Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:50     Subject: Re:WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why were the kids at the metro? That doesn’t seem like a typical destination after a game.


You may find this shocking but some people in this county use the metro as a mode of transportation!


Not if they live within a few miles of the Bethesda Metro. The Metro does not go anywhere near Walter Johnson. Where would they be going? Wheaton? -- "the Horror."

Silver Spring. Those kids don't live in chevy chase cmon now
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:48     Subject: WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Has McKnight actually made a statement about this incident? MCPS has been getting a lot of negative press in the Washington Post lately.
Well deserved in my opinion
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:42     Subject: Re:WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why were the kids at the metro? That doesn’t seem like a typical destination after a game.


You may find this shocking but some people in this county use the metro as a mode of transportation!


Not if they live within a few miles of the Bethesda Metro. The Metro does not go anywhere near Walter Johnson. Where would they be going? Wheaton? -- "the Horror."

A lot of WJ students live near Grosvenor or White Flint.


This didn’t happen inside the metro station. Metro just happens to be two blocks from the school and the parking area is a cut through for anyone walking to Chipotle or Bethesda Row. The fact that this happened where it did has nothing to do with who does or doesn’t take public transportation.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:37     Subject: Re:WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why were the kids at the metro? That doesn’t seem like a typical destination after a game.


You may find this shocking but some people in this county use the metro as a mode of transportation!


Not if they live within a few miles of the Bethesda Metro. The Metro does not go anywhere near Walter Johnson. Where would they be going? Wheaton? -- "the Horror."

A lot of WJ students live near Grosvenor or White Flint.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:34     Subject: Re:WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why were the kids at the metro? That doesn’t seem like a typical destination after a game.


You may find this shocking but some people in this county use the metro as a mode of transportation!


Not if they live within a few miles of the Bethesda Metro. The Metro does not go anywhere near Walter Johnson. Where would they be going? Wheaton? -- "the Horror."
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:34     Subject: WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Anonymous wrote:MCPS has a school for students with severe behavior problems. That’s where to send violent youths. No need to expel.


Which one? Twain school was closed years ago, and RICA is the school if you're in juvenile detention.

What I've seen they do now is just transfer the problem to another school. The ringleader of the Damascus locker room gang rape was on his third high school by that point.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:32     Subject: WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Anonymous wrote:Kids at other schools have gotten into fights; what stands out here is the level of sheer brutality and the ganging up on victims.

There must be consequences and those consequences must include expulsions from B-CC. Who would want to send their kids to that school if kids responsible for such mayhem were allowed to remain there?


The optics of that sheer number of students ganging up one one, combined with the sheer brutality of watching defenseless children being kicked and punched over and over and over and over again was stomach turning.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:30     Subject: Re:WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Anonymous wrote:Why were the kids at the metro? That doesn’t seem like a typical destination after a game.


You may find this shocking but some people in this county use the metro as a mode of transportation!
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:23     Subject: Re:WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Anonymous wrote:Why were the kids at the metro? That doesn’t seem like a typical destination after a game.


If you know the Bethesda metro, it makes sense. They weren’t inside the station, but on the side that faces Chipotle (kiss and ride/parking).
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:17     Subject: Re:WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:To clarify a little more...

in law it's called mutual combat, not fight.

Schools can have stricter rules which is why fighting is not allowed in school but it is not a criminal offense.

If you agree to "mutual combat" it does not matter who "throws the 1st punch".

Police can arrest for disorderly conduct or "blocking the sidewalk". (yes there is a law against blocking a sidewalk)
Injured parties can sue for bodily harm.



Mutual combat is only allowed in two states. And not Maryland. You have no
right to assault someone. You do have a right to self defense or defense another. If you use excessive force to defend yourself, it becomes assault on your part.


In TX and MD it is explicitly legal. In OR it is explicitly illegal. Everywhere else is prosecutorial discretion.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:14     Subject: Re:WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Why were the kids at the metro? That doesn’t seem like a typical destination after a game.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:12     Subject: WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Anonymous wrote:Kids at other schools have gotten into fights; what stands out here is the level of sheer brutality and the ganging up on victims.

There must be consequences and those consequences must include expulsions from B-CC. Who would want to send their kids to that school if kids responsible for such mayhem were allowed to remain there?


The assaults were at Metro, so that is looking more unsafe than B-CC.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:10     Subject: WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
MCPS has a school for students with severe behavior problems. That’s where to send violent youths. No need to expel.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 21:05     Subject: Re:WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Anonymous wrote:oops



Cops and schools still calling it a fight, not assault.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2023 20:52     Subject: WJ/BCC Fight - No racism please!
Kids at other schools have gotten into fights; what stands out here is the level of sheer brutality and the ganging up on victims.

There must be consequences and those consequences must include expulsions from B-CC. Who would want to send their kids to that school if kids responsible for such mayhem were allowed to remain there?