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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reminder:

When your child reports being attacked on school grounds, CALL POLICE and file a police report immediately. Do not wait to contact the school first. School systems have restorative justice procedures that conflict directly with evidence preservation and accurate witness reports. The result is that if the school starts their procedures before police arrives, it is harder to get a conviction for the perpetrators and justice for the victims.

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Do we know for sure, though, if the victim told his parents that the crime occurred?

Or if they didn't know until this video surfaced?

I can picture a teen being too ashamed and afraid and freaked out to go home and say, I got jumped and tased today. And though parents all like to think we'd notice if our kid came home acting strangely and we would always ask, what's wrong--the truth is that none of us can guarantee we'd know everything or notice everything when we should.

I hope the parents called police as soon as they found out but I wouldn't assume they knew right away.

It's disturbing to me to think that schools are expected to investigate; news outlets keep referring to investigation by the school. This is a criminal assault apparently so police should investigate and the school should expel, suspend or take other actions based on police investigation, not some additional school investigation.[/quote]

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