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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 03:40 AM Jan 2012

4 students suspended after noose incident

4 students suspended after noose incident


NEWTON -- Four students have been suspended for what the school district said is a terrible prank but not a hate crime.

It happened Monday at Fred T. Foard High School on Plateau Road in Newton. Four white students were involved in an incident in which one of the boys pulled out a rope that resembled a noose and showed it to a ninth-grade African-American female student as the group stood in the halls of the Catawba County school.

Superintendent Glenn Barger said he watched hallway surveillance video. While it was a "stupid act" on the part of the boys involved, he said, "I do not believe that it was a hate crime."

Barger said that during the district’s investigation and after speaking with all the parties involved, he determined that it was just "stupid horseplay, and the boy who actually had the rope was a friend of the victim."

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/01/12/2917728/four-students-suspended-after.html#storylink=cpy

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4 students suspended after noose incident (Original Post) The Straight Story Jan 2012 OP
ah, pranks and horseplay. Mere campus hijinks. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #1
Has to be considerably more to the story Major Nikon Jan 2012 #3
Could be something the other kids said that they could not hear on the tape (nt) The Straight Story Jan 2012 #4
No doubt Major Nikon Jan 2012 #5
So, whats he saying, it's 'hate horseplay' or a 'hate prank?' MADem Jan 2012 #2
Boys will be boys, ya' know. msanthrope Jan 2012 #6

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
1. ah, pranks and horseplay. Mere campus hijinks.
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 03:47 AM
Jan 2012

"Superintedent Glenn Barger" seems awfully interested in covering up and playing down. According to him everyone is big pals, just a simple misunderstanding.. so how did we get to the point of an investigation? Did the girl complain, before later saying "oh yeah, so and so is my friend" (translation: I'm getting shit and don't want to get this kid in more trouble)?

Sounds like a fucked up threat, to me. But what do I know.

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
3. Has to be considerably more to the story
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 04:03 AM
Jan 2012

One guy pulls out the noose, one other "touched it", but 4 are suspended? Hard to believe this doesn't rise to the level of a hate crime. At least the father of the girl was convinced it was handled appropriately.

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
5. No doubt
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 05:21 PM
Jan 2012

I can imagine that whatever they were saying must have been pretty bad. It's just goddam pathetic when teenagers pull this shit because more than likely one or more of them are learning it from their parents. There's not too many things worse than parents who teach their kids how to hate.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. So, whats he saying, it's 'hate horseplay' or a 'hate prank?'
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 03:57 AM
Jan 2012

That victim needs to find better friends, if nooseboy was her pal.

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