Kids throw garbage in Sept. 11 memorial pool
Associated Press
Learning to ignore bad children and parenting is a painful but worthwhile endeavor, though it retards the advancement of civilization.
Despite my zen, I’m not sure I could have turned the other cheek if I’d observed junior high students tossing garbage into the reflecting pool at the September 11 Memorial in New York City.
Fox News reports one of the kids was detained by police for having bullets in his pockets.
“These kids just need to be educated about what happened there,” said New Yorker Anthoula Kastinatides, whose brother died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The kids were on a summer field trip with a Brooklyn public school. New York’s school chancellor said the students who threw garbage into the memorial, which opened Sept. 11, 2011, in Lower Manhattan, may be punished. The kid that had ammunition faces a police investigation.
And who knows, maybe a parent will get involved?
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118 comments Add your comment
Not Surprised
June 26th, 2012
12:04 pm
Is anyone suprised…A Liberal city, state, and public school system. I hear Bloomberg is considering giving the kids the key to the City. He will probably be one upped by Obama!
Rod Unspared
June 26th, 2012
12:08 pm
Several rounds with a cherry laurel switch is in order. But if they are that brazen/stupid, reform school probably wouldn’t even teach them anything.
Rick
June 26th, 2012
12:09 pm
What does anyone expect from the thug culture. They need to be whipped and you can tell them I said so.
Seriously
June 26th, 2012
12:13 pm
“New York’s school chancellor said the students who threw garbage into the memorial, which opened Sept. 11, 2011, in Lower Manhattan, may be punished.” MAY!!??? Setting aside for the moment the fact that this is a memorial, isn’t littering still illegal? The real question should not be “Will they be punished?”, but it should be “What type of puniishment will most likely teach them proper respect?” Unfortunately, respect for others seems to be a rare quality in young folks today.
Jrev
June 26th, 2012
12:16 pm
Not Surprised, I honestly feel sorry for you if you truly believe this has anything to do with party affiliation. This is digusting, but your post is part of what is wrong with America and is also disgusting. Utterly pathetic apoplexy-inducing post. Or, perhaps I’ve been troll-baited by a 10 year old. Let’s hope for the latter.
CTW
June 26th, 2012
12:16 pm
I dont really think NYC being “liberal” has anything to do with disrespect of a national memorial. It’s the parents who arent teaching their children respect.
Hmm
June 26th, 2012
12:17 pm
Actually, I heard they were republicans protesting the Hispanics and announcing that the us shouldn’t regulate where they throw their trash! Not surprised is pretty ignorant…
JRHD
June 26th, 2012
12:17 pm
I spent eight years in the Marine Corps and I have an idea for punishment. Send them to Parris Island in August for a week. Let them spend some quality time w/ a Marine Corps Drill Instructor and I guarantee you they will come back with a new perspective on life, what it means to be an American and the significance of that reflecting pool.
ssmith
June 26th, 2012
12:19 pm
Make them get in there and clean it up. That would be a start.
Booze Hound
June 26th, 2012
12:21 pm
Who cares?