WHAT'S GOIN ON IN LA RIGHT NOW.. MEXICANS AND BLACK FUEDIN? NEEDS TO STOP!!!
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LOS ANGELES – Police detained more than a dozen students after separate brawls broke out at two high schools, the latest in a string of school fights on Los Angeles campuses that appear to be racially motivated.
More than 20 students were caught up in a fight at Jefferson High School on Thursday, and campus police detained about 15 of them, according to Los Angeles Unified School District spokeswoman Hilda Ramirez. There were no serious injuries, although two girls were treated at hospitals for hyperventilation, she said.
Police and district officials were investigating what sparked the fight, which came a day before the school had planned a dialogue to discuss recent violence. Racial and gang-motivated brawls broke out at the campus twice in April.
Jefferson students were dismissed early at staggered times Thursday and would be sent home early again Friday, Ramirez said.
At Los Angeles High School, two separate fights with several hundred onlookers escalated into "a brawl of some kind" in the afternoon, district spokeswoman Susan Cox said. The campus was briefly locked down and two students were detained. No serious injuries were reported.
"I'm told there were some racial overtones" to the violence, Cox said.
Students at Jefferson High said the brawl started with a fight between a black and a Hispanic student, which provoked other fights. Parents who flocked to the school reacted with concern and anger – and some threatened to pull their children out of class.
"I'm not prejudiced. I'm not racist. We all bleed the same color blood," Lilly Ficklin told KCAL-TV. "But my child is outnumbered. This is his last day here."
Police urged calm and said such fights often start with students provoking each other with hand signs or verbal insults.
"That goes to the core of what starts this. And it's not just here at this corner, but all over this community and probably across the nation," said Los Angeles School Police Chief Alan Kerstein.
"Everybody has got to learn diversity, has got to learn tolerance, has got to learn patience with each other."
More than 20 students were caught up in a fight at Jefferson High School on Thursday, and campus police detained about 15 of them, according to Los Angeles Unified School District spokeswoman Hilda Ramirez. There were no serious injuries, although two girls were treated at hospitals for hyperventilation, she said.
Police and district officials were investigating what sparked the fight, which came a day before the school had planned a dialogue to discuss recent violence. Racial and gang-motivated brawls broke out at the campus twice in April.
Jefferson students were dismissed early at staggered times Thursday and would be sent home early again Friday, Ramirez said.
At Los Angeles High School, two separate fights with several hundred onlookers escalated into "a brawl of some kind" in the afternoon, district spokeswoman Susan Cox said. The campus was briefly locked down and two students were detained. No serious injuries were reported.
"I'm told there were some racial overtones" to the violence, Cox said.
Students at Jefferson High said the brawl started with a fight between a black and a Hispanic student, which provoked other fights. Parents who flocked to the school reacted with concern and anger – and some threatened to pull their children out of class.
"I'm not prejudiced. I'm not racist. We all bleed the same color blood," Lilly Ficklin told KCAL-TV. "But my child is outnumbered. This is his last day here."
Police urged calm and said such fights often start with students provoking each other with hand signs or verbal insults.
"That goes to the core of what starts this. And it's not just here at this corner, but all over this community and probably across the nation," said Los Angeles School Police Chief Alan Kerstein.
"Everybody has got to learn diversity, has got to learn tolerance, has got to learn patience with each other."
The trouble began just after the three Ramirez boys and their friends arrived at the local schoolyard Wednesday for a nighttime game of basketball, a rare treat made possible by the late sundown on the first day of summer.
Two teenagers walked up to the boys and issued a stock gang challenge: "Where are you from?"
Shortly afterward, 11-year-old Anthony Michael Ramirez was fatally shot, the 28th slaying victim this year in San Bernardino and the latest youngster to die in the city's deadly surge in gang violence, authorities said.......Police search for teen wanted for slaying of 11-year-old boy
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. Police have issued an arrest warrant for a 15-year-old boy charged with shooting and killing an eleven-year-old while he played basketball at a San Bernardino middle school.
San Bernardino police Lieutenant Ernie Lemos says James Lamont Bagsby is suspected of firing into a crowd of boys playing basketball about 8:30 Wednesday night.
Lemos says Bagsby is charged with murder, attempted murder and nine counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Police say he will be tried as an adult.
Anthony Ramirez was shot in the back and taken to a hospital, where he later died. His brother was shot in the hand and survived.
Police say the attack was unprovoked, and there was no evidence the Ramirez brothers were affiliated with gangs.
Two teenagers walked up to the boys and issued a stock gang challenge: "Where are you from?"
Shortly afterward, 11-year-old Anthony Michael Ramirez was fatally shot, the 28th slaying victim this year in San Bernardino and the latest youngster to die in the city's deadly surge in gang violence, authorities said.......Police search for teen wanted for slaying of 11-year-old boy
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. Police have issued an arrest warrant for a 15-year-old boy charged with shooting and killing an eleven-year-old while he played basketball at a San Bernardino middle school.
San Bernardino police Lieutenant Ernie Lemos says James Lamont Bagsby is suspected of firing into a crowd of boys playing basketball about 8:30 Wednesday night.
Lemos says Bagsby is charged with murder, attempted murder and nine counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Police say he will be tried as an adult.
Anthony Ramirez was shot in the back and taken to a hospital, where he later died. His brother was shot in the hand and survived.
Police say the attack was unprovoked, and there was no evidence the Ramirez brothers were affiliated with gangs.
No one needs to step thier banging up if everyone would juss quit doning that shit altogether....(almost) noone is benifiting from that beef shit... the ones benifiting are on niether side... a ten year old can move his index finger back and fouth so what is all that shit proving and who is it proving it to?
10 YEAR OLD AND HIS 2 BROTHERS SHOT
Reward offered in South L.A. slayings
BY RICK ORLOV, Staff Writer
Calling it a crime that should shock even a city hardened by crime, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced on Monday a total of $105,000 in rewards for information leading to those who fatally shot three young people last Friday in South Los Angeles.
"One 10-year-old boy dead. One 12-year-old in critical condition. A 17-year-old and a 22-year-old killed," Villaraigosa said at a City Hall news conference. "We cannot allow this to remain unsolved.
"To hear about this brutal, cold-blooded attack - this strikes at the heart of what crime and homicides do to a community."
Police Chief William Bratton said officers do not have much to go on in the deaths of 10-year-old David Marcial, his 22-year-old uncle, Larry Marcial, and a 17-year-old neighbor, Luis Cervantes.
They were killed and 12-year-old Sergio Marcial Jr. was critically wounded as they stood talking in their front yard about 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Witnesses said two African-American men got out of a large dark car and fired AK-47-style weapons at the four - without apparent provocation or motive. They then returned to the car and were driven off by a third suspect.
"That's what is so difficult about this," Bratton said. "There was no motive that we can discover for this. It was just a massacre."
Councilwoman Jan Perry said the shooting has shocked the district she represents - a neighborhood composed of working-class families.
"This is a part of South Los Angeles that is a family community," Perry said. "That's why it is so shocking."
Perry will be seeking City Council approval Wednesday for $75,000 in reward money while Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is seeking an additional $30,000. Perry said Assemblyman Mark Ridley-Thomas, D-Los Angeles, is exploring whether the state can add to the reward fund.
Bratton said the city cannot tolerate such a blatant and senseless crime.
"We cannot afford to have people such as this driving around with these kind of weapons," Bratton said, adding that he hopes the reward money will serve as an incentive for a witness to come forward.
People with information were urged to contact the LAPD at 1-877-LAWFULL.
[email protected]
(213) 978-0390
Reward offered in South L.A. slayings
BY RICK ORLOV, Staff Writer
Calling it a crime that should shock even a city hardened by crime, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced on Monday a total of $105,000 in rewards for information leading to those who fatally shot three young people last Friday in South Los Angeles.
"One 10-year-old boy dead. One 12-year-old in critical condition. A 17-year-old and a 22-year-old killed," Villaraigosa said at a City Hall news conference. "We cannot allow this to remain unsolved.
"To hear about this brutal, cold-blooded attack - this strikes at the heart of what crime and homicides do to a community."
Police Chief William Bratton said officers do not have much to go on in the deaths of 10-year-old David Marcial, his 22-year-old uncle, Larry Marcial, and a 17-year-old neighbor, Luis Cervantes.
They were killed and 12-year-old Sergio Marcial Jr. was critically wounded as they stood talking in their front yard about 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Witnesses said two African-American men got out of a large dark car and fired AK-47-style weapons at the four - without apparent provocation or motive. They then returned to the car and were driven off by a third suspect.
"That's what is so difficult about this," Bratton said. "There was no motive that we can discover for this. It was just a massacre."
Councilwoman Jan Perry said the shooting has shocked the district she represents - a neighborhood composed of working-class families.
"This is a part of South Los Angeles that is a family community," Perry said. "That's why it is so shocking."
Perry will be seeking City Council approval Wednesday for $75,000 in reward money while Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is seeking an additional $30,000. Perry said Assemblyman Mark Ridley-Thomas, D-Los Angeles, is exploring whether the state can add to the reward fund.
Bratton said the city cannot tolerate such a blatant and senseless crime.
"We cannot afford to have people such as this driving around with these kind of weapons," Bratton said, adding that he hopes the reward money will serve as an incentive for a witness to come forward.
People with information were urged to contact the LAPD at 1-877-LAWFULL.
[email protected]
(213) 978-0390
