Thread: Sydney : Video of tables turning on bully sounds alarm bells

Originally Posted by lob

Originally Posted by BobR

I had to take a school district to court once for suspending a child for fighting.The idiot liberals at the school had a policy against fighting, and they would suspend any child involved in a fight without regard to fault. This effectively eliminated the right of self-defense. The goofy principal actually said, "he was fighting and it does not matter if he started it or not."

The child I was representing did not start the fight, even a teacher who was a witness was prepared to testify he was attacked by another student with a history of abusive conduct, but the idiot principal suspended both children anyway and refused to even discuss the matter.

Sadly it never got to a Court hearing before a judge, the school districts legal advisors advised them to reinstate my clients child as soon as they were served with, and read the Writ of Mandate I had filed with the Court. This is an example of how ridiculous it can become when school officials, who seem to have no concept of reality intervene in playground disputes. It still cost the innocent kids parents about 1200usd in lawyer and court fees. (you pay the court fee when you file the case).

No child or adult should lose the basic right to self-defense and years of wallowing in stupidity like this is how I got the attitude I have towards government.

and u didn't sue for compensation, for ur clients.

It would have cost more than the $1200 to bring suit for compensation. Sadly too, with Government agencies, even if you win your writ case, judges are very hesitant to award attorneys fees. The clients were happy with the result. The sad thing about litigation is many times you can "win" and still lose.

Originally Posted by meepho

i spent a week end talking about life to my son and taght him, hit the biggest first, if you get scared head butt him, and duly taught him to head butt quickly and in the right area.

in due course he ended up head butting the bully and got suspended, with me receiving a letter telling me what a bad daddy i was for teaching him to head butt.

This is why the Scottish school system is better than that of England and Wales, no? The "Glasgow Kiss" - well done mate - parents and teachers working together.

Someone has made a Hero homepage for the boy now some great vid versions of the bully waterloo

Casey Heynes Bully Slapdown

^ haha

My favorites

Casey Heynes Bullied Kid Fights Back :: Casey Heynes – A gentle giant who had enough

Bullying and how to deal with it is crucial to social integration and a rite of passage of any child as they mature through adolescence. In the extreme it may lead to tragedy which is why the school environment is perhaps the best venue for the phenomenon since the boundaries imposed by adult disciplines are that much more apparent.
Instead of inhibiting this natural resolution of conflict role play among pupils,say by the promotion of anti - bullying campaigns etc., schools should let it continue albeit within the over-arching principle that fighting in the playground is a breach of rules and will be punished. By all means counselling of antagonists should take place but only as a process of reconciliation.
If we didn't learn how to deal with pecking orders and the distribution of power within peer groups at school then the world would indeed be a much sorrier place.
Both lads should have been dealt with equally with the fat boy receiving a warning that he must in future use only proportionate force when asserting himself.

^Nice piss take

all hail the fat kid !

Bullying victim: Why I fought back
5:30 AM Monday Mar 21, 2011

SYDNEY - An Australian schoolboy who has become an internet sensation after turning on a bully has told how he snapped after years of cruel taunts about his weight.

Casey Heynes, 16, says he has been bullied nearly every day at his school, Chifley College, St Marys, in western Sydney, but could take no more when Year 7 student Ritchard Gale tormented and attacked him last week.

"All I was doing was defending myself. I've never had so much support," he told Australia's A Current Affair TV show last night.

According to Sydney's Sunday Telegraph, Casey revealed he had been targeted by a new group of Year 7 boys, who had started picking on him and teasing him.

The Year 10 student said he found himself surrounded by the students when he went to get a school timetable before class.

As Ritchard backed him against the wall and started throwing punches, Casey said he felt scared and worried that others in the group would also start hitting him.

Eventually, he snapped, picking Ritchard up over his shoulder and throwing him to the ground.

The brawl was recorded on the mobile phone of another student, who later posted the footage online, where Casey has earned "hero" status.

Asked if he was a superhero, he laughed and said: "No, I wish I was."

Casey said his outburst was a "build-up" of more than three years of being attacked verbally and physically by other students.

"They used to slap me on the back of the head and said I was a fatty and to lose some weight.

"I've been duct-taped to a pole before as well. They target me because I don't retaliate.

"I've never reacted that way before but everything built up inside me for three years ... I just had enough. All I wanted is for it to stop."

Casey told A Current Affair he had been bullied almost every day at school and even contemplated suicide a year ago when the taunts became too much.

"I started putting myself down and all the crap just kept piling on," he said. "That's when I contemplated suicide."

The video of his fightback, which the Sunday Telegraph said was taken off YouTube on Tuesday, has gone viral worldwide, spawning dozens of websites and Facebook pages congratulating Casey for fighting back.

Casey said he had been overwhelmed by the number of people who backed him after last week's footage went viral.

"I've never had so much support before," he said. "Nobody touches me and teases me any more."

Both Casey and Ritchard were suspended by the school after the incident, as was the student who filmed it on the cellphone.

I think it is terrific that the kid retaliated, and that the problems have stopped. But it does beg the question, if it has been going on for years and was so bad that he contemplated suicide, where were his parents and why didn't they get involved a long time ago? And I don't buy that they didn't know, unless they are totally detached from their son's life. I have eleven year old twins and if something even close to this was going on in one of their lives, my wife and I would know about it within a day or two. Just wondering......

He seems like a nice young man. He did the right thing and deep down even the school officials know it.

^ and the school must be liable - surely a teacher was aware this was going on after 3 years of verbal/physical abuse.

Originally Posted by chitown

He seems like a nice young man. He did the right thing and deep down even the school officials know it.

Agreed and as posted above the "school should be held accountable" but as most of the schools nowadays are run by liboturds who view any suitable punishment for any crime (even violence) to be several hours of counciling sat with one of they're fellow libturd mates!

It's known as f*cking "politically correct jobsworths"

Sickening video, from every aspect. Kid filming. Kid bullying. Kid nearly having his spine broken in the (albeit deserved) takedown.

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

But it does beg the question, if it has been going on for years and was so bad that he contemplated suicide, where were his parents and why didn't they get involved a long time ago?

It sounds like the school would have turned a deaf ear. Plus, I'm guessing they're 'big people' too and are probably used to this.