Bullying death was recorded

I disagree with you here based on my momma's input. As a kid I was always getting into the middle of shit like this because I'm a bleeding-heart stick up for the weak kind of guy but momma broke me of it with her words of wisdom and my maturing eyes vision that showed me there's no divine calling to be a hero. Kudos to the child that captured a video record of the incident instead of risking their own safety by joining into the confrontation or the mayhem. One child dead is too many, we don't need them to step up as sacrificial lambs to a blossoming monster whose parents failed to instill compassion, manners, restraint, etc with any success.

So when you are in trouble...instead of getting involved...we should all just walk away. Good to know. You can't be counted on to stand up an any situation that might put your precious ass at risk. My parent's taught me that people like that are called "cowards." I like to refer to them as pussies

Trench is right...your "momma" is an idiot.

well it sounds like your mom would stand there and watch you get a beaten and take care of it later. It's no different. When you have been in that experience only your actions will tell the trueth of what kind of a man you are. No one said nothing about being "hero" just human.

Wow, intelligent dialog here. I'd go on but you wouldn't get it anyway.

Okay Crappa, try this on for size. Dakota DeRemus decided to get vigilante with it and accepted an invitation to stand toe to toe with his tormentor. Dakota DeRemus was the only one in the vicinity of the incident that knew Dakota DeRemus had a heart condition so severe as to prevent routine exercise. Dakota DeRemus' mother had been aware and futile-ly engaged in preventing her sons continued victimization for a number of years and was aware that his outlook on the situation was deteriorating. Dakota DeRemus was still enrolled and actively attending this institution that bred the bully in question.

The Trench says "anyone of them could have stepped in and saved Dakota's life."

This is one of those armchair quarterback comments that follow on the heals of tragedy. In practice what is being proposed is more vigilante action by bystanders. He retreats in the comments and cedes instead of stepping into the fray perhaps they should have called 911, and Trench makes a valid point here but its a slippery slope once you back off of your fanaticism and see the world at large.

You can't plead personal responsibility when it’s convenient and beatify every victim that comes along. This kid entered into physical confrontation of his own free will, and try as you might to insinuate he was beaten to death respectable media is pointing to the heart condition, of which the kid was aware, as the major contributor to death.

Quit glorifying every act of violence by children and ask your physician about the hidden dangers of PFO, not knowing about it before hand can be as deadly as making bad decisions when afflicted with such a condition.

Don’t get me wrong the loss of a child is a horrible thing, but the documented past around this incident should make it apparent to anyone smarter than the dummy raised by an idiot pointing out to you the fact that failure and culpability extend well past the two pugilists and witnesses to this incident.

Why did two kids with such a history continue to co-exist in such close quarters? Why didn’t parents, administrators, teachers, community members prevent this long before the most recent show of violence?

Why did young Dakota reach such a desperate point in his young life that he felt he had
to take the law into his own hands?

How can you appease your conscience by insinuating these witnesses to a tragic event share as much culpability as a willing participant in the violence but fail to question whether there were adults who could/should have intervened long before it came to two kids fighting in the street?

Your daughter knew victim and you don't believe what the mother has stated to the press. Nice, I see there are plenty of delusionoids in Kansas. That's what happens when you drop science out of the curriculum in favor of eye for an eye religious mantra.

The kid stood up for himself alright, and got stressed beyond his physical limitations in doing so. How can one excuse him entering into combat with this cretin but vilify the results? The crime is the agencies and institutions that let him down and the criminal is the kid involved in the fight. Not the poor kids who had to witness the incident.

No one is 100% to blame for this death but the witnesses share less culpability than the combatants IMHO.

You could always stick your head in the sand and wait until your daughter witnesses an horrific event and the Trench comes to eviscerate you~! Then we'll see who's slinging mud.

Don't take the delusionoid comment too personal I do apologize for such an indiscretion, some of the folks were bullying me because my mom isn't as smart as them and I got a tad sensitive.
You admit he had had enough and was standing up for himself, taking the law into your own hands is vigilante. That's where I see the contradiction in your argument and coupled with the Trench idea that they should have all participated in the melee led me to believe some are delusional on this topic, had nothing to do with the heart condition statements of the parents or anything.

Its sad that a kid died but its not worthy of manslaughter charges against those that witnessed it. That remains my point.

Entering willingly into a fight isn't defending yourself according to the rule of law, only to the rule of honor. That's the delusion that makes you think risking something which you value but others don't is a worthwhile endeavor.

These two kids chose to fight and one of them died. Espousing your belief that the onlookers should have participated in the violence is asinine. You're the idiot.

When a child is bulllied they become depressed and don't care no more. They turn to drugs, drinking, suicide.They have to seek counciling. I know my son is going through this uncareing stuff such as you and others who don't know NOTHING about bullying unless you were unless you were in their shoes. The bully had a history of abuse of course. We all make our own choices in life but people like you who don't UNDERSTAND makes it harder. To bad your weren't in his shoes.

And I still say that anyone who would stand and watch a person get beat to death is worthless and a sorry excuse for a human being. . Twice in my life I have stepped into that situation and never regretted either time. Once for an elderly man being beaten by a man at least 40 years his junior and once for a woman who couldn't have weighed over 100lbs being beaten by a man over twice her size. I suppose the right thing to do would have been to stand there and watch...or walk away...or record it so I could possible post it on youtube later. That's disgusting. And cowardly.

I guess, at this point in the coversation, Pirelli Jones is still ready to give Kudos to the kids video taping the incident....

What was that I said about cowards?...oh yeah....

I agree with you. I would have too. I've done it plenty of times when i was growing up still do it at jobs. You understand, some like PIRELLI JONES don't. Your a great person Jame Barrek