ARMENIAN AND LATINO STUDENTS CLASH IN LA
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.04.2008 00:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A beefed-up police presence is expected at Grant
High School today following outbreaks of shouting between Armenian
and Latino students at the end of an Armenian Genocide remembrance
assembly.
The unrest broke out at the school at 13000 Oxnard St. in Van Nuys
about noon Wednesday, said Susan Cox of the Los Angeles Unified School
District. She said no arrests were made and there were no injuries.
The shouting reportedly began with Latino students taking issue with
the program. School police quickly intervened.
"The students that were involved in the friction were sent home with
their parents," said Principal Linda Ibach. "We did ask the parents
to pick them up themselves. Some of the students were suspended over
the next couple of days. We will sort all that out on Monday when
the students return."
Ibach said extra officers would be deployed at the campus through
Monday "just to make sure that we are all calmed down," myfoxla.com
reports