Why do you suspect this?
Other than because you have preconceived prejudices.
"He's already known as a menace"
From his wheelchair?
You haven't answered my question at all.
The police knew for TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE SUICIDE, that Mayfield had been exonerated, but they did not inform him of this.
By the way, the kid didn't push Mayfield off the bridge either. Mayfield restricted his entry into some place by putting his hand on the boy, the boy said Mayfield shoved him, and the school board called it an assault.
By the way, as an asides...how would you feel if your wheelchair ridden, thirteen year-old child had been "pushed" by a teacher?
Why don't you just say so ??
I answered your question, you asked what I would do to those (police, school, child protective services, whoever else) that could've called, told Mayfield he was exonerated, possibly preventing the suicide.
I told you they should be reprimanded officially, that the reprimands should stay in their files permanently, what else do you want me to say ??
I believe the kid was/is a disruptive and chronic menace because that's what the articles said. Didn't you read them:
"He was clearly distraught that October afternoon. He told Myrna that the accusation was the vengeance of an angry teenager. In fact, he said, a week earlier he had touched the chronically disruptive 13-year-old on the chest, emphasizing that the boy needed to behave and pay attention.
When the boy misbehaved again that morning, Mayfield said, he ordered him from the classroom. The boy responded by complaining to the principal that Mayfield had assaulted him the week before. The boy, the son of immigrants from India, had polio as a toddler and uses a wheelchair.
Mayfield was warned about the troubled boy, Abdul Nahibkhil, at the start of the school year by a colleague who said the boy disrupted her class the year before. Abdul's parents, Abdul and Shina Nahibkhil, had come to the United States from India about 27 months earlier. The parents, who speak no English, were interviewed with their daughter Jasmine, 20, serving as interpreter.
I have a suspicion they came here illegally because I've been around the world a few times and I have some common sense.
From their names, I suspect they are Muslims, they arrived here illegally and are now in immigration limbo, because they applied for asylum as a persecuted minority in India. They also probably have claimed adequate medical care is not available for Abdul in India
Because of their names, and that they do not speak English, I do not believe they are here on H1B, or other similar work visas, for people with "high-tech" computer skills. Most H1B applicants speak English and are Hindi.
But, I could be wrong, that's for sure -- but, my opposition to illegal immigration does not make me a bigot, so don't lecture me about preconceived prejudices.
What do you think their status is here, that he is a resident alien brain surgeon earning $400K annually.
Look at this from any facet, and the kid is at the center - he was the catalyst for this whole unfortunate sequence of events. You can't make Abdul the victim, not in my eyes.
You can't make the "system" either the victim or the perpetrators.
Poor ol' Mr. Mayfield, he was characterized as a kind, gentle person - just like Mr. Rogers.
True, he may have been too sensitive, over reacted, or had a screw loose somewhere, but poor ol' Mr. Mayfield -- he was the victim.
The kid needs to be punished -- this is not an innocent lie, a simple exaggeration.
Now, are you going to tell me what you would do to the kid, if anything, and why ??
Oh, frankly -- while I regret the kid is diabled, I'm not going to emote about how he may/may not feel.
I care more about how Mr. Mayfield's family feels.