Anderson Cooper 360 Bullying Suicide Carl Joseph Walker Hoover Jaheem Herrera

[dfoti1]

I'm so glad I didn't commit suicide when I was bullied in tenth grade and again as a special ed aide @50. I resigned from a job I loved because I was so embarressed and bullied by jealous teachers. Even pretty little white girls are bullied. It's not easy to speak of it. Maybe the exorsist and his faithful daughters could prevent the shooting students and teacher bullys. My resignation covered up a very hazardis program and I am glad no student was harmed while they figured it out.

[anthonynewsome]

Republicans = Homophobic hate

[whittiergirl562]

He Was A Beautiful Little Boy. I Can't Believe KIDS Are Sooooo Mean Now. I Juss Don't Get It. Wen I Was In School, This Wasn't A Problem.

[brama1969]

Well Anderson, from one gay to another, maybe if you'd take your faggot ass publicly out of the closet already it may help some of these kids.

Instead you have your useless daytime tv show where you giggle like a girl at all sorts of stupidity yet refuse to discuss you being gay. You sicken me.

PUSSY!

[uptoCHINAtown]

I REALLY THINK THE DEATH TOLL NEEDS TO COME BACK TO ALL GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS>>>YOU FUCKING BASTARDS, I DON'T CARE HOW ALL YOU ARE THIS IF FUCKING RIDICULOUS! WE ARE ALL HUMAN AND IF YOU CANT DEAL WITH DIFFERENCE, THEN YOU NEED TO BE THE ONE WHO DIES BECAUSE ITS EVERYWHERE!! EVERYWHERE!!

[kuvasz13]

@uptoCHINAtown Nobody should die. We can't stop the hate with more hate. If we do that, we're just creating a never-ending circle. Problems don't die, even if people do.

[uptoCHINAtown]

@kuvasz13 Yes they do, because people learned their place. If they don't do it, they wont die. simple as that, trust me, when their life is on the line, they wont fucking do it.

[sopyjm]

@lomejorestaquidentro : I totally agree with you. It's from home first and then the school and ...

[kuvasz13]

@lomejorestaquidentro I get your point, but please, please don't say that some people should hang themselves. Just, please don't. Especially not on a video like this. I understand your hatred towards those people, but please just... don't say they should hang themselves.

[Mr1958louief]

I hope that ALL KID'S going through this. STAND UP TO YOUR PARENTS,AND ANYONE!! MAKE THEM LISTEN!!! SILENCE NEVER STOPPED ANYTHING!!!

I'm Gay and went through it. Back then they didn't care about Bullying!! I STOOD UP!! I KNEW WHO I WAS, AND NO ONE WAS GOING TO CHANGE ME!! It cost me "Friends & some Family" NO ONE WAS GOING TO KEEP ME FROM BEING WHO "I AM" GAY AND HAPPY!!

As for the "SCHOOLS" these boy attuned. CUT OFF ALL FUNDING to them. Make The "PARENTS" pay for EVERYTHING!! BOYS DID):

[internalfire96]

@clevans1978 because they are people with either low self esteem or they got bullied and that's how they take there anger out

[campeador97]

Well im mexican i am 14 years old and i have a friend of my same age that is 1.92 meters tall and he went to study one year to USA and when he arrived to school 2 kids tried bullied him and guess one kid had a broken arm an the other one finished with a broken leg and with the nose broken

[clevans1978]

@hottygirl106 im 11 n i get bullied alittle sooo ikno how yuu feel i dont understand wht bullies think is funny about bullying people its just not rite

[MrCheater0]

first of all these schools dont do shit they suck.

the parents and victims of bullying need to watch siggascation on bullies

1.make fun of bully

2.tell somebody

3.destroy the room

4.fight the bully rather they win/lose

[marriedblackman11415]

Perhaps, the parents of these bullies should be charged with a crime. If the parents of the bullies can't change the bullies, then turn these bullies over to the state juvenile detention system where they can be around other like minded individuals.

[princenathanworld]

THIS IS SAD!!! STUFF LIKE THIS MAKES ME WANNA FIGHT THESE IGNORANT PEOPLE!! THIS SHIT HAS TO STOP!!

[TheVDonVitoYO]

@princenathanworld I WOULD LOVE TO BE ALONGSIDE YOU IN THAT FIGHT!!!!

[Farid8D]

that boy was so adorable. it's just really really really really sad to think someone like him committed suicide. it's odd because if he went to my school, a kid like him would be the most popular kid in school. i wish i could be the best friend of everyone who committed suicide.

[6michaeljordan]

I hope his family has recovered from this tragedy

[PeaceOfTruth]

Most of these people who said kids that committed suicide are selfish and "weak" dont know how it feels. I am gay and physically i'm not intimidating. I was bullied throughout junior high and it gets to the point where i hate everybody and want to avoid human in general because I have fear of human, bullies go in pact like wolves hunting down a helpless animal, fighting them is asking to be beaten up and humiliation, avoiding them urge them more. I'm still being bullied even now in high school

[get2knowme751]

@PeaceOfTruth Stay strong.. 

[BVargas78]

If I was driven to suicide through bullying i'd at least take the bully down with me. That way he doesnt win and it's a draw. Glad it never came to that though, the best thing to do is try to fight them. Ambush them. You might get hurt, but thats the price of gaining respect. The sad thing is that they respect (and fear) violence only.

[cindy1000000]

I think a 9 year old hung himself last year

[Time2Keeper1]

It's Natural Selection when the weak commit suicide.

[cindy1000000]

@Time2Keeper1 lmao -_-

[CrazyAssHippo]

@cindy1000000 No he's right, suicide is for weak fucks.

[cindy1000000]

@CrazyAssHippo ur sick minded

[CrazyAssHippo]

@cindy1000000 No, I am not. Suicide is for selfish people who don't care about others.

[cindy1000000]

@CrazyAssHippo erm no its not so until you have any idea what people like this must have gone through shut up! -_-

[DeepThinker4America]

@cindy1000000 I agree If you can't fight you own battles or live you life, then I don't think you deserve one.

[cindy1000000]

@DeepThinker4America thats not very nice at all now is it?

[DeepThinker4America]

@cindy1000000 Ya It's not nice but I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just saying what I think

[cindy1000000]

@DeepThinker4America "trying to be mean" god me there are some really pathetic people around today

[snizzlefrazzy]

@DeepThinker4America so, you don't think these children deserved to live? if you have kids, i hope they never have a problem with bullies, they wouldn't be safe at home or at school

[LizzyCarina]

@cindy1000000 dont say mean things if u dont ever gone through them....

[cindy1000000]

@LizzyCarina lol I don't even have a clue what your talking about :D

[LunaSeaSane]

If this happens, then there is something very wrong with the "heroes" that american society promotes; the idea that one should stop at nothing to be a "winner" is behind this sort of extreme behavior. The whole role-model deal is what is driving kids to opress.

You need to get rid of these suicide inducing "heroes" such as the idiotic jocks who -at Columbine- claimed there shouldn't be a problem at all because "those kids (who killed all those people) weren't bullied more than anyone else".

[DaMostEnigmatic]

You gotta make the bully sorry they ever screwed with you in the first place!

[dadecountyhustler305]

@DaMostEnigmatic Amen brotha! To many god damn hippies whining about there "feeling being hurt". Bitch plz when I was there age I was throwing spears at bears just to stay alive. And there saying "emotinol hurt". What are they some sort of women? Only women get emotinol and irratinol! Man up cowboy, to many damn pussies these days and yes I have been bullied before and it sucks but you need to send your bully a messadge that when fucks with you he gets fucked back. Train him like a dog!

[DaMostEnigmatic]

BULLIES SHOULD BE LYNCHED AND SET ON FIRE

[dufflebagboy214]

11 is so young

[kiryuandgodzillagirl]

not having help when you need it i know what thats like and after tenth grade i hated tecumseh high i hated my tormentors i hated administraters i hated principals and i hated jody ramsey ever since and these people who did nothing will never have my trust

[sarmadasco]

from prior message.......Why do other western nations not have these problems? This is a part of the violent society that the US represents. Where are/were the parents? There was a kid on football team whose dad berated him, pointing our all his errors in front of everyone, then this kid would turn on me, teasing, berating, tormenting. I am glad that this is not a topic to be disussed and is being so. I pray for the kids who hurt themselves and assure others that there are people to talk to.

[DarkLadyAthena1]

@sarmadasco It is happening in our neighboring nations, when I went to school in Mexico I had classmates who would bully me up to the point that it went from verbal abuse to physical abuse. I remember one even tried pushing me down the stairs, when I retaliated on one occasion by mentioning, not that, but what others did to steal some of my stuff I was bullied even more and pushed to the point that in middle high besides problem with my parents who bullied me as well, I wanted to kill myself too

[sarmadasco]

@DarkLadyAthena1 Athena.....I know bullying, etc exist in other places, but why does the US have more murders in 1 day that most nations have in a year? What is it about out society that makes us turn to violence before anything else? We are and always have been a nation of extremists and extremism in any form, religious, polticial, etc...is evil. Makes people do evil things. We need moderation, especially in delaing with kids. 14 yo kids should not be killing other 14 yo's who are gay with gun.

[sarmadasco]

@DarkLadyAthena1 and they have to be learning this from their parents. The kids who kill other kids for nothing! If parents, especially these days, did not say that being gay was next to satanism, a sin so great it is an abomination in God's eyes! Why, when every medical journal says that being gay is genetic, like being black, or blue eyed...why are they still being seen as evil people with agendas to make the world gay. It is a joke. But when folks speak like this, kids listen and follow suit.

[DarkLadyAthena1]

@sarmadasco -I know what you mean, I agree any form of extremism whether political, religious, or from any other type of ideology is bad and leads to physical harm on yourself and on this case with bullying on other mostly. I alos think that you are right on the subject that these kids who bully others have to do this because of the education at home, most parents think it is okay to teach their kids gays go to hell never thinking of what the consequences of those teachins are. Religious ///

[DarkLadyAthena1]

@sarmadasco -... carrying on, the influence of American culture is perhaps getting to other nations sarmadasco as you see this problem in those nations as well and not in high school but with younger kids. I am glad this topic is being discussed, and I share your sympathy for kids who hurt themselves, and yes we should assure them going seeking help is better, and making sure that help exists and schools start doing something, because seldom do they do.

[mrmarknielsen]

@sarmadasco Bullying is also a big problem here in Denmark where I live.

Some time ago a 12-year boy hanged himself after being harassed by his classmates relentlessly, and more recently a bullied girl turned the tables by stabbing one of her tormentors with a knife.

[sarmadasco]

@mrmarknielsen Yes, I am not saying it does not exist elsewhere, but am saying that we Americans almsot always turn to violence before finding another viable solution. I know that we, in the US are the most violent society amongst NATO nations. I, again, am aware that it exists elsewhere.

[DarkLadyAthena1]

@sarmadasco carrying on ... religious extremism sadly in the US sarmadasco is the most extremism that this country has and it is getting worse each time, as is parents who are ULTRA dangerously conservative to the point of being close minded, my father he is atheist but he is conservative close minded, reason why I can't open up to him about my feminist ideals or that I am bi, because he thinks gays are weaks and he was a bully so go figure *_*. We have to do something with the parents too

[sarmadasco]

I don't think this is a new problem...as I, and many I know, were bullied and tormented to the point of; some dropping out, suicide, drugs, alcohol, etc. What I think the change is that more people are not prepared to let it happen after some high profile bullying that have caused suicide, and so are mor vocal about it. When I was in HS, and before, kids cut me to shreds verbally, daily. My counselor said that I contributed to it as "I was different and didn't fit in"! to be continued.....

[anthonynewsome]

tragic - please remember if you need help support contact the TREVOR PROJECT

[g1attie]

I'm not sure what is the point? I'm 28. When I was a kid I was bulliedand seen many adult bullies in the workplace. I knew if I didn't do anything the bully would keep on picking on me. One day, I stood up and drilled him in the side of the head and he fell down and cried. He never said anything to me again! The point is, bullying is old news and the education system isn't going to do crap! You have to stand up foryourself and handle your business. It's that simple!

[dorianstark]

@g1attie I APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS IT WITHIN THEMSELVES TO DO WHAT U DID. U CANT BLAME ANYONE WHO DOESNT THINK THE WAY U DO. I HAVE LEARNED THAT MYSELF FIRST HAND. ITS A TUFF LESSON, BUT I AM LEARNING. INSTEAD OF MAKING THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AN OH WELL, THEY SHOULD STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES, WE SHOULD ASK THE PARENTS TO TEACH THEIR KIDS TRUE EQUALITY AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND NOT INDIFFERENCE. DONT U AGREE? OOP, SORRY FOR THE CAPS, JUST NOTICED. I AM NEW TO THIS TECH STUFF

[Pheyt14]

Some people can be strictly cruel. Thats why sometimes moving is not good for children.

[Georgiapeach770]

if my kid was ever being bullied, id raise a hell that wouldn't be found in hell...i was bullied and now i have a low tolerance for other people's kids...if i have to come up there and whip the brats myself, my child will be safe.

[xtian615]

I'm an adult now but I was bullied terribly when i was highschool. I had thoughts of suicide but I had great support from parents, friends and relatives and I found a way to survive. Now I think bullying helped me become what I am now. Call me sick, but somehow someway bullying actually builds character...

[dorianstark]

@xtian615 more damage comes from bullying- FACT

[1111che]

Focus on the Family and other "Christian" groups who object to discussions of sexuality in schools are responsible for this epidemic. Combined with their anti-gay rhetoric and their insistence that teachers not raise the "g" word, they have created a situation where kids think it is okay to call other kids gay, and administrators don't take it seriously. The blood of these kids is on their hands.

[theboytiger]

@1111che my family is christian and so is my gay uncle and we arn't anti-gay.

[brotmann86]

there should be a zero tollerance to bullyiers. in my school it was terrible too and teachers didnt even try to stop it, some even wanted to be on the "cool kids" side so they where a part of the people calling outcasts names ect. i hated school for all these years i spend there. when i spoke out for kids who where discriminated i suddendly was a weirdo and a "fag" and all these things too. and most of the bulliyers didnt even fail in having a good job now or something while many of the victims

[brotmann86]

@brotmann86 still suffer from these experiences in their everyday life

[stripedkit]

As a teenager and being bullied as a younger child or even sometimes today I'm sorry to say, but bullying won't stop... it's been around forever. Kids are cruel... The kids being bullied just want the people who love them to express their love for them. That's what keeps me alive.

[dorianstark]

@stripedkit i bet if we use strong conciquences for bullying , it will lessen

[SittOnMyFaceBooks]

i think kids main concern is that if they stand up for a kid thats being bullied that their own reputation and or image will be somehow tarnished as a kid and a teen image is everything or atleast thats what the projection twords kids and what they are taught is

[myronmlawing]

kids are being picked on and the teachers DO NOTHING TO STOP IT!!!!!

[zezt]

the fact is that children are FORCED to go to schools. So when they get bullied from others there they are between a rock and a hard place. You got the schools covereing their arses about 'zero tolerance' and the shit continues for the victims. The only way out they see is suicide----this culture is the one that is FUCKED UP!!!

[hoodrats64]

It needs to stop, or else i will personally eliminate those bulleys!

[hoodrats64]

This is fucking ridiculous! Nothing is being done about bulleying and kids and teens are turning suicidal

[GerardLuver777]

sticks and stones make break your bones but words can make you fall into a spiraling depression and suicide. Seriously Its the schools need to be punching the fucking bullies in the face. When I was in middle school i went through torture every single day none of it ended till i left the school for highschool. It's ridiculous.

[BlackRainBoW69]

YES! We really need a new program for bullying. Pledges do not work at all. Something really has to be done, we cant keep letting things like this slide. I thinks it lack of education; schools should be a safe place for youth to go to. I'm in high school and if I ever saw some poor kid get bullied I would jump in and save them, I dont even have to know them. It just puzzles me that others wouldn't do the same. People can be so cruel.

[MINISTRYMOM66]

65% of teens are being bullied each year. Sticks & stones may break your bones and WORDS DO HURT! "Death & life are in the power of the tongue." "Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouth except what is good & beneficial & builds up others." NO MORE VERBAL POLLUTION!!!!

[hotmaxthethird]

@MINISTRYMOM66 I think its more than 65% but its all true this is horrible stuff like this shouldn't happen stopbullyinghere.webs.com

[sashaqueenie]

US schools are the worst!!!

Those macho-acting jocks, those social cliques are evil!!

Vermins!

[borpee2]

It's the kids' faults that they killed themselves. Others didn't do it for them. They were too pussy to take the criticism, and now they're thankfully dead. Good riddance. Lots of kids get made fun of for a lot of reasons and they don't kill themselves. You're blaming the ones who picked on these kids rather than the kids who killed themselves. Give me a break. These little twerps called Carl and Jaheem weren't newsworthy at all.

[jotis19]

Wow. I can't believe you are this ignorant. I suspect that that you went to a public school. It isn't the children's fault, they are young and sensitive, their minds are not developed to cope with such relentless vigor. The kids who taunted him were vicious and need to be reprimanded. The fact that it happens everyday is not an excuse, murders happen everyday do we say "Well it was the victims fault, should have been more careful" That is insane ignorant, and ignoble. I hope you seek help.

[borpee2]

@jotis19 plenty of kids who get picked on stick up for themselves or go talk to someone about it. These two were just really weak pussies.

[speechlesspokerface]

@borpee2 how can u say that!! Soo rude!

[sashaqueenie]

borpee2! You should be ashamed of yourself! Shame on you!

These are just kids!!!!!!

[Meskiagkasher]

what an idiotic position. you are justifying bullying.

[Meskiagkasher]

how is that their fault?

if kids are so desperate and see no other way out than to take their lives because of bullying it is their fault?

you are completely retarded.

[2thick009]

i couldnt even finish watching this im in tears. bless their hearts. this is why i never picked on any one unless they were mean to me or someone else you never know what it leads too

r.i.p

[prolefeedprocessor]

2:18...really? Experts say everyone should be alarmed? I'm sorry, but if we really need experts to tell us when something is fucked up, then we're beyond lost...then again, when an entire group of people is marginalized and harassed while school administration turns a blind eye, we're already quite lost.

[imadokieve13]

the mom stupid! if u know ur kid is gettin bullied y would u let him continue 2 go2 that skul i wouldnt DARE!!

[leblancjb]

this is where homeschooling is a big benefit!

[BSyron]

Hm, it might be a benefit, but this way you only work around a serious problem.

And just to avoid a problem doesn't solve it.

It's something that needs a lot of work, so it's at least keep on a low level.

It's something, where adults have to intervene, to be a role model to their own kids and show them what bullying can end in...

This is in no way a reproach or anything, it's just that this went right through my mind, when I read your comment.

You're probably aware of that yourself.

[leblancjb]

In one sense, you're right. Bullies are always bullies and removing a kid that's getting bullied doesn't solve the bully problem.

But for the kid who's on the receiving end, it's a big problem solved. Some kids are more vulnerable to getting picked on. Taking a year out, away from a bad environment in a place where they feel safe can allow them to regain their confidence and learn to stand up for themselves at best, and at worst remove the assault and allow them to focus on their studies

[BSyron]

I do agree, that it could help the bullied, to "take a year off".

But if he/she would be longer away from such an environment he might get trouble to learn how to deal with people that bully him. And as much as it sucks, there are enough (nearly) grown-ups, who do that too.

I was bullied too, I just choose to hardly go anymore; I went to school half the time, the other half I was just home.

A wrong and stupid way to deal with it. Therefore I totally agree: Help the bullied to learn deal with it

[zeruel31]

@BSyron How does the bullied deal with bullying, homeschooling does help?

The schools should be doing more to deal with it, homeschooling is a smart way to deal with it.

[BSyron]

@zeruel31 Schools should do more, I totally agree. Even grown-up bystander should intervene as soon as they see someone being bullied.

But in my opinion homeschooling your bullied kid doesn't exactly deal with the problem. It works around the it, but the problem is still there.

As I said before: Homeschoolig the kid for maybe a year might be a way, but doing it the whole youth doesn't help.

A kid has to learn to deal with things like that, because it will encounter them as an adult as well.

[zeruel31]

@BSyron How do I deal with events like this in adult life can you help me?

[BSyron]

@zeruel31 Quite frankly - I don't know.

I never actually learned it myself. I'm lucky though - I can mostly ignore it; normaly it doesn't hurt, because I don't like the jerks who do it. So I let 'em talk.

In school I just didn't go half the time (stupid; and a year off might have helped me more, I admit that).

That's a reason, why I think kids have to learn to deal with it; of course they need help, someone to tell them how to work it out, maybe react - not somebody who just says: "Ignore it".

[hotmaxthethird]

@leblancjb maybe homeschooling is a big benefit but then kids don't meet other people witch doesn't help earthier

[queercat]

Yes, sorry is way too late!

[leor345]

That is so sad... 11 years old