Wild Video Captures the Massive Cafeteria Brawl Between Muslim and African-American Students at Minn. High School
MINNEAPOLIS (TheBlaze/AP) — A food fight quickly turned into a brawl involving hundreds of students at a Minneapolis high school on Thursday, forcing police to use chemical spray to break up the melee. Students are saying the melee was the result of tensions between 8 percent of students who are Somali Muslims and the 20 percent who are African Americans.
“I know it’s a pride thing between Muslims and black people,” student Symone Glasker said. “They want their pride back for something. I don’t know.”
Four people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, including a staff member who was hit in the head with a bottle, according to the school and police.
The 15-minute fracas broke out during lunchtime at South High School. No weapons were used, but about 200 to 300 students were involved, Minneapolis police spokesman Sgt. Bill Palmer said.
Watch some of the crazy footage of the brawl below (Warning: graphic language):
Students were throwing food, plates, pop bottles – “anything they could get their hands on” – at school staff and police, Palmer said.
Another student, Abdi Sheikh, said he saw hundreds of students fighting, adding that it appeared to be racially motivated.
“A big riot,” he said. “It was all types of races.”
A dozen officers responded to the scene and used chemical spray to break up the fight, he added. School officials said police used chemical spray in the air above the crowd, though several students complained of the spray’s effects.
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Student Council President Connor Bass told the Star Tribune that the scene was “chaos,” with five or six fights going on simultaneously.
“When the cops came and started spraying Mace it was just pandemonium with people trying to run away,” Bass said.
No arrests were made, but police plan to review surveillance video, which may lead to charges, Palmer said.
The school was put on lockdown after the fight, and the policy will remain in place Friday, school officials said. That means students will to stay in their classrooms during class and access to the building will be limited. Counselors also will be on hand.
The school, which has about 2,000 students, dismissed at the regular time Thursday, and afternoon athletics went ahead as scheduled.
Stan Alleyne, the Minneapolis Public Schools chief of communications, praised the school’s diversity following the incident.
“South is a very diverse high school…It is a microcosm of the city. Students function together at a high level every day. That is the strength of this school. Our students live diversity every day,” he said.
(H/T: Front Page Mag)
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RAMJR
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:56pmHere’s to the ‘HOPE’, ‘CHANGE’ and ‘FORWARD’ Obama brought, and brings to the next generation. Maybe we can treat them like the United Nations, and pay them a ransom, like we did in Americas founding, to keep the terrorists at bay.
The new ‘Tower of Babel’, the United Nations and our educational system.
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betsyyoung
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:12pmYou’ve got it 100% correct!
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DissenterKnight
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:56pmOh, so sorry. The answer we were looking for was William Engvall, William Engvall. :o)
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Realman30
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:54pmIsn’t diversity grand?
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USA5
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 3:53pmNow I know the liberal definition of Diversity.
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gyro
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:54pmbush is white his falt
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Cavallo
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:54pmRemember that diversity is more important than education (like math, or English).
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gyro
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:57pmthis
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ObserverOnTheHill
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:03pmand NASA does Muslim outreach
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Mudd
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:53pmThis is a microcosm of America, of what the government is trying to do to us.These kids are in the eye of the storm, in a complete, government controlled environment, subjected to their communal, anti-individual nonsense on a daily basis and they lash out at each other. Left vs. right, right vs. right, black vs. white, black vs. black, white vs. white. The only people who are united are those on the left who accept the quasi-religious nonsense as fact and are in complete delusional harmony while the victums of their passive agressive agenda are fighting each other.
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Xanderson
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 4:26pmAnd now the prez wants to mandate universal pre-k. Wow!
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:50pmPersonally I like… “teacher was hit in the head with a bottle”, followed by “no weapons were used”.
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Saff SGT
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:50pmBuy many Guns and stay home
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betsyyoung
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:21pmSmart!
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:49pm“Am I the only one that finds it funny they call one group “African Americans” and the other group “Somali Muslims”? Uhh…last I checked, Somalia is in Africa.”
Awesome. I completely agree. Have you ever heard anyone say, “That last goal was scored by an African-Canadian”? No. Because IT’S STUPID.
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MNConservativeIndependent
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 6:40pmThis was reported on all the local news as a RACIAL incident. They’re the same race! Listen to the reporter talk about Somali-Americans vs. African-Americans. The Somalis are more African than the “African” Americans. Somalia is a country in Africa but you wouldn’t know it by listening to these idiot reporters!
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samarov
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 1:11pmThe “media” has to cover the report with some kind of invented title. I’m surprised they haven’t called it “workplace violence.” On second thought,”workplace violence” couldn’t be….those kids only show up at school for free gov’t meals, there is no classroom work involved. It must have been about that “halal” pork barbecue.
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Saff SGT
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:47pmThis just the start of what is coming even students know something is wrong…>>>> its Obama leadership
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13th Imam
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:52pmWhen Idiots and Takers are destroying each other, get out of the way.
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Cavallo
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 4:03pmGotta keep em separated.. (Offspring song just came to mind)
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civilwarcometh
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 4:30pmNow look who’s calling for a civil war. http://govtslaves.info/anonymous-calls-for-civil-war-to-overthrow-the-us-government/?fb_action_ids=359578257483590&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366
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NoMoMrNiceGuy
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 5:00pmRoger that Sarge !
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Wes Hardin
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 10:30amSome people don’t have sense enough to wipe their own butts unless the President tells them to do it. Lead yourself and stop thinking that it’s someone else’s job to tell you what to do.
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:46pmWell, now here is quite the conundrum for the media. Who do they make the victim? Which group is the racist, the Muslims or the Blacks?
WAIT A SECOND! THERE’S BLACK PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA?!
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JacquesChirac
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:59pmBAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Oh this one is rich! Who do Jesse and Al go after NOW??????
I can’t wait to see the expose’ the LSM runs on this one. I’ll bet Piers Morgan, et.al., won’t be covering anything else for the next two weeks!
God sure works in mysterious ways, doesn’t He?!
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 4:20pmAre you kidding? The media will turn this around if they do happen to mention it. It will be Dorner/Django again in lesser way though. It was external racism by others that caused this trouble. These kids stood up for being oppressed by the majority.
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fedupv2
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 4:58pmDo not worry there is publication of this incident outside of conservative news. DO NOT hold your breath waiting.
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ChiefGeorge
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:09pmThe media will not cover it!
It does not fit the narrative which must and always will be White racism on minorities. Anything else and in reverse the names and color are never mentioned. Just ordinary old fashinoned crime of violence…never mind.
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4xeverything
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 7:14amRight…the media will not cover this. So, this is awfully remenicent of France’s claim to fame…multiculturalism. We’ve all seen how well that has gone for what is left of the French people. Does no one else find it weird that diversity is held on high directly after this and the school is said to be a microcosm of the city in general when it is the forced diversity/multiculturalism that has torn this school apart. The left will never learn that when you force people together they will revolt. They just can’t leave well enough alone. If this is a microcosm of the city…Minnesota in general is fracked.
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Charbet
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:45pmMake your diversified students clean the mess up, make them pay for all damages.
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Tigress1
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:45pmThe one fact that Progressives don’t want you to know: Diversity CREATES conflict.
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JRook
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 4:43pmAh so that would be you explanation for our fair treatment of the American Indian and problem with slavery. In both cases it was our forced diversity. Got it thanks.
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fedupv2
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 5:05pm@jrook such a dumbass no knowledge comeback. Who did the Indians kill to take over the contitnent? The Indians just popped up here from nowhere? There is a skull found in the Columbia river that predates the Indians. Should we put the Indians on trial for genocide because they wiped out another race?
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Walkabout
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:13pmfedupv2
jrook wants to side with the Indians. The Indians do not want anymore archeology going on. There were other races besides the Indians that are here now. That is why Indians insists on reburial & no testing of any human remains found pre-Columbus.
jrook is complicit in this cover up because he espouses the mantra.
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M13
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:58pmJrook is a liar and an idiot. Why you guys even try to respond to him I just can’t figure out.
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Tigress1
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:27pmJRook, It’s common sense. The less people have in common with each other the more opportunities for conflict. Stop believing all the liberals about diversity. Yes, there are plenty of examples where people from different backgrounds are able to get along, but it doesn’t usually come naturally. It has to be MANAGED and CONTROLLED (Conveniently these are Liberals favorite things to do!). Just look at this one website with all these articles about diversity and conflict in the workplace. Heck, diversity and conflict is big business! Nothing like forcing diversity and then needing people to prevent conflict!
http://www.mediationworks.com/mti/certconf/bib-diversity.htm
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horseman43
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 12:45pmTigress1
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:45pm
“The one fact that Progressives don’t want you to know: Diversity CREATES conflict.”
Yes, that’s a fact of life. And it’s a provable fact of life.
Just go to any school cafeteria and note that, for the most part, people are split into various groups, because they prefer people like themselves.
Another example is the mass exodus in white neighborhoods when Afros move in. The citizens speak volumes about wanting to live amid people just like themselves.
And listen to the minority groups speak in terms that consider themselves independent from the rest of society separately. They ALWAYS refer to “we” indicating they regard themselves as separate from everybody else.
And finally just look at the fights between Afros and Hispanics/Asians/Muslims, or any non-black, that are reported constantly. The above fight is more the norm than the exception.
If there is one single multicultural society in the history of the world that has endured, I must have missed it, and I have a minor in history.
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battles
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:42pmRemember, everything is political today, therefore, it is Bushes fault.
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Benetto
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:41pmThey NEVER said on main stream media that muslims were involved. That just goes to show that they want to cover that fact over…
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mlite9
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:20pmThere weren’t any rocks available to throw…that would have spurred their memory…
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sparkyrules
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:41pmExactly.: )
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sparkyrules
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:40pm“South is a very diverse high school…It is a microcosm of the CITY.”
Thanks for the warning.I’ll be sure to avoid Minneapolis in the future.
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joey g
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:39pmhahahahhaahahahahahahahahh glad i never had to go to a school like that…
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Totally Domestic
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 4:50pmThe sad thing is some young people want to do right and learn and they are STUCK in those God Forsaken places with those animals.
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moreteaplease
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:38pmI thought all of the different flags hanging on the columns was a bit of an irony. Yeah, that multiculturalism garbage is working out just beautifully.
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CathyvanDyke
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:46pmTheodore Roosevelt – Immigration (1919)
“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language… and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
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CathyvanDyke
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:47pmThe United States Oath of Allegiance (officially referred to as the “Oath of Allegiance,” 8 C.F.R. Part 337 (2008)) is an oath that must be taken by all immigrants who wish to become United States citizens.
I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.
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BADDOGGYDESCIPLE
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:51pmThere was only one flag in my school…..
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PEACE-THROUGH-STRENGTH
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 4:01pmThere should be only one flag hanging, that’s the problem.
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Wes Hardin
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 10:40amThe flags serve as a reminder of all of the places where we have stuck our noses into other peoples’ business and brought some of them back as trophies. Save room for the Mali flag. We need about 500,000 of them.
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:38pmPeople Come to OUR COUNTRY and DEMAND we let them Bring Theirs. Costumes, Halal Meat, Respect for their God and None for anyone else’s. You can’t WAKE UP if your Dead so Wake Up NOW!
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TucsonTerpFan
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:38pm“South is a very diverse high school…It is a microcosm of the city. Students function together at a high level every day. That is the strength of this school. Our students live diversity every day,” he [Stan Alleyne, the Minneapolis Public Schools chief of communications] said.
So, this is what “diversity looks like!”
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Displacedsoutherner
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:53pmI laughed out load at that remark. So let me get this straight, rival ethnic groups rioting is a sign of a vibrant diversity program, something to be proud of? When they’re all the same skin color new excuses need to be devised or the PC Police get confused.
Well then, I guess the Israelis and Palestinians are going to be thrilled at how well their diversity program is working…maybe that’s why BHO is content to sit back and watch the region boil over.
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ChiefGeorge
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:24pmI’m in Tuscon on business and I see alot of headscarves here. Mosques too!
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GoodStuff
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:35pm“Stan Alleyne, the Minneapolis Public Schools chief of communications, praised the school’s diversity following the incident.”
Really? That’s their response?
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moreteaplease
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 4:50pmEven in the face of reality they still won’t admit that the progressive experiment, that has been forced on this country over the years, is one huge mistake. Let’s abort THAT.
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eddie333
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:51pmF diversity.
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GoodStuff
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:34pmThis is America? Looks like a turd-world country. Multi-culturalism is a complete failure.
And what is it with high schools these days putting up flags from foreign countries in their cafeteria?
Get your kids out of government-run schools!
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civilwarcometh
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 4:12pmGet your kids out of government-run schools! <<< I see this comment all the time. We pay for those schools those are our schools. How about we throw the government out of our schools. Running away is never an option…
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bill984
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:33pmDiversity is the problem you idiot, what doe “e pluribus unum” mean anyway?
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Fubared
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:33pmSo nice to see those diverse flags prominently displayed in the cafeteria. Why is the rainbow coalition and CAIR not represented more? Edumacation lib style. Yo.
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