Eastern Idaho student arrested during flag protests

The Associated Press
Edition Date: 05/09/08

BOISE, Idaho β€” Authorities say they have arrested student and bolstered police security at a southern Idaho high school stressed by racial tensions this week.
Vic Watson, Chief Deputy for the Minidoka County Sheriff Department, says the male student was arrested Friday for threatening violence on the grounds of Minico High School.

The school became the center of racial tension after a student accused a teacher of throwing away a Mexican flag the student brought to school to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. That action sparked a series of protests by Hispanic and non-Hispanic students.

This week, another teacher was suspended for disgracing the American flag in front of a school administrator.

Watson says patrols at the school were doubled Friday when about 40 students protested recent decisions at the school.

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