Should bullying in schools be a crime?

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Right now consequences for bullying usually lie with school districts. A local lawmaker is proposing to make it a criminal misdemeanor.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A Northeast Ohio mom is calling for stricter consequences against bullying after she said her daughter was targeted with violence.That video was later posted to social media and passed around by students at school.You can see a female student punching a 14-year-old girl over and over in the head and wrestling her to the ground as dozens of students watched, cheered and even recorded.

“My first thought was I was angry. I was angry at all the innocent bystanders that stood there and watched it and did nothing,” she said.“The girl walked up to her started hitting her. And she got suspended for defending herself against bullying,” her mom said.Police noted her daughter showed no “noticeable” injuries.“Not great, like after the first couple days. I didn’t want to do nothing [sic]. But I know I had to like get my mind off of it,” she said.

 

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Yes!!

Well it's about time after all the innocent lives we have lost due suicide for being bullied ..

Define “bullying”

Children mirror behavior modeled before them. The parents should be tied to the school's flagpole and spanked.

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