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High school students join forces to stop bullying of special needs classmate

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

A special needs high school student at David Douglas High School in Portland, Oregon, had classmates come to her aid when a few fellow students put their foot down and reported the bully to the school. The victim, who classmates say is highly sensitive to sounds and is likely Autistic, was harassed by a bully outside her home. The bully then posted a ... read more »

Bailey O’Neill: Bullying victim, 12, dies after he was jumped

Monday, March 4th, 2013

Twelve-year-old Bailey O’Neill, a boy who as allegedly jumped by two bullies last month, died after the assault allegedly caused him fatal injuries. O’Neill, who turned 12 on Saturday, was put in a medical coma after two classmates jumped him and reportedly beat him during recess. O’Neill suffered a concussion, seizures and a broken nose ... read more »

First grader in hospital after students beat her up

Friday, February 15th, 2013

A 6-year-old Blacklick, Ohio, girl spent a day in the hospital after a group of kids jumped her on a school bus and starting beating the youngster for a perceived slight. The first grade victim’s mother, Tracy Kane, told 10 TV News her daughter came home and said, “‘I was on the bus this morning, ... read more »

11-year-old boy in coma after bully attack

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Sixth grader Bailey O’Neill, 11, is in a medically induced coma after being hit in the face repeatedly during a fight at school. Bailey attends Darby Township School and was attacked about four weeks ago.  One of the kids hit Bailey in the face several times, fracturing his nose.  The kids also knocked Bailey down, ... read more »

Insulting teachers online could result in jail time

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

North Carolina has recently passed legislation which would criminalize the act of students playing pranks on teaches online, setting up false identities or disparaging them. The School Violence Prevention Act, which was passed in North Carolina on Dec. 1, would make the act of insulting or harassing a teacher online a class 2 misdemeanor. While ... read more »

Amanda Todd, 15, dead after relentless bullying by peers and an Internet predator

Tuesday, October 16th, 2012

Amanda Todd, 15,  was a Canada high school student who took her own life last Wednesday after she made a huge mistake and couldn’t live with the bullying aftermath. Todd made a mistake she couldn’t live down. Todd was fooling around with her girlfriends on a webcam and filmed herself with her shirt off. A ... read more »

Teen elected homecoming representative as joke gets last laugh

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

For Whitney Kropp, 15, from West Branch Michigan, getting elected to Homecoming court this year at Ogemaw Heights High School was the thrill of her lifetime, that is until she discovered the nomination was a mean spirited joke put on by classmates intent on bullying her. Lucky for Kropp however, was a young man who ... read more »

14-year-old bullied about looks, gets plastic surgery

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

14-year-old Nadia Iles won free plastic surgery from a site designed to help children with facial deformities after being bullied about her appearance. Iles appeared on Good Morning America to talk about her decision. She says she was bullied about her ears since the age of 7, and became so depressed by the constant taunts ... read more »

Cyberbullying may be less common than previously thought

Friday, August 3rd, 2012

New studies presented Thursday report that cyberbullying may be less common than previously thought. Ian Rivers, a professor of human development at Brunel University in London, and other researchers presented their studies at the American Psychological Association’s annual meeting on Thursday. Though cyberbullying has been heavily studied since the early 2000s, Rivers states that, ”the one ... read more »

Girl bullied over her weight kills herself — coroner blames media

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

Fiona Geraghty, a 14-year-old British student at King’s College in Taunton, hung herself in her family’s home in July of last year following what her parents say was bullying about her weight from schoolmates. Fiona had been struggling with bulimia before her death. At an inquest regarding her death, the coroner, Michael Rose, blamed images ... read more »

Teacher accused having kindergarteners hit bully

Saturday, June 16th, 2012

A teacher at Salinas Elementary School in suburban San Antonio, Texas reportedly asked another teacher for advice on how to address a bully in her classroom. That teacher is accused of taking Aiden Neely, 6, into her kindergarten classroom and instructing her students to hit him. According to police reports, the first teacher put a ... read more »

Mom chokes boy, 14, over cruel comments he made about daughter on Facebook

Thursday, May 31st, 2012

A St. Petersburg, Florida, mother allegedly choked a 14-year-old boy at the Tyrone Square Mall over nasty comments he made about her daughter on Facebook. Debbie Piscitella, a mother of three, was allegedly caught on store camera grabbing the boy’s backpack and choking him, leaving red marks on his neck. Debbie was at the mall ... read more »

Cruel neighbor terrorizes family, does bizarre lewd dance for 12-year-old

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Lori Christensen, 49, from White Bear Lake, Minnesota, has been charged with three felonies and could be facing up to ten years in prison for allegedly terrorizing and stalking the family living across the street from her. Kim and Greg Hoffman, who live opposite Christensen, were subjected to the alleged harassment, taunts and stalking of Christensen ... read more »

Girl fought bullies, now called one by school

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Stormy Rich, 18, had enough credits that she did not need to attend first period at Umatilla High School in Umatilla, Florida. Since she did not need to go to school early, she rode on a middle school bus later in the morning. While riding on the bus, she reportedly witnessed a number of female ... read more »

7-year-old boy hangs himself after being bullied

Friday, May 25th, 2012

A 7-year-old boy in Detroit was found dead after hanging himself with a belt from his bunk bed. He was found by his 14-year-old sister. The girl got her mother, who then removed the door knob from the bedroom door to get in, and held her son in the air while a neighbor removed the ... read more »