School charges student for collecting proof of harassment

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Alright so apparently this special needs kid was getting bullied by other kids....so one day he decided to get some video proof on his phone. Instead of using this evidence to discipline the bullies for their behavior the school staff decided to call the cops on the kid and have him charged. Here is a link to an article, there are some other articles online to but anyways:

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This just makes me very angry towards the sickos running that school and sad for the kid.

What a load of crap.Instead of harming his bullies,he takes action to protect himself in a reasonable way,and then gets punished for it.
I hope some high powered lawyer takes that school on and rips them a new one.

WTF.

That's f*****g crazy!
It sounds like what he did was the most legally defensible course of action. Maybe they'd prefer he'd brought a big knife or a pistol to school and settle things that way.

"But instead of punishing the teenage tyrants caught on tape, administrators decided to call the police, who threatened the 15-year-old boy with felony wiretapping, but later reduced the charge to disorderly conduct. He was found guilty on March 19."

So now he has a criminal record to add to his existing problems associated with being a special ed student.

This is a common story, and I have heard it time and time again...

The story being that when serious bullying is involved, the schools try to "blame the victim" and drag their feet about doing anything to stop the bullying, and seem more angry it was brought to their attention, rather than it happening at all.

Why is this? Does anyone know? It just seems so contrary to human nature, and contrary to the purpose of schools, protecting students. Why is it that they just don't seem to give a s@#$?

Any answers?

Why are people so quick to call the cops on kids? This is sick.

The school doenst want liability.

I sure hope that kid gets a great lawyer and is able to expunge the record. He should not have this happen to him

I think schools should be obligated to try to solve things first with the parents and children. Only call the cops if there is no other way to resolve it. Aside from traumatizing this kid and making him feel helpless, this is also a waste of police resources. Cops and judges should concern themselves with real criminals. And it's clear the parents can't trust the school either. For no reason they rat the kid out to the cops

Unfreakinbelievable.

This is further proof of my theory that schools are evil.

And people wonder why bullying is under-reported.

Officially, the schools have to be intolerant of bullying. They also have to have an open door policy toward it.
Unofficially, it's a hot potato that no one wants to touch.
If they investigate reports of bullying the parents of the accused get all butthurt because surely their little angels can do no wrong. Ever seen how some parents turn in to rabid dogs toward anyone critical of their kids, even when it's 100% true? All kinds of ugliness and threats ensue and when it's all over they still have..............you guessed it.......... bullies to contend with.

So they take the easy route and either drag their feet in hopes that the victim just goes away and forgets it, or they can screw the victim over by sicking the cops on him like in this case. Get the cops involved and that takes the monkey off of the school's back and that's really all they want, right or wrong.
I don't see this kind of problem getting any better. If anything it'll most likely get worse and worse.
Call me a troll but I think the most practical solution is for people to teach their kids to fight and the earlier the teaching begins the better.

Last edited by Raptor on 13 Apr 2014, 5:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Given the fact that a special needs kid was involved, I'm not surprised that the school went after this kid instead of the bullies who were giving this kid a hard time.

Cant say I found any of it surprising myself, but it does disturb me that this is not surprising...I'd think it makes more sense to you know support special needs kids.

That is not an entirely terrible idea at all....however not so sure every child can effectively learn to do so especially if they have special needs depending on what problems/disorders it's for. But I certainly do not disagree that it would be good to know how to fight...but obviously if a kid can't they certainly shouldn't be left alone to just deal with constant abuse.

I've long suspected that when bullies grow up, they become school administrators and police officers.

And then instead of getting convicted of disorderly conduct he gets convicted of assault. I don't have a clue what he should do. If he goes back to that school they will knock him out cold because he and the bullies know he can't fight back because he knows he will be the one convicted with 2 convictions on his record.

Those in control in Pennsylvania love their bullies and pedophiles (Penn State/Sandusky case) it seems.