SEARCH


Community calls for resignations after cover-up of alleged horrific acts by high school hockey team

PUBLICATION
TJ Tucker
November 9, 2021  (12:02)
SHARE THIS STORY

Residents of Danvers, Massachusetts stormed into a school board meeting Monday night and demanded resignations in light of a cover up of alleged disgusting and racist behaviour by the school's varsity hockey team. A recent report in the Boston Globe stated that allegations came forward in 2020, and an investigation was done, but the school only made the community aware of it 16 months later with a heavily redacted copy of a report into the incident.

The allegations from a former member of the team include players forcing others to be involved in "Gay Tuesdays" and "Hard R Fridays." On Gay Tuesdays, everyone in the locker room was forced to strip and then had to guess who touched them with the lights off. Hard R Fridays refer to the use of the n-word, where teammates pressured each other to shout racial slurs and joked about the deaths of Black people, including a Black Danvers student. There was also a group text where several jokes were made about the holocaust.

The redacted report said police were notified but they appeared to take the side of players who described the conduct as "harmless locker room hijinks" and "boys being boys." No criminal charges have been laid. The hazing allegations only came to light when the school began an unrelated probe after three players allegedly shouted racial slurs at Black workers.

The team's coach at the the time of the initial allegations was a well-known police sergeant in the community. He told investigators he knew nothing of the alleged "rituals." He resigned last summer.

There was at least one parent at Monday night's meeting whose son was a member of the team in 2020. She insisted he saw none of the rituals mentioned in the allegations and that he was "not racist, or homophobic, or part of a white supremacy group as many social media bullies have stated."

Source: CBS Boston

TRENDING NOW
2025-2026
NHL STANDINGS
GPWLOLPTS
Sabres8250239109
Lightning8250266106
Canadiens82482410106
Bruins82452710100
Senators8244271199
Red Wings8241311092
Panthers824038484
Maple Leafs8232361478
GPWLOLPTS
Hurricanes8253227113
Penguins8241251698
Flyers8243271298
Capitals824330995
Blue Jackets8240301292
Islanders824334591
Devils824237387
Rangers823439977
GPWLOLPTS
Avalanche82551611121
Stars82502012112
Wild82462412104
Mammoth824333692
Blues8237331286
Predators8238341086
Jets8235351282
Blackhawks8229391472
GPWLOLPTS
Golden Knights8239261795
Oilers8241301193
Ducks824333692
Kings8235272090
Sharks823935886
Kraken8234371179
Flames823439977
Canucks822549858
COMPLETE STANDINGS