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Compton NAACP moves to recall school board member - latimes.com

Compton NAACP moves to recall school board member - latimes.com:


Compton NAACP moves to recall school board member



The Compton chapter of the NAACP has launched an effort to recall Skyy Fisher from his seat on the Compton Unified School District board.
In an Internet podcast, Fisher referred to the district superintendent with insulting names and used a gay slur to describe slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin.
The 28-year-old Fisher, who was elected to his seat last year, later took a 60-day leave of absence.
His profanity-filled rant, first reported in May by L.A. Weekly, criticized Compton Supt. Karen Frison for not giving him a district car, ridiculed a father who alleged that his daughter had been raped and disclosed plans to get