ambush the gay kid, get a 3-day suspension

[Yuri-G]

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ohio-bu...ry?id=14834057

An Ohio high school student waited in a classroom to attack a 15-year-old gay classmate, beating him repeatedly in a vicious assault captured by a bystander on a cellphone.

"I covered myself and shielded my body, and he kept hitting," the gay student, who did not want to be identified, told ABC's affiliate WSYX in Ohio. "Nobody did anything."

Now the boy's mother, Rebecca Collins of Chillicothe, has said she would seek justice for the Oct. 17 beating. The Ross County Sheriff's office said it is investigating the attack but so far has not made any arrests. James Osborne, principal at Union-Scioto High School, located about 50 miles south of Columbus, confirmed the "unfortunate" attack, and said "charges have been filed."

"It turns my stomach," Collins told ABC's affiliate station. "It's my son. I don't care, and they did it just because he's a homosexual."

Other students watched as the attacker waited for his victim to arrive in the classroom. He then shoved his prey to the ground, and repeatedly punched him in the face.

"The boy stood there and waited and waited on him," Collins told the ABC affiliate. "As soon as he walked in the door, the boy hits. [My son] walks away -- 'What did I do? Why are they doing this?' and keeps walking away. He turns around and tries to defend himself and then he tries to get away and the boy grabs him and beats the living crap out of him."

Collins said her son broke two teeth, and may have suffered a concussion.
"Just for all the people out there who have hate in their heart -- they need to let it go," she said. "People are going to be who they are."

The recording of the attack has been posted on Facebook and YouTube.

Osborne, the principal at the 550-student high school, said, "We have never had an incident of this nature. "I am not saying we have never had any reports of bullying -- we have just as much as any school. But we've never had anything of this magnitude." He would not release the name of either the attacker or the victim.

He said the school did not have a gay-straight alliance but had an anti-bullying policy in force. The student who initiated the attack was suspended for three days.

Gay advocacy groups expressed outraged over yet another instance of school bullying involving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.

Most recently, Buffalo, N.Y., high school freshman Jamey Rodemeyer killed himself after incessant cyberbullying. Police are currently conducting an investigation.

According to the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, which helps gay students and works with schools to set up support programs, one in four LGBT students have experienced some form of assault in Ohio each year.
Data from GLSEN's 2009 National School Climate Survey revealed that gay students were "punched, kicked or injured with a weapon" at least once in that year because of their sexual orientation.

Its research also indicates that nearly 61 percent of LGBT students in Ohio experience some form of harassment or are threatened by their peers via text messages, emails or postings on social networking sites.

Collins' son said that he had been regularly bullied, including a recent comment that appeared on a posting of his picture on Facebook: "Check out the definition of a faggot."

Currently, an anti-bullying law is pending in Ohio's state legislature, proposing the addition of sexual orientation and gender identity among other enumerated protections to the state's existing anti-bullying law.

Fourteen other states have such protections for LGBT students, according to GLSEN.

"We are deeply disturbed to learn of yet another horrifying bullying incident, this time at Union-Scioto High School," said GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard in a prepared statement.

"On the tail end of National Anti-Bullying Awareness Month, this brutal attack should be a call to action for everyone in Ohio to ensure that schools are safe for all students."

[solanis]

typical. homophobes and cowards, a depressing combination

[BaneTheBrawler]

Maybe my high school was exceptionally tame but we never had any bullying like this. At most people would call each other names.

[Xantavia]

I think they really need to pass a law that anybody who posts these videos online be charged as an accomplice to the attack. I can't say I blame people for not wanting to get physically involved, but put down the fucking camera and call a teacher, security guard, cop, janitor, or any other adult in the area.

[Niiro]

Call it Seinfeld's Law.

[Athas]

Isn't it a bit odd that they printed the mother's full name even though the student said he wanted to remain anonymous?

[Priran]

Isn't it a bit odd that they printed the mother's full name even though the student said he wanted to remain anonymous?

it's a bit odd that they gave her full name as Rebecca Collins of Chillicothe.

[Manf]

I often wonder if my generation (those in their mid 20's or so) dodged a bullet. Sure we had the internet, but with the prevalence of social media it gives kids new venues to be little assholes to each other, sometimes with total anonymity. Like Bane said, I never saw much bullying going on in my high school (not to say it wasn't there, but not visible enough to be a problem I guess?).

I remember reading a story about this kid who killed himself because of bullying, and then continued to be heckled through his family even in death on Facebook.

[Laude]

Isn't it a bit odd that they printed the mother's full name even though the student said he wanted to remain anonymous?

And if I'm hearing the mom correctly, she said "Zack walks away", so... yeah.

My highschool had gays and lesbians everywhere, so this was never really a problem, heh.

[aduidarnenye]

I think they really need to pass a law that anybody who posts these videos online be charged as an accomplice to the attack. I can't say I blame people for not wanting to get physically involved, but put down the fucking camera and call a teacher, security guard, cop, janitor, or any other adult in the area.

I never understood that either. It's great to get stuff like this on video for evidence but the person is still getting beaten up.

[BaneTheBrawler]

Also, that bully is a pussy. You can tell by the way he hits. Using his fists as clubs instead of actually punching. His life will probably lead him to end up being the bitch for an inmate that DOESN'T hit like a woman.

[Cream Soda]

Sounds about right. Religious and gay kids would always be picked on at my school. I remember they always heckled this one girl who would be praying at lunch

[ronin sparthos]

So how long till a gay kid decides to mow down a bunch of straight kids at school in a shootout?

[Cleveland_7795]

Why does the fact the kid is gay have anything to do with this? Was that why he was beaten, or is that just an assumption? I see no evidence confirming that is why he as attacked. For all we know the butterball was stealing the kids lunch money for years, and he finally had enough and beat his ass. If it had been the other way around, no one would be screaming hate crime. So sick of this protected class bullshit.

If some dude deserves an ass beating...better ask if he sucks cock first.

[bechyni]

Fuck that kid, he's probably a closeted homo and is scared he might get outed.

Did you not read the article at all? Or watch the video?

[Pirian]

At my HS, fighting was a week OSS for the one who threw the first punch <.< If it was 2 or more on 1 then the ones ganging up were auto-expelled. 3 days when there was a video like that is bullshit.

The kid sounds REALLY gay, though

[AidenCarby]

Why does the fact the kid is gay have anything to do with this? Was that why he was beaten, or is that just an assumption? I see no evidence confirming that is why he as attacked. For all we know the butterball was stealing the kids lunch money for years, and he finally had enough and beat his ass. If it had been the other way around, no one would be screaming hate crime. So sick of this protected class bullshit.

If some dude deserves an ass beating...better ask if he sucks cock first.

It's assumed, because get the fuck out.

[Pirian]

Why does the fact the kid is gay have anything to do with this? Was that why he was beaten, or is that just an assumption? I see no evidence confirming that is why he as attacked. For all we know the butterball was stealing the kids lunch money for years, and he finally had enough and beat his ass. If it had been the other way around, no one would be screaming hate crime. So sick of this protected class bullshit.

If some dude deserves an ass beating...better ask if he sucks cock first.

[Vuitton]

Why does the fact the kid is gay have anything to do with this? Was that why he was beaten, or is that just an assumption? I see no evidence confirming that is why he as attacked. For all we know the butterball was stealing the kids lunch money for years, and he finally had enough and beat his ass. If it had been the other way around, no one would be screaming hate crime. So sick of this protected class bullshit.

If some dude deserves an ass beating...better ask if he sucks cock first.

Um, seems like the kid was openly gay and everyone at school was aware. The fact that the mother knows and is vocal about it is the icing on the cake. The kid was targeted for being gay and beaten. Pretty self-evident.

[Kuishen]

Why does the fact the kid is gay have anything to do with this? Was that why he was beaten, or is that just an assumption? I see no evidence confirming that is why he as attacked. For all we know the butterball was stealing the kids lunch money for years, and he finally had enough and beat his ass. If it had been the other way around, no one would be screaming hate crime. So sick of this protected class bullshit.

If some dude deserves an ass beating...better ask if he sucks cock first.

Have you been to High School dude? Even if it wasn't the primary reason for the kid getting beaten, it sure as fuck was a factor in the decision to bring it this far because 11-18 year old kids are little shits that prey on anything that could be viewed as a weakness.

On the actual topic though, the fact that this still fucking happens just boggles my mind. How people can harm another human being for looking/acting different then they are. Cannot fathom doing anything like that. Of course, I'm also not a fucking psychopath either. In all honesty that has to be what it boils down to. You can't be of sound mind and justify harming another human being for something as stupid as being gay/another race. Lock the kid up in a straight jacket and stuff him in a padded room for a few months to get his shit straight.

EDIT: Beaten on the first part of my post.