unified," the district added.
In a statement sent to Fox News, LAUSD said the specific posters mentioned by Parents Defending Education will be taken down. LAUSD said it would not reveal information about who put the posters up.
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