Skip to main contentBridgeport, CTWestport, CTTrumbull, CTStratford, CTWeston-Redding-Easton, CTNorwalk, CTWilton, CTMonroe, CTMilford, CTNew Canaan, CTConnecticutTop National NewsSee All CommunitiesFAIRFIELD, CT — Judith Medor was at work Friday when she got a text from her teenage son, Jamar, asking if they could talk.This was unusual, so she called right away, only to find he was in the principal’s office. But he wasn’t in trouble. Instead, Judith learned that a classmate of Jamar’s at Fairfield Warde High School had taken a picture of Jamar, who is Black, without his knowledge and posted it on Snapchat, overlaid with text that included a racial slur. “I was very disturbed by it,” Judith said.Since the incident Friday, school and law enforcement officials have taken action. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with second-degree breach of peace and ridicule on account of creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race, according to police. While Fairfield Public Schools Director of Communications Andrea Clark said the school district does not disclose disciplinary action taken against students, Medor said she was told the student behind the post was suspended for 10 days and that a hearing will be held to determine if he will be expelled.”I want that…
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