Special-Ed Student Who Recorded Bullies Charged With Crime

[Alan C.]

Special-Ed Student Who Recorded Bullies Accused of Felony Wiretapping

 

In Pennsylvania, a high school sophomore with developmental disabilities was convicted of a crime after recording classmates threatening to "pull down his pants."After being regularly shoved and tripped, and nearly burned with a cigarette lighter, a tormented special-needs student in Pennsylvania decided to take matters into his own hands. He secretly recorded the abuse on his school-issued iPad, and his mother eventually submitted the evidence to the school’s principal. But instead of punishing the teenage tyrants caught on tape, administrators decided to call the police, who threatened the 15-year-old boy with felony wiretapping, but later reduced the charge to disorderly conduct. He was found guilty on March 19.. . .The Pennsylvania student, a sophomore who remained unnamed in a report on BenSwann.com, was previously diagnosed with comprehension-delay disorder, anxiety disorder and ADHD. In his testimony, he claimed that he decided to record the incident in order to show his mother that he “wasn’t lying” about the ongoing abuse. “I was really having things like books slammed upside my head,” he said. “I wanted it to stop. I just felt like nothing was being done.”The original recording was suspiciously deleted by school authorities, though as described on BenSwann.com, the boy’s mother, Shea Love, recounted it during the hearing."According to Love, as the teacher is heard attempting to help her son with a math problem, a student says, “You should pull his pants down!” Another student replies, “No, man. Imagine how bad that (c**t) smells! No one wants to smell that (t**t).” As the recording continues, the teacher instructs the classroom that they may only talk if it pertains to math. Shortly thereafter, a loud noise is heard on the recording, which her son explained was a book being slammed down next to him after a student pretended to hit him in the head with it. When the teacher yells, the student exclaims, “What? I was just trying to scare him!” A group of boys are heard laughing."After listening to her son’s evidence, Love eventually reported it to the South Fayette High School principal who, instead of disciplining the bullies involved, called the police to interrogate her “visibly distraught” son. When Love arrived, the principal said the student was facing felony wiretapping charges because he had made a recording in a place where there is an expectation of privacy. The officer agreed but eventually reduced the charge to disorderly conduct on the basis that the student engaged in offensive actions “which served no legitimate purpose.”. . .Despite his emotional testimony and his mother’s pleas, the Pennsylvania student was eventually found guilty, though he plans to appeal the ruling during his next court appearance on April 29. The bullies were never punished.

 

[Guest Don C]

Disgusting.

 

Alan, what are some of the websites that you visit frequenty?

[Magnus]

An owner is liable for the injuries sustained by invitees while they are on his property, particularly if the owner is aware of a dangerous instrumentality.

 

By that logic, schools should be liable for every injury experienced by students, even if caused by fellow students.

 

The Left clamored for similar protections for workers who are injured in the workplace. What do you think the Left would say about extending the same level of liability to their precious public schools?

[JohnH.]

"In today's news, government convicted a retarded kid of illegal wiretapping. In other news, the government has announced that they have stopped thousands of terrorist attacks by way of their wonderful webcam snooping program. With an excellent 13% unwanted nudity level. The government is great, and none of their employees jerk off to pictures of you jerking off. And as always, I leave you with my government mandated sign off. I love you Barack Hussein Obama. Long live the Emperor and savior of the American race."

[Daniel Unplugged]

You do not have the right to defend yourself. The government has that right. They also have the right to not give a shit when you are being attacked. They routinely exercise the latter.

[st434u]

What did you expect? This is what schools were designed to do. You might as well get outraged when someone gets raped or murdered in prison. Everybody knows this is really what these places are for.