An inflammatory critic of Atlanta Public Schools leaders sued the school district this week in Fulton County Superior Court alleging the district harassed and discriminated against him and violated his constitutional rights.
Nathaniel Dyer, who ran unsuccessfully last year for a seat on the Atlanta Board of Education, has been repeatedly barred from making public comments during board meetings, after officials objected to his "racial slurs" and distribution of racially charged fliers at meetings.
“We cannot and will not allow such abhorrent and hate-filled behavior,” wrote school board chairman Jason Esteves in a letter that accompanied Dyer’s court filing. It informed Dyer he had been prohibited from speaking at APS meetings for a year and barred him from school property.
Dyer filed the lawsuit on his own, not through an attorney. He asked the court to award him $10 million and stop the district from enforcing a no-trespass warning, among other requests.
An APS spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment, though the district typically does not comment on pending litigation.
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