Asian Students at S. Phila. HS Unhappy with Judge's Report

by KYW's Mike DeNardo

Asian students say a retired judge's report on violence at South Philadelphia high school downplayed the years of racial animosity that led up to the December third attacks.

The report by retired judge James Giles said gang influences can't be ruled out as motivation for the December racial attacks at South Philly High. Junior Duong-Nghe Ly told the School Reform Commission, yes they can:

"We were not attacked because we were in gangs. Obviously, we were attacked because of our race -- because we are Asian."

Commission chair Robert Archie said students should feel safer, with the school's new security cameras and multicultural programs:

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