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May

Three black teenagers charged with videotaping hate crime assaults

stop_hate_crimeFrom Philly.com…

Three Allentown high school students have been charged with ethnic intimidation for allegedly recording themselves bullying other students and posting the resulting “smack cam video” on Facebook.

The three males – two aged 15 and one aged 14 – are accused of selecting the victims, in part, because they are white, according to a news release from Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin.

The incident took place around 1 p.m. last Thursday at William Allen High School, an affidavit of probable cause states.

Three teens were sitting at a table in the school cafeteria when three other teens allegedly approached and started making comments. Prosecutors said the teens used profanities to mock the other students’ race, stature and appearance, such as the glasses they were wearing.

The suspects used the racial slur “pink” in referring to the white victims, according to investigators.

Two of the teens allegedly decided to make a “smack cam video.” Investigators said one of them began narrating and using his cell phone to record the video, which he called “Smack Cam 3.”

Prosecutors said a third teen walked over to the table and slapped one of the victims in the back of the head as the other two suspects erupted in laughter.


  • LACountyRedneck

    They’ll get a slap on the wrist, if that, and I don’t mean literally. Start fighting back, White men. Lets get a rep.

    • GREG PACE

      I’m too lazy to fight back; it’s easier to just take a few slaps and go on about my business.

    • GeorgiaMike

      They’ll probably get a medal for their courageous stance against white racism and supremacy.

  • jim b

    So, some black kids attacked whites because of their skin color and they’re being charged with “ethnic intimidation”? I’m sure that will equate to a verbal lashing from the judge and allowed back out on the street.

  • TL2014

    Please activate the link to the original story.
    At least they were caught and charged.
    Public lashing would be better, but hey.

  • Eric

    “Ethnic intimidation?” I went to school waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the ’70’s and we always had a teacher monitoring activity in the cafeteria even back then. Where the hell was/were the teacher(s)?

  • mlm

    That kinda thing was a common occurence when i was growing up, in school! 35 years back! Nothing out of the ordinary with chimps.

  • Earl P. Holt III

    This kind of thing goes on in every large, urban school district. The only reason authorities can’t ignore this incident, is because the evidence has been recorded and publicized…