Current Events > 16 y/o kills himself after being outed by cyberbullies.

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Lebronwon
10/03/19 5:42:44 PM
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https://fox17.com/news/local/coffee-co-family-says-cyber-bullying-caused-high-school-student-to-take-his-own-life

A Coffee County family is hurting after they say cyber-bullying caused a high-schooler to take his own life. The brother of 16-year-old Channing Smith says two teens outed him live on social media right before he shot himself. That was my only brother and I loved him, says Joshua Smith. Channing Smith was a junior at Coffee County Central High School. His brother, Joshua, says he got a call from his dad early Monday morning. He was very upset, very shaken, and he said Channing has shot and killed himself," Smith said. No one had any idea why. His brother started reaching out to Channings friends on Facebook and found out Channing was either gay or bisexual and had messages with another young man. Joshua says that kid and another girl released those messages live on Instagram and Snapchat Sunday evening. They did it to just completely humiliate and embarrass my brother, Smith says. Being in a small, rural town in the middle of Tennessee, you can imagine being the laughing stock and having to go to school Monday morning. He couldn't face the humiliation that was waiting on him when he got to school on Monday, so he shot and killed himself.

Joshua says his brother had called that girl on Sunday evening and told her he was going to kill himself, but she did not tell anyone. Now, the family is worried they may not get justice for what happened. I was told by the lead investigator in Coffee County that he was pushing to have the kids charged criminally and the District Attorneys office has decided that they did not want to pursue it," Joshua said. District Attorney Craig Northcott has come under fire this year for saying he doesn't recognize gay marriage and won't prosecute same-sex domestic violence cases. Joshua Smith says hes going to make it his mission to be the voice for people who either cant or wont fight for themselves. He also has a message for parents: No matter what, make sure your kids know that they're the number one priority in your life and that nothing, no choice, nothing that they could do could ever separate them from your love. This way there's not as much shame and guilt on anything going on in the kids life that they would hesitate to come talk to you about. He also wants kids to know that suicide is never the answer; that, no matter how bad things may seem, there is always an alternative to taking your own life. He knows nothing will ever bring his brother back, but he wants those two kids to face charges to show other kids that actions always carry consequences.

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Zikten
10/03/19 5:45:47 PM
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It needs to be a crime to drive someone to suicide
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Tryhaptaward
10/03/19 5:47:20 PM
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There are plenty of cyberbullies on CE, lock em up.
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_Matchabuu_
10/03/19 5:47:27 PM
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Aaaand this is why words fucking matter. No matter what some edgelords think

Lost a young man because of peoples inability to be decent. Not even nice. Decent.

I feel for him and his family, as I have been pushed very close to doing the same. I hope those kids are punished for what theyve done.
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Oh_Boy_
10/03/19 5:49:32 PM
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Wow. Sad to see so much homophobia in the white community.
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SuperMariano3
10/03/19 5:50:20 PM
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Lebronwon posted...
District Attorney Craig Northcott has come under fire this year for saying he doesn't recognize gay marriage and won't prosecute same-sex domestic violence cases.


Damn. That the guy investigating the case of someone killing self after being outed as gay.
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R1masher
10/03/19 5:50:36 PM
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Oh_Boy_ posted...
Wow. Sad to see so much homophobia in the white community.


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spudger
10/03/19 5:51:18 PM
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Lebronwon posted...
Tennessee

ugh. fucking makes me sick.

what a tragedy.
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Kitt
10/03/19 5:52:04 PM
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Oh_Boy_ posted...
Wow. Sad to see so much homophobia in the white community.
Ooookay...

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YourDrunkFather
10/03/19 5:55:29 PM
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Oh_Boy_ posted...
Wow. Sad to see so much homophobia in the white community.


And yet, its still probably the least homophobic community of them all.

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Bad_Mojo
10/03/19 5:59:20 PM
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I wouldn't be able to stop me from tracking those kids down if they did that to my brother

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Kitt
10/03/19 5:59:39 PM
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YourDrunkFather posted...
And yet, its still probably the least homophobic community of them all.


Ooookay...

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FLOUR
10/03/19 6:00:58 PM
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As deplorable as the situation is, I doubt anything can be done about it. If person X confides to person Y that he has same sex attractions and person Y then tells the whole school, I'm not sure that counts as a crime or even a civil lawsuit.
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Lebronwon
10/04/19 11:18:39 AM
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EvenSpoonier
10/04/19 11:44:07 AM
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Zikten posted...
It needs to be a crime to drive someone to suicide

In many jurisdictions it's considered a form of murder, at least in theory. It can, however, be hard to prosecute.
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ScazarMeltex
10/04/19 11:46:21 AM
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Just the American south being what it is.
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ChrisTaka
10/04/19 11:48:07 AM
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Tryhaptaward posted...
There are plenty of cyberbullies on CE, lock em up.


Wut you say punk
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Solid Sonic
10/04/19 11:48:20 AM
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Zikten posted...
It needs to be a crime to drive someone to suicide

I object on the basis that a lot of the posts I make on 4chan would be rendered illegal.
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GoatGeneral
10/04/19 11:49:28 AM
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Tryhaptaward posted...
There are plenty of cyberbullies on CE, lock em up.


You are one of them
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Shablagoo
10/04/19 11:49:39 AM
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EvenSpoonier posted...
Zikten posted...
It needs to be a crime to drive someone to suicide

In many jurisdictions it's considered a form of murder, at least in theory. It can, however, be hard to prosecute.


This is also less direct than, say, that girl who got her boyfriend to kill himself. He told her he was planning on it and she actively encouraged him to over a pretty long period of time. Here, these kids were being asshole bullies but they may not have intended for him to kill himself whereas the gf in the other case certainly appeared to want him to.
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BigTee66
10/04/19 3:28:42 PM
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spudger posted...
ugh. fucking makes me sick.

what a tragedy.


Orange...

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Tryhaptaward
10/05/19 2:22:28 PM
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GoatGeneral posted...
Tryhaptaward posted...
There are plenty of cyberbullies on CE, lock em up.


You are one of them


No, you are @GoatGeneral

Have fun with your spreadsheet and underhand toxicity at the expense of others
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Sirfetchd
10/07/19 12:27:11 AM
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Tryhaptaward posted...
GoatGeneral posted...
Tryhaptaward posted...
There are plenty of cyberbullies on CE, lock em up.


You are one of them


No, you are @GoatGeneral

Have fun with your spreadsheet and underhand toxicity at the expense of others

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RickyTheBAWSE
10/07/19 12:39:15 AM
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Zikten posted...
It needs to be a crime to drive someone to suicide


slippery slope and the justice system can't be trusted to prosecute fairly. too many protected classes.
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