HATE WAVE AT BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL?

thanks to John Choe
8/22/01

The New York Post has reported that the U.S. Justice Department is investigating "Asian-bashing" attacks at a Brooklyn high school by Blacks to determine whether their civil rights were violated.

Among the incidents reported are, in front of Lafayette HS last June, the Asian bashers - armed with chains and martial-arts sticks - broke the 17-year-old's right arm, forcing him to miss final exams and attend summer school to catch up. His father, Sajjad, claimed it was a bias attack.

Other incidents the Post reported included:

* A boy of Chinese descent was allegedly assaulted and robbed by an unidentified black male student in a stairwell on April 5. The victim was punched in the jaw and his watch and wallet stolen.

* A student of Southeast Asian descent charged that a black student threatened him with a gun in the cafeteria last March.

* A student from the Middle East was allegedly harassed by four black students outside the building last March. They called him "A-rab" before slapping him in the face.

* A student of Middle Eastern descent said he was threatened with a knife by three unidentified blacks in a stairwell on April 2.

* Two students of Middle Eastern descent were robbed at gunpoint by a former Lafayette student at a playground across from the school on June 1. The suspect was arrested.

* A Bangladeshi girl was knocked unconscious when two black female students assaulted and robbed her on the subway after dismissal on Oct. 2. The attackers were arrested.

* A female Chinese immigrant student was punched by a black male student after he pulled her hair on Oct. 11. The attacker was expelled, a source said.

* A boy of Chinese descent was allegedly attacked in a stairwell by two black students in October while another was hospitalized after getting smashed in the head from behind with a combination lock on Nov. 16.

One 15-year-old Chinese immigrant student robbed outside the school entrance told The Post, "Asian students are getting picked on because they don't speak English."