East Texas Teenager Attacked Over History Project

The Urban Jibaro wants to know what is up with this?

It was an assignment for history class--to make a protest sign for or against an issue, and Melanie said she chose illegal immigration. Her sign read, "If you love our nation, stop illegal immigration." Somehow, Melanie said the sign got passed around lunch and angered a group of Latino students.

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[AndyB]

What's up is that nobody attacked her. According to news reports http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8142322 , Melanie faked the attack. School surveillance cameras show her doing it, and she has now been charged with filing a false police report.

One boy who was offended by the sign grabbed it from her, which is a minor violation of school rules, and he was suspended for a day for doing that. That was the entire extent of the "attack".