School: Boy, 8, who killed himself never said he was bullied
Source: Associated Press
Lisa Cornwell, Associated Press
Updated 6:38 pm, Friday, May 12, 2017
CINCINNATI (AP) An 8-year-old boy shown on surveillance video being knocked to the floor unconscious at school two days before he killed himself told staff he had fainted and never said he had been bullied or assaulted, a school spokeswoman said Friday.
Gabriel Taye's mother didn't learn of the bullying until her attorneys saw a copy of an email written by a Cincinnati police homicide detective in an investigative file that describes the scene outside a boys' bathroom, her lawyers said. The attorneys have questioned why the mother was told he fainted on Jan. 24 when the video shows he had been injured by another boy at Carson Elementary School.
The school spokeswoman said administrators weren't aware of the recording until days later when the detective investigating Gabriel's suicide requested surveillance videos from security officials.
Meanwhile, the Hamilton County coroner said she is reopening the investigation into Gabriel's suicide. He hanged himself with a necktie in the bedroom of his Cincinnati apartment on Jan. 26.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Ohio-coroner-reopens-case-in-suicide-of-bullied-11141530.php
whathehell
(29,125 posts)A little boy of eight? Killing himself?...What is WRONG with this world?!?
iluvtennis
(19,936 posts)angstlessk
(11,862 posts)AND the school had video tape of the location and did NOT review the tape immediately?
I call that neglect!
Oneironaut
(5,555 posts)Schools always bury their shit. They have the ultimate mafia wife mentality. I'm surprised that tape didn't get "lost" or "corrupted."
colorado_ufo
(5,756 posts)luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,614 posts)there is much wrong in the world
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)Last edited Fri May 12, 2017, 11:19 PM - Edit history (1)
Everyone responsible at that school should be held responsible. Schools should be an island of safety for students.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/8-year-old-s-suicide-leads-cincinnati-school-release-video-n758896
LeftInTX
(25,924 posts)They_Live
(3,252 posts)Kittycow
(2,396 posts)onecaliberal
(33,042 posts)Oneironaut
(5,555 posts)We poison minds with this nonsense at a young age. Sometimes, the only way out seems to be the most drastic.
Feminists get laughed at for pointing this out. Men need feminism just as much as women.
JudyM
(29,313 posts)LeftInTX
(25,924 posts)Poor kid
JudyM
(29,313 posts)probably, too, for not asking more questions. But how could she have known to do that? There's a lesson here for us all.
BeyondGeography
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