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Interboro School Official Denies Using Racial Slurs at Blue Lives Matter Counter-Protest

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Interboro School Official Denies Using Racial Slurs at Blue Lives Matter Counter-Protest

One petition on Change.org calls for the removal of Christine Alonso from her position as Treasurer of the Interboro School District.

Another petition, also on Change.org, is a call to support her.

Delco Christine Alonso Petitions

On Monday (August 3), Victor Fiorillo reported in Phillymag.com that “In the hours following Saturday’s protests [in Ridley Township, on Saturday], accusations began flying against local resident Christine Alonso, who happens to be the treasurer of the Interboro School District board, as well as the board’s community outreach liaison. The district serves about 3,600 students in the very white boroughs of Prospect Park, Tinicum, Glenolden, and Norwood.”

Anonymous Source said she used Racial Slurs

According to Fiorillo, “One person who attended the rally in support of the Black Lives Matters contingent told me that she heard Alonso use racial slurs against protesters at least twice. (The woman, who lives in the neighborhood, asked to remain anonymous because she says she’s fearful of retaliation.) There were also suggestions that Alonso was seen at one point carrying a Confederate flag.”

 

Alonso does not deny that on Saturday (August 1) she was in Ridley Park and took part in  a “Blue Lives Matter” counter rally to a Black Lives Matter protest. But according to Fiorillo, Alonso insisted that she did not wave a confederate flag or using any racial slurs.

There do not appear to be any named sources who can confirm the allegations made against Alonso.

At 1:06 of this ABC-6 video, Alonso  appears to be shouting something. She told Fiorillo that the words she can be seen mouthing in the video were, “I am so racist, yet I fought for you.” Alonso is an Army veteran who served in Iraq. 

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  1. Mandy says

    There’s a new video out and circulating the web that shows Alonso screaming at the protesters that they need to go get their welfare check, calling them hoes, and saying she knows they don’t have a job.

    The change.org petition has a lot of updates on it and I believe the video is in one of the updates.

    http://Www..change.org/RemoveAlonso

  2. James Hedman says

    This is an unsubstantiated charge by a single anonymous “neighbor.” Definitely not news-worthy unless you are adding further corroborating evidence..