“What if the majority of the students agreed to shoot all the black people here? Do I say, ‘Ah, well the majority voted?’ No.”ADIn a statement issued Sunday, LeBlanc apologized for his comments. “I attempted to emphasize a point and used an insensitive example that I realize could be hurtful to members of our community,” LeBlanc said. “The point I was making — that majority rule should never suppress the human rights of others — was obscured by the example I used. The school’s chapter of the NAACP plans to publish a list of priorities and wants to collaborate with LeBlanc, McHoes said.

Source: Washington Post February 04, 2020 00:45 UTC