PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. —

Community activists across the Upstate are rallying around a group of student athletes at D.W. Daniel High School, being dubbed "The Daniel 4," after an altercation at an off-campus football retreat in early July gained traction across social media.

Roughly a dozen advocates gathered in Pickens on Friday to demand that the students be reinstated to school and that a cease-and-desist order be granted for any suggestions of an alternative program or expulsion. Dr. Brian Smith, acting as a liaison for the media, said he attended two meetings where disciplinary action was discussed.

The School District of Pickens County Board of Trustees confirmed in a previous report that one person was injured and several others were criminally charged following the "very seriou

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