As Rainey Briggs was waiting in line to shake the hands of graduating students, a man rushed at him on stage during the Baraboo High School graduation. Initially, he wondered if the man was coming to protect him from something or if he was perhaps a photographer.
It was far different. The father was there to prevent Briggs, the School District of Baraboo superintendent, from shaking hands with his daughter, a graduating student, and pushed him away, telling him not to put his hands on his daughter.
The much-publicized incident was caught on video and has since become a flashpoint in the Baraboo community, on international media and on social media, with many saying racism was a factor, as Briggs is Black and the father is white.
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