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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: District, Police Investigate Report Of Attack Near School District, Police Investigate Report Of Attack Near School POSTED: 5:54 pm PDT June 1, 2006 UPDATED: 6:02 pm PDT June 1, 2006 LOS ANGELES -- A local radio reporter was assaulted Thursday while leaving a Los Angeles charter school, a station official said. Video The Los Angeles School District and Los Angeles Police Department are investigating the allegations. The reporter, Sandy Wells of KABC radio, was not hurt, said station spokesman Steve Sheldon. Wells was leaving the campus of Academia Semillas Del Pueblo, 4736 Huntington Drive, after interviewing the principal when a car came around the corner, jumped the curb and the driver tried to run him down, Sheldon said. Wells dodged the car, but the driver, a man who appeared to be in his mid-20s, got out and tackled him, taking away his tape recorder, he said. "He managed to tackle me and push me into a car," Wells said. "He demanded my recording equipment, which I had over my shoulder. He was struggling to grab that. Finally, I was able to eject the tape, and I gave it to him." Wells was at the school, which is under the LAUSD's jurisdiction, to interview administrators and parents. The incident was reported to police, Sheldon said, adding that it is believed to be linked to the station's reporting on the school. The school issued a written statement, but did not address the allegations. The statement said that talk radio has been critical of the school and created a false perception that the school exercising racist policies. LAUSD Superintendent Roy Romer said the district's board approved the school's curriculum. He said the district has received several reports about the school. "We are already investigating the school and we're going to check it out very thoroughly, Romer said. "What I hear is not good, but I don't want to prejudge." The schools contract with the LAUSD is up for renewal in December. From the radio station: http://www.kabc.com/listingsEntry.asp?ID=437469&PT June 1 As reported today on KABC, our reporter, Sandy Wells, went to Academia Semillas del Pueblo in an attempt to interview the principal and founder of the school, Marcos Aguilar, regarding allegations that his school is promoting a separatist/anti-integration agenda. After being turned away, Sandy was nearly run down by a vehicle that drove onto the public sidewalk where he was walking to return to his car. An unidentified man jumped out of the vehicle and chased Sandy as he ran to get to his own car and escape. The man tackled Sandy and wrestled his voice recording device from him, demanding the tape inside. Four security guards from the school, according to Sandy, came over to where the altercation was taking place, but did nothing to help. When he was able to get back to his car, Sandy says he was tailed by a black SUV for several miles. The Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District are currently investigating this incident. May 31 McIntyre in the Morning has begun an investigation into Academia Semillas del Pueblo, an LAUSD charter school. The website for the K-8 school says it is, "dedicated to providing urban children of immigrant native families an excellent education founded upon their own language, cultural values and global realities." The school's student body is 91.3% hispanic and 8.7% native / alaskan native. There is not a single white, black, or asian student. The school receives support not only from the tax payer but also the National Council of La Raza and the Pasadena City College chapter of MeCHA (Movimemeniento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan). In various interviews and actions the school's founder, principal and council trustee secretary, Marcos Aguilar, has shown contempt for racial integration. Like everyone else connected to the school, Aguilar has refused repeated attempts by McIntyre in the Morning for an interview, telling our reporter he only speaks with spanish speaking media and warning the reporter, "I would be very careful before I came down here."
Poster Comment: Romer: "What I hear is not good, but I don't want to prejudge." ba-dum-bump
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"F**k you gringo! This is OUR country!" Wonder if the "security" [sic] guards lost their jobs? /smirk Lawsuits, riots and national coverage had this happened to a latino reporter at a mostly white school.
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