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glinda

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72. The School and the bullying kids' families should be sued.

Reply to HughBeaumont (Original post)

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 12:21 AM

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Bullied 11-year-old in coma after brutal schoolyard attack. [View all] HughBeaumont Feb 2013 OP

I'm beyond outraged at this. WHEN is it going to stop?? HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #1

Bullying RobinA Feb 2013 #20

we do know why but... icarusxat Feb 2013 #67

just last Niceguy1 Feb 2013 #23

Now if those bullies Turbineguy Feb 2013 #2

+1 snort Feb 2013 #34

or were female and had an uncovered breast... Wednesdays Feb 2013 #49

"What would happen to you if you beat up an 11 year old bad enough to send him to a hospital?" magellan Feb 2013 #3

Who says they'll get away with it? cali Feb 2013 #6

The suggestion is they very well may magellan Feb 2013 #11

Perhaps their parents should be, however. n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #27

what has happened to this country?! Carolina Feb 2013 #4

I want to know how long the school knew this was going on. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #5

Realistically RobinA Feb 2013 #22

Did you miss the "two day suspension" part of the story? Wednesdays Feb 2013 #50

A lot can be done. SunSeeker Feb 2013 #58

This is the way it's supposed to be. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #65

Realistically? Enforce their damn rules. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #63

What the.... That's exactly the attitude that has gotten us here. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #64

IMHO timdog44 Feb 2013 #7

This is true. citizen blues Feb 2013 #30

Sometimes fathers who want to instill it as a trait of dominance encourage bully behavior imo lunasun Feb 2013 #40

I have had problems in school with both of my kids BigD_95 Feb 2013 #8

Sue the School and the School District avebury Feb 2013 #9

This ^^^ is the best ^^^ answer. In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #13

If I was the victim's parent, I would sue the school, the school district, AND... ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #29

It is sad that we live in an age where people have to turn to social media lunasun Feb 2013 #41

Social pressure does change people's behavior so yes we should gtar100 Feb 2013 #73

The kids parents should publize this as much as possible azurnoir Feb 2013 #10

Schools need social spies SCVDem Feb 2013 #12

I like that idea. Rider3 Feb 2013 #14

scared straight frylock Feb 2013 #71

Three fights at daughter's school yesterday revolution breeze Feb 2013 #15

good lord... Maine-ah Feb 2013 #16

Who the hell is raising these little monsters? CrispyQ Feb 2013 #53

Beating up on the defensless The Wizard Feb 2013 #17

I went to schools LWolf Feb 2013 #18

I wonder if the boy's family could bring a civil suit against the bullies' families. nt raccoon Feb 2013 #19

Or even press criminal charges? Iris Feb 2013 #68

It's not the school's job to punish crimes, that's the job of the criminal justice system. JVS Feb 2013 #21

last week some Niceguy1 Feb 2013 #25

It is the school's job to provide a secure exboyfil Feb 2013 #28

You're right. citizen blues Feb 2013 #31

Funny, schools apparently can punish things like bringing over the counter drugs to school n2doc Feb 2013 #33

Yeah, they seem to come down hard on kids who point their fingers to imitate guns, and that other Nay Feb 2013 #38

But they expelled kids for making a gun put of Legos nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #42

No, it's their job to set up the conditions by which they don't happen. n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #45

the parents need to get a lawyer. barbtries Feb 2013 #24

I know stories like this all too well obama2terms Feb 2013 #26

And yet if they had brought aspirin to the school, or a plastic water pistol n2doc Feb 2013 #32

Or made up a pretend weapon get the red out Feb 2013 #37

There is a lot more going on here... Javaman Feb 2013 #35

I know the feeling, a day not bullied nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #43

But you have to understand get the red out Feb 2013 #36

And it last through college. Sexual assaults are handled by campus "police" Iris Feb 2013 #69

What in the fuck! lonestarnot Feb 2013 #39

God. The poor kid. This absolutely sickens me. smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #44

Where is the supervision? Nine Feb 2013 #46

How could there be nothing criminal about this? Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #47

It IS criminal, and I'm surprised you don't think they should be put in juvenile detention -- whathehell Feb 2013 #61

Put a kid in a coma, no big deal. Point your finger like a gun and say "bang" gollygee Feb 2013 #48

Because some adults LIKE bullying? can't get away with it themselves, but see it as a sign of patrice Feb 2013 #51

OMG - that poor family - Smilo Feb 2013 #52

There is no excuse for bullying. Octafish Feb 2013 #54

Ain't no two ways about it. This was assault, and assault is a CRIME. HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #55

Let me guess: the bullies are all jocks jmowreader Feb 2013 #56

Team Sports are training for War formercia Feb 2013 #59

I hope his parents sue the fucking shit out of those kids Zoeisright Feb 2013 #57

Tragic Aerows Feb 2013 #60

"would being a karate master have taken care of a seven-on-one problem???" tclambert Feb 2013 #62

That's more addressing the "should have defended himself" crew. HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #74

Suspending the kids helps get the parent's attention, IMO. Ilsa Feb 2013 #66

Not much... rickyhall Feb 2013 #70

The School and the bullying kids' families should be sued. glinda Feb 2013 #72