On Saturday, the New York Post ran an exclusive story by their correspondent Deirdre Bardolf, describing a frankly troubling incident in which a soccer game between two East Harlem high school teams was canceled. This game was to take place in a public place, a field dedicated to use as a soccer field, a place presumably intended to give urban youths a healthy outlet for their youthful energy. That’s a laudable goal. Sports are one of the best options for activity by big-city youths, but these youths were denied that activity.
Why was the game canceled? Because a group of 30 people were occupying the field and refused to leave.
Warning: coarse language:
A high school soccer game at a public field in East Harlem was canceled after a group of migrants refused to leave the pitch so the kids could play.
“I directly asked them to leave and some of them kind of took it into…
