A 31-year-old black Baltimore high school athletics director is facing charges for purportedly utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to fabricate a recording featuring the school’s white principal engaging in a racist tirade.
Dazhon Darien, who formerly held the position of athletic director at Pikesville High School, came under scrutiny for alleged mismanagement of school finances.
He allegedly retaliated against the investigation with this new stunt involving AI, according to the Baltimore Banner.
Billy Burke, the executive director of the union representing Baltimore County administrators, previously informed the outlet in January during the circulation of the audio that the voice purportedly heard is not that of Eiswert.
Burke asserted, “We believe that it is AI generated. He did not say that.”
“If I were in that position, my heart would be a little broken today,” he continued. “He denounces them [the comments in the recording], and he did not make those statements.”
Darien is accused of creating a false audio clip that features the school’s principal, Eric Eiswert, making racist and anti-Semitic remarks about faculty and students.
The recording was allegedly disseminated via an Instagram account, capturing Eiswert purportedly making racially inflammatory comments.
An account on X shared the alleged audio clip back in January, writing, “Baltimore County Public Schools is investigating the principal at Pikesville High for alleged derogatory remarks about students and staff.”
“A voice believed to be the principal can be heard ranting about Black students and Jewish families,” Philip Lewis shared on the platform.
That post once eventually flagged with a community note that read, “Police have made an arrest in relation to this video which has been found to be faked using AI generation.” The note cited WBAL TV.
The speaker in the AI recording is heard saying, “I seriously don’t understand why I have to constantly put up with these dumb a**** here every day.”
“Between these ungrateful black kids who can’t test their way out of a paper bag or these teachers who don’t get it,” an AI voice meant to be Eiswert says. “How hard is it to get these students to meet their grade level expectations?”
The recording continues, saying, “And if I have to get one more complaint from one more Jew in this community, I’m going to join the other side.”
The origin and timeframe of the recording remain unclear, although at one juncture, a person named Kathy is addressed.
Speculation within the community suggests it could be the assistant principal Kathy Albert, as explained by WBFF.
The recording also references other staff members, with the speaker remarking that one individual “should have never been hired.” Additionally, the speaker is heard saying, “I’m going to drag his black a** out of here one way or another,” when discussing another employee.
The Daily Mail reports that Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough disclosed that his department collaborated with the FBI and forensic experts from the University of California at Berkeley to probe the recording, which circulated online earlier this year.
“After the investigation,” McCullough affirmed, “Dazhon Darien, the school’s athletic director, produced the recording to retaliate against Principal Eiswert, who had initiated a probe into the mishandling of school funds.”
Darien was apprehended at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Thursday morning on an outstanding warrant, as reported by ABC7.
The former athletics director is now facing charges of stalking, disruption of school operations, and retaliation against a witness. He is presently detained on a $5,000 bond.
The Mail reports that the rift between Darien and Eiswert ignited in July 2023, when Darien assumed the role of athletics director and terminated a longstanding coach at Pikesville High School without the principal’s authorization.
Tensions escalated further when Darien authorized a payment of $1,916 to his roommate, who also served as the junior varsity basketball coach at the school.
Court documents assert that this payment circumvented established protocols, as the roommate purportedly never assisted as an assistant soccer coach for the girls’ soccer team, despite Darien’s claim.
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