The students, who have not been named because they are minors, are currently on house arrest and face trumped-up felony aggravated assault charges for allegedly injuring McElree during the anti-ICE protest.
On February 20, an unidentified McElree approached students while in plain clothes, shoving one and placing another—now identified as a 15-year-old girl—in a rear naked chokehold before taking her to the ground. Startled students surrounding the man sought to physically prevent the assault. They were arrested and now face felony aggravated assault charges, which, if they are tried as adults, carry a statutory maximum of up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000 in Pennsylvania.
The attack and reprisal come as students continue to stage daily protests against ICE and the Trump administration’s anti‑immigrant policies. On Tuesday, students at Philadelphia’s Edison High School staged a walkout. According to ABC News, the “school district says it does not sanction these protests,” potentially opening them up to academic and legal repercussions.
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What is a “McElree”?
an unidentified McElree approached
“the borough’s police chief and borough manager, Scott McElree”
Sounds pretty identified to me.
Unidentified as in plain-clothed.
Nah they called that out separately.
an unidentified McElree approached students while in plain clothes
I’m not defending how this was written, but they were clearly reinforcing how the person was unidentifiable from the students point of view.
“They didn’t know he was with the police? How??”
“Well he was unidentifiable.”
“What??”
“He was in plain cloths, how would anyone in the public, who doesn’t already know what the person looks like, identify him as part of the police?? Also why would a member of the police put a child in a choke hold, in addition to not identifying themselves??”
“Oh. Yeah, I guess you’re right”
He wasn’t identified by the students before or during the assault to those minors?
Sure, it’s just very odd phrasing.
Better as something like “McElree approached the students without identifying himself”
It reads like “I don’t know what that is but I’m sure it’s a McElree!”
Hey no worries, it was a bit odd.
the whole source is fairly shitty, i mean i don’t actually disagree with the opinions it injects into this “news article” but it makes me have questions. it also says that the dude made “explicitly racist remarks” and then goes on to quote something that is implicitly racist at most. i guess if Dave’s Big Communist Web Newspaper is the only place making updates on this story then that’s what we’re posting though