A2: Teen Assault

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The Detroit Free Press reports that the Washtenaw County prosecutor’s office is not filing charges of ethnic intimidation in the case of a 16-year-old Skyline High student, who alleged that she was beaten and insulted by other students because of her ethnicity and religion. The article quotes prosecuting attorney Brian Mackie: “Had there been ethnic intimidation, that would have been charged…(but) there was no ethnic intimidation charge.” Nabih Ayad, an attorney for the family of the Muslim girl, said, “You have a group of kids jumping another individual, and calling her names because of her religious garb and her ethnicity. That’s clearly ethnic intimidation.” [Source]