The disruption occurred when the teacher called her out in front of everyone, and then had to force the issue. She had her cell phone out during a quiet period, when people were doing their individual work. Her teacher demanded that she surrender her phone, and she did defy his order, but was apologetic and begged the…

If a black teen can be sentenced to immediate death for the heinous crime of being out on a public sidewalk after dark; if a black man can legally be strangled to death by a police officer; if a black man can be shot in the back six times by a police officer, who then (needlessly) attempts to cover it up; if a black…