(Houston) School fight involving evacuees ends with 3 injuries, 5 arrests

[truthpusher]

I could only image how hard it is for these folks to adjust...were probably going to see more of this....

http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/stories/khou050913_mh_jonesfight.5342d5ac.html

School fight involving evacuees ends with 3 injuries, 5 arrests
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02:41 PM CDT on Tuesday, September 13, 2005
From 11 News Staff Reports
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Three students were taken to area hospitals with injuries from the altercation.

A fight broke out between Louisiana evacuees and Houston students at a southeast Houston high school Tuesday morning.

When it was over, three Jones High School students were in the hospital and five were in police custody.

The scene got even uglier when parents arrived.

A loud verbal confrontation broke out between mothers of some of the students involved in the first fight.

link to video: http://www.khou.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.khou.com/catfight_091305.wmv

complete story: http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/stories/khou050913_mh_jonesfight.5342d5ac.html

[NYC]

1. So much for accepting newcomers.

... The first fight started around 9 a.m. when a bus rolled up carrying Katrina evacuees enrolled at the school.

According to police, someone threw a can at one of the evacuees and that set off a fight involving several students...

[donco6]

2. Welcome to Houston!

That's gotta be rough.

[Rebellious Republican]

3. Welcome to Texas home of compasionate conservatism ! N/T

[Igel]

5. Look at the video, and then try to tell me those fighting

were repubs. Or even conservative.

[chalky]

6. Seems like their anger is directed at the wrong people

Michael Lewis says, from his perspective, the students are just mirroring the frustration of many adults.

"You have ladies that have been trying to get on welfare and food stamps, trying to get government assistance, housing. And then evacuees coming here and getting it instantly," said Lewis. "The whole city is a melting pot."

[Miss Chybil]

9. Damn Evacuees. They're so lucky. They get to go to the front of the

welfare line. Too bad those Houston ladies didn't lose their homes, their kids, their husbands, their jobs, their clothes, their minds... they could have gotten assistance much faster.

/sarcasm

[Trillo]

4. Musta been a "preemptive" can assault. nt

[Supersedeas]

13. where do they learn this -- who are their problem solving role models?

El Presidente Dimson

[Blaq Dem]

7. OUCH! It's starting already!

This is just the beginning. I hope all evacuees will receive some counseling during this extremely tense moment. If not, many more people could get hurt.

I'd hate to see how things will be many months later when the news move onward and the money stops coming in. It's going to get ugly.

[MissMarple]

8. Houston may have been a poor choice, proximity aside.

And the school official (principal?) said the NOLA kids were "guests". Oh, joy.... guests. Hooboy. Someone needs to get in there. Right now. RIGHT NOW.

[genieroze]

10. I love the guest comment. Are they guests in the country of Texas?

They aren't guests, the are temporary displaced, through no fault of there own, US citizens trying to get their life back, sheesh! As far a the welfare comment. I bet many of them were working citizens before their places of employment turned into sewers.

[sandnsea]

11. Not what it meant

The Houston women had tried to get assistance and couldn't, but the New Orleans people got it right away. Or so the story goes.

[genieroze]

12. I know what you meant. They were mad because the evacuees got

assistance and they didn't. Most people can get emergency assistance, people who can't get assistance don't qualify. Every state has it's own rules, I think. They shouldn't be mad at the evacuees because they lost everything but the clothes on their backs. They should be mad at their government state or federal.

Edited to add, they can't blame their god *, now can they. He's not a guest he's one of their own. lol

[defiant1]

14. I'm not sure what is more disturbing....

The fact that this took place, or the fact that the news organization named the video clip catfight.