Jerry Cooper

School staff got him out of bed at 2 a.m. one morning and took him to the White House, where he says they threw him on a bed, tied his feet, and began beating him with a leather strap.

School staff got him out of bed at 2 a.m. one morning and took him to the White House, where he says they threw him on a bed, tied his feet, and began beating him with a leather strap.

Cooper passed out, but a boy in the next room later told him he counted 135 lashes.

Cooper passed out, but a boy in the next room later told him he counted 135 lashes.

School staff got him out of bed at 2 a.m. one morning and took him to the White House, where he says they threw him on a bed, tied his feet, and began beating him with a leather strap.

Cooper passed out, but a boy in the next room later told him he counted 135 lashes.