dub190: The major networks did cover that march and I also read about it in several major newspapers the next morning. Unfortunately, tonight I watched a CNN interview with Express Tea Party leader Mark Williams. Talk about frightening.

wow, dub190 is a christian republican. my mind is blown

I am going to sue SarahB for being ridiculious. She said:

"A death threat targeting black students is written on a bathroom stall in a school where less than 2 percent of the student population is black. Most of those commenting here say the victims and their families are overreacting. The president gives a televised pep talk to students and many of you same people nearly take up arms because you feel your own children might be harmed by hearing the speech. Priceless! Absolutely priceless!"
-If you want a logical comparison. How about when Bush Sr. wanted to televise his speech to a class and the Liberal hatists screamed INDOCTRINATION. I bet you don't remember that because you are just a pup. You are always good for a chuckle, keep em comin!

Here is a suggestion for the Minett group- Call off the lawsuit, schedule a meeting with the school board and become part of the solution instead of making more problems. I know the school district has training for it's employees for this kind of situation. As a matter of fact, they had it just days prior to this incident. Unfortunately, you never know if you are prepared and trained enough until a "situation" occurs; at which point you re-evaluate and make adjustments and continue to get better and better. As I stated before, where is the grace?
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Lastly, if this is not about the money, I challenge the Minett clan right here, right now, to make a pledge to donate any and all monies they receive in any judgement to fund additional training for WUSD employees so that this does not happen again. For some reason I feel this will NEVER happen. Please prove me wrong!!

garyprimer,, thanks for keeping things light.

Serious question, what would everyone think of instead of the school being sued, WHICH, the school officials who mishandled this should be reprimanded for their negligence, letter in their folder type of thing. But I really think IF they know who did this, SUE the parents of these kids. To many parents enable their kids to act the way they do. By allowing disrespectful, racist comments of others. Some kids grow up thinking that is o.k. acceptable. It is not.

Jenny, Jenny who can I turn to?

vatoloco & Pete: I think you both misinterpreted what I was saying in that comment. Perhaps, I did not make it plain enough and am at fault. Regardless, what I was saying is that some of the people commenting seemed to be implying (in my opinion) that the lawsuit was filed only because the families thought they could get some money. They were not seeing that lawsuit alleges the students felt unsafe after the incident. And, yet, (in my opinion) some of these same posters were threatening to keep their kids at home because they did not want their children to be harmed by Obama's speech. What is a greater threat? To me, the Whitewater kids had a reason to feel unsafe. To me, I do not see how listening to the president give a pep talk can cause harm to a schoolchild. Pete: They are not too different subjects in the context of what I wrote: They both have to do with one's reaction to not feeling safe. Also, where did I call you racist? Vatoloco: I never blamed the school for the incident. I do, however, hold the school accountable for its reaction after the incident. I think school officials could have done a better job communicating with the families of the students who felt targeted.

SarahB1,

The school has an obligation to investigate the matter, yes. There has to be evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that a certain person or persons did it just like any other investigation. You cannot just say that just becasue 2% of the population is black that the school is responssible for it.

If a couple of KKK kids attend a concert to watch a band perform, does that make the band a racist band?

Pete: 1.) Why do you always lower yourself to attacking other posters? You seem to be heading to a major meltdown. 2.) I could care less that you take offense to what I wrote.

More insightful Janesburg comments. Priceless!

A death threat targeting black students is written on a bathroom stall in a school where less than 2 percent of the student population is black. Most of those commenting here say the victims and their families are overreacting. The president gives a televised pep talk to students and many of you same people nearly take up arms because you feel your own children might be harmed by hearing the speech. Priceless! Absolutely priceless!

dub190: Racist or ignorant? Is there a difference?

Any success for wining a lawsuit against a school is very unlikely. Its very hard too win a lawsuit against any government or municipality

you can read the 34 page lawsuit filed by the Minett family. There is a link on the Walworth County Today story. The family and extended family members are also claiming racism and discrimination because of this incident at the high school. I found it interesting that the Toby Minett family is saying they are being discrimminated against because they have been served with an eviction notice from their home that they hoped to buy. This family pulls the racism card for anything they don't like. They were given a 60 notice to move before the high school incident, didn't do it, haven't paid rent in months but it is racism? They had to be taken to court to have a formal eviction filed against them and the landlord will probably never see the money that is owed. But it is racism?

Seems to me that kids are cruel, it doesn't make any difference WHAT color you are. You don't OWN abuse. To sit there and say, "We're black, so we get abused worse than anyone else" is asinine.

I have seen groups of black kids pick on white kids, whites pick on black, Latinos pick on one heavy kid, it's all over the place. Until they find WHO did it, it's just speculation. You never know, it COULD have been a black person trying to cause a stink, or a racist white person.

It's all guesswork at this point. But to sue? Give me a break.

of course she is sticking to her usual style making accusations, and accusing people she does not know when she does not have the facts.

Nobody must have died in the last few days for her to bash or she would be busy over on that blog.

all you people think about is sue sue sue just who are they suing anyway? it come out of there packets too or unless they are paid to live in the town and torment the rest

sometimes people are just pushed into racist remarks as a way to vent to the world because of the actions of others who just like to get in there faces with little petty problems or law suits

can't they just let it go!

That being said, bullying and teasing in schools is awful and its wide spread. I don't understand how some kids are so cruel. When I say cruel, its is way different and worse than when I was in school.. It is a whole different level if bullying and abuse going on.

It's not about writing on the bathroom walls, its about what was wrote on the bathroom walls. Those kids that did that should be charged with a hate crime, its clear they are definitely ignorant, and racist, people who are not racist don't write crap like that. I think someone would have to walk in a black family's shoes for a while before they can say this is no big deal. Black family's put up with more crap with physical abuse, name calling and at times even death because of the color of their skin. For so many years nobody did anything about it, and too many people think its o.k.. Jail those kids that wrote that on a hate crime charge, and that would be just for starters.

They must be kidding. If you want to go after someone, go after those who wrote on the wall. And, hey, remember the Tawana Brawley case?

Please: do you really think that changing policies will prevent kids from writing on bathroom walls? Any number of girls (or boys for that matter) could sue for what's been written about them on bathroom walls. Jeesh.

Anyone who knows the Minett's knows this is all about the money. No pride.

There must be more than just the threats on the bathroom wall, otherwise, they themselves could have wrote that on the walls so they can sue. At this point, we don't have enough information to know what happened.

I agree that is what good parents do. We do not allow any off color comments or jokes about anyone, male, female, gay, straight, funny haircut or what ever. My son made the comment one day that so and so was bothering him and I asked him if he had ever 'bothered' anyone. Knowing all I had to do was tell him to ask his sister. Point being I think people who are racist, or make sexual comments, or other hateful comments. Don't think much of themselves to begin with and think they need to run someone else down to feel good. These students should sue for change, not money. The biggest win in this situation would be change.

My parents raised me not to be litigious. That's what good parents do.