School To Release Video In Death Of Nonbinary Teen

NBC News reports:

Authorities in Oklahoma will release video from inside the school where the family of an LGBTQ student said the teen was attacked and assaulted in a bathroom one day before their death, police said Wednesday.

Hallway cameras inside Owasso High School West Campus show the student, Nex Benedict, before and after the Feb. 7 fight, Owasso Police Department spokesman Nick Boatman told NBC News. Boatman said investigators have reviewed the video and will release it “at some point.” He did not provide additional details about what the video shows.

In a statement Wednesday, the police department said that preliminary information from an autopsy shows that Nex’s Feb. 8 death was not related to trauma. A toxicology exam is pending, and an official autopsy will be released later, the department said.

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Oklahoma authorities will release video from school where family of LGBTQ student said teen was attacked day before their death https://t.co/kgD1BRjj4m

— NBC Out (@NBCOUT) February 22, 2024

1. Nex Benedict matters

Nex was a 16-year-old and non-binary

Nex was brutally beaten a high school bathroom in Oklahoma

The school did not call an ambulance or the police

Instead, Nex was suspended

Nex died the next day pic.twitter.com/r1KaPW9wOx

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 21, 2024

2. Nex had been bullied at school

But there are no definitive answers on the cause of Nex’s death or the motivation for the assault

We do know Nex’s death coincided concerted effort in Oklahoma to vilify and stigmatize trans & non-binary peoplehttps://t.co/TG7nCaQe0c

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 21, 2024

3. Oklahoma’s top education official, @RyanWaltersSupt (R), has instituted a number of policies targeting trans and non-binary students

“It is the most radical concept we’ve ever come across in K-12 education, that you can be gender fluid,” Walters said last month.

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 21, 2024

4. In December, Walters announced a rule prohibiting “school districts and local schools from altering sex or gender designations in past student records,” even with parental consent.

It is one of many measures Walters put into place targeting trans and non-binary youth.

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 21, 2024

5. Walters has also enlisted the help of right-wing extremist @ChayaRaichik10. Raichik runs the X account @libsoftiktok, which routinely promotes anti-LGBTQ propaganda to its 2.8 million followers.

Raichik’s posts have inspired violent threats, including bomb threats

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 21, 2024

6. In January, Walters appointed Raichik to serve on the Oklahoma Library Media Advisory Committee.

Raichik does not have a professional background in education and has never worked as a librarian. She is a former real estate agent.

She lives in New York, not Oklahoma.

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 21, 2024

7. Raichik’s appointment came after she repeatedly targeted students and teachers in OK. In April 2022, Raichik singled out Tyler Wrynn, a teacher from the Owasso School District — the same district that Nex attended — for supporting LGBTQ+ students.https://t.co/TG7nCaQe0c

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 21, 2024

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