Shreveport activist alleges assault after Caddo school board member throws balled-up paper

Craig Lee speaks during a special session of the Caddo Parish School Board at the Caddo Parish Schools Central Office in Shreveport, La., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Community activist Craig Lee called the police on a board member after a Wednesday school board meeting to name Caddo Parish schools' new superintendent. Lee accused Steve Umling of assault after Umling balled up a document that Lee said he presented to Umling and the rest of the board and threw it to the middle of the floor after Lee walked away from the podium. Before Umling threw the paper, Lee presented a document to the board explaining that he plans on filing a lawsuit against them for violation of Title 7 of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

A ball of paper lies on the floor as a member of the public speaks during a special session of the Caddo Parish School Board at the Caddo Parish Schools Central Office in Shreveport, La., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

No board member nor the board's president spoke on the matter after it happened. The meeting proceeded with no explanation. "It never shocks me with the actions of a racist white supremacist.

I'm glad he did it so people can see the physical reality of where Shreveport-Caddo is and has always been," Lee said. According to the Shreveport Police Department Public Information Office, no charges or reports have been filed against Umling at this time. "Whether the paper hit me or not, it's still assault," L.