Monday, November 11, 2013

NY LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO VICIOUS ANTI-SEMITIC BEATINGS AND BULLYING AT PINE BUSH SCHOOLS

"'Out of control anti-Semitism in the school district. The school failed at every level. This is one of the worst bullying cases I've seen.' The alleged physical attacks against Jewish students included a swastika drawn on a student's face against her will, the severe beating of one with a hockey stick, and repeated slapping of another in the head, according to the lawsuit that Maazel filed in 2012. Maazel adds that the harassment didn't stop, even after the lawsuit was filed."

From Atlas Shrugs:
Pine Bush schools Superintendent Joan Carbone is a classic anti-semite. If Cuomo was serious (and what took him so long?), then he would fire her on the spot. She did nothing when these unimaginable acts of antisemitic violence took place, and she has been actively campaigning to stop a proposed Jewish private school.
Carbone would not comment on the investigation, or on the rampant attacks on Jews district-wide.
Swastikas, Slurs and Torment in Town’s Schools NY Times
The swastikas, the students recalled, seemed to be everywhere: on walls, desks, lockers, textbooks, computer screens, a playground slide — even on a student’s face.
Pine Bush, N.Y., School District Faces Accusations of Anti-Semitism
NY launches probe on claims of anti-Semitic bullying CNN, November 9, 2013 (thanks to Christian) 
(CNN) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed state police and the Division of Human Rights on Friday to investigate allegations of anti-Semitic harassment in a New York state school district.
"The reports of rampant anti-Semitic harassment and physical assaults at Pine Bush schools, if true, are deeply disturbing," Cuomo said in a statement to the state education commissioner.
"Here in New York State, we have zero tolerance for bigotry or hate based on anyone's religious or ethnic origin, and to that end, I have directed the State Police and the Division of Human Rights, to undergo a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding these acts," Cuomo added.
His statement follows claims and a subsequent lawsuit from five students who attended school in the Pine Bush Central School District and were bullied and harassed, according to their lawyer Ilann M. Maazel.
Maazel describes "out of control anti-Semitism in the school district. The school failed at every level. This is one of the worst bullying cases I've seen."
The alleged physical attacks against Jewish students included a swastika drawn on a student's face against her will, the severe beating of one with a hockey stick, and repeated slapping of another in the head, according to the lawsuit that Maazel filed in 2012. Maazel adds that the harassment didn't stop, even after the lawsuit was filed.
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