"I know what throwing a watermelon at a person who is black is designed to connote," the father, Maurice Possley, said. — Maurice Possley, fatherLaguna Beach police, who received the complaint, said they were investigating five juveniles with possible connections to the Dec. 27 incident. The Laguna Beach Unified School District sent a letter to families and staff Friday saying that high school administrators were notified of the complaint by police. The district letter indicated, and police later confirmed, that the suspects were Laguna students. "As a school district, we continue to work on teaching cultural proficiency, including self-awareness of how each student's ethnicity, culture and life experiences may impact others," it said.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 14, 2017 02:19 UTC