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| Yalies get beat up for singing national anthem |
| 2007-01-11 |
| Members of a close-harmony group from Yale University are recovering after being ambushed and beaten up while on tour in California. Members of the a cappella Baker's Dozen were performing at a party in San Francisco at the new year when their rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" apparently sparked taunts and threats from fellow partygoers. As the group left the house, they were attacked by dozens of assailants, suffering scrapes, black eyes and concussions, said Connecticut's News Channel 8. "Besides any bruising or scrapes to the face, the main injury I suffered was I broke my jaw in two places," one of the singers, 18-year-old Sharyar Aziz, was quoted as saying. |
| Posted by:exJAG |
| #7 Not sure about the "liberal attitudes:" not enough evidence yet. Lots of influence, though--don't want the son of an important figure to get arrested, right? Have a look at the comments at Gates of Vienna. |
| Posted by: James 2007-01-11 16:39 |
| #6 SF police have yet to arrest anyone for the beatings. It says a lot about liberal attitudes. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-01-11 14:23 |
| #5 Hot Air has more links. There's also a video, which I haven't watched. What's even juicier is that the party in question was held at the home of two San Francisco police officers, and was given by their daughter. Here's an SF Chronicle article, which notes that some of the attackers allegedly were graduates of Sacred Heart Cathedral, "one of the city's oldest and best-known private schools." Hmmm, private school. Parents send their kids to private schools so they'll get into good universities. Ivy League universities. Like, oh, Yale. Good luck getting into Yale from now on, me Hearties. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2007-01-11 12:20 |
| #4 Yeah, I though San Fran was all about diversity, peace, pacifism and multiculturalism. Ah well, who knew? |
| Posted by: BA 2007-01-11 10:45 |
| #3 Wow. San Francisco. Can ya beat that? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-01-11 09:46 |
| #2 Yeah, I read a much more in depth article. It seems the black instigator was a member of a very influencial Pacific Heights family. So he's a liberal aristocrat/gangsta or something. He got on his cellphone and called a van full of friends to help him attack the Yale kids. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-01-11 08:31 |
| #1 There's much more to this story than meets the eye. Could the story be any shorter on details? This happened almost two weeks ago...I guess it took some time for the press machine to get the storyline right. |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-01-11 00:09 |