The Children Are Our Future

A 16-year-old high school girl in Rock Hill, S.C. told police that another high school girl taunted her on a school bus and then beat her up after she got off the bus. The assailant allegedly was angry at the victim because she was behaving “too much like a white person.”

Both the alleged attacker and the victim are black, reports The State, a Columbia, S.C. newspaper.

The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon on a bus carrying students who attend Northwestern High School.

The unidentified assault victim, 16, told investigators she exited the bus on McDow Drive, a winding street dotted with small ranch-style houses. Shortly after she got off the bus, she said, her attacker violently punched her a bunch of times, then fled the scene.

A Rock Hill police report notes that witnesses told the same basic story.

The police report also indicates that the student who got beat up suffered numerous injuries including a serious cut above her right eye.

An ambulance transported the girl to a local hospital for treatment.

One witness, Shelly Hemphill, is the mother of one of the victim’s friends. The victim went to Hemphill’s house after she was allegedly assaulted. Hemphill was responsible for calling the ambulance.

Hemphill told police that the attacker tripped the victim and the punched her again and again while she was on the ground, according to The Island Packet, a Hilton Head newspaper.

In an interview with police, the victim claimed that there has been an ongoing feud between the two girls for over a year. The victim described herself as a “light-skinned black female,” according to The State. She said the other student, who has darker skin, had made fun of her and challenged her to a fight on prior occasions, but she had refused.

The victim said she had again refused to fight her alleged bully on Thursday but then got beat up, anyway.

Hemphill noted that the school bus bully taunted the girl all last year as well.

“It was so bad last year they had to have a police car here when the bus let out,” she said, according to the Packet.

Police have described the altercation as assault, battery and disorderly conduct in a school setting. However, they have not yet been able to find the alleged attacker.

A spokeswoman for the Rock Hill school district told the Packet that district officials had reviewed videotape of the Thursday school bus ride and had seen no fight inside the bus.

The age of the alleged attacker is unknown.

Haven't found the attacker yet? That's pitiful especially if it's a child that has numerous ties and red tape including school records, parental residence, etc.

I hope for the world's sake, that the next generation learns from the stupidity and ignorance from this and the previous generations mistakes and makes the world a better and safer place for everyone no matter what their skin color or sexual preference is.

But now, we have racism of a different kind.

Instead of "evil whites vs. innocent, pure, honest, good African Americans" we have "light skinned African Americans vs. dark skinned African Americans"

(edited "blacks" for "African Americans" to prevent any feels from being hurt)

I wonder which side Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson will follow. Obviously the side that can get them the most money, but which side is it?

Somehow I think the narrative will focus more on bullying than race relations.

I would be very surprised if Al Sharpton and/or Jesse Jackson got involved in this.

Somehow I think the narrative will focus more on bullying than race relations.

I would be very surprised if Al Sharpton and/or Jesse Jackson got involved in this.

They'll only get involved if the attacker is a white person.

But now, we have racism of a different kind.

Instead of "evil whites vs. innocent, pure, honest, good African Americans" we have "light skinned African Americans vs. dark skinned African Americans"

(edited "blacks" for "African Americans" to prevent any feels from being hurt)

I wonder which side Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson will follow. Obviously the side that can get them the most money, but which side is it?

They're advocates for black people, (they actually have a voice) what are they supposed to do?

King, your statements are racist, pure and simple.

Your statements also remind me of FAT, rich blowhard making money off his agenda who once said "... that is reverse racism..." What positive change has FATTY brought in comparison to Jesse and AL?

Well, I am sure the answer to that question is somewhere between black and white (double entendre intended).

Sorry kind, i should be more blunt. White people have a voice black people dont.

Another way to put it is, Jesse and AL are hero's to them, to people like you they are fame/money seekers, even if they're doing the right thing.

IS it impossible for you to see that?

Sounds like the irresponsible parents of the perpetrator are doing a fine and dandy job of raising a wild she-boon. Guaranteed, this she-boon's head is either going to end up on some trophy wall somewhere, or, if whatever higher powers there are will her fate to be more merciful to her, alive and behind bars somewhere.

Well, stereotypes are VERY rarely not based in fact at least loosely. Black on black crime is far higher than white on white or hispanic on hispanic. There is a societal driver, though, and it boils down to racial profiling and poverty. You wouldn't call the police if your sum experience of them was harassment and persecution. You would learn to settle your differences yourself. That culture just gets amplified through the generations. It's not that they are more "savage" than other races, it's that they've been treated that way for centuries.

White superiority still runs heavy in hispanic communities where the darker you are, the less you're worth.

Thanks Europe!

White superiority still runs heavy in hispanic communities where the darker you are, the less you're worth.

Thanks Europe!

But now, we have racism of a different kind.

Instead of "evil whites vs. innocent, pure, honest, good African Americans" we have "light skinned African Americans vs. dark skinned African Americans"

(edited "blacks" for "African Americans" to prevent any feels from being hurt)

I wonder which side Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson will follow. Obviously the side that can get them the most money, but which side is it?

Isn't that common in Asia also? Lighter skin was also indicative of socio-economic class?

If this incident is any indication of what the future may hold for the next generation, I think there might be a problem