Posted on 05/01/2010 6:18:33 PM PDT by FourPeas
According to Josh Duggan Sr., his 16-year-old son, Josh Jr., a sophomore at Fayetteville High School, was walking back to school from lunch, when he was attacked.
"The guy yelled at him, swung him around, asked him if he was ready for round two. My son informed him he didn't want to fight."
But Duggan Sr. says the boy didn't listen. Instead, according to Duggan, the 17-year-old senior kicked his son in the back of the knee breaking his leg, and then slammed his son's head into the concrete until he was unconscious.
Duggan, Sr. says his son's injuries could have been prevented. According to him, this isn't the first time his son has been attacked. The boys had another altercation at school 3 to 4 weeks ago.
"His mother had warned the school officials several times that this kid's not done. This is going to happen again," said Duggan Sr.
He says this is a classic case of bullying gone to the extreme. Police still aren't quite convinced.
"I know it's been reported as a bullying incident, but there is no evidence at this time, after talking with the witnesses and the suspect, of this being any bullying at all. It just seems to be a mutual combat thing between the victim and the suspect," said Sergeant Phelan with the Fayetteville Police Department.
Duggan Sr. strongly disagrees.
"I'm more than a little upset that certain officials are in the press saying that we can't determine if this was a bully attack or if this is a school yard brawl....That goes beyond a school yard brawl. That is excessive brutality. That is psociopathic tendencies coming from another student," said Duggan Sr.
The alleged bully has been arrested and charged with 3rd Degree Battery. Depending on the extent of Duggan Jr.'s injuries, those charges could be upgraded and the suspect could be charged as an adult.
Alan Wilbourne with the Fayetteville School District says they can not comment on the case, but says they are following discipline policies.
Duggan says his son will not be returning to Fayetteville High School and he hopes his son's story can prevent more attacks like these.
"I'm pleading to the city of Fayetteville. Make an example of this kid. Show that bullies go to jail and kids can go to school without fear," said Duggan Sr.
Charge the little puke with attempted murder
Flying school?
That is the first thing I thought of too. Attempted murder.
I was in a few schoolyard fights but never anything like this. We simply would not have taken it to that extreme.
No, foot-into-nasal cavity school.
Of the only real school yard fight i had he and i became lifelong friends
This happened ONCE in my family. When the police got there the bully and his father declined to press charges. I’m sorry to say that when the bully’s father made a joke about my son, I pounded him. While I was teaching the father a lesson in humility, my son evened the score with the bully. I felt kind of bad for the cops, there were obviously two folks who had just learned some new manners, but no one saw a thing..
Oddly enough, the same thing happened to me. After the fight we respected each other a lot more.
I’ll give you 2-1 odds that the little puke has a license to bully and attack because the victim was white and the perp was a member of some favored ethnic group.
I propose that anytime someone kicks or stomps a downed person in the head can be charged with attempted murder. Any fighting expert will tell you that when you pin a person and proceed to kick a person’s head repreatly, there is a high chance of killing someone.
3 to 4 weeks ago?
And...I bet this student told his parents long before the incident above that there was a problem, but the parents sent him to school anyway.
There are schools and school situations that are soooooo toxic that it would be better for the child to never attend. It would be better for the child to be completely illiterate and innumerate.
Yes, I seriously mean it.
The son of a friend of ours ( a gifted and talented youngster) was attacked by a group of bullies in his school's hall. They broke his leg.
The judge put the bullies on probation and they were transferred to another school where they could terrorize other kids.
Oh...And my friend and her husband sent their son back into that high school. Hey! He was in the “gifted and talented” program and they were hoping he would be accepted by an elite college ( he wasn't).
Well if the boy doesn’t think he’s gay then no body cares.
Absolutely - and girls too -at the MINIMUM, a basic self-defense class.
My grandson started martial arts at 5 - very good all 'round discipline. the mental training is equi-important to the physical. (It has saved my grandson and his buds in more than once instance in Afghanistan)
But when he was in school - first in elementary, there was the classic big bully beating the little kids. The teachers never got it under control. One day, he (5th grader) was picking on a 2nd grader - the teachers pretended not to see. My g'son, a 3rd grader and much smaller, told the bully to leave the kid alone. so the bully turned on him and threw a punch at my g'son's face. It never landed - and no one can remember seeing the punch that left the bully bloody nosed and crying like a baby...it was so fast. but my grandson was not disciplined by the teachers, the bully was not sympathized with - and there was no more bullying on the playground for the years my g'son was there.
This followed through with a like incident in his middle school yrs with a bully on the bus - and later in high school - when he defended another kid being seriously attacked. He always warned the bully to back off. The high school incident was witnessed by 2 teachers and the principal...who had no sympathy for the bloody nosed bully - and actually thanked my g'son, as that kid had been conducting a reign of terror for months.
All it ever took for my g'son was one swift move, so fast no one could even describe it. And word got around - and the bully boys were out of business. to rely on the schools to protect our kids is futile. In many schools, the teachers are as afraid of the bullys as anyone else.
Kids MUST be taught self defense. (My daughter took 2 yrs of Marital arts - no one messed with her either.)
I’ve been told that the only time you kick someone in the head is when they’re on the ground. You leave yourself to exposed and without a stable base otherwise.
That’s what I think — black thug kid picking on a white kid. Maybe Obama made him feel entitled to act on his feelings.
Different cultures and all.
(OK, I taught in the inner city ...)
Must be a “guy” thing. My husband became best friends w/a guy he fought with over surfing waves in Hawaii. What IS it about guys and their fists? Should we consult Ceasar Milan instead of school principals??
Thank you.
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