cyber bullies, we no what bullies are. how did it become a cyber bully concern? >> cyber bullying is easy to do because you are at home, in your own private space and you can say whatever you want. a lot easier to do it from there than face to face. >> some people are good people and do not cause problems and then there are peoples that are bullies. how do we deal with them? >> i have been a bully in my life and i wonder if you have too. i have been on the wrong end of the curve a couple of times. using bad language, excluding others, i feel like we need to be careful about labeling. face to face good citizen ship is what we need to worry about. >> we are all human and make mistakes. robert help me with this. tell me more about the psychology of this. >> my focus is more on the broader school environment and our research suggests that what predicts a kid's level of aggressive behavior is where they sit in the school pecking order. kids that are seemingly normal kids, they and it makes de-- kippeds that are dekids -- the kids impulsive, we as parented were surpris

policy and has piloted a bullying tip line. he has the neutrality policy is a reasonable response to a divided community. >> it is a diverse community and what i try to do as superintendent is walk down the middle of the road. >> if they're going to hell, i'm going with them. >> reporter: a middle of the road approach that's pitting parents against parents. >> a policy -- >> you're out of line. >> you're out of line, too, sir. >> i mean this idea of check your identity at the door, would you tolerate that? >> we are not advocating that we teach homosexuality, that we teach anything other than tolerance. >> i don't need to be promoting a particular point of view on that. parents have a right to raise their children the way they want to and the school district doesn't need to be sitting there telling kids your parents are wrong. >> i know you're in support of the sexual orientation policy and i'm just hoping you'll tell me why. some local conservative parents have banded together form being the parents avenue's action league. we

>> did you see anyone bullying samantha?: the district requires staff to report all bullying. we reached out to samantha's coach. >> there was issues everywhere in her life and her situation, and they were addressed to the best of the ability, and i don't have anything else to say. >> reporter: samantha never made it to another volleyball practice. just like justin didn't make it to his 16th birthday. justin was gay. >> this one girl told the whole school -- >> reporter: his friend brandi says the bullying began shortly after justin was outed in the eighth grade. >> he told me somebody had grabbed his balls and said "you like that." eventually his counselor knew -- noticed something was wrong and she ran up behind. >> reporter: justin's mother, tammy, says she was never contacted about the incident. and then just months before taking his life -- >> he came to me and said, mom, a kid at school says i was going to go to hell because i'm gay. >> can you say without a doubt that justin's suicide was connected to the bullying? >>

>> no. >> did you see anyone bullying samantha?port all bullying. we reached out to samantha's coach. >> there was issues everywhere in her life and her situation and they were addressed to the best of the ability and i don't have anything else to say. >> reporter: samantha never made it to another volleyball practice. just like justin didn't make it to his 16th birthday. justin was gay. >> this one girl told the whole school -- >> reporter: his friend brandi says the bullying began shortly after justin was outed in the eighth grade. >> he told me somebody had grabbed his balls and said "you like that." >> reporter: justin's mother, tammy, says she was never contacted about the incident. and then just months before taking his life -- >> he came to me and said, mom, a kid at school says i was going to go to hell because i'm gay. >> can you say without a doubt that justin's suicide was connected to the bullying? >> yes, i believe it was connected. do i know what the last thing was that happened that made him -- made the final act? no

a bullying tip line. he says the neutrality policy is a reasonable response to a divided community. >> it's a diverse community. and what i try to do as superintendent is walk down the middle of the road. >> reporter: but one teacher is heady to take on the district. >> are you afraid that you could lose your job just being here talking about this? >> realistically? yeah. >> poppy harlow joins us now. it is a heart-breaking story just listening to that mother. poppy, what is the latest on the advocacy groups that have threatened to file a federal lawsuit against this school district? >> reporter: just today the school district if minnesota said they're going to keep no question about it right now the neutrality policy in place. the southern poverty law center one of the advocacy groups behind this case says any resolution must include a repeal of that policy. so right now if you just look at it, if this doesn't change they plan to file a lawsuit against the school district. now, the splc was present for o

the bully made fun of you. the bully came over. all right, now, very good. the bully leaves. is fun, cool. now, get up. take the thing off. put the thing on your -- put your shirt on. put your shirt on, that's right. and then we'll take the stuff off your nose. very good. take the stuff off your nose so it looks like you're putting it on. face the camera little bit more. very good. take the towel, put it in the bag and then go backwards , back into the cabana. here we go. back into that cabana. there you go. good man. very good. [ cheers and applause ] pretty good. come on out. you did good, john. come here, buddy. how do you think you did? >> okay. >> jimmy: all right. very good. let's run that scene in reverse, which of course, is really forward. take a look. ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all right. good. -- put the towel on very neatly. one drop. a little spf on there. good for you. shirt comes off. very good. laying out there. enjoying the rays. look how much fun you're having. [ laughter ] here comes the bully. he's just gonna talk crap. oh, you start crying. oh my gosh, this

and the mother of a victim of cyber bullying. >> there's been an anti-bullying law on the books heren california for the last 15 years, it's never included social networking sites like facebook here. back when the law was introduced, there were 20,000 users, now it's approaching a billion, and half of all teens say they've been bullied online. >> you have 3500 in one month. >> receiving text message after hurtful text message. >> she was a lesbian, she had aids and was spreading it. she was bisexual. >> after months of being cyber bullied, her daughter couldn't take it any more. >> december 11th of 2008 she went into the bathroom at delmar high school, took her sweatshirt and hung herself. >> now she's living as a paraplegic in a san jose nursing home. >> the teachers did nothing, because most of it was done under the teacher's radar. >> it's important for us to be able to keep up with the times of technology. >> according to nora campos of san jose, state law hasn't kept up with technology. the californianty bullying law that was first drafted in 1996 did not include social networki

schools will be allowed to suspend students for bullying classmates on social networking sites. nora campos from san jose introduced legislation that's long overdue. >> i think what it's going to do is, we're going to hear about what's happening to kids that are cyber bullying, before we didn't hear about it, there was no way to discipline them. i think what we'll hear more often, if you engage in cyber bullying, there are consequences to be had. >> a dispute bill was backed by the california state pta and the california teacher's association, and we'll have more on this story coming up at 11:00. we actually talked to the parents of a local teen who attempted to commit suicide after being bullied online. for now, we're live in san jose, elise kirschner, nbc bay area news. >>> a polole chase in vallejo ended with several innocent people hurt including a 5-year-old boy. chp officers say they were chasing a stolen hummer when it crashed into a small car last night. the boy and his mother were both injured and are hospitalized tonight. the hummer flipped over, injuring the 17-year-o

. >> could you see further federal legislation dealing with cyber bullying? >> we have a collection of laws at the state level, and that seems to be working fairly well. i think it is more of an education and awareness perspective, as opposed to legislating against it. >> jacqueline beauchere spent four years and the legal department of microsoft before moving over to the trust for the computer group. tony? >> on the topic of kids, there are a plethora of laws for children. without digging into the specifics of these very complex laws, are there any other elements that we need to address with respect to children's privacy? >> i would also focus on what lawmakers to do in terms of existing laws, in terms of child exploitation generally. microsoft works with the national center for missing and exploited children, law enforcement agencies to take a hard look at child pornography and make sure we're doing everything we can to stop that. what we do in the international side is make sure all other countries are on board with our same stance. it is important that we

. >> it's bullying in america at its worst. it's caught on video. >> sometimes stopped in their tracks by everyday people. >> i didn't care if he had a gun. >> the crimes are cruel. >> i'm angry at what they did to me. >> the criminals calculating. >> you definitely want to do this? >> i'm positive, like 5,000% sure. >> and cold blooded. >> she says we'll stab the bitch, kill her. >>> "caught on camera: crimes and crime stoppers." hello. i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." you see a crime unfolding before your very eyes. the law breakers are armed, so what do you do? run for help? call 911? or would you try to stop the bad guys yourself? it's one thing to get involved if you are young and able. but in the story you are about to see, one of the unlikeliest of people says not on my watch. northampton, england. it's a bold and brash robbery in broad daylight as three sledgehammer-wielding thugs wail away at this jewelry store front. and three getaway drivers on mopeds rev their engines. it appears no one can stop t

. >> will not tolerate bullying in any way, shape or firm. >> this cop wants the bullies to know he'soming for them. >>> and, a robber branches out using a different type of weapon when "caught on camera: crimes and crime stoppers" continues. >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. the crimes are cruel, and the impact on the victims can be tragic. bullying has become a national issue. according to a government study, 1 in 3 teens reports being bullied. and the scariest thing about that number, the department of justice considers it possibly the most underreported safety problem in american schools. but when it's caught on camera, it forces us to pay attention. january 11th, 2011, upper darby pennsylvania. 13-year-old nadine corey is surround, then viciously beaten by a group of teenage thugs. one teen records the incident on his cell phone as six attackers brutally punch, kick and drag nadine, laughing while they do it. >> it's bullying in america at its worst. it's caught on video. >> the incident enrages police superintendent michael chitwood so much that he rel

what will be our definition of bullying?e we are completely stifling free speech and expression, will it mean that -- what form of behavior will there be? will we be expecting boys to be girls? what is it exactly we're asking for? i don't mean that as a sexist comment, but there are differences between boys and girls when they are on the playground and the classroom. >> joining me now, gay rights activist, joel burns, joel, thank you very much for returning to the show. >> happy to be here again. >> joel, what happens when schools, like a school district like this where teachers are forbidden by law from even discussing this problem? >> these no promo homo rules they have create a culture of fear amongst the teachers and educators who work with the kids. that fear gets transferred on to the children themselves. they know they can't talk to the teachers about the issues they want to talk about. the teachers are afraid for ç their jobs, they end up not talking about it and it creates this negative culture in our schools. >> j

mÁs de 160 mil niÑos faltan a la escuela por temor y tambiÉn estÁn familia railzado con el ciber bullyings maltratado, sÉ que miles de personas me ven sufrir. >>> y aunque muchos fueron expuestos al bullying lo alarmante que sÓlo 1 de cada 10 habla con sus madrpadres lo que ocurre, este es el caso de esta mamÁ que pudo ver que algo andaba mal. >>> notÉ que no querÍa venir a la escuela, se hacia e el enfermo que la clase era aburrida cuando le preguntÓ quÉ pasaba finalmente este le contÓ que un niÑo lo molestaba y ella tomÓ accion.>>> y vine hablar con la maestra y sÍ, si parÓ de molestarlo este niÑo. >>> esta mamÁ se enterÓ de las bromas que le hacÍan sau hija. >>> mami, quÉ pasa mami me dijeron que soy.... >>> ay, mi amor no hagas kakÁ sos dÍgale gracias. >>> pero no sÓlo los padres deben tomar acciÓn los escuelas estÁn tomando iniciativa. >>> estos niÑos deberÍan decirle a sus maestras o sus padres o al director de la escuela pueden suspender a los que dicen esto. >>> con polÍtica de 0 tolerancia y mejor comunicaciÓn se puede acabar loco que parece ser epidemia de escuelas del siglo xxi

she's accused of cyber bullying a classmate. now she's facing the consequences.o's john flick has more. >> she now knows that she got in trouble and now she'll learn from her mistake. >> reporter: 12-year-old leslie cote, a victim of cyber bullying, reacts to the court hearing where she listened to an apology from the girl charged with hacking her facebook account. >> i feel really bad because i know how it feels to be bullied. and it's not a good feeling. and she didn't deserve to be treated like that at all. >> reporter: the 12-year-old, a classmate of leslie's, admitted to hacking her account. she's accused of defacing photos, posting sexually explicit messages, and sending e-mails to boys inviting them over to leslie's home for sex. >> if i could go back i would change everything and i wouldn't -- i wouldn't even go on to her facebook or even thought about it. >> reporter: the judge ordered her to six months' supervised probation, 20 hours of community service, and she can only get on the computer if an adult is present. leslieieppreciated the girl's apology.

, was called a queer by one of the bullies.at instead of sort of flinching or running away turned around and said, yeah, i am a queer. kiss me. and the bully said, what are you talking about? and he said i'm a queer. you called me queer. i am a queer. kiss me. i'll prove it. and the bully didn't know what to say. and he just turned around and walked away quietly. and i was stunned. i couldn't believe the magic that pat had just worked. he had somehow figured out that if you don't give power to the words that people throw at you to hurt you, they don't hurt you anymore. and you actually have power over those people. and that's a lesson that i am grateful to him for, for my entire life. so if you can, realize the things that people say about you don't really matter. it's who you are. and the older you get, the more you'll understand that, because it gets better. people get nicer too. >>> and there is breaking news tonight in the it does get better department. secretary of defense leon panetta will reportedly certify that the mili

a bullying tip line.ays the neutrality policy is a reasonable response to a divided community. >> it's a diverse community, and what i try to do as superintendent is walk down the middle of the road. >> reporter: but one teacher is ready to take on the district. are you afraid that you could lose your job just being here talking about this? >> realistically, yeah. >> reporter: randi, just today two civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against that school district challenging the neutrality policy. this comes after the anoka school district announced it's keeping the policy in place but also asked the advocacy groups to assist them in training school staff to support their gay students, but that apparently is not going far enough for the advocacy groups. that's what they told us. the splc was present for cnn interviews involving its clients, and as cnn first reported, the departments of justice and education are investigating incidents of bullying involving and also harassment in that school district after

all right five our last break along the return he's a very afraid of the big banks getting bullied by a woman we're going to tell you which congressman wins are told on war and happy hour ron paul has a new apocalyptic campaign out there gives it some volunteers the latest trailer a run for its money and there's a new religion in town but the farther. into it all we're in there with the mechanisms to do the work to bring justice and accountability. i have every right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i pay taxes. but i would characterize obama as a charismatic version of american exceptionalism. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here sees some other part of it and realize that everything is ok you don't i'm trying hard look at the big picture. let's not forget that we have an apartheid right now. i think the evil one well. we have the government says they're for keeping safe get ready because of the freedom. it is time for sides tool time award and tonight we're giving it'

they are hoping the popularity to raise awareness about bullying and to encourage more people to report abuses when they see them. facebook has more than 750 million users? >> if you hate your spouse's snoring, they may have the answer. they have unveiled a snore room. it has sound proof walls and white noise machine and anti-snoring pillow and even a bet rest that keeps the snorer that reduces the likelihood for snoring. it was tested in nine crown plaza hotels in europe. when will it come to the u.s.? officials are thinking about it. >> a lot people would like to have that. >> we have had much more for you harry potter one last >>> today at 4:00 and 5:00, beauty queen that is competing in a pageant and inspiring weight loss story. also san francisco supervisors weigh in on what they are doing to help to a local college kid that was hauled off to job. >> the most popular movie franchise. >> harry potter is not going away. there. harry potter and deadly hallow ii is the first 3-d film in the franchise. >> we're watching him grow up. >> mike will be right there. >> friday afte

they are hoping the popularity to raise awareness about bullying and to encourage more people to report abuses when they see them. facebook has more than 750 million users? >> if you hate your spouse's snoring, they may have the answer. they have unveiled a snore room. it has sound proof walls and white noise machine and anti-snoring pillow and even a bet rest that keeps the snorer that reduces the likelihood for snoring. it was tested in nine crown plaza hotels in europe. when will it come to the u.s.? officials are thinking about it. >> a lot people would like to have that. >> we have had much more for you harry potter one last time. we'll be right back. >>> today at 4:00 and 5:00, beauty queen that is competing in a pageant and inspiring weight loss story. also san francisco supervisors weigh in on what they are doing to help to a local college kid that was hauled off to job. >> the most popular movie franchise. >> harry potter is not going away. there. harry potter and deadly hallow ii is the first 3-d film in the franchise. >> we're watching him grow up. >> mike will be right there

the anti-bullying campaign will be called "stop bullying now, speak out," a theme that cartoon network has trumpeted since last year. facebook will have a user's pledge to stop bullies. >>> amazon.com is not happy and now wants to give california voters the chance to overturn a new law which forces online retailers to collect sales tax. this most likely will increase prices for consumers. amazon submit smited a petition for referendum on the measure, which was signed into law last month as part of the budget deal. amazon and other online retailers could throw a lot of money into a ballot initiative campaign against the law. some business leaders call that an abuse of the political process but some lawmakers say voters deserve to be heard. the next step for amazon is collecting about 434,000 signatures to put the issue on the ballot. >>> china is set to open its north american headquarters of sunnergy, a solar energy company in the bay area. ed lee made the announcement at the intersolar conference in the city. the company will make its home at 575 market street, san francisco. san fran

i think the bullying issues and everything are real. i think we are getting too afraid of engaging in the conversation because of those issues. we see the cyber-bullying from out there and that stops everybody dead in their tracks. that is not a new issue. outside the school, there are already bullying issues there. we need to understand what we know about bullying and make sure we bring that in so we is have some order how we would engage online. >> as organizers, it is good to think about -- don't think about the principle as your enemy. think of them as your friend and think that may -- that they may have a different way of looking at it. if you can work together to find similar common ground -- you put up a facebook group saying might school should win a blue ribbon and get many people to like it, they will like that. if you think about asking your principal about getting involved in awesome this year and it could get good media for the school. go to your school board meetings and bring it up in positive ways. the mature, young adul

. >> china has been described as bullying. is it? >> anytime a much larger country comes up against smaller countries, it would be easy to accuse it of bullying. china has had mixed signals. economically, they are a major partner. on the political and military front, we have seen a more aggressive china. the rise has caused nervousness. are they a bully, i'm not sure. >> on a surge of china but also you have the u.s. as well involved in these talks. will there be fireworks? >> last year, secretary of state clinton raised this issue. the americans are part of the region and they are here to stay despite all of their concerns at home. i hope that -- does not come to this area between these two big people. >> how do you know that these can be resolved? >> if you look at the issue, there are various disputes. unless we get the politics right, we can never get the place where we can talk about the legal claims of who owns what in a potentially resourced rich region. >> thank you. in india, the government has put its cities on high alert a

the banks the big bad bureau is going to bully the poor helpless little banks how's. alone i think of the banks and me to be bullied a little bit i'm not advocating for violence here but i think those bakers need to be held accountable for the economic mess that they've created i just don't understand what world there are those living at you know the economic collapse of two thousand and eight can be traced directly back to the big banks and wall street greed and corruption across the board said the u.s. and the world economy into a dive that we're still trying to recover from isis friends the republicans have all gone out of their way to attack professor warren the person the president obama wants to run the new consumer financial protection bureau because they see her as the man or woman simply because she believes that the consumer deserves as much protection as the banks do you see the bureau schedule to begin operating and a week and it still doesn't even have a leader because republicans are go walking a little bit warns nomination and why would i sign his frien

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oftentimes bullying gets overlooked. staffç know about it. things are reported there's no follow through on it. i found out after justin died that according to one of his friends that according to a counselor in the eighth grade school he was at the top of her worry list. and i never got a phone call on that. >> the school district officially is denying any connection between bullying and the suicides that have happened there. and the district says it has a separate comprehensive policy that deals with bullying. did you feel like the bullying policy in any way shape or form protected your son? >> no, i don't. i think what this neutrality policy in place it pretty much, you know, takes away the protections on that policy for the lgbt students in the district. >> in what way would you have that policy changed? >> ill have it taken out completely. and then i would ask for comprehensive teacher training and also that they should put a procedure in to deal with bullying and to let the parents know and keep reports more accurately so they have thos

a bullying tip line. is a reasonable response to a divided community. >> it's a diverse community. and what i try to do as superintendent is walk down the middle of the road. >> reporter: but one teacher is ready to take on the district. are you afraid that you could lose your job just being here talking about this? >> realistically, yeah. >> reporter: just this week, the anoka hennepin school district announced it's keeping that neutrality policy in place. one of the advocacy groups behind this case says any resolution must include a repeal, full repeal of the policy. the fplc has just confirmed to cnn they are indeed filing a lawsuit today against that school district. the fplc was present for cnn interviews involving its clients. the school district has asked the southern poverty law center and national center for lesbian rights to help them in training school staff to support gay students. the advocacy groups tell us that is not going far enough for them. cnn also learned the departments of justice an

[laughter] the grand jury has the power of the bully pulpit. they have no means or authorization within the civil code to report this. if the grand jury, which will receive our response is going to be a new lobby installed at the beginning of july, if the new jury is in disagreement with any responses to any of their reports, they cannot vote by supermajority, which is required for all grand jury work, to do an investigation. but it is simply as a bully pulpit in that regard. with specific required responses. commissioner antonini: i disagree with commissoner moore. i think this is fine. the combined response by the planning department on behalf of the commission is, of course, very opprobrious. what we always do when appeals and made to the board of supervisors or when action has to take place, there the department talks to the commission. this is sort of the same thing. we are one in the same on this type of thing. while it is a legal requirement we make a response to the grand jury, i think this issue is behind us now. as long as their respo

. >>> new tonight, bullying now the top safety concern among students in virginia public schools. according to a state wide survey, being bullied is a student's biggest worry from kindergarten all the way to 12th grade. the actions most associated with bullies are harassment, assault and threats. >>> still ahead, a bombshell accusation about president obama's father. the decision that he reportedly almost made nearly 50 years ago that could have changed the fabric of america we know today. >>> and next, allegations of campaign corruption now have a dc politician being investigated by the city's top attorney. >>> the chair of the ethics board says he believes there was criminal activity in the 2008 campaign of district of columbia chairman kwame brown. the dc board of elections referred the allegations to the u.s. attorney's criminal office for investigation. accusing brown appeared his election committee of failing to report more than $100,000 in campaign contributions. >>> we have got a car fire on the beltway. is this tying up traffic? >> it is, lesli. i just got word about this

he does have the bully pulpit but does he need to be more of a bully.eporter: other presidents have been bigger bullies. plr obama's credibility can be on the line. this could be one of those defining moments that make or break a presidency. >> so please to all the american people, keep it up. >> reporter: president obama started his day with another call to america to crash the phones in congress. >> let yoush members of congress now. tweet, keep the pressure on washington. and we can get past this. >> reporter: it's a sign that as the clock ticks on the debt ceiling deadline, the president is staying on the deadlines, leaving the fight to members of congress. jim kouz essays they need to step it up. >> he needs to say that he is willing to roll up his sleeves. >> i have something to say, go ahead, make my day. >> reporter: there no make my day moments, no arm twisting. >> barack obama is calling to e-mail their congressman. that doesn't affect congressmen. that isn't the hammer. >> there is leader for every season. and president obama is the right lea

a new law signed this weekend that will make it easier for punish students who bully other)5 >>> can you say brrr. looks chilly in san francisco this morning but very summerlike at least in the city around the bay area cooler than we usually are used to this time of year. thank you for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. usually this time of year we see a big difference between coast and inland areas and we're smack dab in the middle. >> only in the bay area microclimate. 60 in san francisco and 100 in livermore. we're narrowing that down. 80 and 60 around san francisco later on. 56 in oakland. sunny breaks in low clouds. 55 in san jose. speaking of san francisco, misty skies and low clouds there. game time for wrap-up of the giants/mets series. temperatures close to 60 and another cool day out at the ballpark. the all-star break begins tomorrow. go giants. you can see hour by hour for temperatures. we'll stay cool all day long right there around san francisco with temperatures low 60s to upper 50s around pacifica and san francisco. upper 60s in oakland.

. >>> el acoso escolar o bullying es un problema tan serio que vimos ayer que muchos niños tiemiedo detiempo. y la paliza se la dieron a su hija. >>> muchachas comportándose con extrema violencia se ven por todo el país. y jennifer de 16 años conoce de cerca esto. >>> unas muchachas me empezaron a molestar. >>> cuando inicio su primer año de secundaria su vida fue una pesadilla, unas compañeras la intimidaron. >>> todo empezó por internet diciendome malas palabras. >>> cuando ellos pueden poner a alguien en ridículo es mucho poder. >>> dice que empezó por un jovencito y los celos tomaron fuerza. >>> me dijeron que me iban a golpear. >>> su madre se enteró y pensó que eran cosas de adolescentes. >>> y cuando pensó que era sin importancia sucedió lo peor, las acosadores cometieron sus dichos a una cuadra de la escuela y la atacaron brutalmente. y así terminó jennifer, su madre recuerda el momento. >>> me dio coraje conmigo misma porque yo hubiera podido evitar esto. >>> jennifer volvió un mes después, para su sorpresa los directivos no hicieron mucho. >>> me dijeron que no podían hacer n

what can we do in terms of this cyber bullies? think cyber bullying brings up a great illustration why we need a wide tool kit to deal with his menace online. it's different than cyberstalking and assault and so on. but tara is right this is a massive education effort and that is why we don't want to narrow the tool kit to one federal law but have a wide set of things that law enforcement officials closest to the problem can use. have at their disposal and educate parents particularly, teachers, educate young people themselves. the add vent of social media has only encouraged risky online behavior. we need more education about that. >> and we need to ask the corporations and those who engage in creating the social media platforms to allow for more privacy. because the user privacy issue is, i think, underdeveloped in so many of these different forms. >> we are going to need everyone. we need the legislation. we need corporations to protect people's privacy and we need individuals to watch out for themselves and parents to be vigil

i loved it. >> but sierra is bullied in this school, too. sierra's mother, kenice watson is frustrated the problems she thought she had fixed is continuing. >> there's three middle schools and how do they intermingle. and so eventually the issues she was having at the other middle school started kind of to carry over and affect her, the peer pressure. >> and along with the bullying comes the pressure to fight. >> it was name calling and then they want to fight. and i say no. then they think i'm a baby. you know, all those names, and it just like, they are always calling me and it makes me want to do it. it's just this new rage amongst girls is this girl fighting. and they feel like they have to prove something to fight. i just hate to see girls fighting, taking it to that level. >> on march 25th, 2011, sierra decides to do just that when she agrees to fight a female classmate in the woods after school. >> i had a group of people. she had a group of people. when i showed up there first and there was already a lot of people there, like double

the district is denying any role in the bullying or the suicides. when we look at it from the aspect of parents and the people that are living through this, i want you to take a listen to what one mom whose son committed suicide said this week. >> teachers don't speak one way or the other. often times bullying gets overlooked. staff know about it. they don't intervene. when things are reported, there is no follow through on it. i found out after justin died that according to one of his friends, he, according to a counselor in the school, he was at the top of her worry list. i never got a phone call. >> david, do you believe the school district's policies and the one that is referred to as "no homo promo" and that is the cause for the spike in the suicides there? >> absolutely, thomas. it is an unfortunate situation we are seeing in the country and certainly needs to be addressed. >> david, it is important to point out there are eight other states limited to instruction on homosexuality. this is a map that limits instruction on homosexuality. alabama

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the court required that the bully stay away from the victim. so what crn did was got to the bottom the conflict. between the victim and the bully's brother. they kept in accordance. however the school district did to the respect or did not follow that mediation and went on and expelled them. they were never mediated. so it's a matter of coordinating the court's with with the cbo mediation. so have you a problem of lack of coordination where you have some great programs but they are not supported by the court. juvenile probation. they do need to work together that is respected and used by all the agencies. otherwise students don't believe in these. in the school district doesn't follow or adhere to the outcome. >> thank you. questions? >> i go to civic center secondary school. i was wondering what quality sources do have you for young women? >> we have the wellness center that provides a lot of youth lines and they also provide you with girl's group. i know we have mission's group. there were 4 girls for different ages of girls. they taught us a