Current Events > Parents SUE after their Son committed SUICIDE and was PUNISHED for being RACIST!

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Parents of 17 y/o Patrick McCalley, an Indiana Student who committed suicide because he was given a 2 hour in school suspension after he sent a RACIST SNAPCHAT to a black student, are now SUING the district because the intense punishment drove him to his death as they said there shouldn't have been any punishment for something so trivial!!

On October 6th, 2016, Patrick got in trouble by the school after he sent a snapchat message with a noose around a black man's neck to a classmate at Carmel High School.

As punishment he was escorted from the school and isolated for 2 hours where he was questioned by the principal over it.

He wrote a self-incriminating statement and signed an affidavit that threatened "penalties for perjury" if his statement wasn't true and was told he'd be expelled or suspended according to the lawsuit

After he was released, Patrick then went home that day and killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 3:36pm.

Now Chris and Marilyn McCalley are suing the district and assistant principal, Toby Steele, school resource officer Phil Hobson and former district superintendent Nicholas Wahl on 8 counts including intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence.

They said Patrick was happy that day because he got an email from the US Air Force where he was going to enlist.

The suit says "When Patrick awoke on October 6, 2016, he was a happy, well adjusted boy and had just received email correspondence from a representative of the US Air Force and was excited for the future when he left home for school."

They said the school led him to suffer "extreme, intolerable and excessive fear and psychological distress" that led him to his death and that the punishment was unwarranted

Christopher McCalley found Patrick in his room but was too late to stop him as he tried to stop the bleeding and called 911

They claim they got a call from the school that their son was in trouble but didn't know to what extent as Marilyn said they should have been involved. She herself is a teacher and said parents should always be involved in situations like this

The district said the facts they have in reviewing the tragedy are different on what is being portrayed int he lawsuit and will respond to the allegations on the situation that lead to the tragedy

In Indiana, there is no law stating a parent needs to be alerted if a student is questioned by school staff.

Patrick was remembered as a happy kid who was active in the marching band and was fascinated by airplanes and dreamed of joining the military

The McCalleys are now suing for damages including the loss of love and companionship of Patrick, as well as medical, burial and legal expenses

Do you think students should be punished if they send other students racist texts?

Patrick - Deceased

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/28/21/6766554-6439743-image-m-66_1543442122695.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/28/21/6766574-6439743-image-a-67_1543442129152.jpg

Patrick's Parents -

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/28/21/6766552-6439743-image-m-68_1543442132892.jpg
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What the fuck is this lmao. This shits gonna get laughed out of court.

Fuck the parents.
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mrduckbear posted...

2 hour in school suspension

mrduckbear posted...

the intense punishment

Where's the intense punishment?
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Not to make fun at suicide victims but Im gonna have to agree with Zeeak here.
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Puglia77 posted...

mrduckbear posted...

2 hour in school suspension

mrduckbear posted...

the intense punishment

Where's the intense punishment?

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I've gotten multiple all day on campus suspensions throughout my stay in high school, and I was just glad to be out of class

maybe he just had some other stuff going on
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Kineth posted...

Puglia77 posted...

mrduckbear posted...

2 hour in school suspension

mrduckbear posted...

the intense punishment

Where's the intense punishment?

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I'm no doctor, but if this guy killed himself over a two hour detention there is no doubt in my mind there were other things going on. Considering the way the parents are lashing out I think they need to be questioned.
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let's see dude was racist and became suicidal over a two hour suspension. I think dude was on his way already.
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not questioning anything here, but there is more here then what the story is letting on. If I had to guess there's more going then the school let on as well. Not saying what they did was wrong, but there's defiantly more here on all sides then the article protrays.
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Zeeak4444 posted...

What the fuck is this lmao. This shits gonna get laughed out of court.

Fuck the parents.

Next thing you know a racist will sue the victim for breaking his hand punching the victims face:

Entitled fucks

The guy clearly has mental issues. How did the parents not notice this earlier? If anyone is liable for the kids death, its the parents.
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Alakazamtrainer posted...

not questioning anything here, but there is more here then what the story is letting on. If I had to guess there's more going then the school let on as well. Not saying what they did was wrong, but there's definitely more here on all sides then the article portrays.

This. It seems like both sides have more that they're not telling. There's no doubt that the kid had some mental issues though, if this incident is what drove him to do it.
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Yeah, the parents are really suspect as hell here
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boxington posted...

I've gotten multiple all day on campus suspensions throughout my stay in high school, and I was just glad to be out of class

maybe he just had some other stuff going on

Yeah. I mean, it's possible this was the proverbial straw, but no one who's 100% mentally sound kills themselves over something like this.
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mrduckbear posted...

He wrote a self-incriminating statement and signed an affidavit that threatened "penalties for perjury" if his statement wasn't true and was told he'd be expelled or suspended according to the lawsuit

This part of it really doesn't sound like something the school should be legally able to do.
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DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted...

boxington posted...

I've gotten multiple all day on campus suspensions throughout my stay in high school, and I was just glad to be out of class

maybe he just had some other stuff going on

Yeah. I mean, it's possible this was the proverbial straw, but no one who's 100% mentally sound kills themselves over something like this.

I think its more coddling idiots than anything else. I agree with @Rika_Furude its the parents fault.
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This is the problem with branding people Satan for a harmless joke
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EliteC posted...

Zeeak4444 posted...

What the fuck is this lmao. This shits gonna get laughed out of court.

Fuck the parents.

Next thing you know a racist will sue the victim for breaking his hand punching the victims face:

Entitled fucks

You have problems.
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I mean we should have a little sympathy for thr parents since they just lost their kid in such a brutal way, but yes, there is clearly other issues that kid had. Also not a great idea to sully the legacy of your kid like this

Puglia77 posted...

mrduckbear posted...

2 hour in school suspension

mrduckbear posted...

the intense punishment

Where's the intense punishment?

I suspect that this being called "intense" is the result of said parents using virtually no discipline in the home environment.
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majority said yes
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Jesus, kids now days are soft as hell.

You know, back in my day, a two hour ISS was a chance to catch up on some sleep.
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^ for us, we had to watch a video that lasted all day called "Where there is a Will, there is an A"

had to take notes, too, or we'd get OCS again.

the most boring video that I've ever seen.
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He didn't go from being a happy healthy kid to killing himself over a 2 hour ISS. These people are stupid
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shut up, duckbear.
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not the schools fault, son obviously had other issues etc.
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>"well adjusted"
>sent a racist Snapchat to a black student

For that matter, yeah schools can be crappy in terms of how they go about investigating these situations but if this is what drove the kid to commit suidice then it was because he had more going on that others probably weren't aware of
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Feel so bad for public schools

Give even the slightest punishment to the shittiest kid on the planet, and somebody will sue them.
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I'd feel bad for the parents if they werent tryinh to cash in on some bullshit. Now I just got nothin for them. Hopefully they dont get a dime.
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