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Adults Failed Bully Victim Phoebe Prince

They all looked the other way before and after suicide

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 30, 2010 3:38 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The Boston teenagers accused of bullying fellow student Phoebe Prince into suicide may get their comeuppance in court. But what about the grownups, wonders Kevin Cullen. Those supposedly-in-charge folks who did nothing to help a girl in trouble and then adopted a "look-the-other-way, kids-will-be-kids culture" after she killed herself.

"Whatever we expect students to do in these situations, there were adults at the high school who didn’t intervene when they could have, adults who didn’t protect Phoebe after Anne Prince told them her daughter was being tormented," writes Cullen at the Boston Globe. The DA didn't think their inaction amounted to criminal behavior. "But it didn't save Phoebe, either."

A screen grab of Phoebe Prince from YouTube.
A screen grab of Phoebe Prince from YouTube.   (youtube.com)
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When I called the superintendent of schools in South Hadley, to ask what he thought of all this, I was told he was out of town, which might be the understatement of the year. - Kevin Cullen, Boston Globe

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stopthewitchhunt
Apr 6, 2010 7:55 AM CDT
your all stupid liberal feminist cunts, stupid bitch killed herself, its not crininal to call a slut a slut, 16 year old bitch sucked cock and fucked older guys so the girls called her a slut and the bitch was weak, since wen is bulling deserving jail time, kids will be kids, get outa your fantasy liberal cunt wishes of love and peace and acceptance, sluts will get made fun of by girls and boys will try to fuck them harder so prince got dick . so these guys are rapists now? bullshit, these girls are crininals now? there 16 for christ sake this whole thing is being dramitized i feel bad for the 9 girls and their families being publicly cursed for simply being teenagers like millions of others, millions of girls get called sluts for a reason, they dont hang themselves, fuckin PUSSIES ALL OF YOU
ashespashes
Mar 31, 2010 10:37 PM CDT
This is about the saddest story I have ever heard and I just hope and wish for the best of the parents of this young teen :( :(
eileenhudsonstaugustinefla
Mar 31, 2010 4:05 PM CDT
There has always been bullies around..In the 50's when I grew up..Also they had what they call "Slang books" going around...usually very derogatory names..written in there about different teenagers...There would be fights etc. anyway. hese days the bullies seem to be much meaner and cruel..So, Yes those 9 teenagers need their comuppence along with their parents who taught them to be so d... mean..I do pray for the girl's parents....

 
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