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Updated: 10/04/2012 8:57 am

Published: 10/04/2012 8:56 am

WYNNE, Ark. (AP) — The Wynne School Board has expelled two junior varsity football players who were accused of placing a noose around the neck of a black student.

The board met in executive session Wednesday and decided to expel the two students for the rest of the semester. The Jonesboro Sun reports that it's a lesser punishment that the one recommended by Superintendent Carl Easley, who supported expulsion for the rest of the school year.

Few details have been released about the alleged incident. Family members have said the white students placed a noose around the 14-year-old black student's neck, but authorities have not confirmed that account.

More than 150 people attended the hearing. Many were angered by the board's decision, and Wynne police were called in to calm the crowd.

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me501 - 10/5/2012 8:57 AM

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Look people I'm no Mother Theresa lol My comment may have been a lil over the top but that doesn't change the way I feel about the situation.You people are a bunch of hypocritical racists that don't even know it. What those two boys did was criminal and they should be punished as such.

jusmyop - 10/5/2012 8:40 AM

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I remember a time in Wynne where a person of color could not look a white person in the eye or say certain things. Imagine what effect that had on me as a young black child. It most certainly influenced my never returning to live there. If this story turns out to be true, and in a way that leans towards hatred and racism, then the boys deserves to be banned from the school, period! On the other hand, if this was simply a case of older players performing some form of "initiation into the group" type thing, Hazing if you will, then I say, People get over it and move on, let the boys be boys.

itsjustme - 10/5/2012 7:39 AM

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me501, fold that race card up and shove it up your ass. All we are trying to say is that if they kicked 2 black kids out of school for something thats not been proven, there would be a lawsuit. Also, the point some of us are trying to make is that when it comes to describing a criminal, this station never gives the race. However, in this story, they gave the race of the accused and the alleged victim. So, play your race card all you want, it doesnt help in this situation. I agree that if these 2 did place the noose around another kids neck, no matter the race, they should be kicked out of school.

ArkansasYankee - 10/5/2012 7:38 AM

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Correct me if I'm wrong; but me501 is a working mother, a nurse, and an educated black woman. I usually see her points as valid ones, but not always, as with anyone on here. Shame on you girl for using the F word! And an eye for an eye is Old Testament; Jesus changed that law. Peace out everyone.

me501 - 10/4/2012 3:05 PM

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Well listen here you little internet proof reader.I hope your grandpappy warned you about f*c**ng with other people children.Have you ever heard of the old saying an eye for eye.All the other bs you're talking about is irrelevant to me.

Butch54 - 10/4/2012 2:45 PM

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Kids can be expelled without the authorities final word. Where is it written in the law that authorities have to make that decision. Never heard of it. But I might not have heard it all yet.

FoxyLady - 10/4/2012 2:37 PM

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can certainly tell....let me make a correction to my error

FoxyLady - 10/4/2012 2:37 PM

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me501.....you must be black, right? I am certainly tell by the improper use and misspelling of words! Of course you see a problem with the race card...you probably use it EVERY TIME you can!!! You, bro, are exactly what my great "grandpappy" warned me about!!!!

me501 - 10/4/2012 2:13 PM

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The comments on this story, are very strange to me.The race card again.smh if the black student tied the rope around the white students neck he would probally be dead by now.The comments would go...you might as well kill him now.He is a career criminal in the making.but let the lil white boys tie a rope around a person neck,and this was just kidding around.They didnt mean know harm.I wonder were that idea come from.Im guessing great grandpappy lol

FoxyLady - 10/4/2012 10:22 AM

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Oh the race card again! Gotta love this ridiculous state! Anywho...if this had been white on white, or black on black, this wouldn't even be a dang issue! SO SICK OF THE POOR PITIFUL RACE CARD!! Embrace your race...don't use it as an excuse! This type of behavior should never be tolerated period! BUT...race only comes into play when it benefits the victim...ALWAYS!

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