Pyro Banned From Stuyvesant High School

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A teenager charged with setting fires in two bathrooms at Stuyvesant High School last year pleaded guilty yesterday to disorderly conduct. But instead of facing seven years in prison, 17-year-old Mohammed Hassan's only punishment is that he must give up his Senior year spot at the prestigious high school.

Hassan was caught on surveillance tapes last November entering bathrooms and leaving as trash cans erupted in flames. He also allegedly bragged about the fires to friends, but he may not have been the only one responsible. A few days after he was suspended, a copycat arsonist (the "Hiero Pyro") lit fires in bathrooms at the school, and left notes in hieroglyphics for cops. The school's physical education teacher Phil Fisher blamed the fires on "a couple of teenagers with too much time on their hands. Obviously, we have a couple of pyros around here."

Hassan, who wanted to go to Harvard and law school, pleaded not guilty to arson. His father previously said the Hiero Pyro proved that his son was innocent, telling reporters, "They don't have anything—the fires are still going on so this proves it. It's totally, completely racial." Hassan has been attending high school in the Bronx since the incident, and we hear he's really making a go of it over there.

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By Jaya Saxena in News on June 29, 2010 11:34 AM

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inoyourider

Yeah they don't admit anyone of color....oops except this kid of course.

Stacked against this kid?

Yeah they have him on video lighting shit up.

That's about as 'stacked' as it gets.

Don't know why people feel they have to stick up for a scumbag...

Oh wait yes I do...he's a minority, it can't possibly be his fault.

Disregard that video evidence, he's a fine young boy.

rbeshenk

I believe the kid. Mr. Fisher is an asshole. He tried to get me not to graduate on some bullshit. Then laughed in my face about it, and tried to get me suspended for giving him the finger when he did. He likes little girls. Ask him why he got kicked out of Hunter before he worked at Stuy. His word means shit.

hanbush

Even though Fisher is a scumbag, it seems pretty stacked against this kid.

Has his dad ever been to Stuy? I'm sure it's racial. They don't admit people of color.

inoyourider

His father previously said the Hiero Pyro proved that his son was innocent, telling reporters, "They don't have anything—the fires are still going on so this proves it. It's totally, completely racial."

Fuck you and your race card.

You're lucky your kid only has to transfer schools.

"A 16-year-old Stuyvesant High School student was caught on camera setting two fires in school bathrooms this week, according to police. Cops arrested junior Mohammed Hassan after obtaining surveillance tapes that apparently show the teen entering a seventh-floor bathroom at 1:13 pm and leaving two minutes later as a trash can went up in flames. At 1:16 pm, a different camera purportedly captures Hassan entering and quickly exiting another bathroom, leaving "bright orange and yellow flames rising out of a large garbage can," according to investigators quoted by the Daily News."