Brawl breaks out at anger management assembly

CNN.com ^ | April 2, 2004 | Staff

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WOODLAWN, Maryland (AP) -- A brawl broke out during an anger management assembly at a suburban high school.

Two people were arrested and 11 students were suspended after a shoving match escalated into a melee during Thursday's assembly.

Authorities said a confrontation between a student's mother and a group of girls who had been bothering her daughter turned into a shouting match, and led to pushing and hitting, before the crowd of 750 students erupted into "chaos," said C. Anthony Thompson, principal of Woodlawn High School.

The melee began as students on stage acted out peaceful ways to resolve conflict during the assembly was organized by Sheppard Pratt Health System.

"People were climbing over seats and started fighting about stupid stuff," said ninth-grader Melissa Parks.

"Unfortunately, that original incident at the assembly became the catalyst for other fights," said Douglas J. Neilson, a spokesman for Baltimore County schools.

It took about 15 minutes to defuse the situation, Thompson said.

The mother, who was not identified because she had not been brought before a commissioner, was to be charged with trespassing and disrupting school activities, said Officer Shawn Vinson, a spokesman for the police department.

The daughter, who was not identified because she is a minor, was to be charged with second-degree assault, he said.

Thompson said some of the suspended students might be recommended for expulsion.

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[Joe Hadenuf]

I was there!

[OXENinFLA]

This gets a Just D@mn for the title alone.

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[livius]

Ooops!

Glad you survived!

[Old Grumpy]

I suppose this means they failed the class. Tsk.

[GretchenEE]

I suppose it's inappropriate to say I find this hilarious.

[Izzy Dunne]

I was there!

So spill it, already.

[OXENinFLA]

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A student, who did not want to be identified, explained what happened.

"She [the mother] ran real quickly and just ran up to the girl, she didn't say anything to the girl. She just started hitting her … she didn't stop," she said.

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Gotta love the 1st report.

[rogueleader]

The whole concept of "anger management classes" deserves mockery.

As if you could get rid of an emotion.

Let's have a war on anger. Maybe that will solve the problem.

[John Jorsett]

Brawler: "I TOLD you I had a problem!"

[BobS]

Time for more condoms and Ritalin?

[boris]

See This

[Joe Hadenuf]

Authorities said a confrontation between a student's mother and a group of girls who had been bothering her daughter turned into a shouting match

I was the featured speaker. All I said to the mother was control your daughter or stick a bag over her head.

[yooper]

Priceless.

Ritalin for everyone! On the house!

[mean lunch lady]

Note to class instructor:
OK, next time, don't forget the Valium snack before the class begins.

[mean lunch lady]

Note to class instructor:
OK, next time, don't forget the Valium snack before the class begins.

[DaGman]

"I'm so pretty...!"

[Types_with_Fist]

classic