Please see: Self-Inflicted Hate Crimes and Another Fake Hate Crime
Also see: Media myths about the Jena 6
CUI BONO, readers?
The police state of hate?
"Blacks threatened at N.H. school"
"by Peter Schworm, Globe Staff | February 25, 2008
CONCORD, N.H. - Security remains tight on the tree-lined campus of St. Paul's School as police continued to investigate threatening letters mailed last week to most of the prep school's black students, an apparent hate crime that has unsettled the elite institution.
Concord police and school security are methodically patrolling the campus of the private boarding school in a show of heightened vigilance following the receipt of the anonymous letters, which St. Paul's rector denounced as threatening hate mail. The identical letters, which were sent to most, if not all, of the approximately 40 black students at St. Paul's, included each student's photo from the campus facebook and the words "bang bang get out of here," students said....
Some acknowledged they are uneasy over the threats given previous outbursts of violence on college campuses, including the recent shootings at Northern Illinois University, in which a former student killed five students and wounded 16 others before killing himself....
Ever hear of Operation Bluebird, readers?
What the college killings are meant to do, right?
CUI BONO?
St. Paul's, a top college preparatory school whose graduates often go on to the Ivy League and other upper-tier colleges, has 524 students in grades 9-12, 34 percent of whom are members of minority groups....
St. Paul's, which is affiliated with the Episcopal Church, requires all students to live on campus. Its 2,000 acres of woodlands, fields, and ponds, about 1 1/2 miles from downtown Concord, has a classic, collegiate feel. Notable graduates include publisher William Randolph Hearst, cartoonist Garry Trudeau, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, and Senator John F. Kerry.
Old Skull and Bones Kerry?
So who benefits, readers?
State and federal law enforcement officials, as well as the US Postal Service, are investigating, police said. The letters were first reported Thursday in The
I must have missed that one since I no longer purchase the New York Times.
Only black students received the letters, which were addressed by name and arrived in students' post office boxes Tuesday, Brown said. The letters were sent from nearby Manchester, N.H. The photos were from a yearly student directory widely available on campus, students said.
Many students yesterday said that although they suspected the letters were a hoax, they were still relieved by the additional security measures.
"Most people think it's just a prank, but I guess you never know for sure," said a female student, who declined to give her name because school officials had instructed students not to speak to the media. "I'm glad they're out here, just in case."
.... In a letter to parents, which was also posted on the school's website, William R. Matthews Jr., the head of the school, wrote:
"It appears, at this time, that students of color were the target of these threatening communications. The faculty, staff, and I are deeply saddened by this affront to our community. It is an outrage, and while only some were threatened directly, we all have been wounded by this. I shared with your children this evening that, unfortunately, there is hatred in our world. Some of that hatred arrived on our doorstep today. I am confident, however, that the loving and supportive qualities of this community are stronger than that hatred, and will prevail."
Students interviewed Saturday agreed, saying there was no racial tension on campus and that the incident had brought many students closer together. Some criticized the media for not respecting students' privacy during a difficult time, and said the incident was isolated and not newsworthy....
But the Globe makes it their local lead!!!
STINK!
In downtown Concord Saturday, some residents noted that the threats were part of an alarming trend in schools. In the past few days, a Concord High School custodian was jailed after allegedly threatening to blow up the school, and a high school student in Manchester was jailed for allegedly threatening a Columbine-type shooting. In Massachusetts, four Mashpee High School students face felony charges for making false bomb threats earlier this month, and a former Marshfield High School student was recently sentenced to nine months in prison for plotting an assault at the school.
"Schools aren't as safe as they used to be," said Concord resident Janice Neal, 46."
Ever hear of Operation Bluebird, readers?
Just training the kids for a totalitarian state, right?
CUI BONO?
