Except that there's no proof the threat was ever made. All they have is the word of one kid versus another kid's. If they just assume the one complaining is telling the truth it opens to the door for other kids to abuse that system.
The thing is, the only reason this is news is because the kid was gay. Lots of kids commit suicide and I'm sure many of them were teased at school, but most of them don't get on the news for it.
And the kid's parents that went to the school to talk about it. But the school is denying it.
The parents don't have any proof either. All they have is the word of their kid which means no more or less than the word of the kid who allegedly made the threat. I know it sucks but you can't just assume an accusation is true.
And the kid that got beaten and has a broken arm?
Can you fingerprint a broken arm?
Because that group of people is 2 - 3 times more likely to commit suicide than the regular population.
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/full/91/8/1276?view=long&pmid=11499118
We had two or three kids commit suicide when I was in school.... Was never a big news story or an outcry or anything. One did it because a chick broke up with him, so was it the chicks fault? Should she have been prosecuted for other peoples actions? More importantly, should the teachers have seen it coming and acted like relationship counselors? Get over it dude, some kids can't take it and off themselves, leys worry about the other 50 million that are still around.
No but you can listen in to the threats phoned in after the kid went public with the attack.
My boys will be in some form of martial arts long before ever getting to upper grade school/middle school. This way, when someone tries to bully them, they can defend their munchkin dad.
And Native Americans are more likely to commit suicide than any other race but when is the last time you heard a big national news story about a Native American committing suicide?
starts count until mention of the gw bridge
kinda relevant to the thrad
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/30/new.jersey.student.suicide/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1
New York (CNN) -- On the evening of September 19, Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi is believed to have sent a message by Twitter about his roommate, Tyler Clementi.
"Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into molly's room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay."
Ravi, 18, of Plainsboro, New Jersey, surreptitiously placed the camera in their dorm room and broadcast video of Clementi's sexual encounter on the internet, the Middlesex County prosecutor's office said. Ravi tried to use the webcam again on two days later, on September 21.
"Anyone with iChat, I dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and 12. Yes it's happening again," Ravi is believed to have tweeted.
The next day, Clementi was dead.