Thursday, November 29, 2007

Hold your head up

From this morning newspaper:

"School officials said they do not know who wrote the note."

Note: [(School officials did not say a note did not exist, just that it was not where students stated it was)]

Newspaper continuing:

"But one of the students who originally reported receiving a note in his locker said Principal Chris Hissong intimidated him into changing his story. The student, who did not want to be named, said he was called into Hissong’s office last week and told if he did not tell the truth he would be locked up for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The student is on probation and said Hissong threatened to have him arrested for falsifying the report he originally filed with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department regarding the note. He said he was issued an ultimatum: either stick with the original story and be arrested or change the story and face expulsion.

“I lied and told them it wasn’t in my locker, … but it was in my locker,” the student said. “I just did that because I didn’t want to get locked up.”

Hissong did not return a call seeking comment. MacLean said she had not heard of the exchange between the student and Hissong.

“I was not in those interviews, so I cannot address that,” MacLean said."

newspaper continuing

"MacLean said she didn’t know how many students changed their stories when questioned by school officials. The investigation consisted of more than 100 interviews with students, interviews with three parents, and a review of security tapes at the school."


So that means that 700 or more students have not been interviewed, and yet investigation is over..the investigation is over!!!!

1 comment:

  1. so now we see the damage control. the coverup. the obstructionism. "those black kids are lying..
    seems to me, the last scandal at EACS was as your next post talks abut is Amy Sorrell.

    So until the truth comes out- nothing is subject to penalties of perjury, and the black students are standing their ground on principle.
    so If this was vegas, should we start a betting pool on if the Heritage HS principal will keep his job, without blemish onhis official record?
    will any heads roll? And what of the EACS school board? do they have any authority on this?
    What of the Allen county sheriff? Or is our sheirff like the elceted sheriffs of the 20's in Indiana, or the 60s down in "dixie"?
    And what of the Feds? FBI? Justice Department Civil rights investigation? r the ATF- idle talk of gunplay, and racila violence?
    We had a columbine.a virginai Tech. Hundreds of incidents. We need to tell these kids that there are serious consequences, and give them a primer on federal and state civil rights laws, so they cant claim ignorance.
    Evidently, there is a Hostile school environment, with racial overtones. And its not just firendly "ethnic humor, or jokes, or verbal consensual horseplay between friends.
    It seems fairly evident that the students who are being harassed are followint protocol, and the rules, in petitioning the school authotities for redress of serious legitimate grievances.
    Its too bad 21st century america has fallen into the trap of the poor of al races fighting amongst themselves for the scraps from the rich white, corporate mans, and global financial markets systems tables, when we shouldnt be letting them divide and conquer based on superficial skin pigment. Whites spend millions at tanning beds- to get darker. black. spend millions on music- jazz, blues, rap, etc- written and performed by the black man/women. Our whoel culture has been bet's, mt'v'd, vh1'd into a great cross cultural mixing pot. the monroeville=billies need a quick lesson in the modern "Flat world" global economy" and a reality check about how they will need to learn to get along with persons of all races, cultures, and classes.
    Of course, they're too young, and ignorant, and lack wisdom.
    for instance, I'm currently reading the autobiography of Malcolm (Little) X. he's just a nother man, from the poor side of the tracks, who has cultural differences . but reading, you dont notice the "blackness", except it gives insight into the workings of the mind of a black man in the 50's and 60's. And how his philosphy and outlook was formed by it.
    I'm learning toapply that to my wisdom, and adjust some attitudes, and beliefs, because of my white, suburban HS/fort wayne, middle class upbringing, and somewhat limited "exposure to diversity".

    So we shall all be waiting, watching, and hoping that EACS does the right thing, and falls on their collective administrative swords in shame. I also am reporting this via google news, and such to the Southern Poverty Law center. google that, and navigate around their weekly hatewatch feature.
    I hope the local NAACP can find a good civil rights attorney to file a class action lawsuit agains the EACS, and cost them millions, as weel a maybe lining up al sharpton, and jesse jacksn to come to FTW to address the problems FTW is having with integration into the global economy, where 5/6 of the worlds 6 billion persons arent white, and where 3/4th of americas prison population is black.

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