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Student of color reportedly behind racist graffiti at a Rochester girls' school
Post Millennial ^

Posted on 03/14/2022 2:25:35 PM PDT by TigerClaws

A student of color is reportedly behind racist graffiti found Monday morning in a bathroom at a private Catholic all-girls school in Brighton, New York.

Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women, a grade 6 through grade 12 school located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, announced Thursday that its investigation into the graffiti containing a racial slur has ended with a student coming forward and taking responsibility for writing the offensive message.

Mercy said it will not disclose the name of the student who confessed to vandalizing the school bathroom with the N-word graffiti because of its confidentiality practices, WHEC reported. However, the school said that "maximum disciplinary action" has been taken against the student.

"For legal reasons, and in accordance with Mercy’s confidentiality practices, the student will not be identified. Mercy has zero tolerance for this kind of behavior; appropriate and maximum disciplinary action has been taken," Mercy stated.

In the statement sent to Rochester media, Mercy said: "Even though closure has come to this single incident, there is so much more work to do to understand what people are feeling and fearing. Our students and our community are distressed and hurt; Mercy will work to help heal the wounds caused by this incident, as well as help heal deep-rooted, related feelings this incident has brought to the surface."

"Consistent with the Critical Concerns of the Sisters of Mercy, we are planning events and initiatives in the coming weeks to recognize and acknowledge the powerful emotions that are present within our community. We are a compassionate institution, built on a foundation of faith, hope, and love and made strong by the resilience of our students, families, faculty, staff, and everyone within the Circle of Mercy. The road ahead will not be easy, but our love for each other and our school will light the way," the school's press statement concluded.

The investigation was led by the Brighton Police Department.

Brighton Police Chief David Catholdi said: "We have shared the results of our investigation with OLM. They have decided to handle the matter internally and not pursue criminal charges. Therefore, we will not further identify the person."

Several students at the school shared the offending message to @Primetime585, which is the Twitter handle of Karen Iglesia, a local woman who chronicles Section V sports and has developed a close relationship with many high school athletes.

At the beginning of the week, Iglesia posted an image of the racist graffiti on Twitter. "My inbox was flooded today from @OLM_HSgirls. This note was written in the bathroom and they had issues on how the administration dealt w/ it. They (many athletes- all WHITE) begged me to post it because they were so upset at how trivial the school made it," Iglesia wrote on Monday afternoon.

Rochester-area radio talk show host Bob Lonsberry tweeted that four sources, including "two in government," said the culprit was an African-American student.

"NOT TRUE… she is HISPANIC… a Hispanic is NOT considered African American is no way!!!" Iglesia responded on Twitter in a quote tweet replying to Lonsberry.

Students had protested outside of the school Tuesday morning. Black Lives Matter and "End Racism" signs appeared at the student-led rally protesting in response to the racist message written in black Sharpie on a Mercy bathroom stall.

At the time, the school's principal, Martin Kilbridge, said that whoever is responsible could face everything from detention to expulsion, WHEC reported.

The Post Millennial has reached out to Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women for comment but has not heard back at the time of publication.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: blackkk; brighton; fakehatecrime; hatecrimehoax; iswhiteacolor; localnews; newyork; personofcolor; racistofcolor; rochester; whatcolor
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To: TigerClaws

That’s Amish, right?

“:^p


61 posted on 03/15/2022 1:20:20 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: TigerClaws

Of course it was.

If it had been a white kid we would have been told during the first report.

And we would still be getting daily news briefings.


62 posted on 03/15/2022 1:23:00 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: Carl Vehse

These events ensure “segregation forever”; any real racist who would engage in this behavior probably moved as soon as blacks showed up - and well beyond walking distance.


63 posted on 03/15/2022 1:29:23 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: TigerClaws

I suspect it is done to deal with poor academic performance; statistically the perps would lag far behind their non-black peers.


64 posted on 03/15/2022 1:30:58 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: TigerClaws

Until they start pressing charges consistently, it will continue. Although I don’t think many believe the hoax, it’s still causes damage and costs money.

Minimum should be a public apology.

Their world view of racism does not meet reality. They’ve been force fed this bs of ‘systemic racism’ and these are the fruits of Democrats labor.


65 posted on 03/15/2022 1:51:59 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: TigerClaws

Most here posted when this incident was first reported it was an inside job. Well right again.


66 posted on 03/15/2022 2:05:46 PM PDT by stockpirate (Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins...Repression Breeds Violence)
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To: carriage_hill

Thanks for the link.


67 posted on 03/15/2022 2:33:54 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Sergio

Happy to help.


68 posted on 03/15/2022 4:05:17 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: TigerClaws

Transforming Young Women into World Class Leaders

https://www.mercyhs.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCovFCNllGgKrFzb1NQu5pTQ


69 posted on 03/15/2022 6:54:05 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: HollyB

The public apology should be a press conference apologizing to all white people everywhere for the race slander.


70 posted on 03/15/2022 6:56:18 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: TigerClaws

Wow. . .nothing like that has ever happened before.

(do I have to. . . /sarc)


71 posted on 03/16/2022 5:43:07 PM PDT by Hulka
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