4 In Custody At OKC School; Jackson To Speak

[Billybob]

http://www.koco.com/news/30913296/detail.html

 

[dennishoddy]

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Police say four people are in custody at a metro Oklahoma City high school following an altercation Wednesday, according to police.

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Police say they are investigating the situation at Douglass High School at 900 Martin Luther King Avenue.

According to police, four people have been detained, one of whom was detained separately from the others.

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson is due to attend a rally at the school at 10 a.m.

Read more: http://www.koco.com/news/30913296/detail.html#ixzz1sPkUQBbh

 

[338Shooter]

That tells me nothing.

 

[Dave70968]

Not only that, but the article implies that Jackson was coming because of the incident; that seems unlikely given that he was due to speak less than an hour after the story broke. Pretty quick response there.

Ah, here's more information:
http://newsok.com/disturbance-between-10-girls-breaks-out-at-oklahoma-city-school/article/3667508

Disturbance between 10 girls breaks out at Oklahoma City school
An altercation involving 10 girls at Douglass High School has been reported. Police took two of the girls to jail.

FROM STAFF REPORTS | Published: April 18, 2012

A disturbance in Douglass High School broke out Wednesday morning before the Rev. Jesse Jackson arrived for a visit, police said.

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Two 18-year-old girls were taken to the Oklahoma County jail on disorderly conduct complaints, police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said.

Eight other girls were taken to a juvenile detention center on disorderly conduct complaints, Knight said.

No serious injuries were reported.

The altercation broke out before Jackson arrived for a 10 a.m. visit, said Oklahoma City School District spokeswoman Kathleen Kennedy.

Kennedy said the disturbance happened about 8:30 a.m. in a hallway.

“It was cleared out for Jesse Jackson,” she said.

 

[Billybob]

Not only that, but the article implies that Jackson was coming because of the incident; that seems unlikely given that he was due to speak less than an hour after the story broke. Pretty quick response there.

Ah, here's more information:
http://newsok.com/disturbance-between-10-girls-breaks-out-at-oklahoma-city-school/article/3667508

I didn't think it implied Jesse came to speak about the incident, I think it tried to keep from saying the incident was related to Jesse speaking there.

 

[reddog1]

Thanks Dennis for providing the text to the story.

 

[HMFIC]

Journalism has been lost to the wolves...

 

[Billybob]

Journalism has been lost to the wolves...

And our children have been sold to the system.

 

[SMS]

I wonder how many kids are taken into custody each week at that school as a result of "disturbances"....this only made the news because the adulterous race baiter was coming to town.

 

[Billybob]

Was the school "race baiting" by having Jackson speak there?
With financial scandals, test score questions, high drop out rates, and kiddie porn being made in the classroom shouldn't our schools be concentrating on their own issues instead of social issues?