bernam is driving on 48th avenue when she says a teenage driver comes up behind her at a very high speed. i stop my van. i got out, walked back to the gentleman that was driving the vehicle. i told him that he needed to slow down before someone got hurt or before i called the manatee county sheriff s department. and he said, yes, ma am. i got back in my van, started to pull away when he cut through one of the pieces of property. bernam says four teens from palmetto high school zoomed by her house. at the cross street of 17th avenue, she can see their cars parked on both sides of the roadway. she has an uneasy feeling. i told the manatee county to get someone out here immediately, that whatever was going on down there wasn t good. her house is just a couple of minutes away. even though she can t see the fight, she s still worried. she calls the police again. come on, sarah.
we thought the same thing. two teenage girls go at each other in an after-school brawl while dozens of classmates stand by cheering, recording it all on their cell phones. at first, i had to ask, is this real? did they stage it? but this school fight is real. in the end, a strange twist. a mother would be arrested and charged with third-degree child abuse for egging on her daughter and failing to stop the vicious fight. we were appalled. it becomes that much more shocking when you see the parent of one of the children involved in this, right there. less than an hour south of tampa is palmetto, florida. it s the afternoon of september 17th, 2010. not far from her home, tanya
bernam is driving on 48th avenue when she says a teenage driver comes up behind her at a very high speed. i stop my van. i got out, walked back to the gentleman that was driving the vehicle. i told him that he needed to slow down before someone got hurt or before i called the manatee county sheriff s department. and he said, yes, ma am. i got back in my van, started to pull away when he cut through one of the pieces of property. bernam says four teens from palmetto high school zoomed by her house. at the cross street of 17th avenue, she can see their cars parked on both sides of the roadway. she has an uneasy feeling. i told the manatee county to get someone out here immediately, that whatever was going on down there wasn t good. her house is just a couple of minutes away. even though she can t see the fight, she s still worried. she calls the police again. come on, sarah. five minutes after the fight begins, police arrive and the
bernam is driving on 48th avenue when she says a teenage driver comes up behind her at a very high speed. i stop my van. i got out, walked back to the gentleman that was driving the vehicle. i told him that he needed to slow down before someone got hurt or before i called the manatee county sheriff s department. and he said, yes, ma am. i got back in my van, started to pull away when he cut through one of the pieces of property. bernam says four teens from palmetto high school zoomed by her house. at the cross street of 17th avenue, she can see their cars parked on both sides of the roadway. she has an uneasy feeling. i told the manatee county to get someone out here immediately, that whatever was going on down there wasn t good. her house is just a couple of minutes away. even though she can t see the fight, she s still worried. she calls the police again. come on, sarah.
once in the next hour what were they thinking? if you do, don t worry. we thought the same thing. two teenage girls go at each other in an after-school brawl while dozens of classmates stand by cheering, recording it all on their cell phones. at first, i had to ask, is this real? did they stage it? but this school fight is real. in the end, a strange twist. a mother would be arrested and charged with third-degree child abuse for egging on her daughter and failing to stop the vicious fight. we were appalled. it becomes that much more shocking when you see the parent of one of the children involved in this, right there. less than an hour south of tampa is palmetto, florida. it s the afternoon of september 17th, 2010. not far from her home, tanya