Florida. School Bully Picks a Fight – Caught on Tape

Bullying at school is a problem we hear a lot about. But not often is it caught on tape.

A West Palm Beach attorney has released cell phone video shot by a student of a bullying incident at Jeaga Middle School Oct. 27.

The video in a 7th-grade math class shows 13-year-old student Joshua Poole being bullied by a classmate.

Although he was the victim, the school suspended Poole for six days, right along with the attacker.

The video of the incident was posted on YouTube. And the attorney for Poole’s parents says they brought the video to the attention of school officials, who later apologized to the Poole family..

“I send my kid to school to get educated, not to get killed. You know? It’s really bad. Its really bad,” said Clarence Poole, the victim’s father.

Joshua says his attacker came over and started hitting him while he was seated. 

“He came over and started hitting me and I was just trying to defend myself,” Poole said. “But I was sitting in a chair, so I couldn’t.”

According to the boy’s lawyer, the state attorney’s office is considering a charge of battery against the alleged bully. He says there was a teacher in the classroom, but he was sitting at his computer and did not intervene or try to break up the fight.

We asked the Palm Beach County School system for comment. Here is their response:

“The teacher in the classroom, Donald Charbonneau, pushed the call button requesting assistance from the office. When the students would not stop fighting, the teacher went to the hallway to get help. Assistant Principal Brent Higley responded and helped stopped the fight.”

Read more: http://www.cbs12.com/articles/school-4729811-palm-beach.html#ixzz16nFyH8If

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