‘A 12-year-old boy with severe learning disabilities was forced “under extreme duress” by his school officials to write a false confession that he is a member of ISIS and a terrorist who intends to detonate a bomb, his family charged in a lawsuit filed against a Long Island middle school earlier this month. According to the plaintiffs, the child was targeted because he is a Muslim of Pakistani national origin, first bullied by his classmates and then criminalized by the administrators entrusted to protect him.
According to the complaint, which was filed in federal court against the East Islip, New York school district and key officials, Nashwan Uppal has a “known social, language and learning disability” that includes “severely impaired language skills” and “significant weaknesses” in cognitive development.’
