Potential lawsuit towards CPS for wrongfully firing Black Lindblom principal

Picture caption: Lindblom Math & Science Academy

Legal professional Crump to weigh in on attainable lawsuit

Nationally acclaimed Legal professional Ben Crump is holding a press convention 10 a.m. Thursday, July 6, Exterior CPS Headquarters at 42 W. Madison Road, the place he’ll announce his partnership with Legal professional Sa’advert Alim Muhammad, the lawyer for fired Lindblom Math & Science Academy Principal Abdul Muhammad.

As plans for a lawsuit proceed, Crump, joined by Legal professional Sa’advert Alim Muhammad, met with Father Michael Pfleger, Mr. Abdul Muhammad and Troy LaRaviere, president of the Chicago Principals & Administrator’s Affiliation.

Crump stated there’s a method to make sure Blacks win the battle of unequal remedy and academic discrimination. That method, he stated, is to verify our youngsters are extra clever than those that search to oppress them. “We have now to be intentional about getting ready our youngsters.”

In line with Legal professional Muhammad, Mr. Abdul Muhammad’s lawyer, he has documented 82 lies and misrepresentations towards his shopper. Each the legal professional and Pfleger stated Mr. Adbul Muhammad was fired after 258 days as principal of Lindblom Math & Science Academy as a result of he introduced accountability to the varsity, which some academics resented, together with one he caught mismanaging college cash.

In a current interview with the Chicago Crusader, Legal professional Muhammad stated, “The issue is Mr. Muhammad got here into the varsity holding everybody accountable to the requirements of CPS. That’s his infraction? That’s the method it’s being introduced.

“So, individuals had been comfy with how they had been dealing with the funds, cash and operations of the varsity, and they didn’t like him coming in altering the established order which was utterly subpar. That added to the stress of not due to him doing one thing unsuitable. It’s due to him doing one thing proper,” Legal professional Muhammad defined.

He stated Mr. Muhammad was chosen as the brand new principal on July 7, 2022 by the Native College Council (LSC) over the objection of seven white academics, one in all whom despatched an e-mail to the LSC warning them that their chosen candidate was a Muslim. Mr. Muhammad was fired on March 31, 2023 with out a listening to or dedication of details, in accordance with Legal professional Muhammad.