Recently, the media reported on a playground fight at Estabrook School in Lexington, Massachusetts, where one first grade student hit another first grade student. After the media focus on this incident, the Estabrook School principal issued a letter to parents reporting the details of this incident and the school's response, and the Superintendent of the Lexington Public Schools issued a similar report to the community and the press. Because of an allegation that the incident was "fueled and incited by adults (and yes, school officials)," the Superintendent, after having conducted his own investigation, referred the incident to the Lexington Police Department, the Middlesex District Attorney and the Department of Social Service(DSS).
The Lexington Police Department has issued the following statement, "The school department is handling this situation involving two first graders professionally and does not require action from the police." The Child Abuse Prevention office of the District Attorney and the DSS have each declined to initiate investigations, in part because the parents of the first grader who was hit have not filed a complaint, and in part because they found no basis for an investigation in the facts and circumstances reported. The School Committee and the Superintendent have both concluded that the allegation of adult involvement in and/or incitement of this minor playground incident is entirely without merit.
Well, it's pretty hard to argue with that, isn't it? So you were correct and for this you've been treated like dirt.
I'm pretty outraged at what Free Republic has become. We used to get respect. And treat each other with respect. Now freepers argue more among themselves than do actual research and activism.
It is to your credit that you did your own research and didn't fall for the WND reporting. Townhall has lost my respect and will have a hard time gaining it back. I used to think they were a reliable new organization.
My hope is that in the future, folks here will do a bit of research on stories that beg for credibility on their face. The main thing though is that the boy is fine and there is likely no threat to him. This whole thing has to be very hard on a boy his age.