Physical abuse. Death threats. Confinement to a darkened room for hours on end. Those are just some of the things the gay parents of a Michigan first grader say the child suffered at the hands of a school principal – and the parents are suing.
Add to that list of alleged torments claims of verbal harassment, refusal to intercede in bullying from other students, and telling the child that his parents were destined to "burn in hell," and a picture takes shape of a scarring campaign of terror targeting an innocent little boy.
"The complaint, filed March 22 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, alleges Kasongo Kalumbula told the student, referred to as G.L., his parents would 'burn in hell,' and threatened to kill him if he told anyone about it," Wisconsin Public Radio reports.
"Kalumbula was G.L.'s assistant principal at Milwaukee French Immersion School at the time of the alleged incidents," the writeup details.
"The lawsuit also named the Milwaukee School Board of Directors," CBS 58 reported.
The suit says that Kalumbula "declined to protect G.L. when other students bullied him for having gay parents and targeted the boy with harsh and damaging discipline, once locking him in a dark room for hours," the report relayed, adding that the "lawsuit also details several times when G.L.'s parents reached out to MPS administrators and school board members for help but did not receive it.
"Instead, Kalumbula was promoted."