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Video: High School Student Preston Deener Bullied Moments Before Interview About Bullying
Moments before a news crew was set to interview a high school student about bullying, the teen was attacked by bullies.
According to the Daily Mail, Preston Deener, 15, was preparing for his interview with You4State outside of his school in Brunswick, Maryland when three students walked over to him. The students started pestering him then chasing him.
"The student came up to me and pushed me out of the way and said, 'What are you recording?'" Preston said. "All of sudden, the student was chasing me and I needed help."
Reporter Katie Kyros was shocked by the persistence of the bullies, as they seemed to be "unfazed by the audience." The bullies not only chased Deener, but hit him on the head.
"One of the boys lunged towards Preston and started hitting him in the head so quickly," Kyros said. "I was shocked. They didn't even care I was standing there and yelling at them."
Footage of the attack shows Deener running away from the large bullies.
Deener later revealed that he had ran from the bullies instead of fighting back because he was suspended for three days once for hitting a bully back after they tackled him.
He has decided the best way to deal with the bullies is to go directly to the administrators.
Unfortunately, Deener has become an expert at dealing with bullies as he has been a victim of it since he was in the sixth grade.
His mother, Cheryl Deener, explained that they had to transfer her son from another school last year because of the intense bullying he experienced. She said bullies often tease him about his clothing and make anti-gay remarks.
Deener has also been subjected to bullying on Twitter. He says he does not understand why they have targeted him.
"I don't know," he said. "People just always pick on me. It's not fun."
Cheryl hopes that this recent incident will prompt the school to take bullying more seriously.
"I'm hoping now that they take this more seriously than what they have," she said. "Preston is very strong but I think he's a little bit shaken up with what happened today."
After experiencing bullying for years, Deener has decided to put on an anti-bullying homecoming party with his mother on Friday to share his stories.
"You've got to have one heart and stand up for someone who's getting bullied and it needs to stop," he said.
As for the bullies in the most recent incident, the high school stated they know who they were and are investigating it.
"A full investigation is step number one, to find out what's going on and what happened," Michael Doerrer from Frederick County Public Schools said.
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My taxes go to schools for
My taxes go to schools for education, not criminal investigations. It is the school's responsibility to keep students in a safe environment & educate them. It is the responsibility of the police & courts to document childhood delinquency, determine pathology and administer appropriate punishment. There should be no overlap. These delinquents need to be held accountable for their acts in a court of law, and so do their parents, who should also face an evaluation by social services. We have a lot of absentee, negligent, and incompetent parents raising young sociopaths. It is the court system, not the school system, who has the responsibility to protect the public (that includes children as well as adults) from kids with anger management issues or worse. Parents should have a chance to correct the behavior of their children, but that should be worked out through the criminal justice system. I expect my local schools to have strict suspension policies regarding verbal exchanges between students as well as staff, and immediately contact & cooperate with the police about any charges of physical assaults.
@gem: "We have a lot of
@gem: "We have a lot of absentee, negligent, and incompetent parents raising young sociopaths." - Where are you facts to back up this statement? Have you ever raised children? Do you know anything about RAD, ODD, FASD or BPS? Just placing blanket blame on parents is ignorant.
The Catholic Heretic
If a bullied student gets
If a bullied student gets suspended for defending himself, then maybe when he does defend himself he should try to hurt the bullies badly. They don't mind being suspended, so he needs a deterrent that will work with them -- like maybe breaking their bones.
His mom said," She said
His mom said," She said bullies often tease him about his clothing and make anti-gay remarks." His clothes don't look effeminate to me -- looks rather normal. He doesn't seem to be wearing earrings or any other outward appearance that people might regard as a sign of being gay. In fact, the story never says whether he is even gay at all. Are they just imagining things because he doesn't fight back or something?
lethal1ty took the words
lethal1ty took the words right out of my mouth. he doesn't have to be gay to be called gay. they even spell it differently now (ghey) and it has a totally different meaning. students who are called gay in school are rarely homosexual.
Its become commonplace for
Its become commonplace for kids in school to start calling each other gay rather than just stupid like they used to. In most schools, gay is the goto word for someone who is an outcast. It only shows further ignorance and intolerance towards another group of people. How sad.