...is that they are big mouthed trouble makers. They are not always honest. They think they are always right and others are wrong. They don't like to admit to their faults. They especially don't like to say they are sorry.
I know this because I have an 11 year old boy. Thanks to the following local news article, I am going to keep track of every incidence of harassment to my son from a certain student. I am going to file complaints. That way when Austin finally loses it and hits this black kid, Austin can't be labeled as a racist and have a protest against him in the middle of town.
No, it's not the same situation, but the first thing I thought of after reading this article was, "What did that 11 year old do to piss that (white) junior high kid off?" It doesn't help that the 11 yr old followed up his original accusation with a LIE. OK, what the older student said was wrong, but come on, a protest? A possible fine of $2,000?
Now I ask, where is the civil rights activist standing up for the white kid? My politically incorrect take?
Get the fuck over it.
Quannell X to lead protest in Conroe Sunday
By:Kassia Micek , Courier staff
10/21/2006
Houston civil rights activist Quannell X will lead a protest in Conroe Sunday over a recent alleged death threat by a white student against a younger, black student.
The protest, which starts at 3 p.m. in front of Cryar Intermediate School, located at 2375 Montgomery Park Blvd, follows follows an incident on a Conroe Independent School bus Oct. 9 when an 11-year-old Cryar student allegedly received the death threat from a Peet Junior High student.
Asked if CISD officials were aware of the protest, Deputy Superintendent Jean Stewart noted the district's policy toward all its students.
"CISD has always emphasized with our students the acceptance and approval of others, and we will continue to do so," she said Friday.
Stewart will discuss any possible security plans for the protest with CISD Police Chief Bill Harness, she added.
The older student allegedly threatened to find a noose and a "nice, big tree" to hang 11-year-old Carl Marshall Jr., the son of Rev. Carl Marshall. "I believe any kind of hatred we need to stop for our country and our community," Carl Marshall said about the protest. "I'm glad that people want to help stop this. I wouldn't have stood up for my son if I didn't think it was time.
"I thought this was over with a long time ago, but I guess it's not."
Carl Marshall, an associate pastor at Christian Tabernacle Church in Conroe, filed a report Oct. 10 with the Conroe Independent School District Police Department about the incident.
According to Carl Jr's statement, "(Name of student) on bus 1004 said he was going to hang me! He said this to me and (another student). (Student) said he was going to get a rope and find a nice thick tree to hang me and 'Let's hang him, get a rope, find a nice big tree.'"
Following the Oct. 10 report, CISD split the bus route so Peet and Cryar students would not ride the same bus. The routes were combined again Monday due to weather, but Carl Jr. alleged when he got on the bus Monday the same student harassed him again; school officials told the boy to behave or he would get a referral and get kicked off the bus for the rest of the week, according to Carl Jr.
But, according to CISD officials, the boy who allegedly made the initial threat was not at school Monday and did not ride the bus Monday. District spokeswoman Kathy Clark released a statement at the request of the boy's mother to refute Carl Marshall Jr.'s allegation that the boy harassed him on the bus that day:
"The Conroe Independent School District received a request from the parent of the student accused of having threatened Reverend Marshall's son," the statement read. "The parent asked that the District notify you that her child was not at school on October 16, 2006 nor did he ride the school bus on that day. District records confirm this."
The alleged threat is classified as a terroristic threat, a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days in jail or a fine of up to $2,000, or both.
According to the Texas Penal Code, a terroristic threat occurs when a person threatens to commit any offense involving violence to any person or property with the intent to "place any person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury," or other threats, such as those caused by calling in a bomb threat.
Kassia Micek can be reached at kmicek@hcnonline.com
6 comments:
That is so insane, but it's happening everywhere. Kids will be kids and kids will have schoolyard fights and learn lessons in Sandbox 101. Race, wealth or culture has nothing to do with it.
Wedgies and bra strap snapping are now giving kids "sex offender" charges also. Granted, it was no fun for me 20 years ago but it was a rite of passage.
The part of it that is the most troublesome is the allegation that the boy threatened a lynching. I can understand, IF that's the truth, how a black family would find that especially offensive and upsetting, given our history. However, the problem is finding the truth of this matter, and doing so in a RATIONAL and CALM way and with the understanding that these are all KIDS. Also, it's better to create understanding and tolerance than more hatred through an inappropriate response. Bottom line is they're kids. The need to be TAUGHT to do better.
Jublu! Yes,what I was trying to say. They are just kids. Having a huge protest over something a kid said is scary- it could really freak this kid out. There could be retaliation against his family. They are causing more hatred. Maybe I should go to this thing today and see what is going on.
I would soooo keep my mouth shut, though!
Margaret- the sex stuff gets me, too. I agree, those things don't have anything to do with it at all.
Crap like this drives me crazy! Seems like more and more parents are acting like brats, and their kids are paying the price.
Nice colors, btw!
hey "andy"! thought I had a new reader for a minute. thanx for the complement. I agree Q X is a "renob".
hi candy! what bothers me is that the boys dad is a minister!
The world is just crazy. Where will our crumbling society be 20 yeqrs from now. I do not care to speculate.
One person is right about the parents taking responsibility and quit acting like brats. A lot of issues with children stems from the parents who their selves never grew up and as they say here in the mid-south..."never had proper home-schoolin". (Meaning a good switch to the backside and to learn "cause and effect" for one's actions. ) :o)
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