The students involved with bullying Jamey Rodemeyer have been suspended from school.
NYT has more on the story:
The Williamsville Central School District suspended several teens last week following a criminal investigation into Rodemeyer's September suicide, the Buffalo News reported.I'm sorry, but this is not enough. More should happen to these students. They need to be held accountable for this. Jamey is dead because their ignorance and stupidity. Receiving this slap on the wrist sends a message that nothing will happen and nothing will get better. I hope other students start speaking out on this issue and push for stronger protections in school. These suspensions are unacceptable.
The suspensions came after Amherst town police failed to find enough evidence to charge the students who made the vicious taunts.
"[The police\] shared some information with us, and we followed up," Superintendent Scott Martzloff told the Buffalo News.
Martzloff wouldn't say how many were suspended, or provide any names. The teens were likely to be barred from school for up to five days, the News reported.
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5 comments:
No one cared enough to demand full charges be bought up against those teens.
Need I remind you what happened during Spirit Day observations? The ED of the Trevor Project wrote an OP-Ed in the The Advocate asking everyone to put the LGBT teen suicide issue in the closet. That should have been indicator these teens were going to get away with this.
His parents seem to not be that involved in his death.
Suspension is FAR too mild.
The actions of those bullies resulted in someone's death.
FAR TOO MILD.
Yea, a suspension just won't do it.
Jail time is my suggestion. A young man is dead and all they get is a suspension? Unacceptable.
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