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Melissa King assault case
The Melissa King assault case was an incident in Cleveland, Ohio when personal animosity between two girls led to an alleged attack by eighteen African and Hispanic youths aged between eight and fifteen on one of the girls, a thirteen-year-old white girl named Melissa King. Of the eighteen children, six were convicted. Although there were allegations that this was part of a customary Beat up a White Kid day, both prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed that the incident arose from a vendetta between the two girls.
==2003 case==
On May 1, 2003, school officials and students at Wilbur Wright Middle School separately notified police that "a large fight" was planned for after school near the intersection of (Almira Avenue and West 110th street ) in Cleveland, Ohio.〔Miller, Steve. (June 20, 2003) ''Washington Times'' "Special day probed in girl's beating 18 preteens, teens charged in attack on white victim, 13." Section: Nation; Page A12.〕 Initially, it was believed that police arrived as the attack was under way.〔Albrecht, Brian E. (June 14, 2003) ''The Plain Dealer'' (June 14, 2003) "18 kids are charged with racially motivated beating of teenage girl." Section: Metro; Page B7.〕 However, two police cars were there prior to the attack and when school let out, they saw a large group of students walking in the street on West 110th.〔 From their automobiles, the police warned them to walk on the sidewalk.〔
Some of the students moved to block the police cars as part of the preplanned attack.〔〔〔Hiaasen, Scott. (July 26, 2003) ''The Plain Dealer'' "May Day suspects say they have alibis; Youths are accused of racial beating." Section: Metro; Page B1.〕 With the police kept at a distance, a pack of twelve girls and six boys, ages 9 through 15, began to run towards Melissa King, a 13-year-old white girl who was a student at Wilbur Wright and was walking home with two friends.〔〔 On reaching King, one girl grabbed King's hair from behind and yanked her to the ground.〔Dissell, Rachel; Hagan, John F. (June 22, 2003) ''The Plain Dealer'' "May Day': Fact and myth Legend of annual race attacks in schools fuels fear, assaults." Section: Metro; Page B1.〕 Then the black and Hispanic youths, 17 of whom were students at Wilbur Wright,〔 beat, kicked, and choked her.〔 As they pummeled and scratched at King, the attackers called her "honky," "white trash," and "white bitch."〔〔''The Plain Dealer'' (October 2, 2003) May Day' case winding down." Section: Metro; Page B3.〕 One attacker was overheard saying, "I hit her and got my stomp in."〔
By the time police broke up the attack,〔 King suffered serious injuries to her head, arms, face, neck, back, and an eye and experienced dizziness and blackouts that her mother claimed required repeated visits to the hospital.〔〔〔Nichols, Jim. (September 30, 2003) ''The Plain Dealer'' May Day' assault left girl in fear, pain, mom says." Section: Metro; Page B2.〕 When the attackers were asked separately by the police officers why the victim was jumped, each one stated, "It's May Day!"〔 They each went on to explain that May Day "is the day blacks beat on whites" and is known as "beat up a white kid day."〔〔〔〔Pitts, Leonard. (June 20, 2003) ''Miami Herald'' "Two racism cases, different lessons." Section: Local; Page 1B.〕 Others familiar with the attack said that it wasn't personal, but that it was merely in keeping with the May Day tradition where minority children get a "free shot" at white children simply because of their race.〔Morris, Phillip. (May 11, 2004) ''The Plain Dealer'' "May Day legend, like casino slots, is a sucker bet." Section: Forum; Page B9.〕 However, defense lawyers and prosecutors both agreed that the attack sprang from a personal vendetta between Melissa and one girl. This girl testified that Melissa had overheard her talking to a school counselor after she was sexually abused and attempted suicide, and claimed that Melissa had spread gossip about this. Within a few days of the attack, Wilbur Wright school responded by suspending five of the eighteen attackers from school for ten days.〔
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