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School Sued for Ignoring 'Bullicides'

Teachers stood by as students pushed teen over edge: parents

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(Newser) – The parents of an Ohio teen who killed himself after a bully suggested he do so have sued his former school. Teachers let other boys tease Eric Mohat, call him homophobic slurs, and shove him around without recourse, charge William and Janis Mohat, who want the school to recognize the 2007 death as a “bullicide” and institute anti-bullying measures, ABC News reports.

“What it boils down to is the football players, cheerleaders, and kids with money have a different set of rules,” says a parent who withdrew his suicidal son from the same school. “The school is more interested in sweeping it under the rug.” The Mohats say three other children died the same year as Eric as a result of bullying, a charge the school denies.

Eric Mohat's parents say the school didn't do enough to intervene in their son's bullying.
Eric Mohat's parents say the school didn't do enough to intervene in their son's bullying.   (Shutterstock)
A picture of Mohat from his MySpace page, maintained by his parents since he killed himself 2 years ago.
A picture of Mohat from his MySpace page, maintained by his parents since he killed himself 2 years ago.   (MySpace.com)
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It shouldn't require legal action to get the school system to pay more attention to bullying than they do to their sports programs. How many suicides is enough?
- William Mohat, Eric's father

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Mad
Apr 2, 09 9:24 AM CDT
My son had a problem with a bully. Quickly realizing the school wasn't going to help, I took matters in my own hands. In terms he could understand, I made it clear, he needed to find another child to fuck with, cause if he looked at my chold cross-eyed, I was personally going to beat him to a bloody pulp. Then, I'd would pick my son up from school, race to the bully's house, and wait for him there. I honked everytime I saw the punk on the street and wave. Didn't take long to break him. Most bullys are wimps. Just don't tell the school, first, putting them on notice. Plausible deniability. Nothing to tie you to the kid when he turns up missing Reply
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Caps
Apr 2, 09 7:58 PM CDT
Great job Mad. This is what other parents should do.
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sadtimes
Apr 2, 09 11:48 AM CDT
Mr. Mad, I'm sure you'd be hard pressed to find a parent who didn't want to dismember their kid's bully's body, but you could go to jail for that, so why not just knockout the dad ;-) They are usually the ones instilling the hatred and rage in their kids anyway. Nothing will shut a kid up faster than seeing his pops get knocked out cold. Reply
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Derni
Apr 2, 09 1:51 PM CDT
Schools get sued by the bully and the person doing the bullying-the one doing the bullying says he has as much right to an education as the one getting bullied-and if the bully happens to be a sports jock then the coaches back him/her. I've suspended bullies and put hem in alternative programs where they're physically restrained if they act out-the change their tune quickly! Reply
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Collusive
Apr 2, 09 2:02 PM CDT
Three suicides in the same class, this school needs to be shut down. Reply
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