Having moving forward. Reporter many of the students are angry in the wake of racist stunts like pumpkins carve the to feature kkk initials and swastikas. At this 50 percent black high school they do not believe the administration is cracking down on the racial intimidation. There was a recent doll hanging and also a racial slurs written on a pumpkin. Were taking a stand by ourself without administration to show were not standing by it. Reporter a number of parents came out to support the Student Action saying it is long past due. The racial tension, the Racial Injustice thats going on here at the school, you know, the kids feel like they dont have a voice. They feel like theyre being intimidated. Reporter school let out at the normal 2t even dismissal time. There were no incidents reported. Brian, theres a big Football Game tonight against one of coatesvilles arch rivals, perhaps maybe it will have some positive impact on student morale here. Live in coatesville chester county, im ver
Me to fail. Reporter there was an administration sanctioned rally in the football stadium from 8 00 to 10 00 this morning to allow students to speak about overt problems like students displaying pumpkins carved with ku klux chain. In recent days a dark skinned doll was hung by the neck in a locker room. Leaders of the boy cat say this was a necessary act of defines. We felt like were being manipulated not just as a student body but as a community because they tried to put out an email saying this was going to be a unity rally. They treat it as a pep rally and thats not what we agreed to. We agreed to a protest. Reporter half the student body is black. A lot of parents do not like the vibes coming from those in charge. I think that the parents of the students who are responsible for the doll and to the parents who are responsible for the pumpkins they ought to be ashamed of themselves. Top School Officials say theyre still investigating. They have not found the race baiting culprits yet
The operations were highly organized and located unmarked buildings throughout the city typically in low income neighborhoods. Reporter according to investigators cray and his relatives ran numbers out of the his location on ridge avenue and this one on germantown avenue. Most of the people that placed bets at these locations were on fixed incomes. You had to know what you had to know to be able to come play numbers. Reporter investigators say cray owned his home in moorestown, n, and others at the jersey shore in new york and las vegas. He liked highend cars including a jaguar a porsche, bentley, lamborghini, ferrari and aston martin. His lifestyle was significant different than the people who both worked for him and the people who placed bets. Reporter now he was released on quarter Million Dollars bail. His attorney perry demarco, sr. , says he will fight these charges in court. In 131 month period he deposited more than 3 million in the bank. Never making a deposit more than 9,000
Happening tonight, growing tensions some areas School Districts acts of racism sparking serious schools concerns. Thanks for joining us tonight at Washington Township hoy School Students are trying to put their worries aside. And come together for homecomi homecoming. Thats where we find fox 29s Joanne Pileggi with more on the story. Joanne. Reporter they did put their concerns aside, and homecoming night here at Washington Township high in south jersey is one for the history books. There were no problems. There were no incidents much thats day after a student led protest after someone posted racist comments on social media. Reporter a beautiful night for football and if there was any lingering tension over racist message on social media, you couldnt tell here at the homecoming game at Washington Township high. Like we add dreft it. People saw that we were upset about it. So we got our point across. Peopl in the school really took offense to it and as you can see thats why we had to pr
There were no incidents much thats day after a student led protest after someone posted racist comments on social media. Reporter a beautiful night for football and if there was any lingering tension over racist message on social media, you couldnt tell here at the homecoming game at Washington Township high. Like we add dreft it. People saw that we were upset about it. So we got our point across. Peopl in the school really took offense to it and as you can see thats why we had to protest because just people need to like calm down with like the bad languages we use now days. Reporter School Officials in south jersey called an emergency meeting last night after a fight broke out at the sprawling high school a fight precipitated by a social media message using the n word. Students involved were disciplined and administrators encouraged student leaders to discuss the incident at a meeting. Im glad theres awareness being brought it to. I think thats where it starts with awareness. Reporter