New Jersey Student Expelled after Torching Kid's Turban
By Charlie Brett
17:07, May 14th 2008
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New Jersey Student Expelled after Torching Kid's Turban

I bet Garrett Green thought that setting a fellow student's turban on fire is damn funny. I also bet that, even after officials banned him from school, he didn’t understand the gravity of his action.

The 18-year-old Hightstown high school senior won't be allowed to attend the prom or graduation. He must have been devastated as the prom could have given him the possibility to prove his wisdom once more.

Green torched a 16-year-old junior's turban with a cigarette lighter during a fire drill last week. Fortunately, the victim kid who was a member of the Sikh community wasn’t seriously hurt.

“It’s a bad day for New Jersey, it’s a bad day for the Sikh community,” Sikh Coalition legal director Amardeep Singh said, according to 7Online.

“Unfortunately, kids don't understand that making fun of a somebody's turban is like calling an African-American student the N-word or making an anti-Jewish epithet,” Singh added.

Green is due in court Wednesday on charges of arson and criminal mischief.

The parents of the victim were very disturbed about the event and said that education should also take care of teaching kids about different religions.

After the incident, school officials are now hoping to implement programs for their students.



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