Wrestling Referee Who Forced A Black Teen To Cut Off Dreadlocks Is Banned From Officiating District

Alan Maloney has been banned from officiating in New Jersey's Buena Regional School District, its superintendent announced on Wednesday. It comes after Maloney forced wrestler Andrew Johnson to choose between forfeiting the match or cutting off his dreadlocks. Johnson's family called the December 19 incident a "race-related transgression." Maloney had said Johnson's dreadlocks were against the rules. The New Jersey high school wrestling referee who forced a black teen to decide between forfeiting a match or cutting off his dreadlocks has been banned from officiating in the district following a Board of Education meeting on Wednesday.

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