I have a child with autism. Three boys at his high school created a Facebook page about how they wanted to torture and kill him. Very descriptive. Other kids chimed in. “Tie him to a tree and light him on fire and listen to his screams.”
The police reaction? Boys will be boys!
I went to each parent’s home and told them I would beat the living hell out of the father unless the Facebook page was removed and all kids apologized.
The police came by and said that was assault.
Can you believe it?
Facebook still permits the pages up that urge the hatred and murder of George Zimmerman.
FB does not have “software that detects” death threats, racists slurs, etc. They have Stalinists who delete certain pages and posts based on political whim.
Time for some vandalism then.
When the police won’t protect your son, you gotta protect yourself.
I can give you about a thousand things you can do to make these people’s lives hell, without getting caught.
I thought the schools were into anti bulling these days. What ever happened to that. Did you tell the principal at your kid’s school about this?
That is just horrible. There is no common decency or shame anymore.
This world is upside-down.
Threats are illegal and can be prosecuted.
Don't know where you live but I'd like to go with you.
I can believe it. Yes, go ahead and talk to the parents, but the most effective thing to do would have been to call Facebook. I got a Facebook page pulled down in one day. Use all the right catch words: lawyers, lawsuit, bad publicity, legal action, writing letters and emails to newspapers, congressmen, and organizations that protect the disabled, etc.
The police only knows how to issue traffic tickets. To go to their homes was a bad idea. Contact media and give the names of the parents. I’m sure that one of the local stations ,hungry for news, will do that. Make sure to print out copies from Facebook page, police report. If you can afford few hundred extra dollars, have an attorney send letters to parents, police dept. and Facebook indicating that, if God forbid, something happens to your child, all of them will held criminally responsible. It will work. Been there, done that.
That’s awful! I thought they were cracking down on bullying, but I guess just for some people.
I have had so really trying times in my life... when you are at complete wit’s end... always remember to be kind. Karma or whatever people of faith may call it, does exist.
you should’ve threatened a big money lawsuit and you were going to sue all the parents. Then say, “see you in court.” You will see how fast they take it down. People fear losing money, not getting a black eye. also threaten to sue the school for negligence for ignoring bullying and allowing harassment of your son to continue. money talks.
I'm so sorry your son had to go through that.
Their parents had better have a good amount of cash in the bank. I see a lot of legal fees in their future if their crappy parenting continues and the little wanna be pyschopaths they're raising aren't dealt with now.