Bully beatdown...kinda
 

This may have done the rounds already but it's not everyday you see a little twerp bullying a bigger, older kid...it's even rarer to see the bully get absolutely smashed for his efforts

Good job bigger, older kid!

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226021940542

I saw this on foxnews.com yesterday morning.

Schools today have no common sense at all. I guess the big kid was to stand there and take it?

The school officials are disgraceful for suspending the big kid.

I agree that the big kid did the right thing.

Apparently
 

Apparently my wife already saw this, but this was the first I have seen of it. The bigger kid took a few shots before retaleating and held his cool I thought very well considering he was getting hit in the face. No way he should have been punished for deffending himself. WOW all I can think about is what the bully must have been thinking after he got smashed like a mosquito? I bet he wished that he would not have bothered that big kid. I bet he keeps his bullying to kids more his own size after getting hammered like that. Ya got to give credit to the bigger kid for only making one strike. I honestly expected him to pick him up and smash him about a few more times to get his hostilities vented after taking a beating like that. The bully was lucky he did not die. The bigger kid obviously could have beaten him much much worse. What a dumb a$$.

I seen elsewhere that the little kids leg was broke, seen cast and cruches. Still IMO the big kid did the right thing defending himself but a ruthless bodyslam ? somebody watches wrestling.

If the little guy did break something I have some advice:

Stop f#$king with people! The big kid deserves an award not suspension. Everyone has the right to defend themselves and he only acted in a self preserving way. He did not go overboard and beat on the little guy continuously, he just took care of business and moved on.

What the big kid did is the only thing that has and will ever stop bullying. I saw this several days ago and was excited seeing the kid stand up for himself. It also shows that bully's come in all shapes and sizes and don't necessarily resemble Nelson from The Simpson's.

I'm sorry, but once you punch someone in the face a couple times, I think you lose any rights you think you might have. I wonder what the bully's parents are thinking about the wonderful kid they raised.

I saw this allready. Big kid did the right thing. That little kid had some screws loose to even mess with a bigger kid. I love all the video remixes that popped up the day after.

The big guy should get a medal. Disgusting how he the little guy was treating him.

sure it was more than the little guy, he had a group of friends to tease the poor kid.. That bully deserved everything little bit of beating, which he received... I agree, given the situation, the victim should not be punished...

Ya mess with the bull...you get the horns.

Little twerp shoulda known better. I guess now he does :lol:

Casey > little fuktard...wow that body slam was served up with a side of fries LOL

What a sweet bodyslam! You could tell that little guy was shocked, he couldn't even walk straight.
Casey kept his cool after 1, even 2 punches to the face. Him getting suspended is just moronic.

I Liked :lol: http://www.facebook.com/CaseyThaPunisher?sk=wall

With audio ( just in case ya missed it ): http://www.facebook.com/video/video....57210&comments

I was bullied by little gob-shites at school too, got nasty and put one in a head lock & threw him down the grassy bank on the way out of school at the end of day; younger kids love to goad older pupils into fighting as they think the older kids wont fight back or that out numbering a single kid will help them win. Makes me sick that the older pupil is usually the one to get in the most trouble too- even with clear video evidence that he was just defending himself in the most awesome way possible- school governors are morons who have no commonsense & hide behind meaningless rules that rarely apply to real world issues within the school.

I get it
 

Ya I get it that there should be no fighting in school, but one can only take so much before you have to defend yourself. The school boards are just afraid that if they take one side or the other that they will be suid or threatened for being one sided. By the way this did make the news in the USA and both kids received 3 days suspension, and there were no serious injuries. So the little guy did not receive a broken leg. That was just rumors.

I think that was great for him to defend himself and walk away. That could have went so bad for him. With years of built up hostility he could have very easily "SNAPPED" and lost all grip with reality and just beat that little kid till he wasn't moving anymore. Good for him to do that and show thousands of kids out there who think they are "all that and then some" that when you mess with kids who don't want to fight they still know how, they just are brought up with respect.

That little bully obviously has a different meaning of respect and maybe should have gotten his azz whooped at home for a few years to show some out in public. School punishment these days is just ridiculous sometimes, but the story did say both were suspended. I never had a problem getting the old wooden paddle at school when we were bad and I would not mind it brought back. I see kids these days with zero respect for any kid or adult and it makes me sick. I sat my kids down and told them about what used to happen at school when we were bad and you should have seen the look on my 7 yr old daughters face when I told her we got spanked with a huge wooden paddle..:gasp:.haha It was great.

That video brought back some bad memories for me. I fully sympathize with young Casey and know exactly what he must have been going through. I was teased and bullied mercilessly at school and worst of all no one took it seriously or some didn't even believe me. When you are 240lbs and nearly 6 foot at the age of fourteen most people think that no one is going to pick on you. Total bullshit. You get picked on twice as much if not more.

I was called a retard (despite having all A's) because some little shit started a rumor that I was held back for 4 years and that's why I was so much bigger than all the rest. Getting tripped, punched and called a "Fat-tard" was a daily occurrence. I wish I had as much balls as Casey but I never retaliated. Don't know why. Instead I went through three different schools trying to get away from bullies but they were everywhere. I am pretty sure I could have done just the same as Casey, if not worse. Actually thinking about it, it's probably better that I didn't retaliate. Don't know if I could have kept my composure like he did. I would have probably kept on going and hurt someone pretty bad.

As for Casey good on him. I saw an interview with him, his older sister and father and I have to say that he is a very smart and well spoken kid. All his replies and comments didn't sound they were coming from a 15 year old but instead someone much older and mature. When he said that he thought about taking his life.........man that is scary. I think he sees life a lot differently now and has a whole new appreciation for it. I don't think he will have a shortage of friends now.

Also another thing I want to note (as if I haven't blabbed on for long enough) is the stuff going on on Facebook. The name of the kid that bullied Casey was released along with a phone number and an invite for vigilantes to call and abuse the little bully. Now that is just pure stupidity. That is bullying in it's self and two wrongs don't make a right. I am pretty sure that the little turd-head knows he screwed up big and probably hates him self for it. No need for people to leave him death threats and hate comments. He is a 12 year old after all. Whats worse one of the phone numbers that has been listed is wrong and is a number of an elderly couple. The husband is an 80 year old cancer sufferer and he is getting some very rude phone calls at all times of day and night. Bloody wrong that is.

Lot of the guys on here might have kids of there own. Please ask them what is going on at school and look for signs of bulling. Be involved and if they tell you something then act on it. No one believed me, not even my parents, and that made it it all even harder to cope with. Today I embrace my size and I wouldn't change who I am for anything in this world. Also out of my whole high school graduation class I am the only male that hasn't ended up in jail, overdosed or is dead for what ever reason. I have my own house, cars and life is pretty good. Like Casey said to other kids that are being bullied "Chin up. School doesn't last for ever".

I thought that was funny when I saw it on the news. I LMAO when I talked about it at work the next day. We came to the conclusion that bullying will be less of a problem him and life will be much better.

Of course he didn't deserve the suspension but as someone said already the school needs to be consistent with their policies.

As for the cyber -bullying I really don't like that.:bad:

Notice the bully went back to the cameraman (when he could), he was obviously going to beat the big guy and use it for cyber-bullying. HA! Nice egg on face.

Was shocked when I saw this, sat here in awe when the bully got owned.
Reminded me so much of my days in school being the fat kid myself weighing 265lbs @ 5'8'' inches tall at the time.

Didn't go so well when I snapped after all the years of abuse from not just every day bullies but from the jocks that I could out lift when weight training.

A muscle bound football jock was on the receiving end when I finally lost it.

I was at a bonfire party when the final attack happened and I lost it.

Was almost same situation only the muscle head pushed me into the fire, I came out of the fire seeing RED It looked almost the same as the posted video but I didnt walk away, in a total rage it all boiled over and the jock got a severe beat down, and ended up being pulled from the bonfire unconscious.

I'm in no way proud of how things went down but never was picked on again.

At the ripe old age of 16 I was in court for assault and battery, for breaking the jocks nose, 4 of his fingers, and dislocating his shoulder.

Verdict did go my way as none of the witnesses, even the jock squad could deny that I was being pushed into fighting back. I got 1 year of juvenile probation, the beat down jock and the whole jock squad in the court room as well as the parents of the beat down jock got a severe tongue lashing by the judge.

I can feel for the big kid as I was put in the same position, I just didn't handle my self with such a controlled manner.

Thumbs up to Casey for just getting the dirty deed done and just walking away.

I say good on him, the bully deserved everything he got. When I was in Final Year High School I was 5'8 and a lightweight, parents were teachers so I was an easy target, wasn't until 1st year uni I had my growth spurt (to 6'7)

What p#sses me is this Bully's mother is now complaining that her son was victimised, and wants Casey to apologise to him etc, I mean WTF??

I think the school is in the wrong for suspending the victim (look if he had laid the boot in while the other kid was down, then yeah I can understand it) I was always taught growing up, that while my parent's as teachers, had to tow the "no violence" line, as parents, I was always told to fight back if someone hit me, and as long as it was self defence, I wasn't going to get in any trouble with them.

Good job big guy! I love true justice, its rarely seen, even less commonly caught on video.:yes:

This was well deserved, and I liked the fact that he took the bully down and then stopped. Many would have kept on kicking, especially if this was there only chance at som justice after being bullied for years.

I was bullied at school and in street where I lived at when 13-16years and I built up so much rage inside that I could have killed given an opporunity. I am very glad I never got to fight back, because I wouldn't have stopped.

TG

Are you kidding us?
 

Are you kidding us? Now the bully has become the victim? Obviously his mother is on crack, which helps to understand why that kid has become a product of his own environment. I bet he is being rasied by his mother, because the father learned what a loser she is. I have not seen one posted response after watching the video that leans on the side of this little punk. It is quite obvious who started the conflict and that he never let up on poor Casey. He was lucky that Casey did not continue and pummal his a$$ into a coma after taunting Casey the way that he did. There is no way that this mother is going to convince anyone that her poor little kid deserves any kind of apology. He received his just reward for his poor attitude towards his fellow peers. Some people just never get the concept of mutual respect. Our mother drilled it into our heads that respect is earned, not taken. Treat others as you wish to be treated. This act is the apidimy of that statement. God will provide justice. Judge not, for vengence is his alone. How can one make it anymore simple than that. That kid needs to lick his wounds, learn from his obvious mistakes, and move on with his adolecence and hope that he does not become the victim of his own doing.

I think you have struck on something there Jerry. Not the crack part (although entirely plausible) but that he is being raised by his mother. I don't know as I haven't read about it but I am willing to bet my bottom dollar that that little bully is a product of a broken family. I see it so often here but I am sure it is happening in US too. I see little punks 13-15yrs of age hanging around fast food car parks till 2am on a school night. Where are the parents? Dad is in another state and mum is busy trying to get her self a new hubby. When the kids raise them selves they will never turn out right. Anyone raised with strong sense of morals and in a loving family will never turn out to be a bully.

My brother was in a situation like this,except he was a jock but being he was 5'8" he was the smallest on the varsity team ( SOB hit you like a ton of bricks though) he was jumped by an older much bigger kid while he my brother was training with weighted gloves. Needless to say the older bigger kid was carted away with a broken eye socket,detached retina,broken jaw and bruises all over his body and weighted gloves are Jo longer allowed in oak hills highschool. The guy deserved everything he got,so bully's better beware of when the kid they're picking on finally snaps.

If that big kid was my kid, i would clap him on the shoulder, and taken him straight to the RC shop to collect his award! Go Casey!

Broken home
 

Yea the broken home syndrome plays a big roll in a lot of adolecence issues here in America as well. Our kids 12, 14, & 15 are in the house every night by 8PM and in bed at 9PM on school nights, and 10PM on weekends and holidays. I lived a very loose life when my parents split up (I was 10), and I got into all sorts of trouble.

SO our kids will not have the same freedoms, and they earn everything they get:whip:. They each have a simple chore, and as long as they complete it properly they earn a weekly allowance of $10:party:. If the chore is not completed properly 100% they get squat.:neutral: Trust me they got squat for quite a while before they learned the meaning of doing a job right the first time.:mdr: I do not play when it comes to our kids learning things the hard way at home. The streets are a pretty tough way to earn your wings so to speak. I got beat down for a while in school when we moved to the projects, but after a few beatings I had to learn how to fight:diablo: and also how to make friends with the biggest kids in school.:na:

Hi.Fair play to the big lad :) .I got suspended from school for throwing a chisel at a bullying teacher,He couldn't even pronounce my sirname right,he was repeating the wrong pronounciation in my face,I didn't respond,he wasn't talking to me.Threw the chisel,got 2 months off school :)

Interview with Casey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHsUfY4hpKk

EDIT: Also, here's an interview with the other kid, Ritchard Gale. Says Casey started it all. There's also a few other vids on the site about this whole thing.

http://www.eheroesunited.com/

Reminds me of high school. Although I was well liked by most there were a few kids that did not care for me, mainly cause I was smarter than them and if they tried anything verbal they always lost and were laughed at by anyone who heard my replies!

One day I was walking the halls after school for some reason and one of them decided to try to sneak a hit on me. I blocked it but the guys head hit me in the breadbasket, knocking the wind out of me. I did manage to sweep his legs with my foot and put him head first into a bank of lockers, so hard 2 of the locked doors popped open. I did not see him in school for a few days, and after that he kept his distance.

Now that was 11 years ago, and I saw him at my 10yr reunion last year. Never liked the guy, and when he showed up he was drinking a can of some cheap beer. Keep in mind we were at a high class place, and all of the booze and food was paid in advance. He had a suit on that was about 3 sizes too big, and he was still a little short asshat. He tried to make some sort of snide comment to me, but it did not really sound good. I fired a few back and got him so bad at least 50 people were laughing at him. Some people never change. I spent the rest of the night drinking crown royal and having a blast. He left early. If he had tried anything else I would have moved it to the parking lot and stuffed him in a trash can or slammed his head in a car door. I am not a violent person but at 5'10" and 240lbs I can put some weight behind whatever I do.

I think the school did what they had to, and the bully made out not too bad. I would have stood on his nuts after the body slam, but that is just me.

Lots to cheer for.
 

From what I can see there are a lot of us that have been picked on one time or antother. It is good to see that we are not alone in the world. Its too bad we did not all know then what we know now, because it seems like we out number them on a pretty large scale. James I am glad that things went off without you having to set in jail for a few hours or putting the poor guy into the hospital. Its like all of the writings of the bible, whether you are religeous of not. Justice will come to those who deserve it. God will provide justice. It seems that soomer or later they all get their just reward and it seems that most of them end up loosers drunk all the time, divorced, criminals or long term pression sentinces or dead young due to being an a$$hole. It has become the story of 2011 for kids everywhere. Glad you came out alright James. Or did you???:na: It is hard to tell on here some days.:eyes:

Ritchard is being raised by his single father. He claims to have been the victim of bullying also & alleges that he was reacting to Casey because "He abused me first ... he was like 'get to class, you idiot', all that sort of stuff," says Ritchard

I guess this illustrates the complex dynamics that surround bullying & how things may not be exactly as they seem. Casey may well have let go a remark or two - hardly deserving of anything but Ritchard (probably with subsequent education & conditioning) will now see what purchase he can gain on the situation. Why is he a bully? maybe he trying to get attention, maybe he's fighting his own demons, maybe he wants to be popular etc hard to know

Everyone has experiences where they are bullied in some way...you learn from these & develop skills to assert yourself or mitigate the risk

I had a kid at school who wanted the attention of his parents & popularity so he thought he'd try the bullyboy routine with me. I have long arms, a lot longer than his & I pinned him against a wall by his throat for a long time. He was flailing around kicking & punching (my arm) but the more he did the tighter I squeezed, the less he did the looser my grip...anyway after a while he caught on & realised I was in control & he started crying - which at the time I thought was pretty funny (& so did the army of spectators) but it was really quiet sad. Long story short we came friends of sorts & I was able to control his bullying of others by pointing to my hand...as in 'you'll get this again if you don't stop'. He ended up in prison

Another was a much larger Tongan who was a few years older. Was a random thing but culminated in me finally taking a stand against him in front of a bus full of kids. He was shocked enough to sit back down & never bothered again

Like James, I learnt that public humiliation is a powerful tool when used in the right way

Today I manage a business & part of that is managing inter personal conflicts (& bullying to a lesser extent). Being able to empathise with people is a large part of people management & bullies last only a few minutes with me

Also my kids are going to school & dealing with these issues. My son has a disability & will be the target of bullies however he has the ability to charm the pants of most people & uses this to full effect. My daughter is quiet but very assertive & has already swiftly dealt with a few not-so-nice girls. I hope they continue to employ & learn from these skills...

Watch casey's interview.
 

If you watched Casey's interview you can see that there is no way he was doing any kind of bullying or tormenting of this idiot Richard. Richard is full of crap and making excuses to cover up the fact that he is just a little a$$ with a big mouth. I suspect from that remark that he still has not learnt is lesson and will more than likely end up in another video soon. Only this time he might end up in the Hospital. He knows he was wrong, but yet still can't keep his trap shut. Heres a straw, suck it up.

And I believe you got it backwards. Casey is being raised by his father. Richard is being raised by his mother. That is why there have been interviews with Richard's mother saying that Richard deserves an aplogy from Casey for slamming him on the ground like that. Obviously when she watches the video she is seeing something completely different from what we are seeing. The world has poured out by the hundreds of thousands with well wishes and cheers for Casey for finally standing up for himself and defending himself. Casey is an overnight celebrity.

It's complete BS that the bigger kid got suspended. Unfortunately, my high school had the same policy.

At my school, if some kid randomly walked up to you cause he was having a bad day and just started pummeling you, and you sat there and took it, and had 100 witnesses to back you up, they would still suspend BOTH students. So you could literally sit there and just get the sh!t beat out of you and still get suspended anyway.

When I learned of this rule I told myself the second the other guy threw the first punch I would beat him into the ground. The reason? I'm gonna get suspended anyway. Might as well show the other kid it was a mistake to start anything with me and it would also ward off others from trying to start stuff after they saw me pummel the dude without remorse. Fortunately, I never had to do any of this and go through with nothing but about 100 "tardys" for being late.

I think this rule is COMPLETELY stupid as it almost promotes more violence. If they would do what is right by NOT punishing the victim, it would promote the victim to not fight back and just to report what happened. However, by punishing the victim anyway, you are basically giving him a free card to beat the hell out of the other kid since he's going to get punished anyway.

Interesting post PBO.

At 16-17 I had a friend who had been raised by his aging, alcoholic mum. His older brothers were in and out of jail. So there wasn't much hope for him. To add to the mix she was a school teacher :no:

Some people never change hey Linc? Sounds like you haven't changed your attitude towards him. I'm not trying to knock you just point out it's hard for a lot of people to change when relationship has been forged.

What are the chances a bunch of grown men who play with toy cars were all coincidentally teased as children? :lol:

Nothing meant by that, I just couldn't resist.

I was never really picked on at school growing up, but I did my fair share of standing up for others who were picked on. I got more than my share of pummelings at home as the 6th of 8 brothers, but that taught me how not to treat others, and also how to stand up when necessary. Now we're all best friends (8 brothers), so I guess it worked out.

i was always the short, fat kid throughout most of my public schooling and when i say fat, i don't mean a little chunky. i got pretty round right about 2nd grade. i was always being picked on from there on until about the middle of 8th grade. i ended up having PE with the 2 biggest (both height and weight) kids in the entire school. i was friends with one of the two 250lb+ 6'3"+ kids and the other had been picking on me all year. by the way, i was about 4'8" at the time and probably about 160-180lbs also at the time, so i was quite plump.

halfway through the year, i was having a fairly bad day, but was happily playing a game called wall ball with a couple of my nerdy friends. this bully ended up coming up behind me and knocked me to the ground. i shrugged it off and pretended like it didn't even happen. i didn't even look at him to acknowledge that i noticed it. then, he took the ball and kicked it out into the field and started talking shit. once again, i completely ignored him and calmly walked to the field and got the ball. after about 2 more minutes of playing wall ball, he came up to us again with a couple of his friends and took the ball, but this time, kicked it onto the roof of the school. it was the only good "wall ball" that was not already on the roof.

that was when i had had enough. i went over to the ball bin and grabbed one of the basketballs that was waaay overinflated and as he was walking away, laughing, i kicked it as hard as i could (which was pretty damn hard due to my 5 years of playing soccer) and i intended it to fly past him, scaring him. instead, it hit him square in the back of his head. i even cringed when it hit him. i just stood there with a dumb smile on my face and waited as he stormed up to me and expected him to knock me out and i knew he was twice my size, so i just kept the smile and waited. he then proceeded to open-hand slap me in the face. i'll admit he hit me pretty hard, but i was just laughing my ass off and not only my friends, but his friends as well joined in. by then, his head must have been hurting pretty bad and the added insult of both mine and his friends laughing at him made him finally break down into tears as he slowly retreated.

after that, the PE teacher had calmly walked up to me and saw the nice red hand print on my face and told me he saw the whole thing. he then said that he was going to turn a blind eye to the whole thing.

nobody even tried to mess with me the rest of the year and i made some new friends in the process::yipi:

well,
there is one incident though that i not so proud of in 8th grade.
i was in the locker room changing when the gay kid in the class decided he wanted to grab my ass after i pulled down my shorts. out of pure reaction, i turned around and swung my fist. i didn't even know who did it and didn't give myself time to think about it. i luckily ended up hitting him in the arm instead of the face, but he was on the ground crying. this happened right in front of the PE teacher's office and once again, he saw the whole thing. he took my side again, but he told me if i got into any more fights during the year, he would suspend me and have a chat with my parents. the kid came to school with a really nasty looking bruise on him arm where i hit him and i ended up apologizing to him, but also told him at the same time not to make any more moves on me.

out of the whole ordeal(s) i became a lot less shy and ended up getting my popularity that i always wanted in high school. i'll admit i wasn't one of the most popular, but i would say about a 7 on a scale of 10.

i have not ever been picked on much since then and i now solve my problems with words and if that does not work, a good lift off the ground by the shirt collar into a wall or a nice face-pinned-to-the-ground worked well throughout the rest of school. i only had 2 big conflicts during high school.


btw, i ended up hitting a growth spurt to 5'8" and lost 30lbs on top of that during summer break between 11th and 12th grade. i am only a little fat now:yes:

I read about 1/9 of the posts...:sleep:



I went to a country school, as long as stitches weren't required anything(mostly) was fair game...


thats fine, as long as your not the tall skinny kid that just moved to the middle of ____ing nowhere.:neutral:

Wow, a 12 year old with an eyebrow piercing, seems like a punk to me. Doesn't even apologize for starting it all. He's just going to be more hated after that interview.

The area these kids come from is among the poorest & most under privileged in Sydney. Mt Druitt, Shalvey & St Mary's are tough areas...buses have stopped running there because they get robbed/stabbed/bashed, public transport is almost non existent, unemployment is about 20% compared to the 6% average...pretty bad place

The older kids in the area would call Ritchard a 'rat' because of his rats tail hair cut & piercing. Appropriate

Richard
 

Yea that Richard kid looks like a little Hoodlum and obviously needs some dicipline in his life or he is going to end up in jail or dead because of his own attitude and character. I use to see a lot of kids like him in our juvenile system when I was one of them. Although I watched others closely and decided that the kind of life that I wanted for myself was much higher and still attainable in my teens. I changed my ways and steered clear of punks like him so as not to end up just like him.

In my years of education I have learned a few MOTOS' if you will that stuck with me over the years and also seemed to hold true for the most part.

The first was "Knowledge is power". If you go through your life being ignorant and uneducated your hopes of being anything more than an unemployed idiot were slim to none. Surround yourself with the smart kids and learn from them. Those are the kind of kids who end up like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet when they become adults.

The second one was about disapearing into your own environment. What I was told was to look at the kinds of people that I was surrounding myself with. If you hang out with Pot-heads, then that is more than likely what you will become. If you surround yourself with bully's then you will end up just like them. If you surround yourself with intelligent people you stand a fair chance of becoming much more than you ever expected. I found that for the post part this was true just by observing the various clicks in our schools, gangs, and social clubs.

If you want good things for yourself or your kids then surround yourself with the life you wish. The right kind of people, the right atmosphere goes a long way with what you learn and how you learn it. Speak with your kids as if you truly expect them to be successful, as it carries a lot of wieght with their own self esteem and confidence. Point out others who are going the wrong way in their lives and ask your kids what kind of life they wish to have as adults while refering them to imagine the wrong way to go about that task. They will learn what to do and what not to do with the examples you provide for them. Leadership by example is the strongest tool that I know of. It works. Most of all treat them with respect and humility and teach them to share that sentiment with others, and they will intern treat you with that same level of respect as they grow. This really is not rocket science, but we have to work at it if we expect anything good to come of our kids. They do absorb some things just by being with you, but you still have to explain things to them so they can begin to understand right from wrong and why it makes a difference to their lives.

This Richard kid obviously has not been privi to any of these tools of life.

I just watched an interview on the today show with the skinny punk kid. IMO he was lying through his teeth, he fits the bully image to a T. Even his on-air appology was not sincere, more of a joke, he is not sorry at all. You can tell the kid filming and the kid talking in the background were his friends, and they way he went up to the camera after it was over just shows he did this for fun. And who the heck lets thier 12yr old kid have facial piercings? Obviously some bad parenting going on here.