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Coach who forced cheerleaders into splits will not be charged with a crime
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| October15, 2017
| Jonathan Hunt
Posted on 10/15/2017 4:52:09 PM PDT by sparklite2
A number of officials at East High School in Denver came under fire in August when a disturbing video circulated showing cheerleaders repeatedly being pushed into splits.
An incoming high school freshman screamed in pain and asked the coach, Ozell Williams, to “please stop” in one video. Her morther said she suffered injuries to her leg from the forced exercise.
The leaked video caused a public uproar. The school’s principal retired and the athletic director resigned after the video was leaked; Williams was fired.
Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg thanked the DA’s office for investigating the case, but asked the media to stop sharing the videos of the controversial cheer practice, the Denver Post reported.
“Our top priority has been, and will continue to be, the safety and well-being of our students,” Boasberg said. “In support of this, and to allow our students to continue healing, we would ask news media to refrain from showing videos of the ‘forced splits’ in covering this issue.”
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: cheerleading; coach; teens
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To: sparklite2
To: sparklite2
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posted on
10/15/2017 4:56:12 PM PDT
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: sparklite2
To: neverevergiveup
No words.There are words, but I would get banned.
To: sparklite2
I’m sorry please stop doesn’t cut it. She should have used the safe word.
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posted on
10/15/2017 4:58:21 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
To: Right Brother
I could still do the splits when I was thirty.
Back in those pre-internet days.
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posted on
10/15/2017 4:58:57 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: sparklite2
She deserved the pain, she’s white. /Extreme sarcasm.
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:00:15 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: sparklite2
The descent into lawlessness is/will be swift...
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:01:01 PM PDT
by
i_robot73
("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
To: sparklite2
Good call. He was innocent. No pain. No gain.
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:02:15 PM PDT
by
Autonomous User
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: sparklite2
Can anyone imagine a white coach not charged with a crime for this sort of thing.
And what the hell is this talk of not showing the video, as if that is the real crime here?
You know folks, this stuff is getting whacked out beyond what the public should put up with.
There’s simply no justice going the other way.
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:06:38 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(John McBane is the turd in the national punch-bowl.)
To: sparklite2
What’s stopping a civil suit? Looks like a good candidate for one.
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:08:08 PM PDT
by
ltc8k6
To: DoughtyOne
No blood. No foul. He was railroaded. Trumped up charges.
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:09:07 PM PDT
by
Autonomous User
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: Right Brother
“White girl scream a lot.”
******************
Yeah, and coach get fired a lot.
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:11:44 PM PDT
by
House Atreides
(BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY.)
To: sparklite2
Contact the Superintendent:
Emily Griffith Campus
1860 Lincoln St., 12th Floor
Denver, CO 80203
720-423-3300
superintendent@dpsk12.org
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:12:40 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Lynch & Clinton - Snakes on a Plane)
To: sparklite2
I hope the family moved and sues
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:15:42 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! 4c)
To: Autonomous User
No blood. No foul. He was railroaded. Trumped up charges. She suffered torn muscle tissue. That's assault and battery causing physical harm. Coach should be jailed, and certainly sued for damages, both physical and emotionally.
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:20:48 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: combat_boots
Why would the family move? And sue for a pulled muscle? A coach, overstretched an athletic kid. That’s all that happened isn’t it?
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:23:49 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
To: roadcat
Bullcrap. A coach pushing a kid in training and them getting a pulled muscle isn’t assault and battery. Are you kidding?
Half the football coaches in America would be locked up for pushing boys much harder. This is all drama because a snowflake screamed and looked upset. So of course, a man should be arrested.
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:27:51 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
To: combat_boots
My first and last ballet teacher did that to me when I was very young. I never went to another class. That was over 60 years ago. There is nothing new under the sun.
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posted on
10/15/2017 5:32:08 PM PDT
by
Tomato lover
(Jesus is Lord of all, Praise His Holy name.)
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