Guest guest Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 1, 2003) - About 20 Catholic schoolgirls chased down a man who had been flashing them near their high school, tackled him to the ground and held him there until police arrived, authorities said. The students from St. Maria Goretti High School for Girls in South Philadelphia said the man had been flashing students since the middle of September. He typically hid behind a van, waited for students and then jumped out and exposed himself, police said. But on Thursday, store owners in the area saw the man flashing girls and started yelling at him. The students then chased him down the street and subdued him with the help of a passer-by, authorities said. "The girls came and started kicking him and punching him, so I wasn't going to stop them," neighbor Robert Lemons told The Philadelphia Inquirer. Caitlin Dalin, a 14-year-old ninth-grader, said she kicked the suspect with her school shoes. "I'm happy he's off the street," Dalin told the Philadelphia Daily News, adding that the suspect had exposed himself to her twice. The suspect was treated at the hospital for minor injuries to his mouth. ********** PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A 25-year-old man who had repeatedly exposed himself outside St. Maria Goretti School in Philadelphia got his comeuppance when a crowd of angry Catholic girls chased him down, and got their revenge. CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper spoke with two of the students. COOPER: All right. It being Halloween, when we heard this story, a movie title flashed into our heads: "Attack of the Angry Catholic School Girls." Yesterday, a posse of Catholic high school girls in South Philly chased down, tackled and punched a man described by police as a sexual predator. He apparently flashed the girls one too many times. We should point out their principal does not condone what they did. We're joined now by two of the students, Kelly and Jeanine Simone. Kelly, how many times before this incident had this guy been around the school flashing himself? KELLY: About five, six times. COOPER: And Jeanine, what finally made you all decide to run after him? JEANINE: Well, when we went to the corner and Bobby said that he caught the guy everybody was there and everybody they -- everybody just crowded around him and attacked him. COOPER: Kelly, did you think much about this in advance? I mean, you know, the principal says this was not a smart thing to do. He said it was going too far. Do you regret it at all? KELLY: No. COOPER: What did police say when they first came on the scene, Kelly? KELLY: They were proud of us because they were all girl cops. COOPER: It was all female police officers and they said they were proud of you? KELLY: Yes. COOPER: How badly did this guy get injured? I mean, I guess there were quite a lot of you from this girl's school. What did you do to him? KELLY: Well, we stormed him. Punched him. And then some guy came up. And then he started running and we all caught him and from what I hear, his tooth fell out. COOPER: He is in custody. He's going to be charged apparently with a number of charges. Any regrets, Jeanine. JEANINE: No, no regrets. COOPER: What does everyone else in the school say? I know the principal has come out and said this was too far, you shouldn't have done what you did today. Do you get that from the teachers and your fellow students? KELLY: No. They think we're heroes for doing it. COOPER: And your parents? Kelly, what do they think? KELLY: Oh, they're real proud of us. COOPER: Jeanine, same? JEANINE: Yes. They're real proud. Source: (Story) Newsday; (Interview) CNN URLs: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny- ussex013521686nov01,0,7286133.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/10/31/cnna.catholicgirls/index.h tml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 I live just outside Philly, and saw this on the news...good for these girls! Felicia from Bensalem Devi Bhakta <devi_bhakta wrote: PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 1, 2003) - About 20 Catholic schoolgirls chased down a man who had been flashing them near their high school, tackled him to the ground and held him there until police arrived, authorities said. The students from St. Maria Goretti High School for Girls in South Philadelphia said the man had been flashing students since the middle of September. He typically hid behind a van, waited for students and then jumped out and exposed himself, police said. But on Thursday, store owners in the area saw the man flashing girls and started yelling at him. The students then chased him down the street and subdued him with the help of a passer-by, authorities said. "The girls came and started kicking him and punching him, so I wasn't going to stop them," neighbor Robert Lemons told The Philadelphia Inquirer. Caitlin Dalin, a 14-year-old ninth-grader, said she kicked the suspect with her school shoes. "I'm happy he's off the street," Dalin told the Philadelphia Daily News, adding that the suspect had exposed himself to her twice. The suspect was treated at the hospital for minor injuries to his mouth. ********** PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A 25-year-old man who had repeatedly exposed himself outside St. Maria Goretti School in Philadelphia got his comeuppance when a crowd of angry Catholic girls chased him down, and got their revenge. CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper spoke with two of the students. COOPER: All right. It being Halloween, when we heard this story, a movie title flashed into our heads: "Attack of the Angry Catholic School Girls." Yesterday, a posse of Catholic high school girls in South Philly chased down, tackled and punched a man described by police as a sexual predator. He apparently flashed the girls one too many times. We should point out their principal does not condone what they did. We're joined now by two of the students, Kelly and Jeanine Simone. Kelly, how many times before this incident had this guy been around the school flashing himself? KELLY: About five, six times. COOPER: And Jeanine, what finally made you all decide to run after him? JEANINE: Well, when we went to the corner and Bobby said that he caught the guy everybody was there and everybody they -- everybody just crowded around him and attacked him. COOPER: Kelly, did you think much about this in advance? I mean, you know, the principal says this was not a smart thing to do. He said it was going too far. Do you regret it at all? KELLY: No. COOPER: What did police say when they first came on the scene, Kelly? KELLY: They were proud of us because they were all girl cops. COOPER: It was all female police officers and they said they were proud of you? KELLY: Yes. COOPER: How badly did this guy get injured? I mean, I guess there were quite a lot of you from this girl's school. What did you do to him? KELLY: Well, we stormed him. Punched him. And then some guy came up. And then he started running and we all caught him and from what I hear, his tooth fell out. COOPER: He is in custody. He's going to be charged apparently with a number of charges. Any regrets, Jeanine. JEANINE: No, no regrets. COOPER: What does everyone else in the school say? I know the principal has come out and said this was too far, you shouldn't have done what you did today. Do you get that from the teachers and your fellow students? KELLY: No. They think we're heroes for doing it. COOPER: And your parents? Kelly, what do they think? KELLY: Oh, they're real proud of us. COOPER: Jeanine, same? JEANINE: Yes. They're real proud. Source: (Story) Newsday; (Interview) CNN URLs: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny- ussex013521686nov01,0,7286133.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/10/31/cnna.catholicgirls/index.h tml Felicia M. Ciaudelli ciaudelli (AT) aol (DOT) com Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 "...good for these girls!" Its like advocating violence against a person who is in need of help. Do you think its right? We should instead teach our children the correct way of handling such a situation. Punching and kicking to me is not a heroic act. Being Flashed at is noting new. It happens everywhere in every society. In my own growing up years, I have face numerous flasher. The first time I ran away, then subsequently I realize that running away aint the answer. We should learn to face it and come to terms with it. My last encounter goes like this : "So you want to show me your ****. Okay let me see it. Anything interesting to show? So Why do you want to show me? Nobody wants to see it?. Okay I will sit here and watch. Come on Show Me!" The Flasher burst out in tears and into confession. We eventually becomes friends. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 Certainly, I don't advocate violence. But that was something that no one should put up with (granted, this is, unfortunately, not a perfect world and there are LOTS of things out there that we shouldn't have to put up with). "N. Madasamy" <ashwini_puralasamy wrote:"...good for these girls!" Its like advocating violence against a person who is in need of help. Do you think its right? We should instead teach our children the correct way of handling such a situation. Punching and kicking to me is not a heroic act. Being Flashed at is noting new. It happens everywhere in every society. In my own growing up years, I have face numerous flasher. The first time I ran away, then subsequently I realize that running away aint the answer. We should learn to face it and come to terms with it. My last encounter goes like this : "So you want to show me your ****. Okay let me see it. Anything interesting to show? So Why do you want to show me? Nobody wants to see it?. Okay I will sit here and watch. Come on Show Me!" The Flasher burst out in tears and into confession. We eventually becomes friends. LOL. Felicia M. Ciaudelli ciaudelli (AT) aol (DOT) com Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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