Indiana

Beat the Press

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

I am fully convinced there are some families and people in the Carmel-Clay school district who are either in complete denial about what’s going on in their school district or they have no clue what-so-ever.

As we all know by now, local authorities are investigating an assault that took place on a bus where a freshman was attacked, some call it hazing, the authorities  are  calling it criminal deviate conduct.

What surprises me are people who get mad at the press as opposed to the school district and perpetrators of the alleged act.  As my news brothers at RTV 6 reported, the media was booed at a school event Friday night.  Some people were upset the press was covering this event and blowing the entire matter out of proportion.

Really?!

Let’s put a few things in perspective.

1. There are at least two reports of student athletes being assaulted in Carmel schools, and only a complete idiot would think these are isolated incidents which have never happened before.
2. The Department of Child Services is looking at whether the coaches on the bus may have violated state law by failing to protect one of the students.
3. Had the athlete been a girl instead of a boy, all hell would be breaking loose.

So let me make sure I understand this.  Some student athletes are being all but raped in Carmel schools, the media reports it, the school district fails to protect these students and the media is the bad guy.

Whatever.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on March 01, 2010 (boomark / email).