Fights break out after BCC vs WJ Football game

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Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, Monday came and went and this fight was not picked up by news outlets or officially confirmed or denied by MCPS. How'd did MoCo officials succeed in suppressing this story?

Do you think it is breaking news every time a teen throws a punch? This was dealt with before it escalated to something akin to the awful occurrence last year.

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Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, Monday came and went and this fight was not picked up by news outlets or officially confirmed or denied by MCPS. How'd did MoCo officials succeed in suppressing this story?

Do you think it is breaking news every time a teen throws a punch? This was dealt with before it escalated to something akin to the awful occurrence last year.

Given that it's circulating widely on social media (it has over 56,000 views on Twitter alone), yes, I do think they should address it.

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Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, Monday came and went and this fight was not picked up by news outlets or officially confirmed or denied by MCPS. How'd did MoCo officials succeed in suppressing this story?

Do you think it is breaking news every time a teen throws a punch? This was dealt with before it escalated to something akin to the awful occurrence last year.

Given that it's circulating widely on social media (it has over 56,000 views on Twitter alone), yes, I do think they should address it.

Why should they address 2 boys fighting outside of school grounds? Even if it was in school grounds, unless it’s a brawl or weapons involved, there's no need to send out a communiqué about two knuckle heads releasing steams. If that was the case, MCPS would have to send emails/communications every single damn day and multiple times a day, because at any given school in MCPS and at any given time, there's some kind of confrontation going on.

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Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, Monday came and went and this fight was not picked up by news outlets or officially confirmed or denied by MCPS. How'd did MoCo officials succeed in suppressing this story?

Do you think it is breaking news every time a teen throws a punch? This was dealt with before it escalated to something akin to the awful occurrence last year.

Given that it's circulating widely on social media (it has over 56,000 views on Twitter alone), yes, I do think they should address it.

Why should they address 2 boys fighting outside of school grounds? Even if it was in school grounds, unless it’s a brawl or weapons involved, there's no need to send out a communiqué about two knuckle heads releasing steams. If that was the case, MCPS would have to send emails/communications every single damn day and multiple times a day, because at any given school in MCPS and at any given time, there's some kind of confrontation going on.

When videos of fights in the community surrounding Paint Branch High School circulated on social media, the principal put out a community letter to address that and reminded students of their duty and obligation to conduct themselves according to the Code of Conduct while they were out in the community. Why is this different?

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Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, Monday came and went and this fight was not picked up by news outlets or officially confirmed or denied by MCPS. How'd did MoCo officials succeed in suppressing this story?

Do you think it is breaking news every time a teen throws a punch? This was dealt with before it escalated to something akin to the awful occurrence last year.

Given that it's circulating widely on social media (it has over 56,000 views on Twitter alone), yes, I do think they should address it.

Why should they address 2 boys fighting outside of school grounds? Even if it was in school grounds, unless it’s a brawl or weapons involved, there's no need to send out a communiqué about two knuckle heads releasing steams. If that was the case, MCPS would have to send emails/communications every single damn day and multiple times a day, because at any given school in MCPS and at any given time, there's some kind of confrontation going on.

When videos of fights in the community surrounding Paint Branch High School circulated on social media, the principal put out a community letter to address that and reminded students of their duty and obligation to conduct themselves according to the Code of Conduct while they were out in the community. Why is this different?

Families are STILL asking and yet they haven't addressed it. Were those "fighting" not mcps students?

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Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, Monday came and went and this fight was not picked up by news outlets or officially confirmed or denied by MCPS. How'd did MoCo officials succeed in suppressing this story?

Do you think it is breaking news every time a teen throws a punch? This was dealt with before it escalated to something akin to the awful occurrence last year.

Given that it's circulating widely on social media (it has over 56,000 views on Twitter alone), yes, I do think they should address it.

Why should they address 2 boys fighting outside of school grounds? Even if it was in school grounds, unless it’s a brawl or weapons involved, there's no need to send out a communiqué about two knuckle heads releasing steams. If that was the case, MCPS would have to send emails/communications every single damn day and multiple times a day, because at any given school in MCPS and at any given time, there's some kind of confrontation going on.

When videos of fights in the community surrounding Paint Branch High School circulated on social media, the principal put out a community letter to address that and reminded students of their duty and obligation to conduct themselves according to the Code of Conduct while they were out in the community. Why is this different?

Families are STILL asking and yet they haven't addressed it. Were those "fighting" not mcps students?

MCPS does not have to address every fight in the community nor should they

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Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, Monday came and went and this fight was not picked up by news outlets or officially confirmed or denied by MCPS. How'd did MoCo officials succeed in suppressing this story?

Do you think it is breaking news every time a teen throws a punch? This was dealt with before it escalated to something akin to the awful occurrence last year.

Given that it's circulating widely on social media (it has over 56,000 views on Twitter alone), yes, I do think they should address it.

Why should they address 2 boys fighting outside of school grounds? Even if it was in school grounds, unless it’s a brawl or weapons involved, there's no need to send out a communiqué about two knuckle heads releasing steams. If that was the case, MCPS would have to send emails/communications every single damn day and multiple times a day, because at any given school in MCPS and at any given time, there's some kind of confrontation going on.

When videos of fights in the community surrounding Paint Branch High School circulated on social media, the principal put out a community letter to address that and reminded students of their duty and obligation to conduct themselves according to the Code of Conduct while they were out in the community. Why is this different?

Families are STILL asking and yet they haven't addressed it. Were those "fighting" not mcps students?

MCPS does not have to address every fight in the community nor should they

So what criteria does it use to determine which ones it will and won't address? And is it consistently followed school by school, principal by principal and incident by incident?

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Will Taylor be at his AM for the school's homecoming? If you go, ask him there, lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, Monday came and went and this fight was not picked up by news outlets or officially confirmed or denied by MCPS. How'd did MoCo officials succeed in suppressing this story?

Do you think it is breaking news every time a teen throws a punch? This was dealt with before it escalated to something akin to the awful occurrence last year.

Given that it's circulating widely on social media (it has over 56,000 views on Twitter alone), yes, I do think they should address it.

Why should they address 2 boys fighting outside of school grounds? Even if it was in school grounds, unless it’s a brawl or weapons involved, there's no need to send out a communiqué about two knuckle heads releasing steams. If that was the case, MCPS would have to send emails/communications every single damn day and multiple times a day, because at any given school in MCPS and at any given time, there's some kind of confrontation going on.

When videos of fights in the community surrounding Paint Branch High School circulated on social media, the principal put out a community letter to address that and reminded students of their duty and obligation to conduct themselves according to the Code of Conduct while they were out in the community. Why is this different?

Families are STILL asking and yet they haven't addressed it. Were those "fighting" not mcps students?

MCPS does not have to address every fight in the community nor should they

So what criteria does it use to determine which ones it will and won't address? And is it consistently followed school by school, principal by principal and incident by incident?

MCPS probably responds to crimes committed by students, against students, and on campus.

Not smacks at a shopping mall.

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Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, Monday came and went and this fight was not picked up by news outlets or officially confirmed or denied by MCPS. How'd did MoCo officials succeed in suppressing this story?

Do you think it is breaking news every time a teen throws a punch? This was dealt with before it escalated to something akin to the awful occurrence last year.

Given that it's circulating widely on social media (it has over 56,000 views on Twitter alone), yes, I do think they should address it.

Why should they address 2 boys fighting outside of school grounds? Even if it was in school grounds, unless it’s a brawl or weapons involved, there's no need to send out a communiqué about two knuckle heads releasing steams. If that was the case, MCPS would have to send emails/communications every single damn day and multiple times a day, because at any given school in MCPS and at any given time, there's some kind of confrontation going on.

When videos of fights in the community surrounding Paint Branch High School circulated on social media, the principal put out a community letter to address that and reminded students of their duty and obligation to conduct themselves according to the Code of Conduct while they were out in the community. Why is this different?

Families are STILL asking and yet they haven't addressed it. Were those "fighting" not mcps students?

MCPS does not have to address every fight in the community nor should they

So what criteria does it use to determine which ones it will and won't address? And is it consistently followed school by school, principal by principal and incident by incident?

Right??!!

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Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, Monday came and went and this fight was not picked up by news outlets or officially confirmed or denied by MCPS. How'd did MoCo officials succeed in suppressing this story?

Do you think it is breaking news every time a teen throws a punch? This was dealt with before it escalated to something akin to the awful occurrence last year.

Given that it's circulating widely on social media (it has over 56,000 views on Twitter alone), yes, I do think they should address it.

Why should they address 2 boys fighting outside of school grounds? Even if it was in school grounds, unless it’s a brawl or weapons involved, there's no need to send out a communiqué about two knuckle heads releasing steams. If that was the case, MCPS would have to send emails/communications every single damn day and multiple times a day, because at any given school in MCPS and at any given time, there's some kind of confrontation going on.

When videos of fights in the community surrounding Paint Branch High School circulated on social media, the principal put out a community letter to address that and reminded students of their duty and obligation to conduct themselves according to the Code of Conduct while they were out in the community. Why is this different?

Families are STILL asking and yet they haven't addressed it. Were those "fighting" not mcps students?

MCPS does not have to address every fight in the community nor should they

So what criteria does it use to determine which ones it will and won't address? And is it consistently followed school by school, principal by principal and incident by incident?

MCPS probably responds to crimes committed by students, against students, and on campus.

Not smacks at a shopping mall.

I just gave you the example with the fights in the community at Paint Branch High School, which were addressed by the principal via a community letter. Please read and keep up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's obvious the chickenshits do this on MCPS property to avoid real consequences.

G Square isn't MCPS property, moron.

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Anonymous wrote:What's the official statement from WJ and BCC principals or newly hired Jones? Or are they waiting on MCPS communications to fine tune their letters?

Why would a letter to the community be needed? The necessary precautions were in place to ensure a safe game. Parents didn’t pick up their kids after and two individuals got in a fight in the nearby shopping center.

Because MCPS routinely puts out community letters about things that involve MCPS students and public safety/criminal matters.

In fact, just this last week, the principals of Odessa Shannon MS, Kennedy and Wheaton HS just put out a joint community letter after students from those three schools engaged in a shootout at the Glenmont shopping center after school hours.

You're comparing a kid slapping a kid to a shooting?

I’m comparing a police-involved incident with students to another police-involved incident with students.

Or did you not see the police intervening in the videos posted? Your attempt to minimize the report of numerous fights down to merely down to merely a slap, despite a complete absence of additional information, belies an allegiance that you are hiding. Are you the parent of one of the students involved or are you a BCC admin who doesn’t want to take the blame for your students making the news for bad behavior once again?

Whoa. So now BCC admin are responsible for the behavior of students after hours? Is that in their job description? Where were the students' parents or guardians? Were these students aged 18? Why are you questioning HS admin about actions of students they are not responsible for after school hours? And if the altercation was off school site (yet to be confirmed based on comments here).

This is not a genuine question, but I’m going to answer it anyway for the benefit of onlookers:

Admin are responsible for school climate and culture. A school climate where violence and aggression are tolerated and perpetuated is absolutely an admin problem. Given that BCC has a track record of fights breaking out after football and basketball games, as evidenced and noted by several posters in this thread, it is clear there is a longstanding culture and climate problem at BCC that admin have failed to address.

If this doesn’t compute for you, then that says more about you and your comprehension and critical thinking limitations.

Sounds like your beef is with the G Square landlords for not maintaining a positive culture, since the fight was as G Square.

The WJ students have been basically told not to go to G square after games—many of the business around that big courtyard close early so it’s just a big blank space. That’s why they had the cops there. It’s a known issue. I think the kids that are less interested in trouble go over to Wildwood and get ice cream there, or just go straight to a friends house. I do wish G square could be a better space for teens to hang out but it’s been a problem spot and I don’t let my kids go there in the evenings.

They should require parental supervision given all the issues.

Then you'll have adults hitting each other, and more likely that someone has a gun.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s always the BCC kids

It takes two to fight, this was both.

This is a parenting issue. They need to arrest those kids and also hold the parents accountable.

It doesn’t take two for someone to be attacked.

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Anonymous wrote:Another one? I literally thought people were just posting about the fight again last year.

Per some posters, it is a "tradition"? Why O' why?

School rivalries at their finest.

Just cancel the games if the kids cannot behave or don't let spectators.

Do we know yet if it was spectators instigating or participating in Friday's "fight?" Could they have been non spectator students who were in the area if this was at the shopping plaza? Can anyone confirm? Few posters up thread have asked if this has been confirmed and where "fight" took place - school grounds during game, after game or off campus?

Folks have identified the neighborhood plaza, which was not even right on top of the football stadium.

Agree

I don't know. The video is of two boys fighting, totally unclear whether either or both of them go to BCC or WJ. The police were literally right on top of the situation and it was broken up in under a minute.

Teens fighting isn't great, but this does not feel like a four alarm fire to me. Certainly nothing like what happened after last year's game, and maybe that demonstrates that whatever steps have already been taken are starting to work.