2 Boys Cited for Taunting Black Peer
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › March 24, 2008
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MONUMENT - Jokes among seventh-grade boys escalated to racial slurs, harassment and, finally, a black student lashing out at a Creekside Middle School classmate, according to a police report issued Thursday.
The March 6 incident led to misdemeanor charges against the boys, including the target of the slurs, and it touched a nerve among some civil rights leaders. The Denver office of the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy group, called for a thorough investigation.See the full content of this document
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2 Boys Cited for Taunting Black Peer
"Racial harassment and bullying have no place in our schools," said ADL Director Bruce DeBoskey in a prepared statement.
James Tucker, publisher of the Colorado Sprin...See the full content of this document
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