Two 14-year-old African American sisters have filed a lawsuit in federal court in Reno alleging racism at Yerington High School and within the Yerington Police Department—violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to attorney Terri Keyser-Cooper. The lawsuit alleges Lyon County School District administrators have insisted, “We can’t control peoples’ behaviors.” Keyser-Cooper says that’s wrong, as schools have the authority to discipline, transfer, and suspend students who harass and bully others. Instead they charge, one of the girls was suspended for reacting to being called “The N Word,” while the boy harassing her faced no discipline. The lawsuit requests that an Independent Review Agency from the U.S. Department of Justice come in, and that the district comply’s with all state anti bullying laws.