Ignored School Violence Alert Raises Questions

[The Straight Story]

Ignored School Violence Alert Raises Questions

CHICAGO (CN) - A school official may be liable for the shooting of a black teenager shortly after his mother complained about racially linked gang violence, a federal judge ruled.

Robert Mixon, a black student at Hubbard High School, was shot in the back on Jan. 26, 2010, while running across the school parking lot to retrieve his backpack. He claimed that two Hispanic students flashed gang signs and yelled "shoot him," just before pulling the trigger.

The shooting left Mixon unable to play contact sports again, "which was his passion," according to the complaint he and his mother filed against the Chicago Board of Education and several of its officials, as well as the principal of Hubbard and the commander of the Chicago Police.

The Mixons claimed that Hubbard had been experiencing an escalating gang presence as racial tensions grew on campus, which has a predominantly Hispanic student body.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/04/01/56256.htm

[HappyMe]

1. According to this --

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbard_High_School_(Chicago)

it sounds like it was a good school academically at one time. It still may be. A shame kids trying to better themselves have to deal with gang bs.

[DollarBillHines]

2. I cannot even begin to imagine...

How tragic that kids have to be in that sort of environment in order to get an education.