Posted on 05/09/2005 12:58:12 PM PDT by Exton1
Police: Alleged Gay-Bashing At Marin High School A Hoax Perpetrator 'Confessed To Everything'
May 8 (AP) — A 17-year-old top wrestler at an area high school here faked a series of gay-bashing incidents that prompted a police investigation, authorities said.
The rash of gay-bashing incidents at Tamalpais High School was the work of a student gay leader who claimed she was the victim of hate crimes, according to Mill Valley Police Capt. James Wickham.
The teen, who heads the school's Gay-Straight Alliance, admitted to authorities that she was the perpetrator of the incidents, which included vandalizing her own car with derogatory graffiti, police said.
Other incidents involved teachers who received threatening telephone messages.
"It has been determined that all the incidents have been committed by a single individual," Wickham said.
The student was not identified by police.
The girl has been suspended and could face expulsion, said Bob Ferguson, district school superintendent.
"She confessed to everything," Ferguson said. "She did admit to police that it was basically for attention."
The student was not arrested, but police said the case would be referred to the Marin County District Attorney's Office for review.
In a series of incidents dating back to November, the student claimed she was the target of hateful language, with anti-gay epithets scrawled on her car and on her school locker. She told police she was pelted with eggs outside her home by an unknown assailant.
Tam High students "kept wondering how this could happen at their school, but unfortunately they were let down by one of their classmates," Ferguson said.
Ferguson added that girl's recent title as the high school's athlete of the year was withdrawn by the district late last week.
High school principal Chris Holleran said students will have the opportunity to receive counseling about the matter.
Paula Pilecki, executive director of San Anselmo's Spectrum, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group, said she was surprised that police released a statement about the girl's admission.
"The next few weeks will no doubt be difficult for everyone involved, and I hope the community reacts with compassion," she said. Public information. San Anselmo's Spectrum: 1000 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, No. 10 San Anselmo, CA 94960
Phone: 415-457-1115 Fax: 415-457-2838
info@SpectrumMarin.org
Press Contacts: Hannah Doress 415.457.1115 x206
Paula Pilecki 415.457.1115 x209
Tamalpais High School Chris Holleran, Principal Phone: 415-380-3510 Fax: 415-380-3526 Email: cholleran@tuhsd.marin.k12.ca.us Superintendent: Bob Ferguson 415-945-3720
"Wow. Where do these permanent records go, after graduation? The county sheriff's office?"
"Permanent record" dates back a couple of decades when I was in school. They have now updated it to Disciplinary Action Sheet and added the appropriate TLA (DAS). It's referred to for college admissions, and while not supposedly public record, it is in a COMPUTER!
If we ever sink as low as Scandinavia or Canada regarding "hate speech," he potentially could be rounded up and shipped off to a PC re-education camp.
Oh yeah? I hope they react by pointing, laughing, and giving her so much ridicule that she never wants to be recognised in a crowd again! Accompanied by whatever damage to her property she was blaming on someone else, of course. And yeah, what about that "hate crime" sh*t? She should be punished as an actual perpetrator would be. I disagree entirely with the concept of those laws, but if we're gonna have 'em, HAVE 'em, fer Pete's sake.
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