Bullying turns into murder
Posted
August 13, 2007 at
9:31 am by
Jessica
This story absolutely breaks my heart.
Three Canadian boys, ages 7 - 9 years old, stripped a 6-year-old boy naked and pushed him into a lake where he drowned.
In Canada, nothing can be done to prosecute the boys, since they’re all under 12 — in my opinion a gross injustice. I’m not saying to throw them in maximum security prison, but really, nothing? No punishment at all? They will get away with it and in my opinion, since most bullies have parents that are also bullies, this will be the first of a long string of abuse and violence they will exhibit throughout their lives without proper intervention.
The boy, Adam Keeper, drowned because he didn’t know how to swim. He was only 6 years old and now these bullies will feel no consequences for what they did.
What makes a child so evil? What turns children into cold blooded murderers?
We are well past the days of telling children to simply “suck it up” when teased and tormented by other kids. You cannot “suck it up” when you’re dealing with sociopathic children. Even in America, we need much stiffer laws regarding bullies and the management of bullies. In my opinion, bullies should be removed from their homes as any child of neglect would be as it directly reflects a parents ability to manage and nurture their child. Parents have an obligation to teach their child empathy and to make sure their anger is directed properly. Plus, bullying can manifest itself from other emotional problems the child is suffering, but it is never appropriate to displace those emotional deviancies on other children. I have to wonder if these bullies are not being abused themselves.
Or, are there children that are just born “bad”?
Tags: Adam-Keeper, bullies, canada, child-abuse, Criminal Justice, manitoba, pauingassi |
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1. Allison said:
August 13, 2007 @ 1:57 pm
Quote Jessica: They will get away with it and in my opinion, since most bullies have parents that are also bullies, this will be the first of a long string of abuse and violence they will exhibit throughout their lives without proper intervention.
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Jessica, I fully back you up on this idea. When I was growing up we had a family around the corner with 4 boys and they all were bullies. Even the parents were bullies!!! The boys’ ages were the same as my sister’s brother’s and myself, so we were in constant contact with them at school and after. When my mom couldn’t take the smallest one bullying my younger brother anymore, we all went over as a family to ask the parents if they could make it stop. That crazy woman smashed her beer bottle to the ground and then choked my mom!!! When my mom called the cops when we got home, they said there was nothing they could do because we were on their property.
It was nuts. We had to live by these assholes for 15 years. And I doubt now (this incident happened when I was 10) if any of them have changed. And I’m sure the son’s will probably pass this behavior on to their kids…..
2. Jessica said:
August 13, 2007 @ 2:34 pm
Holy crap, Allison! LOL! You have some crazy-ass stories, girl. (I always look forward to your comments.)
That is crazy. Are the bullies’ family still at the same house?
What a whacko that woman sounds like. It’s scary.
3. Susan said:
August 13, 2007 @ 6:57 pm
I wonder if the 9 year-old was the ringleader? I see even with my children’s schoolmates that the younger ones will go along with the teasing and sniping inspired by an older, bossy bully, even if they would never do it on their own. Regardless, I’m not sure how to respond to your questions — as a parent that’s what’s so frustrating and sad.
4. Susan said:
August 13, 2007 @ 7:02 pm
And did the other kids watch him as he drowned? God, the more I think about the scenario, it makes me sick. I don’t know how I’d cope if my child was the boy who drowned, and I certainly don’t know how I’d handle it if my kid was one of the others. But then again, as you said, the parents may not the champions of empathy either.
Ugh. Heartbreaking is right.
5. Meg said:
August 14, 2007 @ 5:39 am
If this story were the beginning of a movie, it would either turn into a “ghost of dead child haunts his murderers as adults”, a “redeeming tale of a former child murderer, haunted by his past, who becomes an exceptional teacher in the inner-city”, or a “gang of sociopaths torments and tortures Canadian citizens relentlessly” film. I don’t really want to know. My children aren’t old enough to even really play with other kids yet, but this story makes me so nervous. To think that with all the other things that could happen, that we have to protect children from other children is so disheartening.
6. sam said:
January 2, 2008 @ 11:19 am
hi my name is sam the things that go on now in school are just unbeleivable. You know how theres always that one girl or boy that EVERYBODY picks on, day after day they get tormented and yelled at and they’re too afraid to do anything because they know they’ll just get it even worse. Im only 13 but that only means i know more about what goes on in everyday life in school. I’m doing my lawson project this year and i’ve decided to do it on how bullying leads to murder. thank you for your stories this will be helpful to me
7. prpledrm76 said:
February 13, 2008 @ 10:32 pm
Unfortunately like most of u said, the behavior will keep happening. Alot of times it can start in the home, but considering the fact that our children are in the care of a school for a good percentage of time - I believe that they are just as responsible for the way our children act. There are alot of incidents that get over looked because the school doesn’t want a scandal. The other possiblity is that the child does act out at home, but the parents are too ashamed to say anything to anyone - let alone the school to warn them. You have more and more cases of The Columbine shooting happening over and over again at different schools. Singling out kids and ridiculing them, well it can take a toll and if ur the principal or a teacher in that school - unless ur totally unobservant those behaviors should be obvious and when necessary there should be an intervention. The schools however, are not solely to blame. They may want to institute new classes to teach things like this, but the parents will often say it’s not necessary or don’t want it. Either way for the time that your children are in school, both sides have to work equally to make sure your children are safe.
8. Randy said:
July 13, 2008 @ 9:16 pm
I lived for 4yrs in Pauingassi over 7 yrs ago when the solvent abuse was basicly starting at the attitute was not to say anything no big deal. The children of this community were the by products of a night of drinking and fooling around not planned families. The childern were not raised but had to raise themselves. Not all families were like this but you only notice the neglective families. If you look into the history of Pauingassi you will find parents killing children, children killing parents, children killing children, rapes, missing people never seen again all connected to alcohol or sniffing gasoline and bullying.
Can you blame the children? todays young adults were yesterday kids and their parents where abused themselves. Four generations of abuse on record.
Time to step in, this is only the tip of the iceburg. These 2 boys had no and I repeat NO clue what they were doing was wrong as anyone in any urban center knows. Babes in the woods and I mean in the woods (isolated in the BUSH).
Help not critize……….
9. Grandma frm Ks. said:
July 13, 2008 @ 11:17 pm
Jessica asked “or, are there children that are just born “bad”?
I do not believe babies are born bad, I believe they are taught behaviour, as well as manners and ect. I do believe these things are passed on to our children by our actions, This just breaks my heart also, just to think how young they are and the mentality that they already have is scary, I’m sure they will never forget this action of their own hand.
I know a few weeks ago I had 2 small grand daughters visiting for a couple weeks, the 7 yr old was riding her bike, and a little boy in our neighborhood (somewhere) told her if she came back down he street again he would break her arm. She told him he did’nt scare her and he was mean, and the foul language that came out of his mouth was words I have never used, She asked me what was a C— Sucker (I think you get the word) Needless to say, I was scared for her, and she did’nt ride by her self any more, never did find for sure where he came from, probably visiting some one.
But Jessica I certainly hope that some one will do some thing for those boys, do you think they could ever just forget what they did? or they don’t realize how wrong it was? Some may differ with me but even our youngest knows what murder is. No matter what tho, a baby is lost to death and 2 more is lost with out proper help. Sooo sad!