Riot at Edison High School, PA

Via a my sister who teaches at Edison.

“During my 8th period class, a huge fight broke out in which 300 students rushed the hallways.  This was sparked, literally, over spilt milk.  The “goth” kids in the lunch room were being picked on yesterday and a carton of milk was thrown at a table of 10 girls.

Today, the same thing happened and the students said they just couldn’t stand it anymore.  I am not exactly sure what happened but supposedly 6 or 7 kids in the hallway started shoving one another around and then all hell broke loose.  Pretty soon nearly 300 students swarmed the hallways: punching, throwing full trash cans, pushing, etc.  The Philadelphia police were called in and 30 officers raided the hallways: throwing kids in classrooms, tasering some, arresting, etc.  I saw the principal get jumped from behind by a student and the police threw him into the locker in a head-lock and then put a taser to his chest.  INSANE.  The entire school was on lock down, shutting down every classroom and locking us in. I have never seen anything like it…it was unreal. This is Philadelphia Public Schools.

In class now, talk to you all soon.”