Like for one thing, dont burn the evidence in the front yards makeshift fire pit. His mother hopes he changes his mind. The family says it woke up to racial graffiti spray painted on their home the previous day, saying Knights Dont Need N******. Lunenburgs team nickname is the Blue Knights. LUNENBURG Friends and family mourned Sunday afternoon after a fatal car crash forever altered the lives of three teenage best friends, leaving one dead, one injured, and a third facing charges of drunken driving. Lunenburg is located 55 miles northwest of Boston. Brazier says when she heard her son's cleats were thrown in the trash and the tire on his bike slashed, she went right to the football coach. On Monday, Nov. 18, FBI agents observed two burnt aerosol cans in a fire pit outside the home, according to the affidavit. Next up: LIFTING SZN Its all so close, he said. Racist graffiti was spray painted on the. 'I was hoping someone would come forward. If you burn down your own house its still arson, if you create a fake, hate crime in your town, its still a hate crime, everybody had to deal with it same as a hoax bomb-threat. The per capita income for the county was $14,951. Heather Hunt, 18, of Lunenburg sat on the hood of a car with her head in her hands across the street from a makeshift memorial for Austin Robbins. All rights reserved. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. They dont have a football team though Leominster does. In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.30% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 25.80% from 45 to 64, and 16.80% who were 65 years of age or older. And also, sit down with your husband and figure out a mutual story about the spray cans so you dont make the police think that you think that theyre complete freaking morons. The crash killed 18-year-old Austin AJ Robbins, a well-known football player and recent high school graduate whom friends described as a gregarious teen with a contagious laugh. ", 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Robbinss friend who was driving the car, Joseph Kapp of Gardner, is expected to be in a courtroom Monday to face charges of vehicular homicide and operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, Earlys office said. Just sayin. Heres what he said a couple months after the FBI basically said that him and his wife did it: Its unfortunate the community we live in hasnt shown its support and has shown their true colors. UNDATED: Lunenburg High School in Massachusetts has forfeited the remainder of its football season after graffiti reading, "Knights don't need n*****," was found spray-painted on a young player's home. (MyFoxBoston.com). There were 4,998 households, out of which 27.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.50% were married couples living together, 13.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families. School officials said those incidents had been confirmed. LUNENBURG The investigation into who spray-painted racist graffiti on the home of an eighth-grade student will look outside the confines of football players after the entire team was cleare Brazier said she went outside the night of Nov. 14 to show her daughter that no one was out there, the affidavit said. Hes a great guy and a really good coach.. Click on any of them to check out their sites or Facebook pages. Stay up-to-date with important news developments, delivered right to your inbox. And had someone questioned it and suggested that the parents did it, they would be the racists. And helicopter parents will do ANYTHING for their kids. She says a thorough investigation is ongoing. The Blue Knights defeated the Panthers, 35-8, in their last meeting. standing by its decision to cancel the high school's popular thanksgiving football game. Kapp was being held on $10,000 cash bail pending his arraignment Monday in Fitchburg District Court, Early said, adding that Kapp was not injured. Early said in a press release that a 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer driven by Kapp, in which Robbins and McNiff were passengers, went out of control and struck several trees near the crest of a hill on Hollis Road about 3:15 a.m. Santry identified all three men as former Lunenburg High School students. ANYTHING. The referees reported that racially insensitive language was used by Lunenburg players. The community is supposed to support you after you tried to make them all look bad by spray painting your own house? MP Stats for iPad. Robbins played defense in football and was a linebacker during his senior year. Sunday night, hundreds turned out for a rally on the town common to denounce racism and show support for Phillips. LUNENBURG After telling police her house was spray-painted with racist graffiti, the mother of a former Lunenburg High School football player is now a "strong suspect" in the. I'm hoping he does want to come back. Fuck them, right? Many members expressed their support. Robbins, who lived in Lunenburg, graduated this spring from the towns public high school, where he played on the schools football team. McCauliff also spoke with the Lunenburg coaches on the bus ride home. The one-car crash, which occurred around 3:15 a.m. Saturday on Hollis Road, also sent another passenger, Sean McNiff, 19, to the hospital for minor injuries to his elbow. Its cool thought because hes in love: Grown ass man flashing hundred dollar bills. But this is what happens when you do that. Friends of Lunenburg Football is a 501c3 nonprofit created to support our High School Football players, coaches and. 53 talking about this. The racial makeup of the county was 59.12% White, 38.58% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.75% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. The county is named for the former Duchy of Brunswick-Lnenburg[3] in Germany, because one of the titles also carried by Britain's Hanoverian kings was Duke of Brunswick-Lnenburg. Although they were upset in the CMASS Championship by St. Johns, they were simply unstoppable this year. One of the best qualities of this team is that they bend, but dont break. Basically, everywhere. I cant imagine hes doing well, Cunningham said. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 432square miles (1,120km2), of which 432square miles (1,118km2) is land and 1square mile (2km2) (0.16%) is water. Anthony J. Phillips and his 13-year-old son, Isaac, were at the center of what many labeled a hate crime. Police are searching for those responsible for vandalizing the home of a Lunenburg High School student and football player with "racial graffiti," Lunenburg Police Chief James Marino said. There he became a judge and subsequently Adjutant General of the United States Army under General William Henry Harrison in the War of 1812. #ripAJ, Sophie Shapiro also said in a tweet. Im surprised she got almost three weeks out of this before caving. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. I expect a physical game, Nalen said. Last year's game was cancelled days prior after allegations surfaced against the Lunenburg football team for spray-painting racist graffiti on the house of a Lunenburg junior varsity football player. Like when he said he wanted to kick the shit out of this pizza place employee in Florida because he wore a Black Olives Matter shirt: What are the odds this guy would affiliate himself with another fraudulent organization (BLM) whose entire organization revolved around a lie called hands up dont shoot? Nalen took over for longtime mentor Steve Boone. Nov. 4: The junior varsity football team travels to Worcester South. The school committee in Lunenburg is standing by its decision to cancel the high school's popular thanksgiving football game after racist graffiti was sprayed on the house of an 8th grade player. Lunenburg Football Roster Print 2022-23 Players (89) Staff (1) Do you have a team photo? Thats why hes got so many. Email us at Turtleboysports@gmail.com for more information, and check out our website about types of advertising we offer. From Lunenburg County, he attended Central High School in Victoria, Virginia. It was a national story and put some 13 year old kid and his completely innocent teammates at the center of a gigantic racialcontroversy. Dec. 3: Police visit the Phillips home. The comments apparently led police to first focus their attention on the team. What do you think about the cancellation? Its very interesting post. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Lunenburg Police Chief James Marino said the case remains open. Thanks! On Monday, Nov. 25, police asked Brazier to come to the Lunenburg Police Station to meet with investigators. Police obtained a search warrant for instruments pertaining to the crime of defacing property, as well as paperwork containing Braziers handwriting. We lost one of the funniest, outgoing kids I know, Brent Hill tweeted. That reeks of helicopter parenting. PUBLISHED: November 25, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: July 11, 2019 at 12:00 a.m. LUNENBURG The Lunenburg football team will open a new chapter in its storied tradition on Thanksgiving Eve, as . Near the memorial, a guidance counselor from Lunenburg High School sat with a group of young women, who were later joined by Lunenburg Police Chief James Marino and his wife. Lunenburg is led by senior quarterback Adam Hill, a captain who is in his third year on varsity. A lie that severely damaged the reputation of innocent people. Part of the investigation, she says, will include finding out if Phillips was bullied prior to Friday's discovery and whether those instances were ever reported to school officials. Lunenburg Public Schools Superintendent Loxi Jo Calmes announced Monday the high school has canceled the rest of the season and that an investigation is underway into alleged racist slurs by. I Am Turtleboy Now On Sale On Amazon, Buy Yours Today, Subscribe to receive email notification every time we publish a new blog, Bootleg Ayanna Pressley Says Every Black Student At UMass Got This Insanely Racist Email, If Youre Out On Bail For Killing Your Girlfriend You Probably Shouldnt Smear Her As A Drunk On WINY Radio Facebook Page. Others to watch are senior running backs Dawson Powell, a captain, andRyan Jones. I mean, there were some serious planning issues. All this nonsense to transfer from one public school to another for the purposes of an underclassman to play football on a better team. Daniel Taylor, a Virginia native and Anglican priest educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University[5] in England, and his wife Alice (Littlepage) Taylor. Brazier said school officials told them they have questioned some football players on the team. Robbins was a beautiful person, his mother said. Isaac Phillips, 13, who is in eighth grade but plays on the Lunenburg High School football team, said when members of his family went outside Friday morning they found a racial slur tagged across its property. His father is black and his mother is white. Andrea just kept answering OK and that she wanted everything to end and that we did not understand.. Anthony Nalen thought he and James Bunnell had a really good connection when the two worked together at Saugus High. Two fucking scumbags that taught their kid to be one. [4], Among the earliest settlers of the county was William Taylor, born in King William County, Virginia. The decision was made based on the facts the committee had at the time. "I don't really understand why someone would even do something like this," Phillips told ABC's Boston affiliate WCVB-TV. LUNENBURG (CBS) ---The parents of a Lunenburg football player who was the target of a hate crime, say they feel like they've been lied to since day one. Sean Cunningham, 14, an eighth-grader who described himself as a close friend of Isaac Phillips, said he had been to the house many times over the years. Anthony Williams, the victim's dad, said the cancellation has turned some people in Lunenburg against his family, even those who once supported them. Being able to overcome adversity is something these guys definitely have.. Market data provided by Factset. Robbins was a beautiful person, his mother said. Any parent who puts academics first wants to keep their kid in Lunenburg and OUT of Leominster, since test scores are much higher at Lunenburg. He benefitted from a lie. As Brazier was leaving the police station following the questioning she told Lunenburg Police Det. The parents were so insistent on him transferring to Leominster. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. And if you do for whatever reason decide to do this, make sure you dont keep the charred remains there when the FBI is coming over. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Isaac Phillips, and eighth grader, is biracial, and the spray painted message said Knights dont need n******.A few days after the graffiti was reported, Superintendent of Schools Loxi Jo Calmes said Lunenburg High would forfeit all remaining football games for the season, including their Thanksgiving Eve game. The player was questioned and the referee was satisfied that the remark was not made. This isnt that kind of town, she said. They held a freaking candlelight vigil. The game was ended by referees early when a shoving match between both squads broke out. Nov. 18: Superintendent of Schools Loxi Jo Calmes announces the football team will forfeit the teams remaining football games, including its annual Thanksgiving Eve game against rival school St. Bernards Central Catholic High School, scheduled to be played at Lunenburg High School. No way an entire team full of high school kids can keep a secret like that from the feds. It is nicknamed "The Old Free State" because during the buildup of the Civil War, it let Virginia know the county would break off if the state did not join The Confederacy. Interestingly, Ayer-Shirley coach Jermaine McKenzie was an assistant under Nalen at Matignon. Then he changed his story twice, first explaining he did a construction job on a blue house but that the spray paint in question was white and later saying the cans contained Flex Seal used to fix house gutters. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,936. LUNENBURG A 2016 Lunenburg High School graduate and former football player died early Saturday morning in a car crash that injured a former schoolmate and led to motor-vehicle homicide and drunken driving charges against a second former schoolmate. Dec. 2: Police release a statement saying they have not found any conclusive evidence linking the spray-painting of racist graffiti on Isaac Phillips home to anyone on the Lunenburg High School football team. Follow him on Twitter @JREbosglobe. "They've been telling us since day one that they can't believe this word would be used in our football program and now we find out it has been used.". Brazier responded by saying, OK. She denied that her husband or son were involved. The past few months have been tough? Robbinss mother, aunt, and family friends described him as outgoing, laid-back, and happy, with a strong sense of humor. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. First published on November 21, 2013 / 2:39 AM. Blue Knights is the team's nickname. Her husband, Anthony J. Phillips, is black, and their son, Isaac Phillips, who played on Lunenburgs freshman and junior varsity teams, is biracial. Nicole Fleming can be reached at nicole.fleming@globe.com. Mr. And from the looks of it Anthony Phillips and Andrea Brazier are no longer together, as hes traded her in for a younger product: Pretty sure this chick is only a couple grades ahead of his son. Isaac Phillips, 13, who is in eighth grade but plays on the Lunenburg High School football team, said when members of his family went outside Friday morning they found a racial slur tagged across its property. What a buttnugget. "Today we found out there have been allegations about two football players that have used the word during two past football games," Andrea Brazier said. She also told police during that interview that she had heard a Lunenburg football player make a racial comment at a Worcester South High School football game Nov. 1 and another player make a racial comment during the junior varsity game against the same school on Nov. 4. In a statement, Superintendent Loxi Calmes called the schools experience unprecedented. She said that the cancellation of the football season was not a punishment, but was done as a matter of safety. I thought it was a good fit for myself.. They cancelled their final two football games, including Thanksgiving, and the seniors on Lunenburgs football team most likely arent gonna be playing at Florida State next year. 185 people follow this. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. All rights reserved. The school committee opted to not take a vote on the game, meaning the decision to cancel stays in place. Im sure Leominster is a fine school with good teachers, but its not exactly an Ivy League preparatory high school. About. "It's a reminder we have to go back home and talk to our families and kids and recommit ourselves in the schools to teaching tolerance and respect.". McNiff, a 2015 graduate, is hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. After a 90 minute search, police took the following from the home: five live rounds of ammunition, one can of Krylon Indoor/Outdoor spray paint and one can of Krylon Fusion spray paint. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. If its true, she didnt just put her son through a lot; she put this whole town through a lot.. A Massachusetts high school football team has forfeited the remainder of the season, including the traditional Thanksgiving Day game, after racist graffiti was found spray-painted on a young player's home.