Students Expelled for Tacoma Middle School ‘Fight Club’
- Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:59pm by
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP/The Blaze) — Nine sixth-grade boys suspected of participating in a so-called “fight club” have been expelled from a Tacoma, Wash., middle school. Fourteen other students are also suspected of being involved in the organized fights.
School officials tell The News Tribune they found out about the club when the relative of one participant spoke to a television station about it. KCPQ-TV also aired a cell phone video showing two kids fighting in a school bathroom.
The fights took place at Stewart Middle School and in homes.
“I was horrified. I kept expecting one of them to go into the wall — those bathrooms are very unforgiving on a 12 year old boy’s body,” an unnamed woman said after her nephew — a member of the so-called fight club — showed her footage of fights he captured on his cell phone camera. The youngster says he had recorded at least 15 separate fights taking place after school, inside the Steward Middle School boy’s bathroom.
“After we took the cell phone from him he received a text saying is it your turn to fight on Monday? These were definitely planned, I know my relatives are young boys and they were willing participants because it was fun for them,” the anonymous woman told the local Fox affiliate. “I would like to see the school increase its security,and accountability to the parents, when they are supposed to be watching and supervising them,” she added.
A Tacoma Public Schools spokesman says the school expelled the boys as of Monday. When they can return will be determined on a case-by-case basis, with school officials weighing each students’ disciplinary histories.
District officials have told school principals throughout Tacoma to be on the alert for similar clubs.
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Comments (55)
teddrunk
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 7:40amI wish these females, and wussie guys would stop whining. Boys fighting is normal and naturals. Quit trying to put panties on boys.
Report Post »Elrik68
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 4:30pmAmenkk…
Report Post »Elrik68
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 4:31pmAmen…
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 6:59amWe are breeding a “gangster mentality” in America because we have thrown TRADITIONAL VALUES out the window! TAKE BACK AMERICA NOW!
Report Post »roughneck.seay
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 3:18am@CHEEZWHIZ: “There is no fight club”
Report Post »roughneck.seay
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 3:15amAs long as one of the kids is a Reff. there are no weapons involved, and it’s a fair fight, I think it’s great!!! Having your a$$ handed to you a few times when your a kid builds character, and teaches you a lot about yourself. There is a HUGE difrence betwene violence and sport. Seams to me like this is sport. These young men are learning how to defend themselves, how to loose, how to win, and self control.
Am I the only one that noticed when we quit letting kids fight, they started shooting eachother instead?
While not perfect, I’m sure, the fact that these kids organized these fights says to me they gave it some thought. They have, even if unspoken, some sort of rules and structure to this, and I think it should be encouraged! Make it a part of P.E., and give them some gloves, that way it can be more properly supervised. I‘m proud of these young men for not letting themselves be turned into pansey’s!
Report Post »bigfootthechipmunk
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 3:00amRotten little punks. They should have to spend a week in school 24/7, that would teach ‘em that fight clubbing is not acceptable. Some of them are probably learning how to fight at home, some of them are probably being beaten at home, but I can about guarantee you that in middle school, they are not all that concerned about being out of school for a while.
Report Post »bigfootthechipmunk
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 3:02amI know… make ‘em stay after school to CLEAN the bathrooms every day for a week. These fellas are obviously bored and need to feel necessary…
Report Post »But then the union would complain about taking the janitors work away… right…
BurngThisLetter
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 5:54pmYou oviously know nothing. My brother was the one who video taped the fights and I know all his friends who were invovled. No one was forced they wanted to fight eachother and none of them were abused. I mean how stupid can you be. Most of these kids where raised by good religious people, and just to let all of you know these kids are only ike 11 and 12 years old. They are only kids and fight is normal for young boys! Besides these kids could probably kick you know-it-all ass.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 2:47amWhere in the hell are the parents? This makes me cry. Our children are robbed of their childhoods as their heads are filled with anger and violence I hope and pray these parents have been given a wakeup call. . My grandchildren are in middle school. I would hate this type of behavior for them, I honestly am worried for our kids and what they are exposed to now a days .All the video games, movies, music, and television that encourage our babies down the road to distruction need to be carefully monitored by the parents. These children obviously have little or no supervision.
Report Post »flyguync
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 1:32amTake the stupid kid‘s cell phones away so they can’t video this nonsense. It’ll probably go away then.
Report Post »Biminy
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:44amThis is truly sad. But I guess this is what we get for letting a small group of non-religious idiots and the ACLU take God and the Big 10 out of our schools along with the Flag, the Pledge and the Anthem. Not to mention not keeping parents responsible for their offspring as well.
And all teachers and teacher unions want to do is fight for “what is theirs” while saying they are doing it for the kids. Where the hell were the teachers for these kids? And you‘re trying to tell me that the school didn’t know this was occuring in the boys bathroom? At school? Come on……
Report Post »WISEPENNY
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:31amDon’t expel them. Recruit them. Get them a boxing coach, set up a ring, have a six fight event every Friday night at the school gymnasium. Charge admission to fund the program. keep the little monsters off the streets while allowing them to burn off a little testosterone. Problem solved. Or, we can do it the liberal way: Put them all on probation with mandatory counseling and behavioral modification therapy (OSI Boot Camp for little Comrades) at the expense of the slacker parents, of course, which will fund the program completely. Problem solved, again. Two birds-one stone. :)
Report Post »flyguync
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:47amActually, the lib answer is these kids weren’t allowed to play with dolls when younger. They‘ll have to attend some training to get in touch with their feminine side so they won’t be so agressive.
Report Post »Dick Blitskreig
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 1:47amI couldn’t agree more.
Report Post »What’s wrong with letting kids fight?
As long as their supervised.
lillianrose
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 6:00amMake them run around the track a few times first, after warming up, then into the ring.
Report Post »ETOOL USMC RECON
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 6:25amA 16oz glove never hurt anyone; in fact they probably helped tens of thousands of boys. Back when public schools were good, some PE teachers kept boxing gloves nearby to allow young men the opportunity to constructively deal with normal conflict. No one was hurt and unlike today, no one was shot or stabbed. We have allowed our young men to be “chickified” by the libs.
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:38pm@Nietsretto….. You are 100% correct. Morals need to be taught again. At the high school my girls attend the students hold a prayer meeting at the flag pole in front of the school before school starts. A large Christian church holds services in the school auditorium on Sunday and Wednesday nite. Parents are involved in their childrens lives. There are no fight clubs, and crime is near zero. The school of 2,600 is one of the best in the country. And the ACLU knows better to stick their nose in our business!! Morals work!!
Report Post »Phil E. Stine
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:24pmI am Jacks frustration.
Jack usually keeps me hidden in the darkness, rarely have i seen the light of day.
Like a shadow, I follow Jack everywhere he goes, shaping him like a lump of clay.
But Jack snapped as of lately, a tipping point was reached, the felling of a nation, progressives at their peak.
They said that change was hoped for, the turning of a page, but I am Jacks frustration translated now as rage.
And though my rage is silent, its patient and intense, I had to practice aiming, to knock ******** the fence.
Report Post »dazedandamazed
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:16pmIf they start at this age this may be the way they deal with any one they disagree with as they get older. The father seems to be a real hero. It is always the schools fault, not the parents and sometimes I know that it is the school but the parents are where the life lessons should start, and maybe they are in this case.
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:00pm@agree of course they haven’t been arrested. They just got kicked out of school??? Obviously YOU haven’t read the story from the blaze yesterday about certain groups getting a free pass in that part of the country. It‘s part of the bigger picture of the progressive’s. As far as someone to blame I blame the parents. It has nothing to do with color..YOU brought that up. Now go read yesterdays news about Seattle.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:53pmwere are the gold gloves [ a smoker ] not cigs or weed
Report Post »rwsasinger
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:36pmI live in the Tacoma area and this does not surprise me at all. What does surprise me is how this story is written with no mention of the backgrounds of the children participating. It appears from the story as written, the fighting is consensual and not malicious in nature. But, Tacoma has a high concentration of poor black and Hispanic families in some of its neighborhood areas and schools, it would be easy to see how this could easily turn into a racially motivated/manipulated scene if the fights turned deadly or critical in nature; gang related warfare might ensue with white on black fighting, black on Hispanic fighting, etc. It is sad to see this type of activity occurring at the middle school level. Tacoma is not unlike most urban cities with the typical security measures in place to protect the older high school students. Now it seems armed guards with metal detectors are needed to ensure middle school student safety. Amateur Fight Clubs are more prevalent than many people are aware. From conversations with a number of young adults I have met, I am aware of a number of these type of clubs where mostly men in their late teens and early 20′s participate; a bunch of bored tough white guys who like the mixed martial arts fight scene. The clubs are underground and very secretive in nature. A really dumb activity; band-aids and ice packs for comfort. Hardly enough for a broken hand or nose. It looks like these kids have caught wind and have begun emulating the older teens and young adults that participate in these type of clubs. Sadly, it is only natural for impressionable pre-teens and teens with too much testosterone to spare.
Report Post »kitto
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 6:41amokay first off i know the kids who were in the fight club and it was completly consensual with no way that i could start any sort or racial dispute or gang war. seconed they did it becuse they being ideots not becous of the “older teen and young adult” fight clubs. and third stop assuming things when you dont even know the real facts.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:34pmHey, parents who are going to “take it up”,
>fights at your house on Tuesdays and Thurdays! ….Okay?
Report Post »Deda1
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:27pmSo, you can expel a kid for fighting but you can not fire a teacher who is incompetent. Go figure.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:37pmKids Union???
>The parents will pay the dues; they are the parents after all.
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:26pmIt’s ok. When they are 18 their record will be clean. Especially if they are a minority. Crime don’t count in Washington unless you are white according to the story I read in the blaze yesterday. Reparations have started just like the progressive have promised…
Report Post »IAGREE
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:38pmWhat in the world are you talking about? These boys haven’t been arrested. They got kicked out of school. What record? Did you even read the story? Everything you type has nothing to do with this story. Now if you just want to bring up how blacks get all the breaks in this country…. Well you rock! Are you looking for someone to blame?
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:39pmEric “ My People ” Holder is looking into this, NOT
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:22pmBathrooms were to smoke in. There was a vent behind the toilets.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:22pmNatural selection at work. Oh you kids and your hilarious hijinx.
Report Post »Nietsretto
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:07pmAdvanced form of hazing, high tech bullying, whatever it is called now days it boils down to lack of morals, character and plain right from wrong. When we removed morality from schools this is the result.
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:06pmAll of the politically correct crap being taught these days ends up having the opposite effect to what it is meant to accomplish. Satan is raging in Babylon.
Report Post »GreenMtnBoy
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:05pmThey obviously broke the first rule of Fight Club…
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:40pmAnd the second rule.
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:06amYou both just broke the first rule of Fight Club.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:04pmDo you think the Oregon congressman with the Tiger suit could have been involved? Nah, probably Charlie Sheen on another bender.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:00pmOur fight clubs used to be called the Bus Stop.
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:06pmEverything has turned into a spectator sport today. We used to fight for various reasons, but never just to make a video in hopes of getting a video to go viral. Things are getting so crazy.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Society in Decline video
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:20pmOurs were anywhere but on the school grounds.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:27pmlooks like broker is back to his old self….funny stuff, lmao
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:37pmDon’t these kids know the
Report Post »FIRST RULE OF FIGHT CLUBS ?
Kurty C Wipe
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:44pmBroker101, one of your leaders is telling something. LISTEN!
“Ideologies aren’t all that important. What’s important is psychology.
The Democratic constituency is just like a herd of cows. All you have to do is lay out enough silage and they come running. That’s why I became an operative working with Democrats. With Democrats all you have to do is make a lot of noise, lay out the hay, and be ready to use the ole cattle prod in case a few want to bolt the herd.
Eighty percent of the people who call themselves Democrats don’t have a clue as to political reality.
What amazes me is that you could take a group of people who are hard workers and convince them that they should support social programs that were the exact opposite of their own personal convictions. Put a little fear here and there and you can get people to vote any way you want.
The voter is basically dumb and lazy. The reason I became a Democratic operative instead of a Republican was because there were more Democrats that didn’t have a clue than there were Republicans.
Truth is relative. Truth is what you can make the voter believe is the truth. If you’re smart enough, truth is what you make the voter think it is. That‘s why I’m a Democrat. I can make the Democratic voters think whatever I want them to.”
Report Post »James Carville
banjarmon
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:24amDid broker0101 teach them how to fight?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:31am@broker0101
Report Post »Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:16pm
Once again, equipped with Glenn Beck’s knowledge and understanding of a global conspiracy that will throw the entire planet into chaos and probably end the United States of America as we know it, His internet mouthpiece draws a bead on the important news of the day.
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Glenn Beck’s Internet mouthpiece, as you disrespectfully called The Blaze, seems to be attractive enough to draw a bead on the trolls as well. Well, if it isn’t Broker again!
Showtime
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:37am@banjarmon
Report Post »Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:24am
Did broker0101 teach them how to fight?
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No, he taught them to whine.
Dick Blitskreig
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 1:39amlol
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 2:57amNot into fighting myself, can’t we all just get along. LOL
Report Post »Boys will be boys.
walkwithme1966
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 3:01amNow this is a really sad situation – and I bet they got it from the movies!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-HF
Report Post »Trance
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:05pmIf these kids wanted to fight so bad, their parents should just sign them up at a local boxing gym. They would learn a great skill, get in shape, and get to fight almost every day. Best of all, they would be supervised, and wouldn’t get expelled.
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