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Offline TheSarge

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Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« on: September 15, 2009, 10:50:59 AM »



BELLEVILLE — A Belleville West High School student was beaten aboard a bus on the way to school Monday, and a police spokesman said the beating could be racially motivated.

The 17-year-old victim was white and the teen assailants were black. Police released a video of the beating, which shows the victim being punched repeatedly while other students on the bus gather to watch, some cheering. It doesn't appear that the victim did anything to provoke an attack and tried only to defend himself. Police said it all unfolded in a five-minute span.

The victim was trying to find a seat and was told by two students he could not sit next to them, police said. When he did sit down, one teen tried to push him out of his seat then began grabbing the victim's neck and punching him in the face.

The victim eventually returned to his seat, but another student began taunting him a few minutes later. The victim was then struck in the face.

It was unclear what, if anything, the bus driver did to stop the attack. Students intervened to help the victim both times.

"In my estimation, it's racially motivated," said Capt. Don Sax of the Belleville Police Department. He said one reason he had formed this opinion was that many of the students, most of whom were black, yelled their support for the beating.
 
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2009, 11:01:59 AM »
At least not all the students are jerks...some intervened.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2009, 11:12:18 AM »
Well.....I could comment, but it would be considered "racist".......

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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2009, 11:14:27 AM »
I hate school buses.  They should be required to put an adult on each bus, other than the driver.   

My kids have never ridden them and never will.  I remember the crap that went on when I was a kid.  It's too much unsupervised time for the kids.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2009, 11:21:48 AM »
And of course, Al Sharpton and Jesse will be marching, demanding the perp be charged with a hate crime.

Oh, wait--black perp, white victim?  Move along, nothing to see here.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2009, 11:30:35 AM »
Kid needs to learn how to fight. Especially, as a white in a primarily black school district. I'm surprised the boy didn't start yelling "Obama, bitch!" or someother BS.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2009, 11:38:59 AM »
Quote from: terry on September 15, 2009, 11:14:27 AM
I hate school buses.  They should be required to put an adult on each bus, other than the driver.   

My kids have never ridden them and never will.  I remember the crap that went on when I was a kid.  It's too much unsupervised time for the kids.

I agree 100%.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2009, 11:41:11 AM »
This isn't a rare event in Belleville. Happens everyday in the schools, to boys and girls.  E.St.Louis has moved up the hill.  Now if the Belleville PD charges them with a hate crime, then it'll be news.  My son's family is leaving there this week for this very reason.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2009, 12:22:41 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on September 15, 2009, 11:12:18 AM
Well.....I could comment, but it would be considered "racist".......

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The truth has been considered "racist" for a very long time.

....and like you I won't say anything because most of this country lives in areas that mostly white and civilized.

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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2009, 01:57:47 PM »
Quote from: Odin's Hand on September 15, 2009, 11:30:35 AM
Kid needs to learn how to fight. Especially, as a white in a primarily black school district. I'm surprised the boy didn't start yelling "Obama, bitch!" or someother BS.



As Eddie Murphy said in  SNL skit, "Dead Honkey". He's probably learned that is not "worth" it to fight back.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2009, 02:02:23 PM »
Quote from: Wineslob on September 15, 2009, 01:57:47 PM


As Eddie Murphy said in  SNL skit, "Dead Honkey". He's probably learned that is not "worth" it to fight back.

You start putting MFers in the hospital and morgue and this sh*t will stop real quick.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2009, 02:04:48 PM »
Quote from: Wineslob on September 15, 2009, 01:57:47 PM


As Eddie Murphy said in  SNL skit, "Dead Honkey". He's probably learned that is not "worth" it to fight back.

Actually, that was Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase.  And yeah--given current "zero tolerance" policies, it's not worth it.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2009, 02:10:27 PM »
The Belleville policy dept. is "backing off" on calling this a "racially motivated attack".  ::)
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2009, 03:23:45 PM »
Quote from: Odin's Hand on September 15, 2009, 02:10:27 PM
The Belleville policy dept. is "backing off" on calling this a "racially motivated attack".  ::)

Cowards.  What the hell else would it be?
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2009, 03:25:28 PM »
Thats five minutes from here...

From what I've been told, Belleville used to be a real nice town.  It's quickly deteriorating into a real shithole though.  I guess a lot of the unsavory element from East St. Louis are moving there.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #15 on: September 15, 2009, 04:45:00 PM »
I was bullied on the school bus when I was in the 3rd and 4th grade by a BOY who had a crush on me...he hit me repeatedly but then would sit next to me and not allow anyone else to sit in my booth....I eventually kicked him in the stomach and told my parents.  My father always drove me after that.
I do not want my kid on the school bus.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #16 on: September 15, 2009, 06:26:48 PM »
I am just sickened by those students I hope they are expelled and the parents of the boy that was attacked sues the bullies parents as*es off
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #17 on: September 15, 2009, 06:27:36 PM »
Quote from: newbiered on September 15, 2009, 06:26:48 PM
I am just sickened by those students I hope they are expelled and the parents of the boy that was attacked sues the bullies parents as*es off

Why?  They probably don't have shit to start with anyway.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #18 on: September 15, 2009, 06:29:36 PM »
And people wonder why I had assigned seating and aides riding the buses when I was a school administrator for a private voucher supported school.  These thugs were not going to let him sit anywhere and all the bus driver did was say sit down...REALLY??? What does that solve??? I am sure those two thugs will not be kicked off the bus either because their parental unit(s) will claim they have no way to get them to school otherwise.  I remember living near Belleville as a child and it was a nice community but even then the buses I took were not really safe.....they had K-12 on the bus and I remember being offered smokes, weed, and alcohol from the high schoolers.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #19 on: September 15, 2009, 06:36:35 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on September 15, 2009, 06:27:36 PM
Why?  They probably don't have shit to start with anyway.

I'd do my best to make sure it stayed that way for a long time.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #20 on: September 15, 2009, 06:44:45 PM »
Quote from: Odin's Hand on September 15, 2009, 11:30:35 AM
Kid needs to learn how to fight. Especially, as a white in a primarily black school district.

Hesitantly, +1
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #21 on: September 15, 2009, 07:04:49 PM »
I rode a bus for 10 years, almost every day, and the other 2 years much of the time. I don't think I ever saw any fights , it just didn't happen.  I went to a sort of small county school.
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #22 on: September 15, 2009, 07:20:28 PM »
I also rode a bus and I remember in the 5th or 6th grade this boy following me off at my stop and beating me up daily. My mother was friends with his mom and it still didn't stop his bullying
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #23 on: September 15, 2009, 07:26:32 PM »
Quote from: TxRadioguy on September 15, 2009, 03:23:45 PM
Cowards.  What the hell else would it be?

A "Man-caused Disaster" in the making?
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Re: Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student
« Reply #24 on: September 15, 2009, 07:29:25 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on September 15, 2009, 07:04:49 PM
I rode a bus for 10 years, almost every day, and the other 2 years much of the time. I don't think I ever saw any fights , it just didn't happen.  I went to a sort of small county school.

I knocked the shit out of a kid back in the 3rd grade on the bus.  He kept tripping every kid who got on the bus, and one day I got tired of it and decked him.

Best part about it was when the Principal found out why I did it, he congratulated me.   :-)
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