Life in "Progress" City

From our Queen City of Cincinnati, who hasn't had a conservative in city government since the city was named Losantiville...............

Officials with Cincinnati Public Schools canceled the rest of the basketball season at Rees E. Price Academy this week in light of a melee involving as many as 20 students punching and kicking a Cincinnati police officer.

One of the students even tried to grab the officer's service pistol or Taser, said Janet Walsh, spokeswoman for Cincinnati Public Schools.

Officer Mike Roth suffered cuts and bruises during the 6:50 p.m. incident Tuesday outside the Considine Avenue school. It happened after a series of basketball games involving both the boys' and girls' teams, she said.

"There was a lot of kicking going on," Walsh said. "It's very scary. It's very scary. ... I have never heard of anything like this happening. Normally when there are incidents, it's a couple of bad apples. But this one really got out of hand.

"We made a decision to cancel the rest of the basketball season in light of this incident and because so many students were involved, including members of the basketball team," she continued. "We wanted to send a very strong message that this is intolerable and totally unacceptable and we just can't condone their behavior, especially the involvement of so many members of the basketball team in this melee."

Three juveniles were arrested and charged with aggravated riot, assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and obstructing official business, according to Cincinnati police. A fourth teen was charged with disorderly conduct.

Two of those teens are Price students, a seventh-grader and an eighth-grader, Walsh said. One of them is a girl, she added.

And, the mother of one of the students was arrested and charged with trying to prevent police from arresting her son. Stephanie White, 29, of East Price Hill, faces one count each of disorderly conduct and obstructing official business, court records show.

Six students have been suspended from the school, including two who likely will be expelled, Walsh said.

What didn't get reported was the fact that many "parents" stood around and cheered on these punks while they were laying a beat down on a cop.

I'm going to go on a limb here and guess this group went overwhelming to Obama in '08.

What's so "progressive" about 8th graders assaulting cops?

Article here........