White classmates pulled black girl by the neck with a rope, lawsuit alleges

[the game]

Girl could be a witch and it wouldn't justify what they did

What's wrong with being Wiccan?

[brimdog]

almost as bad as the knockout game

[PC2]

I take it every mod just happens to be ignoring the race thread rule at the moment.

[brimdog]

What's wrong with being Wiccan?

your intentionally subversive pedantic dronery is showing

[Dreknar20]

How exactly did it cost $3 million to treat for rope burns on the neck?

[the game]

I take it every mod just happens to be ignoring the race thread rule at the moment.

It's a white on black thread in america.

[Kraenen]

the 20th century had a fair share of lynchings...and racially motivated crimes are still not uncommon even today.

are you intentionally being vague?

[Kapadons]

So I hate to point out the obvious , but you being one of the only black people, went camping in the woods with a bunch of white people....in Waco, Texas. I'm not victim blaming but that sounds like utter lunacy.

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How exactly did it cost $3 million to treat for rope burns on the neck?

Usually you start high so they can offer an out of court settlement for what you really intend to get.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

are you intentionally being vague?

Do you want a full accounting of every lynching?

[xanzul]

Do you look at a rope and immediately think noose?

What other reason is there to tie a rope around a black person's neck? Fine it wasn't a noose. It was a leash. How is that any better? Come on...

[Kraenen]

Do you want a full accounting of every lynching?

No but some numbers and perspective would help. I myself was honestly wondering if the ~3400 lynchings on blacks in ~100 years were enough to call them commonplace, as some feel they were (and ignoring the ~1300 lynchings of whites).

[xanzul]

It is fucked up that they were careless and somebody got hurt. But trying to spin this into a racial issue involving any sort of hanging intention is just plain ridiculous.

How many white people have ropes "accidently" tied around their necks and pushed down to the ground? This absolutely is 100% without a doubt a racial issue.

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Agreed. Right now everything is he said she said. There's no proof one way or the other. It doesn't matter who made what claims.

The injuries of this girl are evidence of a crime. This is in no way a "he said she said" situation.

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Kids like to rope each other. Just children that age don't understand the consequence of their action until something really bad happens.

No? Where are you people getting this bullshit from? No this is not common or normal behavior for children. Children this age are perfectly aware of what could happen by tying a rope around someone's neck and dragging them to the ground. The problem here isn't that they don't understand what they were doing but the fact they did know what they were doing.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

No but some numbers and perspective would help. I myself was honestly wondering if the ~3400 lynchings on blacks in ~100 years were enough to call them commonplace, as some feel they were (and ignoring the ~1300 lynchings of whites).

Nobody has said anything about them being commonplace. All I said is that it evokes that kind of imagery.

[xanzul]

Shit, we had all kinds of violent games when I was in elementary school.

Please name one game that involves tying ropes around the necks of others and dragging them around. I won't hold my breath.

[Nayami]

That looked really painful. I hope the marks will fade away and that those responsible get what they deserve.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

I take it every mod just happens to be ignoring the race thread rule at the moment.

The thread itself isn't about race...it's about a family suing a school for negligence. There is merely a question as to whether or not the attack itself was racially motivated.

[Aori]

No? Where are you people getting this bullshit from? No this is not common or normal behavior for children. Children this age are perfectly aware of what could happen by tying a rope around someone's neck and dragging them to the ground. The problem here isn't that they don't understand what they were doing but the fact they did know what they were doing.

It is a common thing in rural areas, midwest and south. At least it was in the 80s and 90s. Also I think you give 12 year olds far to much credit.

[nofuku]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...school-lawsuit



Don't you hate when you get accidentally lynched?

The pictures are pretty bad, she could very well be physically scarred for life. She could easily have been killed, with that much pressure being put on the rope to make it cut and burn like that.

That's public schooling for ya, Yugi-boy.

[monkmastaeq]

why is race or gender even mentioned in this? Seems pretty race bait to me

[xanzul]

He said She said is not definitive evidence of anything. It also says in like the very next paragraph that “It sounds like he may have pushed on the back of her leg to make her leg buckle, which is something the kids sometimes do. Rarely is that done out of meanness but more out of a desire for sport.”

No kids do not do this. Fucking stop it. It is disgusting how you and others are trying to shrug this off. Accident or not, racially motivated or not this incident is completely unacceptable and the school should be held accountable for it. Period. End of story.