Los Angeles Locke High School Struggles Against Violence
A fight between two gangs — Black and Hispanic — escalated into a campus wide brawl involving around 600 students at Los Angeles Locke high school this week. The fight quickly spread throughout the campus and it was difficult for the police to distinguish between those fighting and those trying to avoid the mayhem.
The New York Times reports that the fight forced school authorities to shut down the school and keep students in their classrooms.
The melee, which students said was between rival black and Hispanic gangs and started around noon on Friday, forced the authorities to shut down the school, Locke High, and keep students in their classrooms. After restoring order, they rounded up those involved and separated them, holding Hispanic students in the gymnasium and black students in another room.
According to the United Press International, the Locke high school is known for frequent fights on campus and is soon to be revamped into a group of charter schools headed by Green Dot Public Schools.
The fight began between opposing groups of Latino and black students, but quickly grew into a mass brawl across the entire campus, the report said.
School officials state that four people were arrested and several students were injured and treated at the scene of the fight alone.
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