The threat of a lawsuit against the district took much of the teeth out of the censure motion that was originally proposed for Trustee Sam Fant for his involvement in bringing public Facebook photos posted by an employee.And pressure from the local chapter of the NAACP and the involvement of the ACLU may have been contributing factors to the decision of the Manteca Unified School board on Tuesday to not accept a resolution that would have effectively censured Fant for leaving a meeting in progress to grant an interview to a Sacramento television news station. But that didn’t prevent the fireworks from going off. Bobby Bivens, the Executive Director of the Stockton-San Joaquin NAACP, accused some members of the audience of being affiliated with white hate groups and called into question whether punishing Fant for exercising his rights to point out when he was offended was fair and just.
Sam Fant beats censure
Board backs off under ACLU, NAACP pressure
