The Valdosta Daily Times.Earlier last week, the video of the incident went viral on social media, resulting in millions of views.
The Twitter user who posted the video wrote that they had gone to Lowndes High School and their brother goes there now. “I need everyone to see the scum that’s here in South Ga this just happened today at Lowndes High School,” the user wrote.The user later added that the student who stole the flag in the video did it on a $5 dare. “We are aware of a social media video involving two students and a Pride flag,” Rodney Green, Lowndes High School assistant principal, said, according to the Valdosta Daily Times. “We take the well-being and safety of our students seriously.