Sooooo wrong, so disturbing. This is footage of the Black students from Belleville, IL beating up on a white student on their school bus.
A brutal school bus beating that police say may be racially motivated was caught on video and the footage is now circulating on the web. A white student at Belleville West High School was subjected to not one, but two vicious beatings by two of his African-American peers and the entire assault was captured on surveillance video.
The video begins with the Belleville West High School student, aged 17, trying to find a seat on the bus. Every time he tries to sit down he is deterred by other kids on the bus until the driver finally gives them no choice.
The white boy moves a bag off a seat and sits only to be brutally assaulted by two other students who were encouraged to escalate the attack by other kids on the bus. Based on the way the boy was treated leading up to the attack and the manner in which two African-American students ganged up on him police have suggested racism was a likely motivator.
Sooooo wrong, so disturbing. This is footage of the Black students from Belleville, IL beating up on a white student on their school bus.
A brutal school bus beating that police say may be racially motivated was caught on video and the footage is now circulating on the web. A white student at Belleville West High School was subjected to not one, but two vicious beatings by two of his African-American peers and the entire assault was captured on surveillance video.
The video begins with the Belleville West High School student, aged 17, trying to find a seat on the bus. Every time he tries to sit down he is deterred by other kids on the bus until the driver finally gives them no choice.
The white boy moves a bag off a seat and sits only to be brutally assaulted by two other students who were encouraged to escalate the attack by other kids on the bus. Based on the way the boy was treated leading up to the attack and the manner in which two African-American students ganged up on him police have suggested racism was a likely motivator.
Sooooo wrong, so disturbing. This is footage of the Black students from Belleville, IL beating up on a white student on their school bus.
A brutal school bus beating that police say may be racially motivated was caught on video and the footage is now circulating on the web. A white student at Belleville West High School was subjected to not one, but two vicious beatings by two of his African-American peers and the entire assault was captured on surveillance video.
The video begins with the Belleville West High School student, aged 17, trying to find a seat on the bus. Every time he tries to sit down he is deterred by other kids on the bus until the driver finally gives them no choice.
The white boy moves a bag off a seat and sits only to be brutally assaulted by two other students who were encouraged to escalate the attack by other kids on the bus. Based on the way the boy was treated leading up to the attack and the manner in which two African-American students ganged up on him police have suggested racism was a likely motivator.
Girard College has stepped in and saved the day for a group of African American and Latino children who were booted from a private suburban Philadelphia pool, presumably because of their race.
The group of about 65 campers from North Philly’s Creative Steps Day Camp were scheduled to go swimming every Monday at the Valley Swim Club’s private pool, a welcome change from the elementary school basement where they spend their days. The camp paid nearly $2000 for use of the private pool. This week marked their first foray to the pool.
One student said when the camp group arrived, he heard a white woman ask “what are all these black kids doing here?” In true 1952 fashion, when the black campers got in the pool, all the white kids got out. Workers at the pool asked the campers to leave and later promised to refund the camp’s money, leaving the camp to suspect race was at the center of its booting from the pool. Girard College has now offered the students use of its pool for the summer.
The president of the Valley Swim Club, John Duesler, said this in a statement: “There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club.”
The Valley Club is deeply troubled by the recent allegations of racism which are completely untrue. We had originally agreed to invite the camps to use our facility, knowing full well that the children from the camps were from multi-ethnic backgrounds. Unfortunately, we quickly learned that we underestimated the capacity of our facilities and realized that we could not accommodate the number of children from these camps. All funds were returned to the camps and we will re-evaluate the issue at a later date to determine whether it can be feasible in the future. Our Valley Club deplores discrimination in any form, as is evidenced by our multi-ethnic and diverse membership. Whatever comments may or may not have been made by an individual member is an opinion not shared by The Valley Club Board.
Still waiting on that apology…
Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter wants the private pool to reinstate the campers immediately. The NAACP has asked the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission to launch an investigation of the club as well.
If you’d like to (ahem) share your thoughts with this swim club, here are thedeets: Phone: (215) 947-0700
Web: www.thevalleyclub.com (although the site is just a shell)
