Originally posted by: ferris209
That was what I thought, but the self defense was considered mute by the judge and prosecuting attorney because they explained that the level of force far exceeded what was necessary. The attorney basically stated, "Black eye and bloody lip for a simple thumped ear. This amount of force used by said 14 year old was excessive and unnecessary in response to minor teasing which could have simply been reported to a teacher at a later time and did not require an immediate reaction by the Defendant."
That was what I thought, but the self defense was considered mute by the judge and prosecuting attorney because they explained that the level of force far exceeded what was necessary. The attorney basically stated, "Black eye and bloody lip for a simple thumped ear. This amount of force used by said 14 year old was excessive and unnecessary in response to minor teasing which could have simply been reported to a teacher at a later time and did not require an immediate reaction by the Defendant."
HA! What a load of bull. That's exactly what I mean. So instead of hitting him, he'd go to a teacher and the teacher would be like "Oh, stop being such a baby, all he did was thump you on the ear". And if he reports every incident, he's labelled a baby and a taddle tail. No way! Whip that shit in the bud! It always requires an immediate reaction. Otherwise, it gets even worse after you tell the teacher, usually because the bully finds out about it and wants to make sure you don't tell again. If anyone's going to escalate it, it should be the one being bullied.