Cops investigate "Seig Heil" students

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Kids to get a "holocaust" life sentence for their "crime" of having a little fun?

Like logo, like students? Wisconsin school breaks the internet with its 'Nazi salute' teens
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A Wisconsin high school has found itself at the center of controversy – and a police investigation – after a group of students were photographed making Nazi salutes and far-right hand gestures at their prom.

The photo of some 50 young men from the Baraboo High School performing the stiff-armed 'Sieg Heil' greeting quickly went viral online. The photo was taken during the students' junior prom, but resurfaced last weekend when it was posted to Twitter with the caption: "We even got the black kid to throw it up."

Twitter users were baffled by the image and wondered what could have prompted the suit-clad teens to extend their right arms in the air in the style of the infamous Nazi salute.

School District Superintendent Lori Mueller tweeted that the photograph was "not reflective of the educational values and beliefs" of the school – but Twitter was not entirely convinced, with many pointing out that the school district's logo was reminiscent of a Nazi eagle.

Some called for the students and any teachers present when the photo was taken to be expelled or fired immediately.

Others suggested that a visit to a nearby veterans hospital to speak to men who fought in World War II – or a day spent watching documentary reels from Nazi concentration camps – might set the students straight.

The school itself called the Nazi salute "an extremely inappropriate gesture" but attempted to distance itself from the controversy, pointing out that photograph had not been taken on school grounds or at a school-sponsored event.

The controversy even reached the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland, which denounced the image, saying that people needed to understand "the danger of hateful ideology" rising up. "Auschwitz with its gas chambers was at the very end of the long process of normalizing and accommodating hatred," the museum said.

But that was all only the beginning of the school's bashing.

New details then began to emerge online as people claiming to be students or former students of the school contacted journalists with stories of bullying and racial harassment, which they said the school did not act upon. One journalist said he had received "probably over 100 stories" from Baraboo students and parents.

In a statement on Facebook, the Baraboo Police Department said it was "aware" of the photo and was assisting the school district with its investigation.

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Media Jews are becoming extremely hostile. Jules Suzdaltsev, the antifa Twitter agitator who first got this story out there is an admitted Jew.

Huffington Post Jews know that there are all kinds of young minorities LGBT and other young white liberals who will just make up any kind of story on social media in exchange for likes, shares, and re-tweets.

They want these students to start ratting out white kids so they can dox the students and write stories about them and their families.

Experiencing Anti-Semitism Or Racism In School? We Want To Hear From You.

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Education Reporter,
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HuffPost wants to learn more about the experiences of students and families around the country.

A photo of dozens of male students from a Wisconsin high school making what looks like a Nazi salute has sparked outrage around the country this week. The school district and local police announced an investigation into the incident, although accounts of widespread racism at the institution, Baraboo High School, have also started to circulate.

But Baraboo isn't an isolated incident. In March, HuffPost uncovered a Florida teacher with a white nationalist podcast. Swastikas and racist graffiti have popped up at schools across the nation.

We want to learn more about where these types of incidents are occurring and how they're affecting students. If you have a story about witnessing or experiencing discrimination in school, please share it with us below.

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The students aren't going to be punished, and now the Jewish and homosexual special interest groups are already complaining.

Students are suspended for less than a Nazi salute every day[/utl]

A Wisconsin school district said students who made a Nazi salute in a prom photo –the majority of whom were white — will not face any kind of punishment for their actions.

The Baraboo School District recently finished part of its investigation into the prom photo and came to the conclusion that it could not take action on the grounds of free speech.

"Moreover, because of students' First Amendment rights, the district is not in a position to punish the students for their actions," Baraboo School District Administrator Lori Mueller wrote in a letter.

Despite the fact that many students chose to participate in the salute, Mueller wrote, "As previously stated, we cannot know the intentions in the hearts of those who were involved."

A parent, Pete Gust, instructed the students to raise their arms, students said to the media. Gust claims he was telling students to wave goodbye to their parents. One of the students present, Jordan Blue, said he refused to participate in the salute. He kept his hands at his sides and said he did not have time to leave because the picture was taken so quickly.

Blue said to journalist Jules Suzdaltsev, "I knew what my morals were and it was not to salute something I didn't firmly believe in."

The lack of consequences for the students who participated is jarring when you consider the disproportionate discipline students of color experience in school. Black students were 1.9 times more likely than white students to be expelled from school without educational services, according to a 2016 Education Department data. Black students were 2.3 times more likely to be disciplined through involvement of officers.

Black girls make up 8 percent of enrolled students in the U.S. and represent 14 percent of students receiving one or more out-of-school suspensions. Often, girls of color who have had traumatic childhood experiences are particularly vulnerable to being pushed through the school-to-prison pipeline. Infractions that are more subjective in nature, such as punishing a student for "willful defiance" can enable this racial bias.

There are countless examples of students of color defying authority without bringing any harm or threat of harm to their fellow students, and receiving severe penalties as a result. One of the clearest examples of this is dress code enforcement. Earlier this year, a Black student was pulled out of his classroom in Fresno, California because his haircut violated the dress code. This dress code forbid any hairstyles that "draw undue attention" including "Mohawks, tails, unusual razor cuts or unnatural/unusual colors." The student's parent arranged for a haircut but couldn't get an immediate appointment. When he showed up to school the next day with his against-code haircut, he was given in-school suspension.

In May of last year, a Connecticut high school in a mostly Black and Latinx school district gave out 150 suspensions in one day to enforce the school dress code. In one particularly severe 2014 incident at Duncanville High School in Texas, where 93 percent of students are Black and Latinx, more than 160 students were suspended for dress code violations, which included piercings, large belt buckles, and untucked shirts.

Black girls bear the brunt of much of this dress-code discipline. Researchers at the National Women's Law Center released a report this year that examined uneven enforcement of codes of conduct, including dress codes, due to race-based and sex-based stereotypes about Black girls.

Researchers have found that high school students who are suspended are at a higher risk of dropping out of school.

Students at this Wisconsin high school will benefit from a practice few students of color get to experience. The school district will use restorative practices, which aim to repair relationships and a build a healthier school climate as opposed to strictly punitive approaches that reduce students' time in the classroom. The school also said it has a plan to "address issues of hate and racism with students" according to [url="//madison.com"]Madison.com[/url].

Auschwitz Memorial tweeted in response to the incident, "Let's only hope that the protection of freedom of speech will not become a too easy excuse for parents, teachers, community and educators to do nothing about this painful public expression of hate speech in the form of the Nazi salute."