A Mentally Challenged student who was frequently bullied by his fellow classmates, decided to record with his ipad one of his harassments.

He had previously asked the school before for prevention in these matters but denied it. After the recording reached back to the principle of school, thanks to the victim's mother, he proceeded to call the police and took the victim to court under the charge of wiretapping.

The judge found the victim guilty under the charge, meaning the victim's act in trying to give proof of the bullying's done to him was wrong.

Here is the article link
http://aattp.org/special-ed-student-who-recorded-bullies-tormenting-him-accused-of-felony-wiretapping/

And for those who would like a more verbal summary of this piece of news (warning: There is cursing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU1bv9gOsNI

There is definitely something else going on here.
There's no way there is a reasonable expectation of privacy in a classroom or school.
There's also clearly a reason for the recording, as proven by many previously reported incidents.
I don't think this is the full story.

>>2 It may not accurate, integral or valid but at least it sounds juicy.

God I hate large parts of the media.

>retard busted for wiretapping

So when are we going to hang the fucking nogger in the White House ameribros?

>>2 It's never the full story. That ruins the ~~media magic~~.

But really, I have absolutely no response to this. I don't even want to try.

Actually, no. I do have one thing to say.
People who bully the disabled make me laugh. Weaker than any useless retard ever was if you ask me. I'd disown any child who stooped to that level in a heartbeat.

ok that's just horrible....wat kind of school is that low and mean?!

Someone who is mentally or physically crippled, and bullying them, is a very low blow. Usually because they can't retaliate. As for the wiretapping, I don't think he should be out in court for that. So many other kids take selfies in their classrooms. Why aren't they in court too?
I hate the public school system. It's so pathetic and it disgusts me. All the teachers do is go off about nonsense, and usually they don't go deep enough that the students who actually pay attention don't get it. And the cases of bullying. Teachers don't intervene and don't even try to give a piece of crap. And those who do? Get fired or sued.

I just. I just don't know anymore.

>>8 I understand how you feel completely. Just so you know, taking selfies isn't the same as wiretapping, because the people are taking pictures of themselves and friends who agreed to it. And I do agree that what happened with that was totally blown out of proportions and that really the bullies should be taken to court instead of the other kid. While technically he did do something illegal (though the whole privacy thing is complete BS), the bullies also did illegal acts by assaulting a mentally handicapped person and choosing to torment him both in and out of school. Hopefully they are able to change the situation for the better and find a way to repay the principal and the bullies back with interest.

>>10 >>10 >recording someone is illegal

wut

>>11 Recording people is illegal under some laws in certain states. Though using that against the kid who is getting bullied and then taking that case to court is ridiculous.

>>12 http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-recording-law

>Therefore, you may be able to record in-person conversations occurring in a public place without consent.

School is a public place, yes?

The terms for the Pennsylvania Recording Law state: Therefore, you may be able to record in-person conversations occurring in a public place without consent.

Therefore, he should have the right to record!

>>14 Literally just said that.

>>13 Some do consider school a private place and certain schools have tighter policies regarding recordings and documentation of students, but that precise information on the school isn't given so I can't really judge. I agree though - if kids can take their shitty selfies in the classroom, then this guy had the right to record this conversation as evidence of discrimination.

Regardless of whether or not the recording was performed in a legal manner, the fact that the repeated bullying of a fucking disabled child isn't being prioritised is all kinds of wrong. Because actual violence and discrimination is no longer a serious issue.

>>16 This whole thing just makes me blood boil.

Humans make me sick.
That judge, bully and his fucking mother are fucking bitches.

Oh, what the fack. the kid had ever right if he felt threatened like that, and especially if he had previously tried to get the school to step in.

>>18 How is his mother a problem? She was outraged at the mistreatment her son was getting from the bullies and lack of action of the school. I can imagine she was even more so after the principle called the police on him. She wasn't and isn't the problem in all of this.

The three that are really are at fault here are the Educational System, Judicial System, and the morality system in which we govern upon ourselves and pass along. Three very broad topics, and I was originally going to make a short essay explanation of why I chose those three and my examples, but I want to start a debate. I want to know to those who read this thread, what your experiences are with those three and how rigid they have become/are. To any who ask me of my thoughts, I shall answer to the best of my ability.

'Murica.

Ladies and gentlemen, the bane of my existence.

And people wonder why so many children never report bullying and ultimately commit suicide.

'Cause this shit happens.

>>20 Pretty sure they were referring to the bully's mother for raising a shitty kid.

Stuff like this increases my disappointment in parts of the human race. -.-

I still feel like there just has to be some aspects of selective journalism in this.

I hate humans :(

Wow so many assumptions

Tell me was the bully's life easy
Was the person who was bullied not do nothing wrong?

Since no one can answer that then whats the point of being dissapointed with the human race, cos you never know how twisted the story actually is =]

Im convinced this isnt entirely factual but i do still feel sorry for those whom were bullied

AlphaOmegaSin is a legend.
I'm not surprised about this to be honest, this world will get more and more dense by the day unless we start doing something about it.

>>28 This clearly is not the whole story, it's too one sided. I'm pretty sure most people know that, they've indicated as much.

>>28

A lot of bullies start bullying cuz they been bullied before.
A lot of kids get bullied cuz they act like retards.

But in this case, the kid IS retarded (to a certain extent) and from what we know, no, the kid didn't do nothing wrong, his only crime was showing proof of his innocence.

And we shouldn't be talking about the bullying itself, we should be talking about the ignorance among the judge, the principal, the teacher and the peers.

And yes, I am disappointed with the human race because we have become so ignorant.

Let's wake up and make a change.

>>28 The circumstances of the bully's life have nothing to do with the issue at hand. He could be an orphaned cancer victim for all we know, but he's still an asshole for bullying someone.

>>32
i did not mean that

>>31
the judge had to go by the rules, actually
and if the principal and peers were involved more ppl would be charged and this kids case wld be worse

Updating on this piece of news. After some uproar by the fellow student body along with this news making national news, the case was taken back to court and the student was found innocent. Though no word has been said on the principle or the bullies, so for now one can assume nothing is happening to them.

>>24 No it was the Special Ed's mother, pretty sure I can triple confirm that.

But it is to note the morality of the bullies. Whether they are orphaned, raised by bad parents, or gave into peer pressure, it is still something to look at. For my personal opinion to those who seek such trouble and to cause pain, no matter their circumstances, their is only one word that can rectify the situation even in the bit of least: Punishment. Which is something at the moment which seems to be not happening to them.

Most wiretapping laws in U.S. allow for recording as long as one party knows. So I can record you without you knowing, or you can record me without me knowing, but the FBI can't record us with neither of us knowing without jumping through a lot of legal requirements that make us probable terrorists first. From a legal perspective I think that the problem is that he was on Govt. property and recording multiple people, some of whom were not involved. I could be completely wrong though.

>>35 I don't see how you can. You aren't >>18, and unless you can read minds, then you can't prove that you're right. It makes no sense for >>18 to be trashing the victim's mother.

It's only legal for the government to break the rules, if that makes any sense.

Good point

>>36 I'm fairly sure in this particular state, it is illegal unless all parties consent in a space with a reasonable expectation of privacy. You can read the article to confirm that.

Im sorry for my language fuck the police and every peice of shit cop that breaks the law because they can. now with that out of the way poor kid this is a loadof garbage and i say we find a way for use to help this kid in any way nessesarry. please also pardon my spelling mistakes. thank you
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how does videoing his own crimes prove that he was being bullied? =_= that's just stupid!!!

I'd rather video myself being bullied rather than videoing myself harassing someone else

>>42 / >>43 I think you are misunderstanding this article.

*Bump* the point is what are we gonna do about this?

>>45 "we" aren't going to do anything. It is a topic that keeps us informed about the world around us

Well isnt this just a litlle fucked up. Wiretapping is illigal but only if the matter is not indangering to said persons life. so there must be something were not seeing. and what about the bully('s) let me guess the kid either got off with nothing or suspended for some rediculious amount of short time. the bullies should be in jail.

>>45 Out of our hands now we can't do anything but you can try to prevent it.