Teen hurt after taking illegal immigration sign to school

[Chris_]

Teen hurt after taking illegal immigration sign to school

DALLAS — A teenager who took a sign reading "If you love our nation, stop illegal immigration" to school said she was hurt after being swarmed by angry classmates, and administrators said Tuesday they have suspended three students involved in the scuffle.

"It's disappointing that it happened," Athens school district superintendent Fred Hayes said. "It does not surprise me with the political nature of this issue."

Melanie Bowers, 13, brought the sign to Athens Middle School on Friday as part of a class project on political activism. Each child was assigned to pick an issue and prepare a poster supporting a position.

Hayes said she was showing the sign in the hallway when a group of students tried wresting it away.

J.R. Bowers, the girl's father, said Melanie suffered scratch marks along her neck, face and arms. He said she also had a swollen jaw.

Bowers said as many as 20 students surrounded his daughter in the hallway, and Hayes said others may have hurled verbal insults. The poster was ultimately destroyed by other students.

"She was like a zebra on her arm," Bowers said of the bruises. "She believes they were intentionally trying to hurt her."

The three students given in-school suspension are Hispanic, Hayes said. Bowers is white. Although the school has video surveillance, Hayes said the incident occurred in a blind spot out of camera range but no punches were thrown.

Hmmmm, why don't those "hate crime" laws apply here?  Oh, that's right, they attacked a white student.   

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[Flame]

With the way things are toay, I'm surprised it wasn't the girl with the sign who was suspended, being a hatefulo racist and all   .


If a group of white kids did this to a hispanic, the white kids would not only have most likely been expelled, they would have been criminally prosecuted.

[DixieBelle]

WTF is wrong with our schools??!?!??!

Answer: Liberals

Oy vey.....

[CG6468]

WTF is wrong with our schools??!?!??!

Answer: Liberals

Oy vey.....

It's only going to get worse. Much worse. They are firmly embedded in the country's educational system. As "educators." What the hell ever became of simply being a good "teacher?"

Never use old, simple definitions when new, complex, feel-good, politically correct ones will do.

[Wretched Excess]

http://590klbj.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=88594
 
  It's never good, beat yourself up in front of a school camera, than try and blame others   

ugh. and I am sure this unfortunate episode and this confused 13 year old will be used as a paint brush to stain everyone with reasonable, rational anti-immigration opinions as whackos.

happens every time.  all conservative thinking is defined in the MSM by it's lowest (read: whackiest) common denominator.

[Wretched Excess]

happens every time.  all conservative thinking is defined in the MSM by it's lowest (read: whackiest) common denominator.

Sadly, that does seem to be true.  Although, I'm not sure there was ill intent in the original reporting here.

oh, absolutely not.  it looked and smelled like a legit story to me this afternoon.  I almost used it as a segue for one of my "This is a sign of the end of times" rants.  the only thing that saved me was getting interrupted.

[Chris_]

happens every time.  all conservative thinking is defined in the MSM by it's lowest (read: whackiest) common denominator.

Sadly, that does seem to be true.  Although, I'm not sure there was ill intent in the original reporting here.

oh, absolutely not.  it looked and smelled like a legit story to me this afternoon.  I almost used it as a segue for one of my "This is a sign of the end of times" rants.  the only thing that saved me was getting interrupted.

Apocryphus Interruptus.

Suxus maximus.

[Wretched Excess]

happens every time.  all conservative thinking is defined in the MSM by it's lowest (read: whackiest) common denominator.

Sadly, that does seem to be true.  Although, I'm not sure there was ill intent in the original reporting here.

oh, absolutely not.  it looked and smelled like a legit story to me this afternoon.  I almost used it as a segue for one of my "This is a sign of the end of times" rants.  the only thing that saved me was getting interrupted.

Apocryphus Interruptus.

Suxus maximus.

yep.  but that's preferable to a premature exclamation.

which is quite a relief, since I have observed from a certain lounge thread that every lady on earth has a stopwatch in her hand.

[Chris_]

Hmmmm, something still does not add up here.  The original story said they did not have video of the incident.  Now they do?

[Wretched Excess]

Hmmmm, something still does not add up here.  The original story said they did not have video of the incident.  Now they do?

they also claim to have video of men walking on the moon, and we know that didn't happen!

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[DixieBelle]

What I don't get is why she felt the need to fabricate an attack. If I'm understanding correctly, her sign was taken away and there was a minor verbal confrontation over it. Seems to me that she killed her credibility by trying to make it a slam dunk. Idjit.