Titaw Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Tape shows beating on bus of Belleville West student By Leah Thorsen ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 09/15/2009 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. Click Link for more info & video... http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/60D37B6EC5FF4711862576320011605B?OpenDocument I think it is racially motivated, but it won't be called that because it's black kids beating on a white kid while black kids cheer. If it were white kids beating on a black kid and white kids cheering it would earn the ire of Al Sharpton. These are the issue that Al Sharpton NEED to attack to show that if you want to get rid of racism you can't be racist yourself. Sadly, Al Sharpton is one of the biggest racists on the planet so chances are this will fall off into obscurity. Either that or it will be turned around on the school board because the punishment was too harsh and the reason they were punished as hard was because they were black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Barack Obama wasn't born in Kenya and traveled all the way to the United States for this. We're in a post-racial world. All I see is one kid getting beat up by another kid and I judge both only by the content of their character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd421 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Dag...thats jacked up I can't believe the driver didnt do anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Saw the video. Absolutely disgusting. I think there is a good chance this was racially motivated. I was a white kid who went to all black schools until I loft for college, and I saw things like this happen on occasion. That being said – Drudge is doing all he can the past several months to start a complete race riot in the US. For the past year Drudge has been playing with the race issue over and over in a reckless and irresponsible manner. IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Absolutely disgusting. This country has problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titaw Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Barack Obama wasn't born in Kenya and traveled all the way to the United States for this. We're in a post-racial world. All I see is one kid getting beat up by another kid and I judge both only by the content of their character. So you mean to tell me that the group of people cheering, all of which I can see are black, that a white student is getting beaten by two black kids are just cheering to see a kid get beat up? If the kid doing the beating was white and the kid getting beat was black would they still cheer? Give me a break, post-racial world. RACISM EXISTS! Just because it isn't white on black doesn't mean it isn't racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMK9973 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I think it is racially motivated, but it won't be called that because it's black kids beating on a white kid while black kids cheer. , and a police spokesman said the beating could be racially motivated. I don't understand what you are saying. A police spokesman said it could be racially motivated and then you say it won't be called that? It already was. Your upset because Al Sharpton isn't calling it racially motivated? Moving on - It was a hard beating. The kids should be arrestted and the Bus Driver should be suspended for not taking action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 So you mean to tell me that the group of people cheering, all of which I can see are black, that a white student is getting beaten by two black kids are just cheering to see a kid get beat up? If the kid doing the beating was white and the kid getting beat was black would they still cheer?Give me a break, post-racial world. RACISM EXISTS! Just because it isn't white on black doesn't mean it isn't racist. I remember when I was in school seeing people cheer while watching someone get their ass beat. Those people were the same race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSkins561 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Any kid involved in the beating should be kicked out of school for the rest of the year and the bus driver should be fired. The Kid is lucky he wasn't hospitalized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 So you mean to tell me that the group of people cheering, all of which I can see are black, that a white student is getting beaten by two black kids are just cheering to see a kid get beat up? If the kid doing the beating was white and the kid getting beat was black would they still cheer? Actually yes. The cheering I don’t think had anything to do with race. The attack? I think so, but who knows. Kids are stupid – they cheer in any fight NO MATTER WHO IS FIGHTING. I went to schools that were 95% black (elementary through HS). 99% of fights, which broke out weekly, were between two or more black kids. People would cheer and clap while the fighting when on – the exact same way in this video. If two white kids fought people would cheer (rare, because there were so few of us). If a black and a white kid fought people would cheer. Kids are stupid, and they cheer at violence. It was disgusting but it was not racial (the cheering). Again, I think the attack was probably racially motivated but the cheering, not so much, from my own personal experience in very similar situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Any kid involved in the beating should be kicked out of school for the rest of the year and the bus driver should be fired. The Kid is lucky he wasn't hospitalized. Those kids should be expelled IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Pretty much what a high school beat-down looks like. This one might have been racially motivated too. I guess we'll have to wait and see. And it's probably a good idea to know all the facts before getting all full of self-righteous indignation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSkins561 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Those kids should be expelled IMO. I bet Al Sharpton would get involved if they were expelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Dunno about y'all, but I can't see doodoo in that tiny little window. And I agree with Duckus: I don't think there's ever been a kid fight where every kid in sight didn't cheer and clap. It's a tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I bet Al Sharpton would get involved if they were expelled. Honestly, who cares what Al Sharpton does/would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titaw Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 I bet Al Sharpton would get involved if they were expelled. That's what I'm thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSkins561 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 How about that little D-head coming in after the fact and landing some extra cheap shots? One big problem for the victim, if he presses charges, he has to live with pressing charges, if I were his parents I would move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetoaster Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Honestly, who cares what Al Sharpton does/would do. The media. And unfortunately that is what 95% percent of this country bases their opinions on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 :wave: Wait... is that bad ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 The media. And unfortunately that is what 95% percent of this country bases their opinions on. The media just likes controversy and that's what Al normally brings. And I think the majority of people do not listen to the talking heads anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aREDSKIN Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 The media just likes controversy The media motto- If it bleed it leads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btfoom Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 How about that little D-head coming in after the fact and landing some extra cheap shots?One big problem for the victim, if he presses charges, he has to live with pressing charges, if I were his parents I would move. I live very close to where a 14 year old boy was beaten to death by 2-3 'kids', right on the street near where he lived. The problems started at school, his mom complained, and she even moved him to another school. Didn't matter. Just like in this case, the victim was white and the other kids were black. Were the attacks racially motivated, only those involved know. In this case, I hope the kids who attacked and beat this kid are arrested and charged with assault. The bus driver needs to be fired as he seems more upset at the fact that one kid is standing vs that kid getting a beat down. Lastly, the second kid is just a punk who went after a basically defenseless victim (the kid didn't fight back, just tried to protect himself) and then danced around like a pro-boxer who had just won a tough fight. He needs to be introduced to some real tough guys at the state jail (maybe another 'Scared Straight' movie needs to be made). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Pretty much what a high school beat-down looks like. This one might have been racially motivated too. I guess we'll have to wait and see.And it's probably a good idea to know all the facts before getting all full of self-righteous indignation. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSkins561 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I live very close to where a 14 year old boy was beaten to death by 2-3 'kids', right on the street near where he lived. The problems started at school, his mom complained, and she even moved him to another school. Didn't matter. Just like in this case, the victim was white and the other kids were black. Were the attacks racially motivated, only those involved know. In this case, I hope the kids who attacked and beat this kid are arrested and charged with assault. The bus driver needs to be fired as he seems more upset at the fact that one kid is standing vs that kid getting a beat down.Lastly, the second kid is just a punk who went after a basically defenseless victim (the kid didn't fight back, just tried to protect himself) and then danced around like a pro-boxer who had just won a tough fight. He needs to be introduced to some real tough guys at the state jail (maybe another 'Scared Straight' movie needs to be made). Was that a few months ago in the Glen Burnie area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiebear Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Looks like a regular ole ass kickin to me based on the video. The interview process will determine why. Beating up a kid while sitting down (for sitting down) is lame. its a sucker start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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