School Considers Legal Action After Dozens Of Students Appear to Give Nazi Salute At Prom

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Source: Law & Crime

By Ron Blitzer, 6 hrs. ago.

A Wisconsin school district is considering what consequences students should face after an alarming photograph surfaced, supposedly of the male students of the class of 2019. The image, tweeted from an account that has since been made private, allegedly shows dozens of Baraboo High School students at their junior prom giving the Nazi salute.

A screenshot was shared by Twitter user @CarlySidey, with details later posted by VICE contributor Jules Suzdaltsev. The account that originally posted the image, @GoBaraboo, is now listed as "protected," meaning only permitted users are allowed to see its posts.

The Barbaroo School District has yet to issue a response, but their official Twitter account retweeted a message from School District Administrator Lori Mueller that addressed the issue, and it appears that they are taking the matter very seriously, even considering legal action, should it be deemed appropriate.

Law&Crime reached out to Mueller for additional comment. A phone call to Barbaroo High School was directed to the voicemail of Principal Glenn Bildsten, but so far there has been no response to a message left by Law&Crime.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/school-considers-legal-action-after-dozens-of-students-appear-to-give-nazi-salute-at-prom/ar-BBPCyI2?ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

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Jules Suzdaltsev? Verified account @jules_su

- Correction: The photo of students doing salutes is the Class of 2019, not 2018, and was taken during their junior prom.

- CBS Milwaukee, 11/12/18. School District letter sent to parents:
http://www.cbs58.com/news/baraboo-school-district-investigates-boys-apparent-nazi-salute





- Baraboo, Wisconsin. Population 12,000, 94% white.

- WIKI, Baraboo, WI, Population, 2010- 12,048, Est. 2016- 12,173. *94% white population.
The Baraboo SA is just northwest of the Madison metropolitan area, with which it forms the Census Bureau's Baraboo-Madison Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.

2010 census: As of the census of 2010, there were 12,048 people.The racial makeup of the city was 94.0% White, 1.3% African American, 1.0% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.5% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.7% of the population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraboo,_Wisconsin
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- Hitler and Mussolini, WWII.



Hitlerjugend/Hitler Youth (1926-1945).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Youth



Flag of Hitler Youth, Hitlerjugend Allgemeine Flagge.

[leftynyc]

1. Legally they're covered by the first amendment

That doesn't stop the school from suspending or expelling the little turds.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Similar happened in a town near me that made national news

it wasn't the nazi salute, but a student was angry at her school administrators over something being cancelled at the school, and called them "douchebags" and other similar words on social media.

she was suspended from the school and then barred from running for Senior Class Secretary - when she won as a write in candidate, she was barred from holding the position.

She sued - and lost.

Case summary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doninger_v._Niehoff

But, I think calling school admins "douchebags" on social media is a few steps below having a mass Nazi Salute on school grounds.

[calimary]

18. If I were their teacher, it wouldn't stop me from giving every last one of them an F.

For the SEMESTER, if not THE YEAR.

ALL of them, except for that one kid who didn't go along with it.

Let them explain that in their college applications.

[AlexSFCA]

27. F for history class

[leftynyc]

31. You're assuming the teachers

haven't taught them everything they know. I can't make that leap. The shits learned it somewhere and it's not always at home.

[Hortensis]

43. I'll continue that assumption, and it's no leap.

I remember back in California 2 bright lively new high school grads from a good school district who couldn't answer when a reporter asked them how many senators each state had. My kids were taught that repeatedly, beginning in elementary school. I'd guess at home from their parents is precisely where the 2 girls learned that knowing this stuff didn't matter, reinforced by their friends.

I also remember going with a friend and his boys to a matinee for the movie Independence Day and being shocked and horrified when the theater full of kids cheered the destruction of the White House. Those kids got that from their parents, within the context of the growing dysfunction caused by the giant right wing anti-government conspiracy, which continues, and are now themselves parents.

[sandensea]

2. And the clown on the front row, 4th from left, is flashing the white power sign

To say nothing of the caption.

This was deliberate and planned. They feel emboldened - and hell, why wouldn't they.

[HuskyOffset]

21. Do you possibly mean 5th from the left? (NT)

[NewJeffCT]

4. I hope the picture and their names are sent to college admissions offices

around the country.

Kiss your hopes of an Ivy League, or near Ivy League, education goodbye losers.

[MissMillie]

20. This...

over and over and over again.

I hope every college in the country sees this picture and doesn't admit them. (I have worked at two different colleges... they check FB pages and probably more.)

Then they can know what it's like to work for $8/hour and have no health insurance.

[Chemisse]

25. It's their junior prom, so they are about 17.

They should be given a chance to see the error of their ways before their entire lives are ruined.

I would guess that most of these kids are followers and that even the leaders may think this is just a fun and cool way to rebel.

They need to learn about the pain and suffering this represents.

[Aristus]

35. They're 17, not 6. They knew exactly what they were doing.

If they end up failing miserably at life, I hope they remember this moment as the reason.

[meadowlander]

39. They can sit and watch Shoah

and then apologise in person to a Holocaust survivor and then do 300 hours of community service benefiting minorities. And then they can be considered for higher education.

[Chemisse]

5. Lock them in a room (individually) and force them to watch Holocaust and a few documentaries.

These kids have no idea what horrors they are endorsing. Yes they learned about it all in History class, but it's not real to them.

[appalachiablue]

23. Agree, there's about 67 guys in the photo. Dangerous stuff.

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American Nazi summer camp. Windham, NY, 1930s. (National Archives).

https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2014/07/31/nazi-summer-camp-american-style/

[Chrysanthemum]

37. Night and Fog

They should have to watch "Night and Fog".

[sagetea]

6. Shitler's Youth

I think they should be sat in front of Military news/films from that time and see what horrors they are 'saluting'.

sage

[alittlelark]

7. The boy in the upper right hand corner is not participating

And looks somewhat disturbed by it... i’d Like to see him interviewed about this disgusting moment.

[fountainofyouth]

12. He has been, fortunately. His name is Jordan Blue

Link to tweet

[3Hotdogs]

32. --- the photographer tells 'em to "make the sign?"

[dalton99a]

41. +1

[Paladin]

13. He needs to develop better taste in friends. Immediately.

Like somebody on this thread said, the admissions people at various colleges aren't going to find this one damn bit funny.

[Downtown Hound]

16. Those aren't his friends, this is a class photo

He was just there for the picture. He had no idea they were going to throw a Nazi salute. As he specifically says, those other kids have been bullying him for years, and he has no love for them at all.

[Downtown Hound]

14. ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211417164

[yuiyoshida]

9. ばか やろ!

[Pisces]

10. Stupid kids

[Downtown Hound]

11. Legal action? That sounds like a cop out answer.

Legally you can't do anything to them because they didn't do anything illegal. Morally reprehensible? Yes. But not illegal. But the school could take disciplinary action, and it sounds like they don't want to do that. It sounds like this type of crap has been going on at this school for awhile and the school administrators have turned a blind eye to it. Saying they are considering "legal action" that will never come sounds like an attempt to make it seem like they are doing something about it when they are not.

[womanofthehills]

15. According to ex students and students of this school - racists complaints were not acted upon

Kids on Twitter telling of their racist experiences at this school with the administration never taking any action. Photographer was proud of shot and even had it on his webpage.

[appalachiablue]

22. Impt. to know. Something better be done, or this will ramp up.

Very serious stuff it is.

[dustyscamp]

17. All of them are probably going to be Turning Point members pretty soon

[RhodeIslandOne]

34. They all look like Charlie Kirk already

[marieo1]

19. Baraboo, Wisc.

This is disgraceful............just like our disgraceful DJT, I'm sure if the kids think our president can act this way so can they. He needs to be gone so values and what we stand for can return to our nation. If DJT and other like him stay in power, these young people may be able to see first hand what horrors of Nazism they will have to live through. Where are the parents of these kids?

[cp]

24. School administrator's responses greatly inadequate

Give them choice of 1) remedial classes in WW2 history and making a trip to Holocaust Museum, at their own expense, or 2) being expelled.

[appalachiablue]

30. +1

[forgotmylogin]

38. +1 That was my thought too.

Summer school classes in history that they must pass or be held back.

[obamanut2012]

26. Since when is a prom not a school-sponsored activity?

[Retrograde]

28. Legal action? No.

Requiring them to attend a series of classes on what that salute means - including watching several films about the Holocaust - yes.

[Ellipsis]

29. An adult off camera suggested the salute.

...the shit is just hitting the fan now.

The background building is the the Sauk county courthouse. Where the the police station is located.

[TexasBushwhacker]

33. Why am I not surpised? N/t

[Lokilooney]

36. On a sorta related note

How many think the original meaning should be taken back?

School children who know the proper way to salute the american flag using the Bellamy salute:

[link:|

The origin is from you know who:
[link:|

This is but one of other ancient symbols ruined by the douchebag, the others being the Swastika and the Fasces. Again, I may be getting off the subject a bit but I'm a believer in original context. By acknowledge the origin you strip power away from those that wish to appropriate said symbolism, by acknowledging the modern day interpretation...well you acknowledge them in the way they wanted you to.

[dalton99a]

40. Residents of Baraboo and the surrounding Sauk County area received mailers from white nationalists:

https://www.wiscnews.com/baraboonewsrepublic/news/local/update-nazi-salutes-in-group-photo-of-boys-from-baraboo/article_3224ea4a-7423-5fc1-b2ca-20159f7129e5.html

More recently, some residents of Baraboo and the surrounding Sauk County area received mailers from white nationalists.

A week before the Nov. 6 midterm election, a flyer with the header “WHITE LIVES MATTER,” was illegally distributed in mailboxes in Baraboo, Reedsburg and Spring Green. Fliers also were placed on vehicles in Wisconsin Dells.

The single-page flyer listed links to several websites promoting nationalist and anti-Semitic views. The Baraboo postmaster said at the time the office was aware of the flyers and carriers were removing them.

[raccoon]

42. They need to learn about what happened to the German soldiers

They need to learn about what happened to the German soldiers that were sent to the Russian front.

Very few of them made it back alive. of those who did some of them didn’t make it back to Germany until the 1950s.

But the little shits probably did it for attention.

[Vinca]

44. I suggest they quickly put together a course to study Hitler, the Holocaust and the meaning

of the "salute." Given the general lack of knowledge young people seem to have (take your noses out of your phones), this group of young men might well be totally clueless about the implications of the photo. Rather than take "legal action" (what the heck would that be??), educate them.

[LanternWaste]

45. It's a tough first lesson... words have meaning and consequences.

My initial reaction is to cut them a break... they're only juniors in high school.

My second reaction is that as a junior in high school, I was old enough to realize that raising my arm a nazi salute would be among the worst and most stupid decisions I could make.

So yeah, these aren't idiot kids so much as they're just idiots.

Let the consequences of their actions be a reminder to them to stop making idiot choices.