The student who was assaulted just lost her mother. She's an orphan now and in foster care.

[Are_grits_groceries]

http://nydn.us/1PRnVgx

The kid who stood up for her said she had nobody. Now that makes sense.
Poor kid. She probably didn't give a damn about what anybody said to do.

[valerief]

1. It doesn't matter. She's black and the officer is white and this is America.

Hate rules. Empathy is just a tool of the libruls.

, of course.

Poor kid.

[beevul]

4. I'm not so sure in this case.

I think this was a case, of a gung ho football coach/cop/roidheaded powerlifter deciding he needed to set an example to make sure everyone knows and respects his authoritah in 'his' school.

Surely this guy was well aware of what other students knew and thought about him, as well as his own history of abusing people, and quite likely, wanted to keep them scared, silent, and compliant.

Power tripping types tend (almost without exception) to double down when it comes to illegitimate exercise of power...regardless of whether its a cop, a dictator, or a politician.

[Mariana]

11. The school personnel knew about that cop's reputation, too.

Let's not leave that part out. He didn't just materialize there out of thin air. He was called in to deal with her.

[beevul]

12. Yeah.

There were a lot of non-student people who knew, who said and did nothing.

Theres a saying relating to that...

[Downwinder]

2. Don't want to pick on SC but WTF.

Even in Texas, when my daughter died the school set up consoling for her daughter.

[uppityperson]

3. K&R, poor kid

[malaise]

5. Someone should have told the Sheriff

Heartless scumbag

This is really way too sad

[mcar]

6. Poor kid

I hope a good attorney steps up for her.

[closeupready]

7. Damn.

[Rex]

8. And now she will probably suffer from PTSD.

You lose your mother and then at your new school, a cop tries to kill you.

[Sanity Claws]

9. Poor girl

I lost my mother when I was about her age. I was very traumatized even though I still had my father and brothers. Can you imagine being just 16 and all alone in the world?
My eyes are misting up just thinking of that poor girl's situation. I hope someone sets up a gofundme site for her. I'd kick in a few dollars.

[smirkymonkey]

18. Poor girl. What a harsh life she has had already.

I really hope things turn around for her like they did for the "Alarm Clock Boy".

[etherealtruth]

10. That is so incredibly sad.

That poor girl.

[Egnever]

13. Ugh

That just sucks. The school must have been aware of this. One would think there would be some understanding.

Can't imagine what that poor girl is going through.

[Mopar151]

14. So maybe, instead of rudeness, she was dealing with personal issues

And perhaps not in the best way. But she's a kid, pretty much at the end of her rope - she's not gonna get every nuance right. A GOOD school resource officer would have never raised a voice sorting this out. Good Gawd.......

[Duval]

15. Makes it doubly disturbing.

I lost my Dad between 2nd and 3rd grades. My 3rd grade teacher wrote on my report card that "she has an unfriendly attitude". Oh, really, you dumb jackass!! btw, the teacher knew my Dad.
So many still don't recognize depression in children.

[McKim]

16. Grief Makes You Daydream in Another World

This young woman was grieving and living in another world of daydreaming and remembering and worrying about her future.
She deserves a lot of help. How can I help?

School should be a nurtering place. What about the teacher, he or she just stood and watched this happen as standard operating proceedure?

[Ilsa]

17. Where the hell was the school counselor in all of this?

Couldn't they have let her teachers know that she's emotionally fragile right now?

PTSD and grief are very lonely places even for adults. I can only imagine how much worse it is for teens.