1972 - Police Beat Student at East Mecklenburg

October 28, 1972 - Police beat student at East Mecklenburg.

• During the early years of busing, disruptions take place at almost every Charlotte-Mecklenburg school. 
• Schools receive bomb threats. Tensions between black and white students often lead to racial riots. 
• Following a racial riot, East Mecklenburg High School’s white principal D. K. Pittman orders all students to class or off the campus. 
• Seventy-five black students begin to walk home fearing that the city prison bus might come for them. Skirmishes break out between police and students. 
• Later that week, East Mecklenburg’s white principal retires.