Autistic boy attacked

ksboi · 03-21-2011, 12:24

I was watching the fox new live about the power plant in Japan when the reported started talking about school bullies and it went on to talked about an autistic boy who was attacked at school in the gym in front of the whole school and someone actually taped it. The school is just suspending the kids and nothing else is happening to them. Just some kids do not have any home training. I am looking for the link but to no avail.

JimP · 03-21-2011, 12:29

Yeah, "Jamaal" thought it'd be funny to blast this kid in the face while his homies filmed it.

Little thugs got five days suspension. Nothing further. This ain't gonna go away folks, wait for the next shoe to drop. I suspect the school will regret not keeping the savages in line.

ksboi · 03-21-2011, 12:36

I agree with you jimP. I got no idea what I would do if my kids would do that. It seems that the schools are getting more relaxed when it comes to bullying. It will take something drastic for anything to change, sad to say.

**Pete** · 03-21-2011, 12:46

Link to story - not the video..........

http://picayuneitem.com/statenews/x9...ss-high-school

I think if one of us walked up to somebody and punched them in the face it would be assault. The punk that did it was 17 and turned 18 since.

Link to the video - now we know why

http://www.thegrio.com/news/sucker-p...t-on-tape.php#

ksboi · 03-21-2011, 12:54

Thank you for the link SGM. I think they should treat as if it would of happened if a black kid would of gotten hit by a white bully they would of called it a hate crime and had it in federal court and I think they should play it the same way.

**Pete** · 03-21-2011, 13:11

I didn't find the interview with the head of the school the story talked about.

Would need to see that to bring the story full circle - and get an idea why he laughed..

chance · 03-21-2011, 14:32

What a POS!!!!!!

What the heck is wrong with friggin people? You know my brother has Down's Syndrome and if I ever heard about someone doing that to him, I would beat there friggin eyes shut.

I was never one to scream SUE!!!!! but you know maybe if mommy and daddy pay alittle money out of there pockets for dip s@#t's actions they may just knock his teeth out.

HOLY HECK!!!!!!!!

Yhea thats just BS

RANT OFF

echoes · 03-21-2011, 15:23

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Originally Posted by chance

What a POS!!!!!!

What the heck is wrong with friggin people? You know my brother has Down's Syndrome and if I ever heard about someone doing that to him, I would beat there friggin eyes shut. RANT OFF

If my sister ever even encountered someone who threatened her...they would be wishing they had a dirt nap instead. And that is all I can say publically about that topic. Damn posers like that to hell!

Holly

Richard · 03-22-2011, 07:44

If the assault had occurred where it was seen and brought to the school's administration at the time of the incident, many schools today have a police officer on campus and the assaulting student would likely have been charged with assault - either ticketed and suspended or arrested with the parents having to go to the local jail to arrange for their child's release. I've seen both happen.

There may also be more to the incident of which we are unaware - extenuating and mitigating circumstances found in the investigation but not open for discussion as they are part of the privacy policies common with official school records.

When something like this comes to light days or weeks later, and depending upon the state and local school discipline policies in effect, 'after the fact' suspension is also acceptable and such a suspension (normally with no work being accepted during the time of the suspension) can have a serious effect on a student's scholastic record - including failed required course(s) if it occurs during a critical exam/term paper time, removal from all exra-curricular activities and sports, and a denial of college acceptance (colleges specifically ask for such info from schools upon application and do consider an applicant's character for admission). The liklihood of removal to an 'alternative school' and even expulsion may still exist here if further information comes to light at some point.

Additionally, at my school, we would have advised all familes involved of the potential for further disciplinary and legal action(s) against the student who committed the assault, sent an information letter concerning the incident and its disposition to all our school families with a recommendation they sit down and review the school's Code of Conduct policies with their children, and had faculty advisors review the school's Code of Conduct and the potential repercussions of misconduct with their students during their daily advisory period .

It will be interesting to see if there is any further news reported about this incident.

Richard

darbs · 03-22-2011, 08:30

Here in IL it's "battery" by ILCS(IL Compiled Statutes) and punishable by up to one year in jail. "Assault" would be the threat, "I'll kick your fxxxing axx".

I'm pretty sure here at our HS that offender would have been arrested and had a nice 5 day(or more) suspension.
If the student has a history (3 or more physical altercations in a certain time frame coupled with nature of offense) they could be up for expulsion...

While it does happen and I deal with it here at work weekly at the most, I still can't wrap my head around the random-ness of the act.
Poor Parenting comes to mind...

Edit - We also take into consideration all the things Richard mentioned is his post. Especially;

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There may also be more to the incident of which we are unaware - extenuating and mitigating circumstances found in the investigation but not open for discussion as they are part of the privacy policies common with official school records.

Thanks Richard!

ksboi · 03-22-2011, 09:35

Just like SGM said we will just have to wait to see the whole story untill I pass anymore judgement. Back to reading the new PT.

echoes · 03-22-2011, 13:19

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Originally Posted by Richard

Entire Post. Richard

Richard Sir,

Since I have been out of the K-12 school system for about 20 years now, maybe it has changed since then?

Back in my time in school, any student who brought harm to a "special ed" kid was not only chastised by fellow students, but delt with very strictly by admin and the community, and shame was put upon them for behaving in such a manor as to attack someone with insufficent mental capacity to fight back.

Sir, are you saying that there may be factors in this case that made it acceptable for this assult to take place?

I am confused.

Holly

Richard · 03-22-2011, 14:57

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Sir, are you saying that there may be factors in this case that made it acceptable for this assult to take place?

No - I neither said nor inferred "that there may be factors in this case that made it acceptable"...but there may be relevant factors of which we are unaware that either influenced the actions of the students involved or were taken into consideration by the school administration in adjudicating the matter.

And so it goes...

Richard

afchic · 03-22-2011, 15:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by darbs

Here in IL it's "battery" by ILCS(IL Compiled Statutes) and punishable by up to one year in jail. "Assault" would be the threat, "I'll kick your fxxxing axx".

I'm pretty sure here at our HS that offender would have been arrested and had a nice 5 day(or more) suspension.
If the student has a history (3 or more physical altercations in a certain time frame coupled with nature of offense) they could be up for expulsion...

While it does happen and I deal with it here at work weekly at the most, I still can't wrap my head around the random-ness of the act.
Poor Parenting comes to mind...

Thanks Richard!

In my opinion, being the parent of a child in the IL school system we have gone off the deep end.

If my child is attacked at school, if she defends herself, she will be suspended for the same amount of time as the person who struck her in the first place. She knows how to defend herself and she knows I will support her 100% if she does so.

She is not allowed to talk about racial charged subjects in the classroom, but the principle wears a Black Pride tshirt to registration day.

She is not allowed to discuss her Christian upbringing because it could offend someone.

You wouldn't believe some of the other stuff in the school handbook.

I know that there needs to be rules for the kids to follow, but at what point do we allow them to express themselves without fear of repercussion in a learning environment.

Let me tell you if someone strikes my child and she gets in trouble for defending herself we will be going to see a lawyer.

Dusty · 03-22-2011, 16:13

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Originally Posted by afchic

In my opinion, being the parent of a child in the IL school system we have gone off the deep end.

If my child is attacked at school, if she defends herself, she will be suspended for the same amount of time as the person who struck her in the first place. She knows how to defend herself and she knows I will support her 100% if she does so.

She is not allowed to talk about racial charged subjects in the classroom, but the principle wears a Black Pride tshirt to registration day.

She is not allowed to discuss her Christian upbringing because it could offend someone.

You wouldn't believe some of the other stuff in the school handbook.

I know that there needs to be rules for the kids to follow, but at what point do we allow them to express themselves without fear of repercussion in a learning environment.

Let me tell you if someone strikes my child and she gets in trouble for defending herself we will be going to see a lawyer.

You can go back in time and thank the Fonda-worshipping hippies.