Hmmm - what do you think? (Boy killed bully)

[CathrynRose]

Wow - what are everyones thoughts?

http://www.courttv.com/news/2006/0420/bully_ctv.html

 

[CheshireVal]

That's interesting. There's kind of a big difference between standing up against bullies and hitting someone on the head with a rock.

The mom was crazy to drive her son back there and make him confront the guy, though. It's one thing to say "Stand up for yourself next time," and quite another to push your son into a potentially violent situation.

Very unfortunate.

 

[binny]

I'm torn on one hand I agree with her. You have to teach your kids to standup for themselves. OTOH I would NOT have driven him back to do it. I certainly would have encouraged him to cool down first then try to deal with it.


We dont know the back story on this one. Maybe this kid has been harrassed every day for the entire year or longer by this kid? Maybe he has beaten before by the same kid? Not saying that justifies what happened here but that maight be why the mom said " enough" and made him deal with it.


Whatever the case, I dont think she is responsible for his death.

 

[poohluvrs]

If I were the deceased boys mother I couldnt help but blame the mother who drove the killer to kill my son, accident or not - & driving somewhere w/ those intentions does not seem so accidental. What a sad waste of young lives.

 

[horseshowmom]

I'm a little bit confused as to why she took him back to start with. Supposedly, it was to teach him to stand up for himself.

According to the story, the boy did stand up for himself (actually for his younger sibling who had the ball thrown at him). In fact, a fight took place until they were separated. (I don't condone fighting, but I do agree that sometimes you're forced to stand up against a bully.)

The story said that the boy who was killed was substantially larger and older than the one who hit him with the rock. Why would a parent take a child back when they had already "stood up for themselves" (the original fight) and when they would be dealing with someone much larger?

Apparently, this older boy had been a problem since Spring Holidays. It sounded like there should have been some adult intervention, but this instance almost sounded like adult instigation.

 

[kimmikayb]

How sad. We will never know the real story. We can sit here and judge them all, but the truth is our bully epidemic is getting out of hand and people are starting to fight back which leads to a horrible cycle. A child is dead now and that's just not right and makes my heart ache. No matter how much we are bullied, it is never right to kill. I do wonder, did that boy think he was just "fighting back"? Or did he know he was going to kill him. I feel more strongly on the first aspect....again we'll never know. The mother? Did she tell him to go kill that kid? I doubt it. Just so, so sad.

 

[FreshTressa]

I feel so bad for the boy who did it...he will have to be punished for what he did, but he did it on the encouragement of his mother.

I don't think he intended to KILL the other guy....he just felt he needed a rock because he was not strong enough.

That poor dead boys family....he may have been a bully, but we don't know what his life was like.

A tragedy all around.