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[quote=Anonymous]If it were my child who was pushed, I would send a certified letter insist on seeing the recording immediately and asking that it be preserved if they refuse to comply. Without seeing the recording, I could not make an informed decision about how to proceed as to law enforcement. I’d want to see what my child was doing before the pushing and how the other boy reacted after the pushing. If the school didn’t release the recording, I would file a police report and get a lawyer to force the release. I would hate to get the police involved but if that was my only option I would do it. Another possibility would be to contact the other boy’s parents to ask them to agree to the school’s releasing the video - but I would only do that after sending the certified letter and the school turning me down and only if I had reason to believe the other parents might be cooperative, such as because they were hopeful the police would not have to be involved.

Other considerations: is my child somehow marginalized (small or “geeky” or in some other way a target)? Is the other boy part of some group that picks on others (actual gang or fratty, rich boy behavior, etc). I wouldn’t want to ruin anyone’s life, but the first duty would be to my child.

And to step up for OP - possibly s/he is getting involved because her friend is somehow uncomfortable going to the school or the police - possibly a minority or non-native speaker. OI’m not saying those are the only possibilities, but i was trying to picture this happening at my DC’s school, and odds are pretty high that could be the situation. Or maybe they’re so focused on helping their son recover that they haven’t been able to think clearly and asked OP for advice.[/quote]

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