Phoebe Prince, Bullying, Suicide, a few words of advice

During the last afternoon of her life, 15-year-old freshman Phoebe Prince was loudly berated in the high school library and she was taunted again as school let out, court documents say.

And, as she walked home in tears, one of the students passing by in a car called Prince names and tossed an empty can at her, according to the 38-page court filing that offers the first detailed account of a high school bullying scandal that has gained the national spotlight.

Prince used her cell phone to send text messages to a friend, saying that she was distraught over the relentless hazing. Her last text message went out at 2:48 p.m. She also received two messages but never opened them, the document states.

By 4:55 p.m., she was dead.

Prince hanged herself in the stairwell of her family's apartment in South Hadley, Massachusetts, on January 14, following weeks of taunting by classmates, authorities say. The day before she died, she told a friend: "School has been close to intolerable lately," the court document shows.

Prince's apparent offense, according to the court records: She had gone out with boys who also dated two of her alleged tormentors. (Credit CNN.com)

Rest of the article found here : http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/09/massachusetts.bullying.suicide/index.html

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[cutenhette4real]

stop calling these bullies KIDS! they are teenagers and they already know what they;re doing.... they deserve to be punished.

[SteveActORsing]

@cutenhette4real anybody under the age of 17 is considered an adolescent by law. An adolescent is considered a child/kid by thesaurus. It's just another word. They ARE children, but that is not an excuse for their actions. Kids or not they are malicious and should be not only in jail, but therapy.

[SteveActORsing]

I am both sad and glad to read these comments. I wish there was more awareness on the subject. There will be soon. That's a promise.

[loonmaniac]

It's a damn shame Phoebe did not have access to high powered fully automatic weapons.

[ThePauligirl48]

You have a great insight to this problem...... thanks for the video. Be proud of yourself for expressing your view! From a Mom whose daughter has been bullied ( and still is)

[askinner621]

This guy is so much like me its unnerving

[beproudtobebipolar]

She probably had a pre-existent mental illness.

And the bullying made it worst. 

[MileyCyrusRulesBOBW]

i'm 13 & i'm nice to EVERYONE, & people think i'm a 'wannabe popular' for it.

[dodgersrewl]

That made me cry /:

[chloeminaaaj]

Its people like "SteveActORsing" who I like on here because he's actually trying to make a difference.

[BVargas78]

She should have taken those bastards down with her, thats what i would have done.

[Mbalandr123]

I had a couple of bullies in high school. Now that I'm in college I just workout and study and MMA. I've already gone back and fucked up 2 of my high school bullies.

[Elly3981]

@turquoisel One of my bullying classmates did apologize to me and was sincere so I forgave it. I never knew he was being bullied himself and abused at home by his dad. Sometimes, bullies have issues at home and need help. The ones who do it just because they can are the ones who shouldn't be shown any mercy like those girls who killed Phoebe. I look at the pictures of the guys she dated and don't think they're attractive at all, at least not to me. She was lovely but had rather poor taste in men

[turquoisel]

The golden rule is dead. You can be the nicest, quiet kid, just minding your own business, but the bullies will still pick on you!!!

The next time you see a victim of bullying, ask yourself if they did something to deserve to be bullied? Just because you're nice, it doesn't mean that people will be nice to you.