Posted on 05/12/2008 9:22:02 PM PDT by forkinsocket
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Jacksonville high school student was recently beaten and battered at school by three students he said he didn't even know.
Witnesses to the attack told police Forrest High School sophomore Karl Koch Jr. was targeted because of the color of his skin.
"They started closing in, and all I remember is getting hit," Koch said.
Koch's wrist was shattered and six screws and a plate now hold it together. He also has nine stitches above his right eye.
Two 15-year-old students and one 17-year-old student were taken into police custody and charged with aggravated battery in connection to the attack.
"I just seen them around school a few times and never really talked to them," Koch said.
According to the police report, one of the suspects said, "Look at the white boy, he looks like a victim," before punching Koch in the eye.
The report states all three attackers began kicking Koch and then laughed and ran away from the scene.
"It seems like he was picked out just because was the only white boy in the crowd," said the victim's father, Karl Koch Sr.
He said when he arrived at the school paramedics had already put his son in an ambulance.
"When I got to ambulance, it was a whole different story. His eye was split open, there was blood everywhere," said Koch Sr.
The Koch family said they said they hope the three students responsible get what they deserve.
"I want to see them get the penalty -- the stiff penalty -- for this and what they did to my boy," said Koch.
A school district official said the three students arrested could be expelled, but said the school board would decide on a punishment.
I grew up in the 60s Jacksonville, FL when getting attacked simply for the color of your skin was the norm.
The only way for that to happen would be for someone to give them the @sswhooping they deserve.
I'd sooner send my son to a penitentiary for prep school.
i’m surprised they identified the race of the victim -which leads one to whittle away at the possible race of the perps.
My experience in Jax in the late 60's was the opposite of yours. Had we stayed a few months longer I would have been a freshman at Forrest HS
Ironically, N. B. Forrest High is predominantly black.
More ironically, they are their teams are named the Rebels, and they wear gray uniforms. It’s something to see on the friday night high scool football clips: the all black Rebels of Forrest High, wearing CSA gray.
Undoubtedly the defense attornies will declare that the miscreants were “honor students”..
“The only way for that to happen would be for someone to give them the @sswhooping they deserve.”
Well, not so fast. Maybe Obama can discuss things with them and inspire them with a message of hope and change!/s
Nobody should be attacked because of skin color. Black or white.
Where oh where are the “Justice Brothers”? ( Sharpton and Jackson...oh that’s right,,, the victim was white..)
Good luck, in Jacksonville FL you might get lucky, in Jackson Misissippi you'd be outta gas
Why does the board get to decide? Aren’t they a responsible party in this attack? Where is the school security? They need to get their lawyers working on this.
Move along, no hate crime here.
Well, then he’d also deserve an @sswhooping.
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?
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Some info on sleazy "reverend" Sharpton.
HATE CRIME!!!
There are schools that are so horrific that it would be better for a child to be illiterate and innumerate than to ever set foot in one. ( I **seriously** mean it!) This school is one of them.
I agree with Travis McGee. If I absolutely had to institutionalize my child for his education, I'd send him to the state penitentiary before allowing him to attend this government school. Prison is likely safer.
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