"A 16-year-old high school girl in Rock Hill, S.C. told police that
another high school girl taunted her on a school bus and then beat her
up after she got off the bus. The assailant allegedly was angry at the
victim because she was behaving "too much like a white person."
Both the alleged attacker and the victim are black, reports The State,
a Columbia, S.C. newspaper.
The unidentified assault victim, 16, told investigators she exited the
bus on McDow Drive, a winding street dotted with small ranch-style
houses. Shortly after she got off the bus, she said, her attacker
violently punched her a bunch of times, then fled the scene.
A Rock Hill police report notes that witnesses told the same basic story.
The police report also indicates that the student who got beat up
suffered numerous injuries including a serious cut above her right
eye.
An ambulance transported the girl to a local hospital for treatment.
One witness, Shelly Hemphill, is the mother of one of the victim's
friends told police that the attacker tripped the victim and the
punched her again and again while she was on the ground, according to
The Island Packet, a Hilton Head newspaper.
In an interview with police, the victim claimed that there has been an
ongoing feud between the two girls for over a year. The victim
described herself as a "light-skinned black female," according to The
State. She said the other student, who has darker skin, had made fun
of her and challenged her to a fight on prior occasions, but she had
refused.
Police have described the altercation as assault, battery and
disorderly conduct in a school setting. However, they have not yet
been able to find the alleged attacker.
The age of the alleged attacker is unknown."
(https://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/frontpage/news/high-school-girl-taunted-beaten-bus-stop-acting-035032786.html?.b=%2Findex&.intl=US&.lang=en)
It's amazing how skin colour is still an issue. The lighter the
better? Who's to blame for this wrong perception?
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