Thread by @ryanmauro

I have a VERY good source who briefed me on some of the abuses alleged at #WallHighSchool.

Reporters & #Wall residents, I hope you’re paying attention.

Bc it’s time to excise the tumor.

Stay tuned for after the BoE meeting 😉

#NEWS #BREAKING #newjersey #wall2021 #monmouth

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1] Exclusive details & allegations from a very credible source about the #WHSScandal (quotes paraphrased):

"It's bigger than that. Rape, attempted sodomy, steroids, cover ups by school officials and local police..."

#WallHighSchool #walltownship #walltwp #newjersey #NJ #WHS2021

2) "A student at #WHS committed suicide less than a month ago bc of football players bullying him.

The players then made fun of the kid on social media…and then a group of students and parents had enough..."

#njedpartners #walltownship #wall #scandal #hazing

3) "They went to school administration & the police and they did nothing.

Two cops are coaches and they allegedly fed steroids to players and tried to intimidate parents and kids into dropping charges

So they went to prosecutor's office and told reporters..."

#Walltwp #wall

4) "...The prosecutor's office saw the coverup by the local police & excluded them from the investigation as a result.

One athlete sexually assaulted a few girls last year. The admin & coaches swept it under the rug..."

#Walltwp #Wall #WHS #WHS2021

5) "...Victims came forward after he allegedly committed another two sexual assaults this year. He was publicly arrested at football practice...."

#walltownship

6) "...Then a boy who was bullied committed suicide. He was picked on by football players.

The bullies reacted to the news by making fun of his suicide on social media and it pissed off other students and parents.

This sparked the bigger investigation...."

#Wall #WHS2021 #WHS

7) "...It showed patterns of coverups by admins & Board of Ed officials & this culture of intimidation & coverups by- and for- the football team.

Letting bullying, violence, harassment, sexual assault & misconduct be swept under the rug for the sake of the untouchables..."

8) "It empowered bullies & normalized the behavior. The athletes' circle felt entitled & above those they abused in order to show off to each other.

Escalated until they sexually abused & sodomized younger players & were cocky enough to film it like nothing would happen..."

9) "Administrators, coaches, & police knew the video was there, saw it, and tried to sweep it under the rug…starting with the admins who downplayed it as rumors. The superintendent who was convicted, Habel, brought people in who came from his corrupt culture..."

#WallTwp #Wall

10) "The video of the assault was out there being seen for about 2 weeks, with nothing happened, until some good parents concluded that the Wall BoE and Wall PD were part of the problem, and they had to go around them..."

#WallTwp #Wall #WHS2021

11) "The boy who was arrested for the sexual assaults wasn't involved in the so-called 'hazings' as far as I know, but he's part of the team. So the crimes get conflated..."

#WallTwp #WallTownship #Wall #WHS2021

12) "The athletes' parents who did the 'hazings' have DEEP to the most affluent and powerful people in this part of NJ.

FINALLY, they've run into resistance. The first state playoff game had EMPTY stands because so many boycotted it...." [source provided a photo to prove this]

13) "...One of the parents of the athletes who did the 'hazing' is an administrator in [redacted].

The other kid's parent owns the gym where the cops (remember two coaches are cops) and athletes worked out and shared steroids..."

#WHS2021 #WHS #WallTwp #Wall

14) "Everything I'm saying is well-known in #WallTownship. Now you see it and more details and allegations all over social media. I bet there's a ton I don't know about that is about to come out.

And this type of culture is developed over a long period of time..."

#WHS #hazing

15) "Teachers are scared of retaliation from parents & other teachers & coaches.

Parents and victims are scared of retaliation from the untouchable group of bullies, coaches, teachers & that entire circle...

Every1 fears retaliation from bosses, colleagues or police..."

16) The source, while watching the #WallTownship BoE meeting, then finds inspiration from a Wall freshman who stands up to call out the culture of bullying...

Others tell admins they have blood from the boy's suicide on their hands.

Then, another jaw-dropper comes...

#WHS2021

17) ...The mother of a mentally-handicapped boy publicly addresses the #WallTwp BoE.

She says her boy was forced to perform a sexual act on another football player.

The culture of retaliation, bullying acceptance & coverup deterred her from reporting it [source's description]

18) Here is a public Facebook post reacting to the #WallTwp Board of Education meeting about the scandal:

19) Here's an anecdote from me. One kid was bullying my Chinese friends, but he only did it because he was pressured by the football players at his lunch table.

They pressured him into fighting my Chinese friend (who won). Then....

20) Bully spit blood all over the face of my friend's younger sis (who hilariously yelled "YOU JUST GAVE ME AIDS!")

He repeatedly screamed racial slurs at them as teachers led him out of cafeteria.

Admins told my friends' mom that a normal fight happened & denied all the rest.

21) Dear @WallTwpSchools @WallInPrincipal,

It's time to excise the cultural tumor you've let grow since I was there.

I didn't even get treated terribly, except by Mr. Lowenstein, the psychopathic sadistic computers teacher (and coach) who you knew was a nasty SOB & didn't stop

NJ reporters & media - please see above thread

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@traceytully Please read this and pass on to other NJ reporters

And how could I forget @JGodynick?

Please see thread above

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