Kid Dies After A Fight At School

Everybody Nose · 09-14-2004, 10:35 PM

I'll find the article later, but on the news, they had a report about a kid who died after a fight at school.

ER... I'm sketchy on details
but what do you think?

Beam Yosho the Drunkard · 09-14-2004, 10:38 PM

Me thinks people have very dangerously low tempers.

Sabrilocke · 09-14-2004, 10:48 PM

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Originally posted by Beam Yosho the Drunkard:
Me thinks people have very dangerously low tempers.

Everybody Nose · 09-14-2004, 10:51 PM

ME THINKS YOU NEED TO SHUTUP!

Update, he was an eigth grader..... very sad... still searching for an article

Boy's name:
14 Year Old
Tarus Williams

Please look and see if yo ucan find it on here
www.wreg.com

They were trying to make him join a gang, called "G-Unit" (Oh good God no.)

It's not clear if it's gang-related, but still sad.
I gotta go now, but I'm watchin the news and'll update tommorow.

[ September 14, 2004, 11:00 PM: Message edited by: Crunk And Disorderly ]

Beam Yosho the Drunkard · 09-14-2004, 11:12 PM

G....unit?

Everybody Nose · 09-15-2004, 04:58 PM

Sad ain't it

Article Here

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Memphis, TN - Memphis City School Superintendent Carol Johnson was shaken up. Visibly shaken up. Schools are supposed to be places of learning. They're not supposed to be places where 14 year olds get beaten up and die. "It's very tragic," Dr. Johnson said. "And it should never have happened. No child should ever go to school and not be safe."

If there is one place in the world that is supposed to be a safe haven for the young, it's school. A place where they are taught about the power of knowledge. A place where, for a few hours, they're able to stay away from the streets of this city. Streets where some are more impressed with the power of violence than the power of knowledge. "Our prayers and our hearts go out to the family," Dr. Carol Johnson said. "Nothing could be more tragic. Nothing could be more sad. It's a very sad day."

She wouldn't say any more. What more is there to say? Dr. Carol Johnson is a superintendent of schools, not a miracle worker. She and all the school board members, mayors, councilmen and governors in the world can't guarantee a child's protection. All they can do is try. "We're going to have to go into the community," school board member Wanda Halbert said. "We're going to need to talk to the students and let them see that fighting is just not something we are in school to do. We're there to learn."

There is only so much that can be done. And that's what makes what happened at Westside that much more tragic. "We can't stop what happened at Westside," board member Deni Hirsch said. "We just can't. We can hope the children learn a lesson from this tragedy."

And while she talked, and while she thought about what happened at Westside, Deni Hirsch did what a lot of people in this city did, when hearing about a 14 year old boy being beaten and killed at school. She started to cry. "All I can think of is, I want to hug my children," she said. "I want to keep them safe. That's what every Mom would think."

DELICIOUS POISON · 09-15-2004, 05:29 PM

All emotive bull**** and no facts makes channel 3 news a dull boy.

Juliet · 09-16-2004, 08:32 PM

^Agreed. And why is the school focussed so much on the violence itself and not on what might have caused it? Something must be seriously wrong with those kids.

[ September 16, 2004, 08:38 PM: Message edited by: Elphaba: Wicked Witch of the West ]

Shane Sacobie · 09-16-2004, 10:44 PM

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If there is one place in the world that is supposed to be a safe haven for the young, it's school.

In this country?

Everybody Nose · 09-17-2004, 07:40 PM

to quote Will Smith

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Parents justdon't understand.

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09-14-2004, 10:51 PM	#4
Everybody Nose All the girls standing in the line for the bathroom Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Gender: Posts: 13,221 Thanks: 981 Thanked 669 Times in 388 Posts Points: 47,232.31 Bank: 598,669.29 Total Points: 645,901.60 Donate	ME THINKS YOU NEED TO SHUTUP! Update, he was an eigth grader..... very sad... still searching for an article Boy's name: 14 Year Old Tarus Williams Please look and see if yo ucan find it on here www.wreg.com They were trying to make him join a gang, called "G-Unit" (Oh good God no.) It's not clear if it's gang-related, but still sad. I gotta go now, but I'm watchin the news and'll update tommorow. [ September 14, 2004, 11:00 PM: Message edited by: Crunk And Disorderly ]

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Juliet Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Vinkus Posts: 1,238 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 4,009.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 4,509.00 Donate	^Agreed. And why is the school focussed so much on the violence itself and not on what might have caused it? Something must be seriously wrong with those kids. [ September 16, 2004, 08:38 PM: Message edited by: Elphaba: Wicked Witch of the West ]