WTF Is Going On In These Philadelphia Schools?

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with giving some shit to your freshman class - that's just a part of the food chain that's known as High School - but something's seriously going wrong in the Philadelphia schools these days because kicking the shit out of Asian American students is starting to seem like a pattern.

About 10 bullies kicked and punched two Asian-American students in between classes Friday morning at Edward W. Bok Technical High School, authorities said.

The attack, which left the immigrant students, ages 14 and 15, with cuts and bruises on their faces, was apparently part of a preplanned freshmen hazing ritual, said Fernando Gallard, spokesman for the school district.

I'm curious to know what other students got the beat-down (and by 10 other people).

Cops Warn Asian Americans In Philadelphia and Delaware County

I'm glad at least some of these perps were caught, and I hope the rest of them will end up getting they deserve as well - and Asian American shopkeepers and business owners - make sure to heed the warnings of District Attorney G. Michael Green when carrying cash (and do I need to go into my conceal and carry rant again?).

At the same time I just have to wonder - just a little - how this ring that has been targeting Asian Americans has been able to run free and clear for two years?

Was this information they just got (that the perps were targeting Asian Americans)? Weren't there any patterns before this that could have helped? When did the FBI actually get involved?

State and local authorities suspect that they've uncovered a shadowy organization that has been terrorizing Asian-Americans in Philadelphia and Delaware County with a series of gunpoint robberies and home invasions over the past two years.
Two Southwest Philadelphia men were charged yesterday with mugging a Middletown couple last weekend after the men tailed their Mercedes-Benz from the Springfield Mall to their home on Lenni Road.

"These guys were basically surfing for their victims on the highways here in Delaware County," said State Police Capt. David Young.

The county saw three similar cases this week - two in Marple Township and one in Collingdale Borough - involving Asian business owners, which prompted District Attorney G. Michael Green yesterday to sound the alarm.

"Business owners, and especially Asian and Asian-American shopkeepers, are advised to take care in the handling of cash," Green said. "It is suggested that shopkeepers vary their routines."

On Monday, three armed bandits broke into a home on Hampshire Drive in Marple and beat and robbed a man and his wife, who are in their mid-60s and own a business in West Philadelphia. Two nights later, a South Korean woman who had just closed her shop in Upper Darby was robbed outside of her Marple home of a briefcase filled with about $1,500 in cash. Police believe the victims were followed from their respective stores.

In Collingdale early yesterday, masked gunmen climbed into the apartment above the China Moon Restaurant on MacDade Boulevard where the restaurant owners live. An undetermined amount of money was stolen. One shot was fired, but no injuries were reported, said police Chief Robert Adams.

Be safe people.

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Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival Preview Party & Festival Trailer

The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival which will be held from Thursday, October 9th to Sunday, October 12th is having a Preview Party (where funds will go towards the launch of the festival) Tuesday September 16th from 5:30 to 7PM down at the Asian Arts Initiative where you'll be able to enjoy:

- A preview of the films that will be playing at the film festival
- Live music with food and drink

Donations for the event will be on a sliding scale from $10-$100.



To learn more about the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival - which you should definitely get on out and support - visit their site at http://www.phillyasianfilmfest.org/.