Her Son Was Confused
Oates’ mom told TODAY Parents, “(My son) was confused by the whole thing. He asked me, ‘Mommy why can’t I go see my teacher?’ ‘Mommy, why can’t I see my friends?’ So we even went inside the school to speak to the principal, but that just made it worse…”. Of course, she still had to put up a fight, even if she was paralyzed with anger.