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maybe the kid struck out three batters. you're taking the letters out of context.
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rush limbaugh
Story:
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A weekend incident with racial overtones at a high school for deaf students could result in criminal charges with "enhanced penalties for a hate crime," Metro Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Wednesday.
A black student was held against his will and then released with "KKK" and swastikas drawn on him in marker at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf on Sunday, she said.
No charges have been filed, and no names have been released, Lanier said.
The incident began when a group of black students and a group of white students were in a dorm. "My understanding is the two groups engaged in friendly horseplay," she said.
But, she said, the groups got "angry with each other."
The two groups separated, she said, but later, six white students and one black student -- all between the ages of 15 and 19 -- took one of the black students into a dorm room and "held him there against his will."
"They used markers to write 'KKK' and draw swastikas on the student," Lanier said.
The student was released after about 45 minutes. He notified dorm and school authorities, who called police.
Lanier said police have identified and interviewed the students involved and the "investigation is ongoing."
"The support we've received from the campus and from the school employees has been tremendous," Lanier said. "And I think they're supporting us in making a very strong statement that this investigation may lead to charges that could have enhanced penalties for a hate crime."
The school is a residential high school on the campus of Gallaudet University, a higher education facility for deaf and hard of hearing people. The high school is administered as a division of the university's Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center.
Dean of Clerc Center Katherine A. Jankowski said the seven students who participated in the incident were sent home.
Gallaudet provost Stephen Weiner said the school does "not tolerate any action, behavior of this type."
"We are taking action," he said. "We are looking at programs to help students understand we are a school with a diverse population."
"This incident is intolerable," he said. "That's why the Metro police are involved. That's how serious we are about this incident."
Jankowski said the school has also hired a consultant to work with the school and its students on diversity issues.
On Monday, teachers and staff hosted a school-wide assembly with students related to the incident, said Jankowski. Individual and group counseling services were also available to students, teachers and staff.
"We are committed to ensuring MSSD is a safe and supportive learning environment," she said.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/03/dea...ent/index.html
maybe the kid struck out three batters. you're taking the letters out of context.
signed,
rush limbaugh
Wow, the le of this thread is really misleading. This sounds so overblown to me.
yeah, unlawful restraint (maybe kidnapping) and assault are no big deal.
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ing Wizards fans.
way to generalize about an entire city, JB47
Damn straight.
TL....I'm curious...the article said "marked"... but you posted "Branded" implying something even more disturbing. Why?
That being said, that is pretty ed up to do to anyone regardless of race.
This is nowhere near as serious as the kid that had the swastica cut into hi forehead
D.C. sucks anyway, what's the big deal?
703...who is that in your sig?
Natalie Portman
I branded myself on the pants when I dropped my Sharpee. That 'll never come out.
Dayyum.Natalie Portman
Where is that from? Isn't she about to be in a new movie?
Branded, marked, really no difference to me, figuratively speaking, and I did place quotation marks on the word branded. But it still doesn't take away that this is a ed up thing to do just as you said. Now if you will excuse me Mikey, I now have to get "colored" on some people in this thread posting nonsense.
Overblown? Oh mercy!!! So whenever a group of black kids kidnaps/assaults your child and writes all over them things such as "Black Power" or "Honky" I'd like to see how you'd react if somebody told you that you were over blowing things when you get upset about it.
Keep it even.
Does the lone black kid also get charged with a hate crime?
How was he kidnapped and assaulted? A bunch of teenage boys are ing around and write on someone in marker and the police have to get involved? I'm about as bleeding-heart-liberal as they come, but this is lame.
Didn't someone actually get hurt in the Jena incident?
And back to my original comment, yes there really is a difference between someone being branded and someone having a Sharpie marker stuck to his skin. They do still have cows within smelling distance of Dallas don't they? So I'm assuming you know what a brand is. That would be a horribly violent, painful attack upon someone. A Sharpie isn't.
Can someone who commits a crime against someone of the same race be charged with a hate crime?
This is lame huh? I don't take lightly people writing things such as KKK and drawing swastikas on a minority as "just ing around." Also, if they were just ing around why did the boy go to the police?
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