Student attacked with metal pipe said school administrators did nothing to help

[ccharles000]

HOUSTON -- A Langham Creek High School freshman who said he's the victim of a hate crime is speaking out.
Jayron Martin said he begged two principals at his school and his bus driver for help before he was hit repeatedly with a metal pipe.

Martin said the help never came. He said it took a neighbor with a shotgun to stop the beating.

“They didn’t do anything,” said Martin. “They never called me down or nothing.”

The attack happened after school November 12, near the 6100 block of Langham Mist Lane.

According to the 16-year-old, the attack took place off campus. He said a fellow student beat him after school while eight others stood around and watched. Martin believes he was beaten because he’s gay.

“All they kept saying was, ‘We going to get you. We going to fight you,’ and all that and so when they started coming after me they were like, ‘You’re not going to be gay anymore.’ They just kept hitting me,” he said.

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[greennina]

1. As if teachers give a damn about kids.

Seriously, is anyone surprised by this?

[Chemisse]

3. That is bullshit

I am a teacher and I give more than a damn about my students. If a student told me he was being threatened with an attack, I damn sure would have done something, as would every teacher I know!

[dsc]

4. as an openly gay teacher

I find your comment offensive.

[Chemisse]

6. Openly gay in school?

I admire you. I haven't even 'come out' as an atheist!

[dsc]

7. yes in North Carolina

but I admit I would be very unwilling to be known as an athiest here.

[Chemisse]

8. Hahaha!

That is awesome. Kudos to you.

[dsc]

10. even the gays are off the hook religious here

I used to do my lundry on Sunday when I didn't have a machine because the laundromat had so many fewer people in it.

[ccharles000]

2. kick

[Chemisse]

5. The principal was lazy

And the bus driver was in over his head, I would bet.

It is ironic that the driver was suspended while the administrator is just having his actions investigated.

I hope they sue the pants off of that district. It is inexcusable. They are lucky the kid wasn't killed.

[TK421]

9. I give up...this fucking shit is never going to stop

[NavyMom]

11. He's right they did NOTHING my niece attends this school those

at that school turned their backs on him more than once. Their excuse is because it happened off campus but as my sister told them after this incident you get involved in other issues off campus, when one of the "non-gay" she told them, came about other students harassing her they interfered then and it happened off campus. She told them they can't select which kids to protect, that they should protect them all; all they had to do on this day was to keep these kids after school for 30 minutes and it would've given Jayron time to get home.

The teachers at this school knew, hell it was being talked about through the school, one of our neighbors asked before this happen what they were doing to protect him, did they speak with the other parents about their kids. NO they did not, now all the parents can't believe their kids are in trouble so I guess in this instance the school failed all around.