by INFORUM
Sheriff: No ‘witch hunt’ over bullying in Cooperstown case
November 10, 2010 at 6:00 pm in INFORUM
Expert: Mental health should be people’s focus
The suicide of a Cooperstown, N.D., teen will be investigated, but Griggs County Sheriff Bob Hook said it will progress slowly and take the wishes of her family into consideration.
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I think this article is insightful and shows a responsible perspective on the issue.
Pleased to see that our mental health officials are involved in this professional and looking not only at the results but atttempting to get to some of the key contributers.
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People cant dislike James comment just because he is willing to look at other possibilities in this case. Half the people on here talking about what happened and such dont even know this girl thus shouldnt form any opinions untill law enforcement comes back with more answers
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Sorry I meant to say in my second paragraph…
I am pleased to see that mental health professionals are involved in this problem and looking at the results of bullying objectivly as well as also trying to explain and address the epidemic through some of it’s key contributers.
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I think it’s good that there isn’t a “witch hunt” to assign blame. At the same time they do need to find out what had been happening to this girl, and if it likely pushed her over the edge. There may be some young people out there that are blaming themselves for her death, and they could use some counseling.
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When and if the actual cause of the suicide is found steps should be taken to help eliminate or control those causes. When I was young acceptance and peer pressure did exist but no where close to the extent they do today. Children of today need to learn how to cope with those pressures. If you can’t be pressured you can’t be manipulated or bullied.
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Most teens have no idea how to communicate. Bullying has always existed, that’s nothing new. Its just getting easier to do now with phones and websites. It is sad, but this kind of goes to show how stupid teenagers are. I mean, no one over the age of 18 kills them self over bullying. There was probably a lot more going on than just a bully.
The stupidest ironic part, of this whole story, was that facebook bullying drove her to suicide allegedly, and instead of just leaving facebook (duh?) she stayed on it til the point she became fully suicidal, and then in a moment of total irony, actually even returned to facebook one last time to deliver her suicide note.
Teenagers always kill themselves over the stupidest reasons. Its never a reasonable one. The work that is done in helping kids get through their problems appropriately is greatly appreciated. The spotlight should be on these people.
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The smaller the town the more hurtful bullying can be and the overwhelming embarrassment for a teenager, especially a girl. Nothing wrong with a “Witch hunt”, put people on the chopping block and see what happens, watch them stumble over words and lie, basically other traits of bullies. Seems like we should now worry about the out of control trouble makers and their families, we don’t want to hurt their feelings do we. Let us all get in touch with our inner feelings and see what is going on, how about let us get a good smack down on premadona’s and trouble makers and drag their families with them into the headlights. Constantly bullied for years in the N.D. school system and nothing was done about it and the only answer from the Mental Health system is counseling, walk in the shoes of someone who has been bullied and see if counseling is the answer for ya.
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