Calabasas High School Hate Crime: L.A. Sheriff Tracks Graffiti Suspects on Facebook

By Simone Wilson Wed., Apr. 27 2011 at 6:45 AM

Spring Break surprise at Calabasas High

Update: "3 Boys Who Sprayed Swastikas Say They Were Bullied."

Update: Three Calabasas High students have reportedly admitted to the crime. More to come in a sheriff's announcement at 10 a.m.

How many times do we have to learn this lesson, people? If you've been bad, no matter how tempting it is to blabber your badness all over Facebook (or get the whole crime scene inked onto your pectorals, as the case may be), doing so will almost certainly lead to your arrest. And your indictment into the Dumbest Criminals hall o' fame.

L.A. County Sheriff's investigators at the Malibu/Lost Hills station report to KNX news radio this morning that they're hot on the social-media trail of the suspected students who decked out Calabasas High School with racist graffiti over Spring Break.

Swastikas, Adolf Hitler faces and "Whites Only" signs above drinking fountains form the elaborate hate crime that school maintenance workers discovered upon arriving to campus Saturday morning. A campus that, we remind you, is vast-majority white and privileged, and extremely high-performing on a state scale. Guess standardized tests don't account for bullheaded ignorance these days.

And while we're getting wistful, remember when Valley punks just smoked bad weed outside the corner Circle K and skated/trespassed in rich neighbors' driveways all break? This is the sickest kind of time-killer:

"They have targeted Christians, they've targeted Jewish people, they've targeted blacks -- it's pretty across the board," says the school's principal. "And it's just hateful."

Individuals were also targeted: Four students and two teachers, including 11-year Calabasas High math veteran Andrea Camacho Ingersoll, according to the KTLA broadcast.

Their trail of hate is almost as far-reaching as O.C. graffiti suspect Kim Rebar Henry, a middle-aged woman whose black spray recently ragged on Mexicans, Asians, Filipinos, Blacks, Catholics, to name a few. The Calabasas High crew seems to have a similar "troll" flair -- in that they're probably just trying to piss off as many people as possible, making the whole thing more ridiculous than pointedly hateful.

Even more ridiculous is their apparent decision to leave hints on Facebook for sheriff's investigators to dig through. We're waiting to hear back on the current status of their hunt; in the meantime, a reward for information is at $2,000, so call (818) 878-1808 if you have any clues.

Originally posted April 25 at 9 a.m.

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Calabasas Resident

the saddest part of all is that they were persian jews. their parents must feel horrible after the way jews in iran are treated. they did not understand it all b/c the persian jews were not affected by the holocaust and have no clue of the significance of Good Friday. Yet the persian jews are wonderful people. this is a disgrace to their commuity. in fact all the persians in this area a respectful and kind whatever religion they are. they got out when the auatolla took over and have suffered greatly over the years. Shame on these boys!

Guest

actually they were persian muslims. if you are a calabasas resident you would know this

Love At First Wink

I saw this on the news the other day. So sad. I graduated CHS back in 1995... ugh that was awhile ago. Its horrible to see how anyone would deface a school like that. But if you look past the hate you can see how much the school has changed and progressed, which is pretty cool. I need to go back and check it out. My fiance and I are fighing to stop hate and promote equality, check out our website http://www.loveatfirstwink.com

Anonymous

"A campus that, we remind you, is vast-majority white and privileged, and extremely high-performing on a state scale. Guess standardized tests don't account for bullheaded ignorance these days."

Lol. I go there and the vast majority of kids are Persian and privileged. And almost everyone at the school is ignorant and don't give a sh*t about standardized test scores.

Calabasas Resident

that school does not have the best reputation. i pay taxes there an i will NOT send my kids there, sorry

Guest

yes and we also know that the spoiled persians were the ones who didit!

Rami Dressler

DISCRACFULL

Kathy

Apples do not fall far from trees. When there is hate in the home there is hate on the streets. This is sick unforgivable act. When they are caught, and they will be because not only are the sick they are also stupid. Clues were left at the scene and online. The criminals and their parents no matter how old these punks are need to be addressed publicly for this felonious act. It is deplorable and disgraceful. I hope they are prosecuted and the life they knew is ruined.

Mishmosh

... form the elaborate hate crime that school maintenance workers discovered upon arriving to campus Saturday morning. A campus that, we remind you, is vast-majority white and privileged, and extremely high-performing on a state scale. Guess standardized tests don't account for bullheaded ignorance these days.

I guess this LA Weekly scribe loves the juiciness of privileged hate crimes so much that she is able to discern between "pointedly hateful" and "ridiculous" "trolling?" I don't see the difference in one hate crime to another, they are all just as ugly as the next.

Anonymous

Ktla 5 said nothing besides attacks against blacks and mexicans, looks like it ran the gamut of hate though. These hateful kids make a bad name for the rest of the good kids at the school. Seems like this group needs to re-learn some history lessons.

Guest

actually the attack on the teacher was named cumacho. she married a hispanic. she was actually jewish. she is an 11th grade math teacher that most of the kids hate. craziness!

carmen elektra

remember when Valley punks just smoked bad weed outside the corner Circle K and skated/trespassed in rich neighbors' driveways all break? NO i don't remember that? but I wonder how you are getting paid to make ignorant comments? are we missing your history or something I missed?