Las Vegas special needs student returns home with swastika etched on back, parents file legal complaint
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A mother in Las Vegas was astounded after her nonverbal son returned home from school with a swastika scratched into his back. On Thursday, the family filed a legal complaint against the school district, including state and federal civil rights violations.
The 17-year-old student has autism, is nonverbal, uses a service dog and has a full-time staffer shadowing him, according to the nonprofit. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
When the student returned home, his mother said that, to her astonishment, she found a swastika scratched into his back. She is a native of Massachusetts and is based in Orlando, Florida.
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