This kid had other issues going on we just don’t know about. You don’t just kill yourself unless there are deeper issues.
Like what?
When a gay kid gets bullied and offs himself, no one blame's the kid's "issues" at all. When a principal bullies a kid (threatening to arrest him, put him on the sex-offender list for life, getting expelled, etc.) it must be because the kid had issues?
That may well be but post #41 said that the article stated the boy had been in trouble at school before. In fact, it said no such thing.
I’m no expert in psychology but I was a teenager back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I know they sometimes don’t think things through before they act, hence the streaking incident and, apparently, the suicide. My guess is the young man was more terrified of his life being destroyed by the thought of being labeled a sex offender than he was of dying. Chances are that wouldn’t have happened; pisser is, death is forever.
It’s a shame that the so-called adults in this matter didn’t think things through, either, before running their mouths off and making matters worse. I don’t suppose the principal has any legal responsibility here but there was no point in him shouting all of the coming dire consequences from the roof tops. I hope he doesn’t sleep well for a long time thinking about how he could’ve handled the whole mess differently.
Really? Using absolutely authority to publically shame and threaten a completely innocent 15 year old that he is going to be expelled, jailed and labeled a sex offender for the rest of his life for a harmless and extremely commont prank isn't enough to bring on a suicidal crisis?
You must be a public school administrator. I can tell by the depth of your insight, experience and compassion.