Distressing video shows Chicago boy with Down syndrome being shoved to floor of high school bathroom by gang of cackling bullies before he runs into stall and hides

Daily Mail UK ^ | December 13, 2022 | Harriet Alexander

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Distressing footage has emerged from a Chicago high school showing a teenage boy with Down syndrome being attacked by bullies, as other students film him and laugh.

Parents at York Community High School were told on Sunday about the clip, which was filmed on Thursday.

The superintendent of Elmhurst School District 205, Keisha Campbell, said they were 'deeply disappointed and saddened by the actions of this small group of students', and the principal vowed those responsible would be brought to justice.

The clip, shot by a student, shows the teenage boy with his book bag inside the bathroom, surrounded by a crowd of other teenage boys.

The disabled boy is shoved backwards and falls onto the floor, as the crowd hoot with laughter and catcalls. 

Some yell: 'World Star' - a phrase that has come to mean a fight is being recorded and will be shared online, originally on the website World Star Hip Hop.

The boy manages to get back to his feet and run away, hiding in a bathroom stall.

The other students all laugh and jeer.

Campbell, in an email to parents sent on Sunday, said: 'Bullying, intimidation and harassment diminish a student's ability to learn and a school's ability to educate.

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"I truly believe that what DS people lack in dealing with the world may make them vulnerable, but what they have in abundance is something we’ve lost in living in our world."

Well said.