Tag Archives: bullying

What is the line between schoolyard bully and criminal? A Colorado teen is about to find out after police recommended assault charges for a 15-year-old who allegedly beat up a girl in the school lunch room. The mother of the bullied girl also obtained a restraining order against the accused attacker, while criticizing the school for not doing enough to protect her daughter. “It wasn’t anyone being ignorant of the situation. It was the school just not doing their job,” …

Four students are suing an Illinois school district over hazing accusations at a Des Plaines high school that include reports of victims who were sodomized by their sports teammates. School officials looked the other way while players on the baseball, soccer and potentially other teams were subjected to an extreme form of hazing that went at least as far back as 2007, the lawsuit alleges. The hazing came to light when three players were allegedly sodomized with fingers and sticks …

Take the Lawyers.com survey and see what other readers think about hazing that occurs in schools. Let us know if you have thoughts on ways hazing can be stopped. Read our article about four students suing an Illinois school district over hazing accusations that include brutal sexual assaults at a Des Plaines high school.

Bullying has been exposed recently as a major problem among school-aged children. Apparently some bullies never grow out of it, and go on to get married, buy a house, and become the Neighbor From Hell. 52 year-old Richard “Blinkie” Karnes taunted, harassed, and made life miserable for his neighbors in Florida until several of them sued him for assault and defamation and emotional distress. Neighbors testified Karnes cursed at them, spread sexual rumors about them, ran over a handyman and …

Florida A&M University’s marching band has been suspended for at least another year as the university grapples with allegations that the band’s violent culture contributed to the hazing death of one student and injuries of others. The band has not practiced since November, when 26-year-old drum major Robert Champion died of internal bleeding after a hazing ritual that left him covered in bruises. His death came three weeks after a freshman clarinetist was battered by notebooks, a spatula and rulers. …