Information Liberation – by Chris
In Lake Central High School in St. John, Indiana students staged a sit-in over the school’s failure to acknowledge a student’s suicide. Of note is the fact the principle responds to their protest by saying he’s “in charge” and ordering everyone to get out their IDs, basically acting like a two-bit thug cop. After one student makes a snarky comment that he’s “disappointed” in the principle, he then orders the student be arrested, to which the lackey cops present immediately oblige.
From the Sun-Times:
ST. JOHN — The principal of Lake Central High School is calling a sit-in students held over the suicide of one of its former students “a disruption” and “not the right way” to handle the situation.
Robin Tobias wrote in an email Wednesday night that was sent to parents that there’s “no easy solution when 200 kids decide to create a sit-in within the middle of the school in order to demonstrate a point of view, while making demands” and that he, too, was experiencing mixed emotions. The students had staged the sit-in over what they saw was the school’s lack of acknowledgement of the former student’s suicide last week.
Tobias said the students who participated in the sit-in could be perceived as promoting suicide as an option to solving one’s problems and recommended that students avail themselves of counseling services the school has set up for them. For that reason, the school adheres to a minimalist approach to addressing suicide publicly, Tobias wrote.
During the sit-in, one student was removed from the scene by police officers.
“There is a right and wrong way to solve a problem. A sit-in/open protest is not the right way,” Tobias said.
Tobias has not returned phone calls asking for comment Thursday.
A secretary answering the phone at the admonistration[sic] center Thursday afternoon said no administration officials were in the building to comment. She said she would absolutely not contact any of the officials on behalf of the press and ask them to respond to a request for comment.
A video taken of the protest and posted to the LiveLinks[sic] website shows a crowd of students gathered in an area on the first floor of the school’s new addition. A woman in the video is seen yelling at Tobias that the student was her son and that all they were asking for was a moment of silence over the intercom for him.
Tobias is heard telling the woman, “Ma’am, you’re not in charge here, I am.”
Tobias then tells the protesters to get out their student identification and told them he was “disappointed,” to which a protester replied, “We’re disappointed in you, too.”
Police officers are later shown dragging the student out of the area as the crowd cheered.
The student, Hunter Ernst, 18, of Schererville, was arrested for resisting arrest and possession of a knife on school property, St. John Police Chief Fred Frego said Thursday.
Considering he’s legally an adult, those are serious charges for which he could potentially face jail time.
The students who participated in the sit-in were dismissed from the building, and their teachers were instructed to mark them as absent, Tobias said.
Tobias said it seemed there were more students interested in missing class and causing a disruption and that he was disappointed more students saw the sit-in as the right solution instead of talking with an adult about their feelings.
Why didn’t Tobias talk to the student who said he was “disappointed in him” about his feelings rather than create a disruption by ordering him arrested? If that’s how he feels, why not lead by example?
Fact is, as former New York State Teacher of the Year John Taylor Gatto has noted, our public schools mirror prisons and dissent is not tolerated.
Get the principals home address online for all to view
now your talkin. publish his name, where he lives, eats, banks, wife children, route he takes to and from work. time to do it our way, and that would be a good start.
Sounds like something I would do Paul before I did other things 😉
Yup 😉 after some of that, everyone knows where these vermin live. easy pickens i’d say.
“Tobias said the students who participated in the sit-in could be perceived as promoting suicide as an option to solving one’s problems and recommended that students avail themselves of counseling services the school has set up for them.”
Counseling services?
After which the student will promptly be put on ssri’s.
“Tobias is heard telling the woman, “Ma’am, you’re not in charge here, I am.”
The tin god syndrome. He probably peed his pants as a child when the other kids picked on him.
Probably wet the bed at night, too.
cummunist corruption! all the dodgeball losers are know in charge, of everything!
Dodge ball losers in charge of everything?!Bob,get em the hell out of your gun safe immediately!Remember the great line Bob,”When democracy becomes tyranny,you still get to vote one round at a time”.
Democracy?
Just go with phrase nwo,makes a great statement even in a republic.
Isn’t that that cr@p the so-called ‘government’ is attempting to force on other countries?
“The student, Hunter Ernst, 18, of Schererville, was arrested for resisting arrest and possession of a knife on school property, St. John Police Chief Fred Frego said Thursday.”
Oh my god! How EVIL! He’s such a bad, ruthless kid who doesn’t deserve to live like a normal human being.
Are you kidding me???
“Considering he’s legally an adult, those are serious charges for which he could potentially face jail time.”
Are you serious? You actually put that laughable excuse for a statement in there? Omg (slapping myself on the forehead) I can’t believe we have stooped this low. That is the most childish, two year old statement I’ve read in a long time.
Finally, I have to say,
WHERE THE HELL ARE THE PARENTS!!!!!!???? WHY ARE THE PARENTS NOT GANGING UP IN CROWDS ON THIS PRINCIPAL AND THOSE COPS AND FIRING THEIR ASSES OR HAVE THEM ARRESTED FOR CHILD ABUSE!!!!???
WHY THE HELL ARE THE PARENTS TAKING THIS SHIT??? STAND UP, YOU IDIOTS!! FIGHT BACK!!!!!!
My goodness, has everyone become so damn weak that they can’t even stand up to a sniveling little principal of a school? SERIOUSLY??? That’s like being afraid of breaking a nail.
What the hell is wrong with people?? It’s times like this that I am truly ashamed to be an American. GROW SOME BALLS, DAMMIT!!! FIGHT BACK! FIGHT BACK! FIGHT BACK!!!!!
Take a breath NC, I feel the same way. We are dealing with conditioned robots, they watch the nightly news after consuming kraft macaroni and cheese. They don’t even know how to fight back. This is what we are dealing with. They don’ t have a clue. It’s up to the awake. We are WAY past the point in educating.
aw man Deb I love craft mac. and cheese. now im hungry.
Aww Paul, you’re killing me! I’ll make you some Mac and cheese with bacon that will knock your socks off, screw kraft! I don’t do boxed anything.
Let the drooling begin. 😆
Hey Deb, I’d love to take you up on that. However I don’t eat anything with flower in it. I stay on a very low carb diet. don’t do bread, white sugar, grains etc. for the most part. Still go on an occasional binge though. Mostly eat meat, cheese, and a few low carb, low starch veggies, but really appreciate the thought. 🙂
Aww you’re no fun… J/K
One of these days you’ll want me to make it for you, even if it’s just a spoonful ( that’s all I eat ), I can cook just about anything anyone requests, I have a bad habit of cooking feel good food, not always a bad thing! LOL
haha Hey I have my moments. My dads side has a mild history of diabetes, which encourages me to watch what I eat. I’m gonna hit the sack and dream about your mac and cheese. Haha.
Now that’s bizarre.
I just came from Boston Market. I picked up some chicken noodle soup, and mac & cheese. NOT that yellow cr@p they sell, the new one made with four cheeses & bacon.
Good stuff!
Im jealous #1. Hey eat some for me will ya?? tell me how it tastes. Nite yall. 🙂
It’s REALLY good, Paul. I’ve had it before, though.
Sleep well. 🙂
How appropriate that this “principal” was wearing his TSA blue shirt. What an a$$hole. That’s it, have a student dragged out for not towing your line. Guess you like having your days numbered you commie snake.
Yep, I could see Swat Team raids on Koolaid stands this summer just so they can show everyone that they are your master and you are their slave. Slam a few Koolaid contraband dealers to the concrete and they all get there gold star for the day.
sounds about right Millard.
This guy is a principal? He’s way too young to be a principal? This guy looks like a TSA goon. Also, what principal needs a walkie-talkie? Is he trying to impress the police or something? What an ass! He looks like a manager at a movie theater.
By the way, where are the teachers? I only see this principal and his police goons. How come he couldn’t ask one of the teachers to take him back to class and have the student sit in the corner or do a writing assignment or something? Instead he asks the police to handcuff him and arrest him??Seriously? Are you kidding me??? That’s just beyond pathetic. This principal should be fired. If I had done that in my days of teaching, I’d be fired on the spot.
Unfrigginbelievable!
Just one more reason to home school your kid
Obviously without any audio this is a scene from a prison and that idiot is the warden. Why would that asshole want to work with kids and why would any parent want that bastard involved in any way with their children? Sending your kids off to prison is child abuse.