Fight btw BCC & WJ students after game @ 8:30 Friday night

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's at least one other video circulating on Instagram of the events - it's longer than the one posted at the top of this thread and it show multiple people on the ground being kicked and stomped. The video shows a pretty big crowd - 20 people at least including a number of girls who are throwing punches and stomping someone. Some of the assailants can be clearly identified. The police and school authorities should have lots of evidence. It sounds like the schools did a lot to try to prevent this from happening; maybe they just need to ban student attendance at games altogether? It's outrageous.

Btw there was a BCC student last year who beat another student with a chair. It made the news and provoked a thread here at the time. One of my DCs graduated from BCC in May and I was shocked to hear the kid's name called for graduation - and he got huge cheers from the crowd. Despite the fact that he'd been violent repeatedly during his time at BCC. I have another kid still at BCC and I think it's a fantastic school in many ways. But there's something really wrong, obviously.

This is exactly the problem. Imagine being allowed to beat another student with a chair and graduate from that school.

There are no consequences for vile criminal behavior and that is directly the result of the school board.
People need to wake up.
If you care about nothing else you should at least care that bad schools drive property values down.

The in school incident is an mcps issue but this was not on mcps property and at the metro. This is a police issue and a parenting issue. Child should be arrested and charged as an adult. Mcps needs more security but mcps is not to blame for this if it is not on property.

Property values es are the least of my concern. Safety is. Maybe these things are happening as the parents are not focused on their kids and their behavior.

Get this through your head:
It ceases to become a parenting issue when it effects my children. Now it's a societal issue and I expect the system including both the schools and the police to protect my children.

I could give a flying fig less about thugs mom and dad issues.

You need to protect your own kids as if you are expecting others to it’s not going to happen. This did not happen at school and police cannot be everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Hopefully the bcc stadium has cameras and they can match up the clothing to the faces. And if they don't, maybe they should record the students as they enter. It looks like the main male aggressor is wearing a baklava

[Anonymous]

As individual students from both schools are identified appropriate disciplinary action, in alignment with the MCPS Student Code of Conduct, will be assigned

RJ, the kids laugh at it.

Kids throughout the region do not fear consequences. What is the quality of life going to be like when they are adults?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:There's at least one other video circulating on Instagram of the events - it's longer than the one posted at the top of this thread and it show multiple people on the ground being kicked and stomped. The video shows a pretty big crowd - 20 people at least including a number of girls who are throwing punches and stomping someone. Some of the assailants can be clearly identified. The police and school authorities should have lots of evidence. It sounds like the schools did a lot to try to prevent this from happening; maybe they just need to ban student attendance at games altogether? It's outrageous.

Btw there was a BCC student last year who beat another student with a chair. It made the news and provoked a thread here at the time. One of my DCs graduated from BCC in May and I was shocked to hear the kid's name called for graduation - and he got huge cheers from the crowd. Despite the fact that he'd been violent repeatedly during his time at BCC. I have another kid still at BCC and I think it's a fantastic school in many ways. But there's something really wrong, obviously.

This is exactly the problem. Imagine being allowed to beat another student with a chair and graduate from that school.

There are no consequences for vile criminal behavior and that is directly the result of the school board.
People need to wake up.
If you care about nothing else you should at least care that bad schools drive property values down.

The in school incident is an mcps issue but this was not on mcps property and at the metro. This is a police issue and a parenting issue. Child should be arrested and charged as an adult. Mcps needs more security but mcps is not to blame for this if it is not on property.

Property values es are the least of my concern. Safety is. Maybe these things are happening as the parents are not focused on their kids and their behavior.

Get this through your head:
It ceases to become a parenting issue when it effects my children. Now it's a societal issue and I expect the system including both the schools and the police to protect my children.

I could give a flying fig less about thugs mom and dad issues.

You need to protect your own kids as if you are expecting others to it’s not going to happen. This did not happen at school and police cannot be everywhere.

The basic reason people elected to be governed and pay taxes was for protection. If you're okay with living in a county that doesn't understand metro need police protection after a rivalry game then you are part of the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Damn. That wasn’t a fight. It was a beat down. Multiple kids kicking a kid on the ground. The races are obvious as well. Not good optics.

Yup

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Anonymous wrote:Well that's a bad look. People already fear and mistrust black teenagers. Kicking kids in the head when they're down should be an attempted murder charge. That BCC kid needs to be in prison.

The kid kicking is WHITE.

No

It appears that a black teen is kicking a white teen on the ground and repeatedly punching him in the head.

Kids are saying the assailant is from WJ, kid on ground BCC. Other kids were also injured.

If any consequences, likely RJ.

Not in the video. The kicking kid has WHITE hands.

[Anonymous]

Btw I guess it’s ok in liberal mcps that black students beat up a white student. If it was reversed, you know it would be a riot.

[Anonymous]

Last year the bcc/wj game had islands of police between the school and the metro station because someone thought this through. What happened this year?

[Anonymous]

I propose a school-wide RJ session, both schools, to promote equity and inclusion. We all need to hold hands and sing "Kumbaya" while holding candles (battery-powered of course for fire safety).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Btw I guess it’s ok in liberal mcps that black students beat up a white student. If it was reversed, you know it would be a riot.

Same poster. Thank you for pointing out that he was in the shadows. I watched again. You are right. He has white hands. Apologies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m sure this can be handled through restorative justice sessions. No need to overreact.

. At least one kid is in the hospital. There should be jail time for this.

Agree but it's very unlikely. All the laws and policies have been changed re: juveniles. A lot of specialized schools/centers for violent teens have been closed.

If the kid in the hospital dies and assailant is 18, maybe CJS consequences. Otherwise, likely RJ.

What does RJ look like in MoCo schools? Per WP:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/07/15/restorative-justice-montgomery-county-schools/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I propose a school-wide RJ session, both schools, to promote equity and inclusion. We all need to hold hands and sing "Kumbaya" while holding candles (battery-powered of course for fire safety).

Ok I realize it may be difficult to hand hands and candles at the same time. Maybe place the battery-powered candle in front of your person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's at least one other video circulating on Instagram of the events - it's longer than the one posted at the top of this thread and it show multiple people on the ground being kicked and stomped. The video shows a pretty big crowd - 20 people at least including a number of girls who are throwing punches and stomping someone. Some of the assailants can be clearly identified. The police and school authorities should have lots of evidence. It sounds like the schools did a lot to try to prevent this from happening; maybe they just need to ban student attendance at games altogether? It's outrageous.

Btw there was a BCC student last year who beat another student with a chair. It made the news and provoked a thread here at the time. One of my DCs graduated from BCC in May and I was shocked to hear the kid's name called for graduation - and he got huge cheers from the crowd. Despite the fact that he'd been violent repeatedly during his time at BCC. I have another kid still at BCC and I think it's a fantastic school in many ways. But there's something really wrong, obviously.

This is exactly the problem. Imagine being allowed to beat another student with a chair and graduate from that school.

There are no consequences for vile criminal behavior and that is directly the result of the school board.
People need to wake up.
If you care about nothing else you should at least care that bad schools drive property values down.

The in school incident is an mcps issue but this was not on mcps property and at the metro. This is a police issue and a parenting issue. Child should be arrested and charged as an adult. Mcps needs more security but mcps is not to blame for this if it is not on property.

Property values es are the least of my concern. Safety is. Maybe these things are happening as the parents are not focused on their kids and their behavior.

Get this through your head:
It ceases to become a parenting issue when it effects my children. Now it's a societal issue and I expect the system including both the schools and the police to protect my children.

I could give a flying fig less about thugs mom and dad issues.

You need to protect your own kids as if you are expecting others to it’s not going to happen. This did not happen at school and police cannot be everywhere.

Curious on whether you live in the area? This was a completely predictable event that happened directly as a result of a school event in a completely predictable location. And you are totally wrong, it is absolutely the job of the school and police to protect the public. Unclear how you could think otherwise.

[Anonymous]

There will be no jail time. They are juveniles. They'll be back at school on Tuesday morning as usual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully the bcc stadium has cameras and they can match up the clothing to the faces. And if they don't, maybe they should record the students as they enter. It looks like the main male aggressor is wearing a baklava

*balaclava. Baklava is pastry.