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Fordson Basketball Fight

Thursday, January 17, 2013

3 Students Disciplined Over Fordson Basketball Game Fight

A fight broke out between players at a Fordson v Redford Thurston game Tuesday night.

Three Fordson High School students have been disciplined following a fight during a boys basketball game, Dearborn Public Schools confirmed Thursday. Two students will be suspended for two days from school, while a third will be forced to sit out this Friday's basketball game against Romulus. The fight took place Tuesday at Fordson, just after the the game was completed. MLive reported that the fight appeared to start when a Fordson player pushed a Thurston player as the teams were about to shake hands. However, district officials are saying after viewing video footage of the incident, it's not clear who—if any one person—instigated the brawl. According to athletic and school officials, it appeared that the fight escalated into shoving, at…

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Fordson High School and Dearborn Schools Investigating Fight at Fordson Basketball Game

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11:27 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013

According to the Code of Conduct, it doesn't matter who starts the fight...anybody who participates in the fighting, even if for self-defense, is still subject to discipline. ..eg if one students punches another, and the other punches back, both are still suspended.   more ›

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Dearborn Schools Investigating Fight at Fordson Basketball Game

No students have been disciplined at this time.

A fight that broke out Tuesday night between players on the Fordson and Redford Thurston boys basketball team at Fordson High School is being investigated, Dearborn Public Schools officials confirmed Wednesday. No disciplinary actions have been taken at this time, though there is a possibility that some students could get suspended from games, or from school. MLive reported Tuesday night that the fight broke out just after the game, and appeared to start when a Fordson player pushed a Thurston player as the teams were about to shake hands. "From there, both benches just cleared," MLive intern Jon Corrigan, who was covering the game for the online publication, said in the site’s article on the incident. "Fans also ran onto the court, …

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Fordson High School and Dearborn Police Department

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Jared Purcell

3:45 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Kassem, Thank you for your thoughtful response on this. As the news broke, the intern's viewpoint did provid an initial reaction that seemed to coincide with the words "fight" and "brawl" floating through social media. It only made sense to ask him what he saw. As the investigation progressed, however, a lot more information came to light of help clarify the situation. People saw what they saw, …   more ›

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