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TexasTowelie

(116,850 posts)
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 07:10 PM Jun 2017

Group wants inquiry after Muslim student, upset at bullying, removed from Apple Valley school

An advocacy group for Minnesota Muslims wants an Apple Valley High School security officer and police officer investigated for allegedly using excessive force against a female Muslim student.

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR-MN, said a school security guard allegedly used excessive force against a Muslim student who was later removed from school by police and then released to a parent.

The female student was reportedly being harassed by a male student at the high school last Thursday and was called a “(expletive) terrorist.” During the student’s interaction with school security, her hijab, a religious head covering, was removed, CAIR-MN said in a statement.

School leaders met with the student and her family Friday and suspended her for the rest of the school year, CAIR-MN said. The organization added that it has received a dozen complaints from Muslim students at the school who feel unsafe due to the incident and others like it involving the same officer.

Read more: http://www.twincities.com/2017/06/05/group-seeks-investigation-after-muslim-students-arrest-at-apple-valley-high-school/

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Group wants inquiry after Muslim student, upset at bullying, removed from Apple Valley school (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2017 OP
So instead of expelling the bully ... hedda_foil Jun 2017 #1
What about the bully? LiberalBrooke Jun 2017 #2

hedda_foil

(16,507 posts)
1. So instead of expelling the bully ...
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 07:35 PM
Jun 2017

So instead of expelling the bully and letting his pals know they could expect the same treatment if they tried it, the school expels the girl he tormented? Calling the ACLU and ADL to join a major lawsuit with CAIR. Maybe the Justice Department won't puts a discrimination suit, but I have a feeling the courts will rule against the school district.

LiberalBrooke

(565 posts)
2. What about the bully?
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 08:07 PM
Jun 2017

So female and a minority means you get expelled. I'm betting that the bully was a white male and his appalling behavior was excused.

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