Dallas student, 12, duct-taped to chair and beaten by classmates while teacher ignored attack: mom

A 12-year-old Dallas student was bound to a chair with duct tape and beaten by four classmates as a substitute teacher stood and ignored the attack, according to the victim's mom.

The Dallas school district is investigating the charges made by Keneshia Richardson, who claims the attackers wrapped tape around her son's mouth to keep him from shouting.

"It was uncalled for," Richardson told The Dallas Morning News, adding her son had trouble breathing.

The woman said his hands were taped to the chair, he was wrapped with a telephone cord, and the attackers knocked him to the ground. The boy's shirt was torn as well, she claimed.

The Monday attack remained under investigation Thursday, although disciplinary action is pending against the students and the substitute.

The teacher was additionally removed from the list of approved district substitutes, said Dallas Independent School District spokesman John Dahlander.

Richardson said her son was apparently targeted because he's in remedial classes, although Dahlander said school officials had heard a different version of the story.

"That's not quite the way that the incident has been described," Dahlander said. "In any event, it is under investigation."

But Richardson said the teacher never intervened - and her son was finally rescued by a girl in his class who scared the attackers away.

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And people wonder why homeschooling becomes a more popular idea every year.


If the story's true, then I think the teacher AND all those students need a horse whipping, with a real horse.

If it's true then heads need to roll. If it's true.

This is despicable. To me, these children are the real perpetrators of violence, not the children with the guns. I hope these bullies are punished harshly and that the substitute is banned from teaching in any school again. Kids need good teachers, not a bunch of pussies.

alan smithee wrote:If it's true then heads need to roll. If it's true.

These are just the kind of comments that make people minimize bullying everyday.

MandyPerfumeGirl wrote:

alan smithee wrote:If it's true then heads need to roll. If it's true.

These are just the kind of comments that make people minimize bullying everyday.

Ah, no. These are the kind of comments I make when I don't have a knee jerk reaction to one side of a story. It's based on the quote, "That's not quite the way that the incident has been described," Dahlander said. "In any event, it is under investigation." This investigation may in fact support the allegations in which case I said, "Heads need to roll." People shouldn't be convicted just because they're accused.

Shale wrote:
How dare you inject a voice of reason into a forum board discussion!

I know. It's something I've tried to work on but it's a habit I just can't seem to break