Cops Weigh Charges in Bullying Suicide

Police are weighing criminal charges against three alleged teenage bullies who taunted a 14-year-old gay student for almost a year before he committed suicide, according to authorities. Jamey Rodemeyer killed himself earlier this week after blogging repeatedly about the bullying. No bullying laws exist in New York state, so the Amherst Police Department is weighing charges of harassment, cyber harassment, or hate crimes.

"We've heard that there were some specific students, an identifiable group of students, that had specifically targeted Jamey, or had been picking on him for a period of time," Police Chief John C. Askey told the Buffalo News. Lady Gaga has launched a campaign to make bullying a crime in honor of Jamey, who thanked her on his last Tumblr message before his suicide. (More Jamey Rodemeyer stories.)