I want to know why this child was called a "devil worshipper" [sic]? Why did that make him a target of an attack? And is this bullying or an outright criminal assault?
I was both a bully and a victim to which I put and end to both. I discovered I did not like to hit, hurting other people just wasn't my thang; I also didn't like to be called names, "squirrel face," "brick house," "dyke" etc.. I survived by using words to my advantage. (Nothing like pissing someone off using words they would have to go home look up in a dictionary.) I wasn't coddled, but I had resources that I am guessing aren't available today or do people just not care?
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A 13-year-old boy attending a junior high school in Illinois was brutally beaten by a group of classmates this week after months of bullying, and the video of the fight was later posted online.
Anthony Avila, of Joliet, suffered a concussion and injuries to his face in the altercation, which took place after school Monday.
Avila transferred to Gompers Junior High School in Joliet five months ago.
The shy 13-year-old, still bearing red bruises on his nose and left eye from the recent attack, said he was expecting a warm welcome from his new schoolmates, but instead he became the target of cruel taunting.
'People would call me names [like] the devil worshipper,' he told ABC 7 Chicago. 'I'd never talk to anyone because I was shy.'
'They called me devil worshiper': Boy, 13, savagely beaten by four classmates and left with concussion after enduring months of bullying | Mail Online
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