By David Mccormack PUBLISHED: 10:16 EST, 20 November 2013 | UPDATED: 17:10 EST, 20 November 2013 The racist hazing of a Massachusetts high school football player prompted school officials on Monday to forfeit the remainder of their season, but now some locals are up in arms and demanding that the team should play on, while others have accused the victim’s family of being ‘trouble makers.’ At the center of the whole unpleasant affair is Isaac Phillips, 13, who is in the eighth grade and plays on the Lunenburg High School football team, who are nicknamed the Blue Knights.
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Isaac Phillips, 13, and his family awoke on Friday to find racial slurs sprayed on their home
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The boy's parents complain that he is a victim of a series of hazing incidents by teammates on the school football team - the Blue Knights
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The graffiti read: 'Knights don't need n******'
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School authorities cancelled the rest of the season after no-one from the team came forward to admit to the hate crime
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Now locals are up in arms and one ex-coach has launched a petition to get the remainder of the football season reinstated
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'I was disgusted that innocent kids were being punished and the majority did not do anything,' said Matthew Roderick
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The boy's family claim they are now being treated like trouble makers and their son wants to move school because he is so upset
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