Ciyaal cadan Vs. Ciyaal maryoley in small midwestern village

[Moguul21]

Racial tension running high after fight at Owatonna High School
Police are patrolling the halls, and parents are worried after a conflict between white and Somali students.

By CURT BROWN, Star Tribune
Racial tension has been building at Owatonna High School this week after a fight broke out Monday between white and Somali students, prompting heightened police presence, backpack searches and widespread parental worries.

Owatonna Police Chief Shaun LaDue said between six and 15 officers have been assigned this week to the school, which usually uses one liaison officer.

Principal Don Johnson said the problems began when two white students wrote papers in recent weeks that were "inflammatory and very disrespectful." One student handed out copies of his paper to friends, while the other posted his on a class blog. Both were suspended from the school of 1,600 students -- about 100 of whom are Somali.

Johnson said that before the second student returned to school Monday, the student sent text messages over the weekend to white and Somali students that were "unapologetic and in your face." He then walked into a common area Monday where more than 20 Somali students were gathered and sat down. An altercation erupted that sent one of the white students to the hospital for observation.

"When two or three [Somali] students went over there to take things into their own hands, they had a gallery," Johnson said. "It has triggered a kind of pandemonium mainly involving parents of Caucasian students, who pictured the worse -- as if 200 students were fighting on the football field."

False text messages about the school being on lockdown after someone brought a gun "created some additional strife," the principal said. "We've operated peacefully for years and then, all of a sudden, it seems like two boys couldn't quite figure it out."

One mother said Wednesday that her ninth-grader "is scared to death to go back to school tomorrow."

"There was another fight Tuesday that the school is not admitting to and we're not overreacting by any means," said the mother, who asked that her name not be used because she feared it could put her daughter in jeopardy.

She accused the school of being slow to alert parents about a bomb threat scrawled on a bathroom wall this month. The police chief disagreed, saying the threat was treated "as a No. 1 priority according to the crisis action plan" and parents were sent letters informing them.

"It's fortunate that we don't have much experience with these situations in our community just shy of 30,000 people," LaDue said. "There has been some overreaction, but people just need to be patient as we investigate and come up with answers."

He said he expects possible charges of disorderly conduct or fifth-degree assault, "but won't rule out entertaining hate-crime provisions once the investigation is complete."

She accused the school of being slow to alert parents about a bomb threat scrawled on a bathroom wall this month. The police chief disagreed, saying the threat was treated "as a No. 1 priority according to the crisis action plan" and parents were sent letters informing them.

"It's fortunate that we don't have much experience with these situations in our community just shy of 30,000 people," LaDue said. "There has been some overreaction, but people just need to be patient as we investigate and come up with answers."

He said he expects possible charges of disorderly conduct or fifth-degree assault, "but won't rule out entertaining hate-crime provisions once the investigation is complete."

[djibsomali]

somali kids need to stand firm and figth back!!

[Moguul21]

somali kids need to stand firm and figth back!!

Nevertheless the guest's should behave as well.

[djibsomali]

Moguul21 true ...

But you cannot live in a dishonor (somalidu waxay tirahadaa hadad dhimanaysiidna dharerrkaa aya layska duwaa).

If somali kids have been wronged then they should figth back

[Advo]

We been down this road before when we first arrived, it took us 8 years to get our respect and be accepted, so I urge the Somali kids to keep up with the struggle, dont play in their hands specially the staff who are pretending to by unbaised. Whop ass baby and wild out!

[Hyperactive]

when i read the title took me few moments to understand.
i though of advo and he may be one of these trouble makers somali youths.lol

[Advo]

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we have been through hell man.

Madows wanted fight us

Mexicans wanted fight us

Indhayar wanted to fight us

The staff/teachers/principles hated us

We were just bunch of skinny kids and didnt understand where the hostility was coming from, but non the less we had heart and the blessing of the clans lol

The one time I actually wanted to take a life was when the west-african/ethiopian in our school thought they could handle us by starting to disrespecting somali sisters and acting hard.

It took us (15) less than 10 minutes to defeat like (20 something of them) lol, I remember kicking this nigerian kid in the mouth so hard I thought he died for a second walahi.

After a while, not only did we get respected but we also had our identity unlike the rest of the africans who assimulated inorder to be accepted.

[Hyperactive]

lol my first and last fight ever was this year and i was helping my crazy younger bro.

he's like you, other day he arranged fight btween palastinian kids and somali/eritarian kids. he acts like gang leader. wa trouble so'ada.