reason kids should stand up to bullying is 'cause in schools, bullying can be an accepted practice. it's all about what's cool, and if the school consensus becomes that bullying's not cool, if bullies know they're not gonna get the positive feedback -- the laughs, the snickers, all that stuff from the kids in the school -- they'll be less eager to bully other kids. >> and remember the book's golden rule -- tell an adult. and it's not tattling because you'not the bad guy. >> there's a lot more ahead, so stick with us. >> "teen kids news" will be right back. >> opinion matters. that's why we call this segment "speak of the week." >> speaking english -- should it be a requirement for american citizenship? find out what teens think. >> i don't think so, because they should have a right to share their cultures with other people. >> i think that it's important to teach english to immigrants because if they want to be immersed in our culture, then they should be able to speak our language so we can communicate best with them. >> yeah, i think that's a really important part of becoming a ci

the schools for anti-bullying month. included in that package was children's -- a children's book called "one," a book that illustrated and written by katherine otoshi, a local author, who is here today, because the japanese american citizens league will be presenting to each of our school libraries the sequel to that book, called "zero" and both of those books address bullying if the bully's perspective and the victim's perspective. i would like to introduce a representative of the japanese american league -- japanese american citizens league and the author of the book, if they could come to the podium. >> it's always a pleasure to come to the board with something like this. in this particular case, something rather special. when i read "one" and happened to read "zero" i thought it would be a challenging task because we'd have to raise a lot of money to get both books into the system because you have a lot of elementary schools. but it turned out, when we looked at it, "one" had been distributed, so you cut my job in h

the bill protect those who are bullying based on their religious philosophical or political beliefs so as long as the person who's doing the bullying isn't actually a physical threat to the victim or his property then that person would have the right to bully another person because they're practicing their religious political or philosophical freedom so a little confusing what wouldn't in some way classify as political philosophical especially or religious you could pretty much but anything under those parameters so basically this eliminates all the protections altogether and sadly this isn't the first time that something like this is happening short while back we told you about similar legislation that was written in a michigan bill titled matzos a school law just like the one that fowler is proposing the michigan law said that it was ok to bully if that's what your religion told you to do now fortunately in that state one lawmaker spoke out against the measure. you may be able to pat yourself on the back susie and say that you did something but in actuality you're explicitly outli

all right so come tonight christian activists want to allow some people to legally be bullies but the new bill that he's proposing before the tennessee legislature would give details his rights told time and then happy hour when i when wants you to rethink what you think you know about iowa and then we're going to ask if he had really censored a veteran while he was speaking on air and get into all that after the break. into i don't know what the mechanism to do the work to bring justice for. 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 they care is now a crucial part of american exceptionalism. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then the. other part of it and realize that everything is. hard welcome to the big picture. of the capital account i'm lauren lyster. right through the police corruption in. the us. what is protesting nobody seems to know. us but never a pepper sprayed the face right part of the argument that they're being overly dramatic. our

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i'm here to complain about that we were talking about bullying earlier. bullying. we're not talking about bullying from students, we're talking about bullying from the faculty, the teachers. my daughter, there's a breach of trust about her religion. the teacher has been bothering about. president yee: please don't name names. thank you very much. >> he's been harassing her at school and she is -- i don't feel comfortable, i don't feel supported by the school. she's been there since she started. she'll be graduate may 23 and this person is still harassing her, putting his arms in front of her, stopping her from moving, standing in front of her classroom, talking about her religion. i lost my son to homicide, 0 rounds of bullet, and my daughter daughter is suffering from it, we're both suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and my daughter doesn't have a lot of counseling. this faculty member took my son's picture, which is a picture -- this picture, and put it out in front of the school for everybody to see on the desk. i had to -- this was not supposed to be out.

she wears it because she is worried she will be bullied. the students, but by her teachers. >> i wanted the woman arrested. >> her mother took photos of the brews left on her arm after she was grabbed by a teacher's aide during lunch. she was told to go to the principal, but blocked her way and grabbed her. >> i felt scare skpid didn't know what to do. >> have you been grabbed by a teacher before? >> no.s not that are is not the instance of teacher bullying. she started to journal to document what she claims is verbal abuse by another teacher. >> he told me and other kids to shut up. he tells them that they are not smart and not going to graduate. >> do you think she kidding around? >> no. >> she gathered dozens of signatures from other students recording their own instance of allegedly being bullied by teachers. her brother said he was harass and made fun of his long hair. >> be quiet, pocohontas. he wears it in a ponytail to honor his heritage. they met with the teacher who denied the incident. the mother said her daughter has been degrad

so adults do definitely bully each other. >> wow! this case this woman said at time that she would get files snatched out of her hands, she would be bumped into the file cabinet and just get, oh, excuse me for an answer. she went to her boss she says three times. her boss did nothing about it. is that common? >> yes, it is, absolutely common, unfortunately. i think because workplace bullying is sort of a new idea in the business world and also because workplace bullying is absolutely very legal at this point that a lot of times managers aren't really sure what to do with the information, they're not really sure how to handle it versus if someone goes to their manager and says i'm being sexually harassed, you know, the manager knows to turn to page 50 in the corporate policy, here's what i'm supposed to do to handle that. but when somebody is feeling kind of manipulated or abused the way that this person is, a lot of the time managers are left sort of not really sure how to handle it, and unfortunately it means that a lot of managers

very similar to talking with an adult if you see something, some examples of bullying at school. president yee: commissioner maufas. commissioner maufas: thank you for sharing your story with us, not just the book, but that you came here and shared your personal story with us, it's difficult to talk about memories that are painful, and you shared that with us here in the room and the people watching on television and the internet heard that. thank you for coming in and sharing your personal story with us. >> i also wanted to add for our listeners at home, it is a lovely book. we reviewed it as a curriculum committee but it is really a lovely book. it's a great choice, i think, for everyone to buy for their own chern. >> next item, recognizing the heroic work of workers from 1601 turk street project during the december 22, 2011, fire. superintendent. superintendent garcia: i'd like to call david golden. >> good evening, commissioners, i'm glad to be here. congratulations, president yee, vice president norton. as all of you know who live in the city of san francisco, because you pr

try not to worry about this bullying thing. there's no reason he should be bullied. there's no reason why i was bullied. your dad said it was because you were effeminate. not effeminate-- sensitive. and jake's sensitive. they'd have him for breakfast at my school. they'd have mike tyson for breakfast at your school. karen: do i have to go to the school that you...go to when i'm older? no, no, sweetheart. we'll commit fraud and say you live at granddad's. why do you have to go to the school that you go to? what, to teach there? yeah. hmm. well... is it because you've been naughty? no, i chose to do it. why? well, that was a long time ago when daddy was young and he thought he could get quite rough children to learn to love history. daddy was wrong. now go on, eat your peas. i'm not eating out of it because it's not my bowl. what's that? what's what? what's that down there? ( sighs ) ben's dinner. oh, he's good. okay, here is the deal. you eat half the burger, okay? and all these vegetables. i'm only eating two things of-- one--like, um, one piece of broccoli and then

want instead is for the government to create a special protection for that they want to be able to bully and commit violent crimes and then claim that their religious beliefs entitle them to breaking the law if that's not special treatment but i really don't know what it is is just another piece of the narrative the republicans are waving at there's a war on religion. the bigotry question goes both ways and there's a lot more anti-christian bigotry today than there is concerning the other sharks and none of the good thank you. if that's not a war on religion i don't know what it is and this is straight. i guys i have news for you there is no war on religion there is a long overdue effort by the government to protect those that are discriminated against and yeah that includes the gates so for preaching about the government creating a special class of more equal people while fighting for his own special protections gary glen of the michigan branch of the american family association is tonight's tool time with. our guys it's time for happy hour joining me this evening as our key corresponde

the bully continued. he got off the school bus to get away from the bullying. the bully got off the bus, hit him from the back of the head. the kid turned around, took out his knife and went insane on him and ended up killing this young man. under florida law that was acceptable because they have judged -- the law says if you are in fear, subjective fear of great bodily harm or imminent death. >> no matter where you are. >> you can kill -- >> it's not like your home. no matter where you are. >> no matter where you are, you have the right to kill that person. so that's what happened here. he killed a person and charges will not be brought. >> avery. >> well, it's a little bit different. the first case in oklahoma is the so-called make my day law. in this case, this is the stand your ground law. in 17 of the 50 states have that. florida does. let me tell you something. jorge, 15 years old, had no idea about the stand your ground law. he just freaked out after being bullied. >> he was scared. >> the fact is in florida you can do it. yeah, he was scared. if it were

all together. >> reporter: the school system tells wjz they do have a bullying report for parents to fill out. but no matter how the issue is reported, every re is investigated. >>> police say 43-year-old steven kiggens had sex with a student several times over a two month period. cagan is a teacher and head volleyball coach. the school district has removed cagan from the high school. >>> a catholic priest has always been removed from his position. the priest was discovered feud from -- discovered nude from the pants down at an adult store. a misdemeanor that could put him in jail. robert and pam cool own bush river and movies. the photo of him is courtesy of the baltimore sun. >> he made a mistake. you know, he was a priest but he was still a person. >> reporter: the cools believe their store has been unfairly targeted. >> we've made some people mad here over the years. you know it could be them calling. we don't know. >> reporter: the archdiocese says it immediately removed father bullock has a priest. prior to this occurrence, neither immaculate conception nor the archdiocese was

bullying is wrong, period. any student and all students deserve to be protected from bullying.rameters of the first amendment rights that students have according to our courts, from the supreme court's case in tinker all the way down to the 7th circuit case from last march, the zelnick case from the 7th circuit. so i don't know why there's such a controversy that putting what the courts have said is permitted and what's not permitted into a statute in tennessee would be considered a license to bully because that's not what this bill does when you read it objectively consistent with what the courts have said. >> michelle, what do you say? >> well, actually, i'm really happy to hear david fowler say that no child deserves to be bullied. i think that's fabulous. unfortunately, this bill provides a giant loophole in our already existing bullying laws. that loophole is that it protects anything a child says to another child that is based in some sort of religious philosophical or political believe system. it is extremely broad. it provides a giant loophole for a child to say anythin

michigan branch of the american family association he's run setter the crusades protect those who bully and commit hate crimes commission the anti-gay activists cloaked in the robe of religious freedom have been peddling in state houses across the country now we reported to you about gary's efforts to water down anti bullying legislation with religious exemptions in michigan last year and unfortunately he's not alone in tennessee anti-gay activists are fighting for a provision to be added to a bullying law that exams a person if they are practicing religious political or philosophical freedom when they bully somebody which basically means anything political philosophical now gary is trying his luck once again at the courthouse though talking points memo reports that glenn along with three michigan ministers are suing eric holder to overturn federal hate crime protections were created under the two thousand and six law of the matthew shepard and james byrd jr hate crimes protection prevention act so in a moving plea for equality the plaintive evoked in our wally and world where a special

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we're hearing from the alleged bully - 11 yyar old aadrew simpson. who says the viieo ...t tell the whole story. 35:44 because he had been bullying me. talking about i'm short, about my mom pnd that kind of stuff 53 andrewwsays he punched kaleb out of self-defense. he says it all started the day before - when he ppt pepperr inside kalebbs hood as a joke. 36:200 i was just trying to get a joke oot of it. he took t serious and hit me the next day 24 andrew says that's when kaleb back. he says he knows whht he did was wrong. 34:56 i feel pretty sorry for what i did cauue i didn't knowwhe had autism 00 but soory may not cut it foo elkton police. they've now charged anddew with disorderly conducttand second ddgree assault. 38:11 i'' only eleven and i'm getting charggd for an assault this haa gotten way out of hand 41 annrew's dad - mike simpson - says his son is a good kid - who made a mistake. he hopes kkaeb's pareets will understand and drop the charges. mike simpson 44:34 i can't afford a lawyer. i don't want o see it get to that point. i donnt want this to be character defa

it really had the feel of a bully being confronted by a guy who was ready for it. >> let's look at what newt said, one of his worst moments. he was asked by wolf blitzer about a spanish language radio ad his campaign made. the ad calls romney anti-immigrant. romney seized the opportunity to go after gingrich. let's watch. >> is he still the most anti-immigrant candidate? >> of the four of us, yes. >> i'm not anti-immigrant. my father was born in mexico. my mother was born in wales. i think you should apologize it and having differences of opinions on issues does not justify labeling people with highly charged epithets. >> susan page, even when he gets mad and angry, he uses terms like highly charged epithets. i guess he won that round clearly. what do you make of that? he came very formally, as always, but very in control of the other guy like a bull fighter who's learned how to play the bull or the bully. >> one of the raps on mitt romney has been he doesn't reveal much of himself. he's kind of a stiff guy, but that wasn't the case in that answer. luckily for mitt romney, that was the

he was told by the bully that today was the day.he child got off at a bus stop earlier than the proposed bus stop. the bully followed him off and then attacked him, punching him in the head. given those special sets of -- set of circumstances, this case is sort of unique, i think. and so we shouldn't read into it that now victims of bullying can kill with immunity. that is really not the lesson i think that we can take from this case. one of the lessons certainly that we can take is we need to stop bullying as it escalates. we need to address these concerns before it gets to this type of situation and certainly victims are allowed to defend themselves. not only in florida -- again, florida has this unique law, but all over our country if you feel that you are in grave danger of extreme bodily harm, you can defend yourself. >> here's what -- part of what the judge said according to our affiliate wink. this is part of the eight-page ruling from the judge. he said the defendant was in place to where he had a right to be and was not act

lindsey mastis has the story of a popular application killed off by bullies. >> i want to join the armyserve my country. the weird thing is, i hate my country. >> it's a secret written on a postcard send to frank warren. he has been posting ten a week on post secret.com since 2004. and the blog got so popular he decided to create an app. >> the app was a way where using your smart phone, you could photograph an image and type your secret over that image and share it out. >> it launched just a few months ago. >> people were sharing around the world 40 to 50,000 secrets every day. >> just like the postcards, the people that created digital secrets remained unanimous. unfortunately, bullies started harassing users and even uploaded horrible images. >> beyond pornographic or showing gruesome images. >> moderators tried to screen every secret submitted on the app, but it was impossible. >> people were submitting secrets almost every 2 to 3 seconds. >> a few bad apples spoiled the app. >> we felt the right decision was to shut it down. >> the bullies won this battle, at least for now. >> i th

watch how the boy is bullied at the bus stop. the video was posted on facebook. it shows 11-year-old caleb coola, a sixth gray gra ider at elkton middle school getting punched in the head as everyone else cheered. he has autism and adhd. his parents say they've made numerous requests for help but the school district didn't do anything until they asked them to fill out a paper saying he was bullied. caleb says he's bracing for another typical day at school where he's teased and taunted by other kids. >> i'm going to try to put this behind me, but then it's going to come right back in front of me and confront me again, but that's what i think will happen. >> now, school officials declined to speak about caleb's case specifically, but they say they have a policy in place to investigate reports of bullying. linda stow, abc 2 news. >> unbelievable story. linda, thanks a lot. >>> news time 5:03. in the atmosphere, stay relaxed and focused this morning as the ravens get ready to meet the new england patriots sunday in the afc title game. most of the focus this week has

but they said they have policies in place for bullying. police say the child has been charged as a juvenile. >>> massive wild fires taking place in nevada. what you missed while you were sleeping and how many people are now being allowed to return home. >>> plus new rumors of an interview of gop presidential hopeful newt gingrich exwife and the explosive reaction. >>> people love their pooches. check out this ravens pup decked out and ready to go. a live shot this morning via the earth cam of boston, massachusetts. you are watching "good morning maryland." that's not boston >>> that's atlanta. we're back in a bit. >>> 20 minutes until 5:00 and all the 2000 people returning home this morning after 82 mile per hour winds spurred severe wildfires near reno, nevada. a total of 10,000 people were forced to be evacuated. we know at least 20 homes have been destroyed. officials say a full assessment may reveal even more damage. there was one known fatality, but no other details have been provided right now. >>> time for a check of the forecast he

paul, quickly, how would you use the bully pulpit? >> i would continue to do what i'm doing now, preaching the gospel of liberty. i think that the most important ingredients in this country that made us great was our founders understood what liberty meant. and that is what we need. we have deserted that. we have drifted a look way. it involves our right to our life. right to our liberty. that we ought to be able to keep the fruits of our labor. we ought to understand property rights. we ought to understand contract rights. we ought to understand what sound money is all about and understand what national defense means. that means defending this country. that is the bully pulpit we need. we need to defend liberty. >> defend liberty and? >> and liberty. >> we're going to take another break here. we'll be back with some closing moments right after this. >>> i would like to thank the candidates for joining us. i'd also like to thank our debate partners, facebook, the "new hampshire union leader" and our host in concord, the capital center

he was the victim of bullying for years. hogs and heroes, a group of bikers raises money and awareness for children of first responders. the members will head to the meeting to see whether anything can be done regarding the school systems policy on bullying and offer help in volunteering and help out with fundraising. >> instead of sitting back, and saying there is nothing we can do, what can we do? we are going to say what do you need? >> caleb is back at school. the students in the video have sense been suspended since airing on here on abc2 news. >>> trial date scheduled for a new jersey doctor charged with murder for providing late term abortions be in maryland. the case will be heard june 6th through the 15th in cecil county circuit court. a jury indicted him and dr. o'reilly. more on this story as it develops. >>> cross word puzzles, scrabble, reading, brain stimulating activities. how you can lower your chances of developing alzheimers, we'll be right back. okay, that looks great. were you profitable last month? how m

caleb says he's been bullied since the first grade. he has autism and adhd. caleb's parents say they have made dozens of requests for help but the school system didn't do anything until last year when the school asked them to fill out a report saying their son had officially been bullied. his parents say he'll try to go back today. caleb says he's bracing for another typical day at school where he's teased and taunted by the kids. >> i'm going to try to put this behind me, but then it's going to come right back in front of me and confront me again. but that's what i think will happen. reporter: school officials declined to speak about caleb's case specifically, but they say they have a policy in place to investigate reports of bullying. linda stow, abc 2 news. >>> maryland state police are looking into a deadly crash overnight. the wreck happened a little before 12:30 this morning at 140 and collegeview in westminster. state troopers say only one car was involved in that crash. troopers found the car off the road. they're still looking into what the possible