Jacob Rush, a straight-A student at Abeka Academy in Pensacola, Florida, was being forced by school administrators to cut his locs in order to participate in his graduation ceremony until his mother, Â Latrenda Rush, started a Change.org petition in protest, gaining over 53,000 signatures.
The Pensacola Police Department has launched a full-scale investigation after two Black parents accused SWAT officers of physically harming their 1-year-old son during a botched raid on a home while executing a search warrant.
