The father of a Baraboo High School graduate blocked his daughter from shaking the hand of the Black superintendent as she graduated, video of the incident shows.
The school district, which has had repeated problems with racism and antisemitism, held its graduation Friday. The father was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, Wisconsin News reported.
The father, who has been identified as 49-year-old Matt Eddy, jumped on stage, grabbed the superintendent and began dragging him to the back of the stage.
01:09:20 if you don’t want to go through that awful site.
Horrifically embarrassed for the graduate.
You can add “&t=1h9m20s” to the end of that URL to take folks straight there.
https://www.youtube.com/live/4bL5zRBns7I?si=Nj2s3lJ4t3o1hxAi&t=1h9m20s
Her reaction is absolutely predictable for “My dad is always making an ass of himself and decided to even be an ass at my graduation.”
‘Why does my daughter never call or visit anymore!?’
You are the hero we need.
Opposite of that girl’s dad.
"That’s the correct spot in the video.
I don’t want him touching the video progress bar!!"
Drinkwater is a funny surname.
Also, that girl’s face tells me she isn’t unfamiliar with how her dad is. Seemed really embarrassed that it was happening but not really surprised. Man, what a dad
Oh that poor girl. Seeing the confusion, shock, then sadly understanding flash across her face is just sad. This asshole ruined this moment in her life and made it memorable in a completely different, shitty way.