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BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Community advocates and parents gathered at The African American History & Literature Gallery in Benton Harbor Friday for a fireside chat focused on healing after security footage revealed a confrontation involving the Benton Harbor Area Schools superintendent, Dr. Simone Griffin.

Parents and advocates said the incident reflects deeper, long standing trauma and broken systems. “The community was counting on them to respond,” said Tiana Batiste-Waddell the Executive Director of the Jax Aspire Foundation.

Spencer Harris, whose daughter was suspended after the incident, said he does not accept the district’s apology and shared his daughter’s story in hopes

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