内容摘要：Natasha Cabezas, a naturalist from San Lorenzo, Ecuador, hikes up a hill formed by volcanic ash on Bartolome Island, Ecuador in the Galapagos on Friday, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Alie Skowronski)

Natasha Cabezas, a naturalist from San Lorenzo, Ecuador, hikes up a hill formed by volcanic ash on Bartolome Island, Ecuador in the Galapagos on Friday, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Alie Skowronski)

According to a federal lawsuit filed in January against the Rankin County School District, the first practice was held on the hottest part of the day and didn’t give players any time to adapt. They went right into an intense conditioning. When Laster began showing symptoms of heat illness, including dizziness, disorientation and nausea, coaches pushed him to keep going until he threw up and passed out.Members of the Baker High football team warm up at practice in Baker, La., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Members of the Baker High football team warm up at practice in Baker, La., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)The school allegedly had nothing on the field to treat Laster’s condition nor any plan to address the emergency, choosing to put him in the back of a hot pickup truck, “which would have been hotter than the surrounding area.” Their “grossly inadequate heat prevention and response” contributed to his death, said the suit.“When this kid goes down on the field, it should have gotten everybody’s attention. They should have wanted to get this kid hydrated, get him into a place that was going to help him,” said Laster’s father, Phillip Laster Sr., who was returning home from his job as an interstate truck driver when he got word of his son was in the hospital.

“But to put him inside the back of a pickup truck, does that really help or does it hurt the process?” continued the teen’s father. “It just seemed like some things happened that were passive concerning him, and especially when it could cost him his life and, indeed, did.”The family is being represented by

, a prominent civil rights lawyer.

The district did not respond to questions about Laster’s death. In a court filing, it denied the allegations and said that Laster’s “alleged injuries were not caused by a policy or custom of the defendant” without providing details.Sunita Muduli, right, from the Paroja Indigenous community, along with others, tries to catch fish in a stream during the Chaitra Parab festival, a monthlong harvest celebration in Putpondi village, Koraput district, in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Sunita Muduli, right, from the Paroja Indigenous community, along with others, tries to catch fish in a stream during the Chaitra Parab festival, a monthlong harvest celebration in Putpondi village, Koraput district, in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Women from Gadaba Indigenous community walk to collect vegetables and wood from the forest in Hatipakna village, Koraput district, in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Women from Gadaba Indigenous community walk to collect vegetables and wood from the forest in Hatipakna village, Koraput district, in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)The Indigenous Adivasis have lived in these villages for millennia. They continue traditional practices of farming millet and rice and foraging leaves and fruit from the forest to make plates, the local brew and more.