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Bully agrees to jail time for tattooing
"One of the four young men charged with bullying a Concord High School freshman into receiving a lewd tattoo has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges and will serve time in jail.
A second man is planning to plead guilty, according to court filings. And all three of the men who were students at Concord High have been expelled, the high school principal said yesterday.
Donald Wyman, 20, was sentenced by a Merrimack County Superior Court judge Friday to 12 months in the county jail, all but 45 days suspended, for endangering the welfare of a child, according to court filings. He will be on probation for two years after getting out of jail and will be required to complete 200 hours of community service, as well as an 'anti-bullying program' put on by a professor at the University of New Hampshire."
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Permalink Reply by Sherri Lynn on -
I think it's good this kid is going to jail. All of them should go! They need to learn that behavior like that is unacceptable as a teenager and an adult. Too many kids nowadays get away with crap like this and without punishment they learn it's okay to go through life treating their peers with such disrespect and sheer cruelty. It's sad that parents don't teach their children enough about respecting their peers as well as adults. If the teaching starts at home with parents, and is followed through by strict rules about bullying in the school system, maybe those kids could share that compassion and empathy for others and teach it to their friends. It could make a very big difference in how we behave as adults and teach us to be tolerant of others and their differences, rather than pick a fight about it. With laws like anti-bullying, it's just the beginning. Parents need to enforce this as well.
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Permalink Reply by Pamela Tucker on -
IT does start at home with parental and individual responsibility. Everyone preaches it, yet it seems we're always quick to blame. We all know a parent who, despite being told about their teenage child's behaviour, has been told to,"mind their own business," or ignore the behaviour. Unfortunately, we can't tell parents how to behave other than through litigation.
We must be careful of letting this get out of hand too. Is bullying a form of exclusion? Does everyone have to play with everyone on the playground or is that bullying? It must be limited in scope or a cross look could be misinterpreted. -
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Permalink Reply by Sandra Tague on -
Sending someone to jail for assault would not derive controversy and what was done to the Concord high school freshman was assault.
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Permalink Reply by LFDA Editor on -
Recent news regarding bullying:
"One of four men charged in connection with the coerced tattooing of a 14-year-old boy was sentenced to six months in jail Thursday.
Blake Vannest, 18, was sentenced to one year, with six months suspended, on a charge of child endangerment. He was also given a one- to three-year suspended sentence for simple assault.
Vannest was one of four charged in connection with tattooing a boy in June. Police said the boy was told by others that they would no longer pick on him if he consented to getting the lewd tattoo of an image and two obscene words on his buttock."
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