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AnotherMcIntosh

(11,064 posts) Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:44 PM Dec 2012

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Students Busted for 'Studying While Black'

"SALT LAKE CITY (CN) - A police task force rounded up "only students of color" in an unconstitutional gang sweep of Utah's oldest high school, then built a bogus database of supposed gang members, a father claims in Federal Court.
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"Two years ago, on Dec. 16, 2010, the defendant Metro Gang Task Force staged a gang raid at West High School, in downtown Salt Lake City.

"The 16-member gang unit entered the school "early in the day and remained there for several hours," Winston says, and "rounded up between 14 and 40" students.

" 'During the raid, officers picked up Latino, African-American and Pacific Islander students whose only mistake was to show up to school, and questioned them and photographed them for placement in a gang database, all while still in the school, regardless of whether or not the students had any actual gang membership,' the complaint states. 'Shockingly, only students of color were targeted by the task force.'
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http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/12/17/53168.htm

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Students Busted for 'Studying While Black' (Original Post) AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 OP

"shockingly..."? ummm it's utah, home of the you know what religion nt msongs Dec 2012 #1

Was there a connection 1983law Jan 2013 #3

Only that most of the whites there are mormon, and mormon kids just aren't in gangs... cleanhippie Jan 2013 #4

mittshits heaven05 Dec 2012 #2

msongs

(67,394 posts)

1. "shockingly..."? ummm it's utah, home of the you know what religion nt

Reply to AnotherMcIntosh (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:51 PM

Dec 2012

1983law

(213 posts)

3. Was there a connection

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 09:28 PM

Jan 2013

between these allegations and Mormonism?

cleanhippie

(19,705 posts)

4. Only that most of the whites there are mormon, and mormon kids just aren't in gangs...

Reply to 1983law (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 22, 2013, 11:54 AM

Jan 2013

They are in cults. And in Utah, cults are just fine...

heaven05

(18,124 posts)

2. mittshits

Reply to AnotherMcIntosh (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:55 PM

Dec 2012

home and religion. I bet the cops were all mormon. Mormons do not like colored people. I keep telling you all this.

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