Comments on: UPDATED: Sheriff’s Office Now Says Arrests Expected In Tate High Fight

By: William Reynolds

William Reynolds — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:16:45 +0000

Additional comments on this incident should be made on the story linked above. This is now an archived post.

By: Citizen

Citizen — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:18:45 +0000

There are NO consequences in schools anymore….for ANYTHING!

But yayyyy graduation rates are up…social promotion *cough*

These kids will not be charged with anything and there will be no consequences as they are classified as ESE and everything is tolerated if one has that designation.
There is a different set of “rules” for them.

The kids know that and they take advantage of it.

ESE these days is used for anyone that has behavior problems, refuses to sit down, refuses to participate, needs a little extra time to complete assignments etc. It’s a catch all for everything and not just for learning disabled anymore as it was intended to be.

The education system is so messed up and most parents have no idea just how much teachers and administrators hands are tied by politics.

Every parent whose child goes to Tate, or has a child at any school for that matter, should be flooding every administrator’s, every school board member’s, the superintendent’s, and the sheriff’s phone lines and emails demanding answers and justice.
You can bet your house that if this was two white kids head stomping a black kid that there would consequences and there would be justice served.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:09:27 +0000

If this is a foster child and if this was a planned assault, this is a shameful occurrence. We don’t know why he was targeted but it would be a special kid that needs a support group. This HS has lots of issues and one is lack of support for ostracized and lonely students. Support is thrown behind the privileged and pampered kids not behind those that really need support. The law enforcement will get this taken care of
No one reported this. No one stood up for this kid. But as stated before, the bystanders are afraid. I get that. But there had to be others who knew that this could happen. Bullying. Boys fight. Girls shun and exclude “You can’t sit with us” “There’s no room for you” “etc. Who are the kids that beat this kid? We’re they known bullys? Why did they think fighting was the answer. Parents, school staff and students are all to blame.

By: Kim capps

Kim capps — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0000

This is sad on so many levels! For our schools shame on the so called “adults” that run the facility. I just watched the video how horrible! In my day if you were standing around watching, you should be suspended also. To put this out on the streets could be a BAD deal.

By: Disgusted

Disgusted — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:41:04 +0000

What I’m disgusted about is how ECSO is handling this, trying to sweep this under the rug! We need a new Sherriff and not his buddy that he’s trained to be just like him. We need someone who can uphold the law and bring justice to thugs like this. Just because these thugs are in school doesn’t minimize what happened. I hope someone will legally represent this kid. He needs support! These thugs need to be expelled and sent to a juvenile detention center. Why does the school administrators and our sherriffs dept. let thugs who clearly commit crimes like this off with hardly a slap on the wrist??! What’s wrong with this county???!

By: TateMom

TateMom — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:24:22 +0000

This young man lost his mother & dad no where to be found. I’m told his foster parents are loving people. HERE is a thought, can we possibly raise some money for this young man a Christmas surprise? Send a message that this incident was HORRIBLE and life hasn’t been fair, but the world IS FULL of loving, decent people? How can I help make this happen?

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:16:45 +0000

I seen the video and had to stop watching 20 seconds into th video. How this boy only has “minor injuries” is by the grace of God. The two boys responsible should not only be allowed back on campus they should prosecuted for assault. Absolutely rediculous escambia county down played this

By: Mike Zukoski

Mike Zukoski — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:08:26 +0000

After watching two separate videos and hearing what my daughter had to say as she is a student at TATE I’m shocked at what was reported! Supposedly only Minor injuries and NO charges pressed against the two young men who brutally punched and kicked this young man in the head over and over is a joke to not be charged with attempted murder!

Coming from a family of law enforcement in Florida I’m ashamed to hear that no legal action has been taken when there is clear evidence of who, what, and where this happened! All this is doing is showing our society that it’s ok or there will me minimal to no repercussions for sucker punching and beating someone to the hard concrete ground!

I will be looking into private school for my children and or moving if this is what my children will be subjected to, while walking around school in fear of being jumped by multiple students over stepping on someone’s shoe by accident instead of focusing on learning and educating themselves for a brighter future in Escambia county.

By: Whisperjet

Whisperjet — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 12:50:34 +0000

….pretty simple…anyone assaulting another student that way should never be allowed to attend any public school anywhere..

By: Bob McPherson

Bob McPherson — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:40:42 +0000

That’s ridiculous. One kid steps on another’s shoes and gets beat down as a result. For ANYONE saying anything but full charges, you are high. That’s not assault, that’s straight BATTERY. They kicked the kid in the head, on the ground. Of course ECSO didn’t do much. They got their own problems.