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A group of fifth-grade students were arrested last fall over an alleged plot to murder a fellow student after being overheard discussing their plans, according to a newly released police report.
Four students at the Legacy Traditional School in Surprise, Arizona, were accused of planning to fatally stab a fellow fifth grade student and forge a suicide note to make it appear self-inflicted, according to the police report. A parent alerted the school of the plot on Oct. 1, 2024, after their child overheard the group talking about it. More
Ten and eleven-year-olds conspiring to murder a boy because he was cheating on a girl. Words almost fail me. I think the world would be a better place if none of these little demons were in it.
The Legacy Traditional School looks pretty nice, or their web site designer is a master of subterfuge. The photos actually include white boys and the color mix is more or less normal instead of overwhelmingly brown/black.
So: bad parenting.
https://surprise.legacytraditional.org/
Actually, this is no Surprise for Arizona.
Al
I dunno. That place looks like a pricey prep school. Latchkey Kids. Cell phones. No parental involvement. Sadly I guess it could happen anywhere these days.
@Brad — It’s a charter school with $0 tuition, so at least it isn’t pricey. I’m with you on the parental nature of the problem.
Not hearing any descriptions. Sounds like the typical behavior of the usual suspects but these days of a bottom-feeding culture, anyone could be involved.
Wow, this takes “Mean Girls” to a new level! Yes, all girls. I imagine the only one of the 4 who felt no remorse, and who smiled and giggled through the police interview, was the one who was going to do the stabbing. Psycho. I bet her baby-sitting jobs dry up.
Race of the attackers?
Surprise Arizona doesn’t seem like a hoodrat haven of any kind. These sinister kids are more like real life middle class examples of “Children of the Corn”. Particularly, the “Bad Seed” ring leader.
99th — “The Bad Seed”!! One of the most chilling films I’ve ever seen! “Rhoda!!”
AbigailAdams, absolutely! As a kid, when I first saw that film, I couldn’t believe a kid could be so evil. Just wanted her to get her comeuppances. LOL! However, as an adult I realized how truly scary it is.
Took two journos to write that story, and from the looks of it, they’re both muslims. And their presentation what seemed to downplay the public charter school* incident somewhat. Which leads me to believe** that:
(a) The charter school is run and staffed by muslims.
(b) A large percentage of the student body is muslim.
(c) The miscreants were of the muslim persuasion.
(d) The media has an interest in mitigating negative fallout .
*Anybody remember Fethullah Gulen?
**My belief is based on my experience with “public charter schools” as well as local media shilling for them. However, my experience was over a decade ago, so I could be completely off-base here.
Ten and eleven year old’s in a “relationship”? What does that even mean?
Leopold & Loeb this wolf pack are not.