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High school basketball coach fired after tortilla-throwing incident many saw as racist

Name: High school basketball coach fired after tortilla-throwing incident many saw as racist
Uploaded: 2021-06-23T21:10:00-0400
Duration: 49 s
Description: A San Diego-area school district voted Tuesday night to fire a head basketball coach after tortillas were hurled at a team from a mostly Latino high school. The Coronado Unified School Board voted 5-0 in a closed session to release JD Laaperi of Coronado High School. CBS Los Angeles has the details.

A San Diego-area school district voted Tuesday night to fire a head basketball coach after tortillas were hurled at a team from a mostly Latino high school. The Coronado Unified School Board voted 5-0 in a closed session to release JD Laaperi of Coronado High School. CBS Los Angeles has the details.