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Johnson a student at Buena Regional High School, had a quick cut right before his match Yahoo reported . Mike Frankel of SNJ Today News posted a video of the wrestler getting his locs cut off Thursday and social media users were outraged. A New Jersey high school wrestler was given an ultimatum during a wrestling match this week. Andrew Johnson told to either cut off his dreadlocks or forfeit the match.Mike Frankel of SNJ Today News posted a video of the wrestler getting his locs cut off Thursday and social media users were outraged.

Epitome of a team player ⬇️ A referee wouldn't allow Andrew Johnson of Buena @brhschiefs to wrestle with a cover over his dreadlocks. It was either an impromptu haircut, or a forfeit. Johnson chose the haircut, then won by sudden victory in OT to help spark Buena to a win. pic.twitter.com/f6JidKNKoI — Mike Frankel (@MikeFrankelSNJ) December 20, 2018

One commenter wrote, “Epitome of racism! The hell!” Another said in response to Frankel tweet, “No. It’s the epitome of a young man assaulted because someone made up a rule and he chose cutting his hair over giving up on a match he’d trained for. It’s disgusting that this young man had to do this publicly. How did you miss that?”

The referee who gave Johnson the ultimatum has been identified as Alan Maloney, who has been accused of discrimination in the past. In 2016 a Black referee claimed Maloney called him the N-word The Courier-Post reported.

Maloney told the paper at the time he didn’t remember using the racial slur but said he said he believed witnesses who backed up the other ref’s story.

“You know, people do make mistakes and I apologized,” Maloney told The Courier-Post at the time. “I really don’t think this should go any further than it’s gone anyhow.”

The New Jersey Wrestling Officials Association ultimately decided it didn’t have the authority to reprimand Maloney for the 2016 incident according to Yahoo. However, people are now demanding that Maloney be punished for allegedly making a high schooler cut his hair.

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