Hate crime charge for teen recorded whipping classmate

[Ohio Joe]

A white high-schooler has been charged with a hate crime after being caught on video throwing cotton balls at a Black student and whipping him with his belt, authorities said Wednesday.

The 15-year-old freshman at Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma was arrested Tuesday on battery and hate crime charges after authorities reviewed a recording showing what happened inside the cafeteria on March 9.

The video shows the white student walking up behind a Black student sitting in the crowded lunchroom. He throws a handful of cotton balls at him, and then whips him repeatedly with his belt until the Black student stands and pushes him, news outlets reported.

“I’m very pleased that the school took a front stand on this,” Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soignet said in a news release.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hate-crime-charge-for-teen-recorded-whipping-classmate/ar-AAV9jXr?ocid=msedgntp

Good.

[Srkdqltr]

1. Ths school did a shitty job of teaching this kid

How utterly awful and stupid.

[Ohio Joe]

2. Hmmm...

I would suspect he learned his racism at home before school.

[secondwind]

5. Most likely.

[atreides1]

6. True

But this probably isn't the first time he's shown these racist tendencies...and it's likely the school did everything it could to sweep any previous incidents under the rug!!!

Just an opinion.

[Ohio Joe]

7. Agreed...

Such an overt and violent display is not likely to be the first.

[Torchlight]

4. I think instead, he did a poor job of learning what the school offered him

I was taught advanced trig in high school, but learned none of it due to my own misplaced priorities.
Not every missed catch is due to a faulty pitch.

[secondwind]

3. Never heard of this place. Houma.

I hope this incident won’t be swept under the rug!

[Phoenix61]

10. It's in Louisiana. Used to be a cute little town.

Houma, city, seat (1834) of Terrebonne parish, southeastern Louisiana, U.S., situated about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of New Orleans. It lies along Bayou Terrebonne and the Intracoastal Waterway and is connected to the Gulf of Mexico by the Houma Navigation Canal, 36 miles (58 km) long.

[raccoon]

8. White boy will probably run for Congress one day, as a Republican. Nt

[electric_blue68]

9. And least he got charged. It's a start.