5-year-old amputee gets leg stolen by 13-year-old on bus, school punishes 5-year-old
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[url]http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/05/11/sk-bullying-school-division-lawsuit.html[/url]
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A Saskatchewan father is considering suing the Prairie South School Division for failing to stop his son — who lost one of his legs in an accident — from being bullied on the school bus.
Robert Coomber's five-year-old son, Ryan, lost part of his left leg in a lawnmower accident two years ago. His left leg was amputated below the knee, and he wears a prosthetic limb.
Coomber said it breaks his heart to see Ryan being bullied after everything he's been through.
Ryan used to take the school bus from his home in Willow Bunch, Sask., to his junior kindergarten in Assiniboia, about 40 kilometres away.
But bullying and taunting on the bus have made that ride, which takes about an hour on the bus, impossible.
"A lot of kids beat me up. Lots of big kids," Ryan said.
Kids on the bus have stolen Ryan's backpack, Coomber said, and one student tried to pull off his prosthetic leg.
Coomber spoke with the parents of the kids involved and thought the issue was resolved — until Ryan was punched by a 13-year-old on the bus on May 4, leaving him with a black eye.
"He was punched in the eye by one of the biggest kids on the bus," Ryan's dad said.
"He's young, he's five, he's disabled. I can't ride the bus and stand up for him, you know. He can't defend himself, so who easier to pick on than a kid who gets punched in the eye and sits quietly in the corner."
Coomber said he tried to speak with the teen's parents but got nowhere.
He then approached the bus driver and the school principal, who directed him to the Prairie South School Division.
"I asked for the child to be disciplined," he said. "I asked for him to be suspended from school [to] teach him a lesson because there's a zero tolerance for bullying.
"[But instead] we were told Ryan will no longer be on the bus, that it's not safe for him or my daughter and that we have to drive them the round trip."
Coomber said the school division even offered to pay for him to drive Ryan and his seven-year-old sister to and from school.
He said he finds the whole situation infuriating.
"It's just a shame that in his five years, [Ryan] has to be a victim over and over again."
The Coomber family is considering a lawsuit.
The Prairie South School Division told CBC News it would not comment on the matter.
Later on Tuesday, Saskatchewan's Education Minister said school bus operators are responsible for keeping buses safe.
"[Their] first responsibility is safety," Ken Krawetz told reporters at the provincial legislature in Regina. "Secondly, they have to be ensuring that behaviour on the bus is according to the rules that are put in place, and that's a difficult task."
Krawetz said the local school board was investigating the situation.[/release]
That's not bullying, that's assault.
Also, that 13-year-old is a fuckwad.
What a dick, I remember I had this bully in school who stole my hearing aids and dropped them in a puddle when I was in first grade.
Anybody who toys with disabled people is a douchebag.
Wow, assholes these days. How can anyone do such a horrible thing to a 5 year old with an amputated leg?
This is so fucked up
Seriously, bullying kids THAT handicapped should warrant heavy disciplinary punishment.
[QUOTE=hl2poo;21893382]Wow, assholes these days. How can anyone do such a horrible thing to a 5 year old with an amputated leg?[/QUOTE]
You've never seen a teenager have you?
[QUOTE=Fables;21893404]You've never seen a teenager have you?[/QUOTE]
I've never seen or met one who would bully any handicapped person if that's what you're wondering. Everyone respects handicapped around here.
bullying is fucked up in the first place, but doing it to handicapped people is beyond fucked up
[QUOTE=Fables;21893404]You've never seen a teenager have you?[/QUOTE]
'round these parts, if anybody did this to a disabled kid they would get the shit beaten out of them repeatedly
It just breaks my heart to see something like this happen. I mean, where is our society going if someone can be so damn cold to do things like this?
If I was that kid's dad, there would be less people on that bus all of a sudden.
I would kick the shit out of that kid.
Some people are so fucking stupid...
this kid'll be the president some day
[QUOTE=hl2poo;21893423]I've never seen or met one who would bully any handicapped person if that's what you're wondering. Everyone respects handicapped around here.[/QUOTE]
Well here they're teased, insulted, and harassed all the time.
It confuses me how someone can be that cruel, especially toward someone with such a disability like his.
[QUOTE=Fables;21893492]Well here they're teased, insulted, and harassed all the time.[/QUOTE]
Must be shitty to live in a place full of idiots.
[QUOTE=hl2poo;21893632]Must be shitty to live in a place full of idiots.[/QUOTE]
Welcome to California.
i think they should give kids guns, with plastic bullets loaded in the rounds and when bullies come they can go ask a teacher for permission to shoot and they shoot the bullies and hide in what I like to call the bathroom. The bullies mullets will get in their faces preventing further action once subdued giving the victim ample time to reorganize for the kill.
Reminds me of that story of the girl who lived in Massachusetts that killed herself after repeated bullying. The school staff knew about it, but didn't really try to stop it. Her sister found her hanging in a closet :(
That dad should take both the school board and the kid to town.
Really misleading title.
[QUOTE=Skippy!;21893805]Really misleading title.[/QUOTE]
It's not misleading at all. A kid was punished for being bullied.
This thread stole my heart.
What fucking 13 year old beats up a 5 year old disabled kid?
A [b]13 year old[/b] beat up a [b]5 year old disabled boy[/b]? Fucking scum of the earth, it infuriates me to know assholes like that exist. The world would be better off if that piece of shit just died.
The father has a lot of self control, knowing myself I would have got on that bus and beat that punk into a coma. On top of that the school isn't doing anything, hurr lets not expel the offending student lets just not let the disabled student on the bus anymore. I hope the father follows through with that lawsuit, maybe it'll force the school to get off their asses and do something.
I'm so angry right now.
[quote]lost part of his left leg in a lawnmower accident[/quote]
:ohdear: Oh man... poor kid...
That kid can't be normal. Anyone who has the basic morals and ethics would never do something like that.
Cunts. I would stand up for him If I were there. Those just watching must of been scared of this kid.
Why are people commenting and getting angry? This shit happens all the time, you should get over it and realize the world is filled with assholes.
[QUOTE=Incognito;21893917]A [B]13 year old[/B] beat up a [B]5 year old disabled boy[/B]? Fucking scum of the earth, it infuriates me to know assholes like that exist. The world would be better off if that piece of shit just died.
The father has a lot of self control, knowing myself I would have got on that bus and beat that punk into a coma. On top of that the school isn't doing anything, hurr lets not expel the offending student lets just not let the disabled student on the bus anymore. I hope the father follows through with that lawsuit, maybe it'll force the school to get off their asses and do something.
I'm so angry right now.[/QUOTE]
If I was the father I would fuck that kid up. Hell, even if I was just a bystander I still would. You don't pick on someone disabled, and you don't pick on someone younger. He did both, at the same time.
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