Maybe it's a very special preschool.
Posted on 09/29/2007 7:18:40 PM PDT by yorkie
EAGLE, Colo. -- An Eagle woman accused of chasing a group of Hispanic children with a sword faces a number of charges, including ethnic intimidation, after allegedly calling them "illegal spics," according to police.
Amanda Jane Darling Harris, 21, allegedly chased the children, aged 9 to 15, with an 18-inch samurai sword because they were playing in a parking lot of the Villa apartments, according to a police report.
Police investigated the incident on Sept. 20, and Harris was jailed until she posted a $3,500 bond this week.
According to the police report, the teens said Harris yelled at the children, "If you're scared, then you're guilty." That is when they said she chased them with the sword.
One boy said Harris grabbed him and held the sword to his throat, telling him he "needed to stop causing her problems."
A girl told police that Harris chased and grabbed her and threatened to cut off her ponytail.
Harris chased the other five children through the parking lot, brandishing the sword, according to her arrest affidavit.
The children told police that Harris called them "little f****ing wetbacks" and told them to go back to their own country.
Arresting officers said Harris stated that she should have hurt one of the "illegals" if she knew she was going to go to jail over it.
Harris was arrested in her third-floor apartment on suspicion of menacing -- use of a deadly weapon, misdemeanor third-degree assault with a weapon, ethnic intimidation and harassment.
Harris is employed by Pooh Corner Preschool in Minturn, Colo., according to the arrest report. A spokeswoman for the preschool said she couldn't comment on Harris' current employment status.
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Friends and family should help them through and make sure they avoid "self" treatment.
The children should be prosecuted for harrassing an handicapped person in violation of the "Americans With Disabilities Act" (of course).
Probably she has unresolved issues.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but samurai swords can really hurt.
And this incident still does not make illegal immigrants legal. The feds ought to take advantage of the situation and provide the illegals with a ticket back home.
Maybe it's a very special preschool.
The big question: Did she get any experience points for the use of the sword?
Maybe she watches too much Quentin Tarantino movies. /sarc
“Ethnic intimidation”!! There’s a new PC term! How many Hispanics have been charged for calling Americans “Gringos”???
I presume “ethnic intimidation” is a more serious crime than just plain “intimidation”? Why?
No child should ever need to experience such terror, IMHO. I am frustrated with the border problem, too, but the children need to be kept out of it.
A friend lives in Eagle, and emailed me this article - it is the talk of the town.
Careful. You could put an eye out.
Cue that 70s theme music that sounds like a fire alarm.
Perhaps she would be more qualified for the hotel business.
Kids lie. I see no mention of any adult corroboration. Does the woman have priors? Personally, I think the story is just too tailor made for liberal consumption. Daycare workers usually have to go through criminal background checks. If she has been employed by the day care center for any period of time that would show stability. She is definitely innocent until proven guilty in my book.
It was all just street theater and the little illegals didn’t understand their lines........nothing to see here.
All just a misunderstanding.
CUT !
That's a new law I've never heard of.
So if she called them little cheese heads, would it be a lesser sentence?
Or would this only apply to Wisconsin?
When I was 9, I would have been trilled to be chased with a sword.
We had a neighbor who carried a shotgun and we kids were always trespassing in hopes of being chased.
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