Probe into Paterson JFK High attack is stymied by gang links
By: Joe Malinconcio
Paterson Press
PATERSON- Authorities have not yet made any arrests in the brutal stomping, kicking, and punching attack on a student in the hallway at Paterson's John F. Kennedy High School on November 26. [2024]
.....
Police sources said the probe has been hampered by a lack of cooperation from the victim in a case which they said has been complicated by gang affiliations.
..... Video recordings of the attack provided to Paterson Press show four young men inflicting more than 20 blows on the victim - many of them kicks and stomps to his head area - during the assault that went on for about 20 seconds while more than two dozen other subnets watched.
..... It's not clear whether police investigators have seen those videos, or any recordings of the attack captured by school security cameras.
..... A police department spokesperson said the investigation into the assault is ongoing.
.....
School district sources said city educators have identified the attackers and imposed suspensions on them.
..... But Paterson Public School officials have not revealed details of that discipline