I agree with you in substance about Irmo as I lived there about 15 years ago and it was an excelent area to raise children. If I recall Teacher of the year around 1985 or 86 came from Irmo. Something has gone wrong big time in this area. From whence I came it was a very calm middle class neighbor hood.
The near riot began when William Jamel Orange, 28, of 231 Goldstone Drive, Columbia, refused to comply when a deputy ordered a rowdy group to leave school grounds, police said.
If the article hadnt clarified it, I would have thought this guy was a high schooler at age 28. Probably voted for Clinton at least once however.