Two high schools in Washington state have come under fire for using anti-police and pro-Black Lives Matter imagery in their yearbooks.
Officials at Woodinville High School and Bonney Lake High School were forced to defend themselves this week after critics attacked them for publishing the politically-charged yearbooks.
The controversy at Woodinville High School centered around a photo of students at a BLM rally holding an array of signs condemning white supremacy - including one with the word 'ACAB', which stands for 'all cops are b*****ds'.
At Bonney Lake High School, critics took issue with a two-page spread about BLM which featured a drawing of a police officer attempting to assault a black person and encouraged readers to donate to the organization.
A picture appearing in a Woodinville High School yearbook featured seven students at a Black Lives Matter rally, one of whom was holding a sign reading 'ACAB,' an acronym for 'All cops are bastards.' School officials said the yearbook staff did not know what the acronym meant and apologized for it
The inflammatory photo in the Woodinville yearbook showed seven students proudly displaying pro-BLM signs at a protest which featured phrases including: 'Use your white privilege to end white privilege' and 'Why is ending racism so controversial?'
But it was a sign the acronym ACAB that provoked the most uproar, according to Jason Rantz, a conservative radio talk show host in Seattle.
The acronym has been used by BLM and ANTIFA activists in protest of police brutality.
The image was also shown in a photo montage at the school's graduation ceremony earlier this month, Rantz said, even after some parents complained about it.
Northshore School District spokeswoman Lisa Youngblood Hall said the staffers who put together the yearbook were unaware what 'ACAB' meant.
'Honestly many other staff members had to ask what it meant once the concern was brought to our attention,' she told Rantz in an email.
'The situation was addressed with staff, who are embarrassed and apologetic about including the image, and the unintended impact of this lack of oversight.'
She promised to be 'more vigilant in our review of future presentations to better represent our core values.'
The Bonney Lake High School included an entire spread on the Black Lives Matter movement, with a timeline and student artwork showing a riot officer about to strike a kneeling black woman while a white woman interferes
School district officials defended the artwork saying it is representative of the school year
And in Bonney Lake, about 50 miles south of Woodinville, the yearbook contained an entire two-page spread devoted to the BLM movement, which it called: 'The protests that changed the world.'
The spread included a timeline of significant events in the movement and a line directing people to donate to the organization on its website.
The opposite page, the New York Post reports, included a student's artwork entitled 'Liberty and Justice for All,' featuring Black Lives Matter protestors in front of the Statue of Liberty holding signs saying 'Silence is violence' and 'Stop killing us.'
On the right of the image, a riot officer could be seen raising his baton to hit a kneeling black woman while a white woman tries to protect her.
Sumner-Bonney Lake School District spokeswoman Elle Warmuth defended the image in an email to Rantz.
'With the purpose, in part to chronicle events, issues, pop culture and student life during any given school year, yearbooks often serve as a historical publication,' she wrote.
'Our yearbook standards reflect this purpose in highlighting a variety of topics written in either
