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Racial tension running high after fight at Owatonna High School (Somalis beat up whites over essay)
Star Tribune ^ | November 20, 2009 | Curt Brown

Posted on 01/01/2010 4:57:12 AM PST by reaganaut1

Racial tension has been building at Owatonna High School this week after a fight broke out Monday between white and Somali students, prompting heightened police presence, backpack searches and widespread parental worries.

Owatonna Police Chief Shaun LaDue said between six and 15 officers have been assigned this week to the school, which usually uses one liaison officer.

Principal Don Johnson said the problems began when two white students wrote papers in recent weeks that were "inflammatory and very disrespectful." One student handed out copies of his paper to friends, while the other posted his on a class blog. Both were suspended from the school of 1,600 students -- about 100 of whom are Somali.

Johnson said that before the second student returned to school Monday, the student sent text messages over the weekend to white and Somali students that were "unapologetic and in your face." He then walked into a common area Monday where more than 20 Somali students were gathered and sat down. An altercation erupted that sent one of the white students to the hospital for observation.

"When two or three [Somali] students went over there to take things into their own hands, they had a gallery," Johnson said. "It has triggered a kind of pandemonium mainly involving parents of Caucasian students, who pictured the worse -- as if 200 students were fighting on the football field."

False text messages about the school being on lockdown after someone brought a gun "created some additional strife," the principal said. "We've operated peacefully for years and then, all of a sudden, it seems like two boys couldn't quite figure it out."

One mother said Wednesday that her ninth-grader "is scared to death to go back to school tomorrow."

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: cantweallgetalong; invaders; islam; jihadinthewest; muslims; nogooddeed; owatonna; sharia; shariahlaw; skinnies; somalis; somalisinminnesota
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The principal blames the white students for papers that are ""inflammatory and very disrespectful".

Another account: Tensions mount at OHS.

Good commentary on this: Somali Muslims “out for blood” at Minnesota high school.

America should stop importing trouble!

1 posted on 01/01/2010 4:57:16 AM PST by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1
Remind me as to why we keep importing people from Somalia again.

I'll take it that none of the Somalis involved will be charged with any hate crimes, but the whiteys, who didn't even throw a punch, will be crucified as always.

2 posted on 01/01/2010 5:05:21 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: reaganaut1

Can’t wait to see what Sen. Al The Clown Franken has to say about this. Mn’s high Somali population could easily turn into a problem if there are sleeper terrorists. Ya betcha!


3 posted on 01/01/2010 5:07:35 AM PST by MAD-AS-HELL (Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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To: pnh102
but the whiteys, who didn't even throw a punch, will be crucified as always.

And will continue to be as long as the dumbass white libs in this country keep voting for the democrats
4 posted on 01/01/2010 5:09:31 AM PST by uncbob
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To: reaganaut1
"We've operated peacefully for years and then, all of a sudden..."

DING, DING, DING...WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!

5 posted on 01/01/2010 5:12:06 AM PST by rickmichaels
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To: reaganaut1

These Somali muslim POS should be deported back to Africa before they start asking for reparations.


6 posted on 01/01/2010 5:13:11 AM PST by AUH2O Repub ( SPalin/Hunter 2012)
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To: uncbob
And will continue to be as long as the dumbass white libs in this country keep voting for the democrats

To be honest it is fun to watch whitey libs get beaten up by a diverse group of people. If they learn from that experience then that is all the better. But they usually end up doubling down on their own stupidity after an experience like that.

7 posted on 01/01/2010 5:14:15 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: reaganaut1

Yeah, it’s always the white guys’ fault...


8 posted on 01/01/2010 5:14:53 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: reaganaut1
Immigration in Minnesota

"..Most Somalis who now live in Minnesota came to the United States as refugees. About one-third of Minnesota’s Somali residents came directly from refugee camps; others settled first in another state and then relocated to Minnesota...."

Rarely does a good deed go unpunished!

9 posted on 01/01/2010 5:22:13 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: reaganaut1

I see that the White students were suspended for putting marks of ink on paper, while the non-Whites were forgiven for their physical assault on the Whites.


10 posted on 01/01/2010 5:22:18 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: reaganaut1
Some important information from the other article...

The senior who ended up in the hospital on Monday was given an assignment to write a paper for the class and post it on the class’ blog for other students to read and comment on. He posted the paper on Friday, Nov. 6.

He chose as his topic what he called “Somalian privileges” and wrote in his paper that the Somali students in the high school were allowed to “bend the rules.” As one example, he said that though most students weren’t allowed to wear hats in school, the Somali students routinely wore hats without being told to take them off.

Within a half hour, after the class had been dismissed, he was surrounded by a “pretty big group” of Somali students who had been given copies of the paper from other students in the class, the boy said. The Somalis were, the boy said, “pushing, yelling and asking questions” — specifically asking him if he had written the paper.

11 posted on 01/01/2010 5:22:59 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Maine towns have seen an increase in gang violence with the influx of Somalians.


12 posted on 01/01/2010 5:24:24 AM PST by maineman (BC EAGLES FAN)
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To: AUH2O Repub

.......before they start asking for reparations......

They are reparations. They are here because Minnesota liberals have terminal guilt that can only be assuaged by stupidity

Minnesota elected Al Franken..... there is no hope.


13 posted on 01/01/2010 5:25:21 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . What ever I do is what shall be)
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To: reaganaut1

Why won’t the ‘reporters’ release the actual text of the paper that was written, or the texts that were sent - so the readers can judge for themselves how “inflammatory” they were?


14 posted on 01/01/2010 5:27:06 AM PST by ItsOurTimeNow ("Go now. Run along and tell your Xerxes that he faces Free Men here...not slaves.")
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To: reaganaut1

FWIW, Owatonna is a typical small town in the Midwest. It is inhabited (for the most part) by good people with solid values and a solid work ethic.


15 posted on 01/01/2010 5:29:45 AM PST by Senator_Blutarski (No good deed goes unpunished.)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

The kid evidently wrote a paper on how the Muslims at his school are priviliged and do not have to follow the school rules that everyone else has to follow.

I can see that it is true. Professionals tell me tht Muslims are ushered through programs like nursing and nurses aids with little accountablility and grading.


16 posted on 01/01/2010 5:32:16 AM PST by Chickensoup (We have the government we deserve.)
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To: reaganaut1

Since the paper was posted on a school blog site, has anyone tried to obtain the paper off the intarwebs? Probably has been removed, but the Internet remembers everything, so someone who has access to the school’ site (or knows it’s URL) might be able to find it.


17 posted on 01/01/2010 5:33:09 AM PST by GreenAccord (Bakon Akbar!)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged
There's more to this than who is permitted to wear hats. It's not about race. It's about religion, but nobody wants to talk about that. Somali (Mohammedan)students are accommodated for their supposedly religious beliefs (head coverings), whereas White (Infidel)students are not.
18 posted on 01/01/2010 5:34:49 AM PST by PowderMonkey (Will work for ammo.)
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To: reaganaut1
This is the first I have heard of this, but after seeing some shows on cable about gangs, this is my guess:

The administration doesn't question gang members wearing hats out of fear for their own safety.

19 posted on 01/01/2010 5:35:56 AM PST by Mark was here (The earth is bipolar. ---- "OBAMA: THE GREAT MISTAKE OF 2008")
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To: reaganaut1

You can thank the lily-white, left-wing, do-gooders of the Lutheran Church for this one.


20 posted on 01/01/2010 5:39:40 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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