Student Who Outed Beat the Jew Game Threatened

Those zany kids at La Quinta High School near Palm Springs invented a merry little game called “Beat the Jew”:

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Seven La Quinta students recently played the game — which involves players called ‘Nazis’ chasing and trying to capture a runner designated as a ‘Jew’ — off campus and after school, authorities said.

However, The Desert Sun goes on to report that approximately 40 students were members of the Facebook group dedicated to the game. The burgeoning anti-Semites were outed by a classmate who has been unable to return to school due to fears of retribution. Sherry Johnstone, assistant superintendent of personnel for Desert Sands Unified:

‘We don't want anyone afraid to come to school. We want school to be safe.’

In California, holding a cross is a hate crime; but playing a game in which the good guys are the Nazis is just a frolicsome diversion:

Investigators determined no hate crime was committed by the game-players.

The district has nearly completed its investigation and may consider disciplining some of the students.

‘We are going to do what is right. We're gathering all the facts and then we will move ahead,’ Johnstone said. ‘If discipline needs to happen — suspension, expulsion, denial of graduation — whatever is called for, we will do. The safety of our students is important to us.’

In other words, the district couldn’t get involved when the kids were playing Beat the Jew. They will, however, speak out against threats against a student. No public school wants to lose a student—that costs the district money. To clarify the nature of this “game”: the Jew runs down Highway 111 to a checkpoint and the Nazis catch up to him, tackle and capture him. The district initially tried to hide behind the 1st Amendment, making another excellent argument in favor of home schooling. No doubt ensuring the freedom to practice mindless anti-Semitism in taxpayer funded schools is exactly what Thomas Jefferson had in mind. When asked about the game, Indio police spokesman Ben Guitron made an entirely astounding statement :

‘If they're driving, are they obeying the speed laws? Are they driving erratically? Are they blowing lights? Are they speeding to get to them? Then there are going to be complications.’

Here’s a quick and easy test to determine whether the kids committed a hate crime: substitute “Muslim” or “Illegal Alien” for “Jew” and see what happens.