bullied and beaten, the family claiming their son suffered torment and the school never came to the rescue. >> now they are taking legal action. hello everyone. >> here is what people are talking about. >> their special needs child was bullied and now they want to know why they didn't do nothing. >> we talked with the parent the taking their fight to court. >> reporter: denise, the family filed a lawsuit after they say their son was bullied and say the school system did nothing about it. this school supposed to be

bully free, but they say for their 10-year-old son, sean, these hallways were a nightmare. >> he's being pushed to the ground and things taken and his lunch money taken and taking books throwing them around. >> reporter: their son, a special needs student was tormented. >> within a couple weeks he didn't want to go to school at all. all. >> reporter: the couple want to the principal countless times. >> phone calls after phone calls after phone calls including the school police. >> reporter: but the bullying wasn't stopped. the last straw when their son was attacked. >> he was choked until he was passed out, carried into the office and then still nothing came of it. >> reporter: they moved their son which was also not a bully free zone. again, they went to school officials for help but say the problem was ignored.

now the family filed a lawsuit against the school board commissioners and the principals of the schools. >> children are actually being hurt and sooner or later someone will seriously be hurt. >> reporter: they hope by taking legal action, it sends a message that the system needs to be fixed. baltimore city schools would not comment on the case because it is pending litigation but they acknowledged the case goes to court tomorrow. reporting live, megan, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you, meg. according to the school board policy, bullying, harassment and intimidation are prohibited in the school environment. breaking news, inside a bash bar shop a man was shot and the shop on the 2200 block of hard ford road detectives say it looks like the victim is a victim of robbery. at last check the man is in critical condition and police are still looking for the

shooter. two dead bodies unloaded from a florida freight train. tonight we have learned one of them was a young man from baltimore county. how did he die and how did he get some far from home. wjz is live. more on the man's death. >> . >> reporter: denise, we learned the family is devastated he died. in in the meantime the investigation into his death and the death of a companion continues. officials in play florida say this is the first time in the company's history a tragedy like this happened. lakeland is a small city east of tampa. >> this is the first i heard of this happening. >> reporter: what happened is two bodies found in coal on two days. a man and woman who apparently hitched a ride on a freight train. >> the coal cars come on this track and as they come in, they open up, the bottom of the cars. >> reporter: on monday workers found the body of a man in the

coal. he's 25-year-old christopher francis in maryland. his last known address was this neighborhood. on tuesday, the body of a woman was found in the sail shipment of coal. her identity has not been released. a neighbor says that christopher's family is simply distraught over his death. in fact, that neighbor was so upset, she couldn't bring herself to talk with us on camera. autopsy results show artists apparently suffer kateed in the coal. the woman died from blunt force trama, possibly being crushed by the coal. the train originated in indiana. but it's unclear where on that 1000-mile trip to lakeland, florida the two hitched a ride. >> there was some property apparently that was found with the body yesterday. >> reporter: and that properly according -- apparently is the identity of the woman lakeland police apparently know her identity but not releasing it pending notification of kin. >> each train load has

12,000 tons of coal. the search is on for a rapist. take a good look at the sketch. the man raped a woman he met. the attack happened near the medical center. the man then ran away. a local landmark is reduced to rumble. demolition crews tore it down today. the popular restaurant was destroyed by a fire in october. investigators don't know what sparked the fire but the owners plan to rebuild. the occupy baltimore protesters are busy regrouping tonight. the anty wall street group is trying to figure out the next move after getting evicted yesterday morning. the protesters met tonight at the park under the watchful eye of police but they are banned from camping out there. mike reports on where the group heads from here. >> reporter: sky eye flew over after being cleaned up and

sanitized. it came to an end with a police raid. some say good riddens. >> we see it every day. actually a nuisance. >> reporter: but others like arlean wish the temperatures occupied. >> i don't think shea should be moved out. i think we should listen to what they are saying. we're coming up on election year and they are representing a voice that i don't think has been voiced in a long time. >> reporter: siting a lack of violence during the raid tuesday, the mayor told wjz in hind sight the eviction was the right thing to do. >> i'm thinking about things more. there were no injuries, no arrests, i feel good about that. >> reporter: after being kicked out of the square, occupy baltimore came to city hall but now and plans to come back for meetings and at least for now whether you like the message. >> i support the ideas and good luck. >> reporter: or not. >> there was a bunch of tents and trash everywhere, you know,

and i like seeing the city nice and clean. >> reporter: occupy baltimore demonstrators are increasingly turning to the internet to get out out their message. from anty wall street raids to anty government anger in the middle east, this is a year of protest and today time magazine named the protester it's person of the year. the news magazine says protesters have been quote redefining people power around the world and reshaping global politics. the death of a drum major from a marching band sparks a hazing investigation it stretches from florida to georgia. police believe hazing is wide spread and florida a & m university and dozens of high schools are under fire tonight. robert champion died november 19th found unresponsive after the band performed. his high school district is now investigating two similar incidents that happened over

the summer. >> they directed us this morning to sustained spent all band activities, marching band at our high schools so we can conduct a full scale investigation of activities at the band at the high school level. >> reporter: florida a & m band remember from southwest dekalb tells police she was beat in a a hazing ritual, just weeks before champion's death. three band members have been arrested and charged with hazing. >> this is nothing more than a gang, a gang of young people that have a form of initiation which essentially is a beat down. >> reporter: florida a & m president defends the school's zero tolerance policy. >> every allegation of hazing has been fully investigated and appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. >> reporter: but bria hunter disagrees. she fears for her life and gave up a 82,000-dollar scholarship to leave. university officials suspend the the marching 100 band for

performances until the investigation is complete. the presidential historian accused of stealing valuable artifacts calls his arrest illegal. he said police did not have enough evidence when they arrested him in july. he's accused of stealing historic documents and other archives up and down the east coast. his assistant already pleaded guilty to similar charges. let's make a deal, governor mark agrees to support the take over of consullation energy with major concessions. according to the media partners, they promise to develop more natural grandson, wind and solar power in maryland and provide help to low income customers. they oh posted the $7.9 billion buyout. some unique change could end up in your pocket. the u.s. mint unveiled designs for two new coins today. there is a 5-dollar gold coin and one dollar silver coin to

deem men rate the war of 1812. look for the limited edition coins next march. coming up, going into a store. why this terrifying crash is just the beginning of a whole series of disasters. and troubles at proposed law that's not so nine for the indoor tanning industry. what happened minutes before an officer used pepper spray sending some students to the hospital? i'm derrick, new details coming up on eyewitness news. a little rain and another cooldown headed our way. i have the forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,

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it's 48 and cloudty. the full forecast coming up. a truck exploded. transportation officials believe the intensity caused damage to the road and overpass. the highway is closed until tomorrow. no injuries reported. they think the brakes may have over heated. surveillance cameras capture two collisions at a store in tennessee. the first one shows a pickup truck crashing through the front window, police say the driver was trying to run down his ex-girlfriend. they say he then stole the suv in the parking lot. the cameras show him driving head-on into a truck.

he's in critical condition but amazingly, no one inside the store was seriously hurt. pepper sprays at school. more than a dozen students are rushed to the hospital after police used the chemical to break up a fight and tonight new developments in a case that has some parents enraged. >> reporter: when a school police officer used pepper spray at a high school tuesday, several other students in the school got sick including a pregnant daniel nickelson. >> my throat was closing up and my eyes were watering. >> reporter: she and as many as 15 other students had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. police released details saying it started when two students wouldn't stop fighting after the officer and a teacher physically tried to break up the fight. >> our officer continued to struggle on the ground with a student as he resisted arrest. the officer warned him that pepper spray was going to be used if there was additional violence and the student then attempted to go after the first

student again. >> reporter: police say their officer is justified to use the pepper spray, state of the unions were temporary evacuated while the school was aired out. >> as a parent, i'm scared for my child and the other children. >> reporter: many parents complained, fights are a frequent problem at the school. >> it's real upsetting to me. it's to the point i'm going to put her out on maternity leave and i don't know she's going back. >> reporter: the two that started are now facing charges as juveniles. derrick, wjz eyewitness news. students report there were extra officers and staff on hand at the school today and there were no fights. the president and first lady make a visit with soldiers to mark the ending of iraq war. they went to fort bragg to welcome the troops home. the last of the 6000 forces will be out of iraq by the end of the month. the president told the returning veterans the jobs bill will

help them to find works because they offer tax credits. while they are leaving iraq the president promised they will help the u.s. with security and military training. a horrible elevator accident claims the life of a 41-year-old woman. the woman's leg got caught in the closing elevator doors. the elevator than shot upwards dragging the woman in the shaft and crashed her. two people were in the elevator at the time. it's not known what caused the malfunction. a leaving doctor's group wants the state to have tougher laws on tanning beds. it will push the general assembly to prohibit the use of tanning devices by anyone under the age of 18. howard county has a similar ban in place. young people that use indoor tanners have an increased risk of skin cancer. a cowboy in colorado decides to ride to the grocery store. now here is the punch line. they road their horses right

into the store and through the isles. the clerks and customers didn't think it was amusing at all. the police were called and arrested a rider. no word on what was behind the grocery ride. maybe the horses just wanted some doritos. >> let's hope they were well behaved. it appears they were. >> they could do many worse thing in the store. >> yes, they could. >> cowboys, you know, they can do whatever they want. >> cowboy logic. >> colorado, texas, you know. okay. the forecast, some clouds around but look how arm this is. it's a mild night. 48 this time of night. it's ridiculous. south winds at -- that's what is doing it, five miles an hour. the beerometer falling a bit 32 inches and right now 48 here. the cold spot down in the valley there, cull beer land 36 and 43 in oakland and 45 and almost 50 right now in ocean city. not going to get very chilly

tonight with clouds, maybe get up into the 30s. 44 bellaire and westminster and close to 50 still. 51 today. our average high is 46. 31 this morning. 28 is the average low. the record 71. 1929, yeah, 1960, 11 above 0. southerly winds, keeping this warm air in, a couple sprinkles and a couple spots. but tomorrow there will be a front approaching from the west with shower activity. the bulk of the rain however once again passing to the northwest, low pressure out over illinois it's going to head up towards the great lakes and up toward canada. it will drag that front with shower active toy to the region tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening probably late afternoon. that's why there will be mainly cloudy skies and very warm temperatures again because winds out of the south and here in the east, it's very mild. now there is just a little lingering chill up across new york state, vermont and new

hampshire and freezing rain and snow flakes this evening. they will have light shower activity, not a lot of cold air. this front out to the west will go through the region by tomorrow evening and as it does, you see those showers. we'll see an end to the really mild temperatures. cooler than friday and chilly for the weekend but it will get sunny. there may be clouds friday, a little weak system passing to the south. may cause a little rain south of washington, maybe ocean city and a little light rain on friday afternoon and evening and that moves off and gives a sunny and cool weekend. south winded to 10 to 15, sunrise 7:19. so tonight, still rather cloudy but milder 38 this morning we were 31. tomorrow lots of clouds, couple afternoon showers but up to 59 tomorrow and then 53 with still lingers clouds friday and chilling down to 44 saturday, 44 sunday which is normal and a

little warm up again, 53 partly cloudy skies here on monday. denise? >> thank you, bob. check in with don scott and marty bass tomorrow at 4:55 a.m. >> and the recipe for stopping san diego's office. that answer coming up next in sports. ♪

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points for a big test when they face the chargers high octane on the road. the host boats are lead by full lop rivers and put uptight numbers last we're but this year is a complete face. he's so inconsistent. so says ravins defensive lineman, if the ravins can rattle him early, his confidence can get shaky. >> the quarterback that hates to get hit and loves to win, when we can get in front of the face, it gets him frustrated and he doesn't -- i think you can see that he really starts to get on his own linemen and into the rest and, you know, talking about hits and it's, you know, once we can, you know, do that to him and get him frustrated, it will be a better game for us. >> ravins win by two and a half. college hoops and park. the turps found themself

losing. one of the 50 greatest players in history. fast forward, second half. downright defense rejecting not once but twice. that's called re-rejected. 20 points for terrell. he's fourth in the nation scoring at about 24-25 a clip. a late rally and sean here on the block helps gives them the 65-61 win. the third straight. the terrapin six and three. here on the west side mitchell and compton state hosting. a game that started out tight off the steal, nice touch pass. chris , nightest finished. >> they lead by 15 and cut it to three but tony, too much. 27 points for tony. he had six tryfect tores and wins 71-57 over win less talson who is win less. that's rough. real quickly, chris paul form

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