Posted on 04/13/2005 8:08:09 AM PDT by Abathar
Police: Dozens Watch As Student Forced To Perform Sex Act Officials Say Student Videotaped Abuse
UPDATED: 8:32 am EST April 13, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police say several students witnessed the sexual abuse of a girl at a Columbus high school.
A 16-year-old student with developmental delays said she was dragged into the auditorium of Mifflin High School, punched and forced to perform oral sex on at least two male students while more than a dozen other students were called in to watch.
One student reportedly videotaped the sex acts, WCMH-TV in Columbus reported.
A student witness reported hearing an attacker warn, "If you scream, I'll have my boys punch you."
The same witness said the girl then dropped to her knees after she was punched in the face.
Students scattered when help was called, officials said.
During the attack, one witness looked for a school security guard but could not find anyone, he told investigators.
"We went back to the auditorium; the victim was 'butt naked,"' the witness said, and someone "was on top of her."
The attackers then ran from the scene, and witnesses helped the girl get dressed before taking her to a security employee, who is not a police officer.
Mifflin High School officials who found her bleeding from the mouth March 9 did not call police, and an assistant principal cautioned the girl's father against calling 911 because the media might get involved, according to statements from school officials obtained by The Columbus Dispatch. But the girl's father insisted on calling police and contacted them later that afternoon.
Special education teacher Julie Calvario said the girl told her about the incident.
"(She said) she was scared and told him to stop, but he hit her in the head and told her to be quiet," Calvario said.
Even after administrators were alerted to the alleged criminal act, they did not call police, or the victim's father, WCMH reported.
More than an hour later, teacher Lisa Upshaw called the girl's father. Upshaw said that when the girl's father arrived, assistant principal Richard Watson would not call the police.
The girl's father demanded that school officials call the police.
"Mr. Watson said, 'No we don't want to do that, we don't want the police,"' Upshaw told the investigator.
In his statement, Watson said he told the father to "go ahead and call," but not to call 911 because the "news channel might tape his daughter and cause her further mental trauma."
Richard Watson is one of three assistant principals suspended for 10 days. Principal Regina Crenshaw will likely lose her job, WCMH reported.
The girl's father called police after Upshaw told him, "This is child abuse. She needs medical attention and this is wrong."
WCMH reported that Upshaw also told the girl's father that he needed to take the victim to the hospital and that she was a walking crime scene.
Administrators reportedly warned the father that if police were called, the news media would follow, WCMH reported.
Police said they now have the videotape and the investigation continues, although no charges have been filed so far.
I looked at the school's Web site, and in all the pictures I only saw black students - didn't see a white student anywhere.
Basketball team had a 15-3 record, though....
The most truly innocent of all Gods creations. Whoever harms one of them needs to be put away forever.
For what reason was the fact that she is impaired included in the report. Does that somehow, someway mitigate the actions of these thugs? I think not. If anything it would aggravating.
Its a brave new world.
If the post above yours is accurate, it's hard to blame this on Clinton.
Lewinsky happened less than 11 years ago.
Thanx! Love it man.
Yes, that is how I avoided them.
It was interesting how my school was majority black yet the AA and AP classes were majority white.
Must have been racism I guess…
The sad part is that my black friends in my AA and AP classes were ridiculed and tortured for trying to get ahead. They were called "sell outs" and "uncle tom's" for trying to get an education. It is a vicious cycle perpetrated by rap and the glamorized ghetto lifestyle.
The problem was that you couldn't get away from the general population in classes such as gym and art.
I especially feared gym class because of the unmerciful beatings that occurred in the unmonitored locker room.
I was assaulted by 6 seniors my junior year because I was trying to protect a young tiny white girl who was being harassed.
And people wonder why kids bring guns to school. Thugs, all of them. It is a good thing I didn't have access to a gun at that age else my life may be very different.
Oral sex is not sex....
My God how sick.
So just robbing her wasn't enough? They had to burn her body in her car?
"There was once a time that if this happened to a member of one´s family the brothers, uncles and fathers would "Take care" of the problem."
I went halfway around the world and killed peop`le who never done anything to me. What would I be capable of doing to someone that hurt one of my babies?
And they wonder why there are Columbines.
The mind reels!!
When I was in school, something like this would never happen.
It remains questionable what the public schools are actually teaching kids today . . . . .
. . . . . in addition to what their (alleged) parents are teaching them.
My high school had 3800 students and we had one assistant principal.
The one good thing that did come out of it was that I did my best to stay in advanced classes to get away from it, so I did get a fairly good education, despite enduring 12 years of hell.
I'd never, ever make my kids go through what I endured.
Wow. How sad.
They should fry these punks....or at least give them mandatory 10 years in an adult jail.
Let's see how they like being forced to give oral sex.
Even more gruesome is the fact that they burned her and the car the next day, while she was still alive.
Both of these stories are horrendous.
I have to go to the Columbus High Schools once a year and I hate it. I always take someone with me but even then I'm scared and looking over my shoulder. I would never let my daughter attend one of these hellhole schools.
DITTO your #50!!!!!
"psycho-that-will-kill-you-if-you-mess-with-my-kid" kind of guy.
You made my day with that one..just like my Dad. Made me laugh out loud..God Bless You..
You go Dad!!!
Tess
Of course not...especially in a inner city school...can't have a black woman come in and put the smack-down on the "bitch and ho, gang-thug" mindset that most urban black teens exhibit now can we? It wouldn't be "black" of her. Remember...diversity is our strength.
Correction:
. . . . . in addition to what their (alleged) parents are not teaching them.
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