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“It’s my son – and they did it because he’s homosexual.”
That’s what the mother of a 15-year-old Ohio student said after her son was viciously beaten by a fellow classmate – in a classroom. No one stepped in to stop the beating – not a teacher and not any other student. And now, the victim suffers from a concussion and has a chipped tooth. And the student who beat him? He was suspended from school for all of three days.
“I waited for somebody,” says the injured 15-year-old, who also received homophobic threats on Facebook from the attacker a few days earlier. “I covered myself, I shielded my body and he just kept hitting me and nobody did anything.”
The video footage is hard to watch, but it’s a reminder of what so many LGBT students go through at schools around the country. Please consider speaking out to your local school about preventing anti-gay bullying. The more people who speak out – both gay and straight – the better chances a student like this young man have of not being subject to violence in his own classroom.
This sort of behavior should never be tolerated. And the students who perpetuate this violence have no place in the classroom.
THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION! If this kid did this to a dog on the street he’d be in jail right now but because he did it to a gay kid in a public school he got suspended for three days. That’s ridiculous! Below is all the information you need. Let these people know that WE DEMAND SAFE SCHOOLS FOR ALL STUDENTS!
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT (740) 773-1185. PROSECUTORS OFFICE (740) 702-3115
Union-Scioto Local Schools District Administration: Superintendent: Dwight Garrett, dgarrett@mail.gsn.k12.oh.us
High School Principal: James Osborne, josborne@mail.gsn.k12.oh.us
Unioto High School Asst. Principal: Wilma Gillott, wgillott@mail.gsn.k12.oh.us
I feel sorry for the young boy being jump by this bully,he didn’t deserve this at all.The bully should of gotten kick out of school this wasn’t his first time doing this they said.The teacher should be held responsible for this too,they didn’t try to stop this.I also think a police report should be file and the bully be arrested.There is no sense of this going on in these schools.The parents should also be held responsible for their son action.And they should pay this boy hospital bills and dentist bill and anything else to help this boy.