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Bullying: Words Can Kill

September 16, 2011 9:09 PM

A "48 Hours" special on bullying in the digital age. Tracy Smith reports.

Bullying: Words Can Kill
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by CynsJRL April 8, 2013 8:50 PM EDT
This is in fact the truth about losing Jessie. It is not what you have read on the internet nor what is shown on 48 hours or what the court records say happened. We, the parents were not allowed to speak. Only one student came forward and told her side of the so called story. I have proof what happened. I have many hours spent and documents printed from many peers. But I was not allowed to share and was told what I said was hearsay. What the teenager said was not.
How dare our legal system dismiss what I had. The facts state what took place. What my daughter told me was fact as well.
Losing Jessie, our child is something no other parent should experience especially since this could have been stopped. The perpetrators got a slap on the hand as well as being interviewed on 48 hours and not truly questioned about what really happened. Her father is an attorney, she is allowed privileges other citizens are not allowed. That is a fact as well.
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by CynsJRL April 8, 2013 8:42 PM EDT
"Who are you to judge the life I live? I'm not perfect and I don't live to be. But before you go pointing "YOUR" F.I.N.G.E.R.S., Make sure your hands are clean"
~Bob Marley~

Jessica Renee Logan made a mistake by taking a nude photo of her self as did the other girls on Spring Break. It is said she sent it out to her boyfriend. The police report tells the truth. It was stolen off of Jessica's cell phone, as well as forwarding if from Jessica's cell phone contact list on spring break by the two girls Jessica went with and forwarded to 2 other school peers,including the ex boyfriend.

Jessica's photo went to 4 school districts as well as online. My daughter went to the Sycamore High schools counselor's office three times- signed in to speak to one of them about this serious offense. She was extremely distraught. Not one counselor called her back. She also spoke to the resource officer. He went to the other district school where it originally started.
The girls were told to remove the photo and never contact my daughter again.
Jessica already knew I called two of the girl's parents. Jessica heard the conversation and knew they were very rude to me. I asked the parents if there would be any consequences for their teenage daughters because of the horrific torment they placed on my child. Both parents said it was my daughters fault. I will stop there. These parents did not stop their teenage daughter's. The abuse continued. 48 hours interviewed one of the abusers who lied on camera. She said my daughter sent it out everyone. The fact of the matter is my daughter would never send out her photo to everyone.It is a fact they stole the photo off of my daughter's phone as well as hitting the send button on my daughter's contact list. I heard from many teenage boys saying my daughter sent them the photo. Jessica was beside herself with horror and grief. Jessica would NEVER do this.

Jessica went back to the resource officer and wanted to press charges. He said there was nothing he could do although he handed her a local television news reporter's card without my knowledge.
I happened to walk into Jessica's bedroom that night while she was on speaker phone with the reporter. I told the reporter I wanted to speak to my child and we would call her back.

Jessica told me the resource officer said she would be helping other peers as well as herself. I was infuriated with the resource officer whom has daughters himself.
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by CynsJRL April 8, 2013 8:40 PM EDT
I told Jessica I would call the parents back again. She pleaded with me not to do it. She said it would only make it worse. I already knew she went to the counselors office and believed they would get back with her. Jessica said she was going to do this interview with or without my help. What choice did I have?
I made sure she was disguised when she went on our local news.

Her story about why she took the photo mimics exactly what the resource officer said who was added to this segment. I know he coached her.

My daughter's last words through tears and sobs were, "I still get harassed and stuff. I don't want this to happen to anyone else."

The administrator saw the news clip so did the principal. The principal told the resource officer, "well done."

My daughter's abuse continued and intensified even more!

She was spit on, pushed down the school stairs, told to kill herself, called a *****, shank, porn queen, Kike, etc.

Jessica stopped telling me what was happening to her. She saw that I tried my best to help. She saw the school turned a blind eye and ignored her cries for help. I truly believed the counselors called her back at that time.

I was not told by any of her so called friends all that she endured until she passed away.

The school had a custodial duty to protect my 18 year old senior from the torment she had to endure for the remaining month at school. They chose not to help. Just a month prior to my daughter reporting her story to the resource officer, a 16 year old had something similar done to her. The school and resource officer stepped in and took care of the problem.
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by CynsJRL April 8, 2013 8:38 PM EDT
They left my daughter to flounder by herself because she was 18. The school still had a custodial duty to protect the well being and safety of my child. If they stepped up to the plate at the beginning as they should have, my daughter would not have taken her life a month later.

My daughter was a happy, wonderful teenager before this happened.
There is no excuse for the school's behavior.
The school has even admitted because she was 18 years old, it was out of their hands.

Jessica attended their learning institution. She was being sexually harassed and physically assaulted, and verbally abused in person and online but that did not matter in their eyes.

My only child is gone.

She fought brave and hard to get their attention on this peer abuse epidemic. They destroyed my child.

Every school must have a custodial duty to ensure the safety and well being of every single student above all else.

I am Forever Jessica Renee Logan's Mom~

Side Note- I worked along side legislators to help pass the "Jessica Logan Act" which goes into effect on November, 4, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I8_idaTIok&feature=youtu.be

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bullycide-Memorial/187274824674924

"Learn These Four Lines By Heart".
"Have communion with few,
Be intimate with one.
Deal justly with all.
Speak evil of none."
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by TruthBKnown32 September 28, 2012 8:08 PM EDT
I saw this powerful special online and spent $140 to purchase the video so I could share it with my community. I was absolutely horrified to find commercials after paying that kind of money. Totally unacceptable!!! Totally. And, of course, it's formatted so that you can't fast forward. It was so embarrassing.
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by jewelsheam August 15, 2012 5:18 PM EDT
Bullying has been happening since the evolution of our species. The thing that makes us unique is the we can create a moral code based on what we understand collectively. We've all experienced the same emotions and can identify with others based on that. Unfortunately when we teach our kids, we rarely take the approach of teaching them what we are, and how we function as the theme of good morals and behavior. We go with the easy surface stuff like, "My kid need to learn some social skills and how to interact with others so I'm gonna put him in football." We'll do this without thinking about the fact of the kid having a perspective and a predisposition walking into this situation. So the question becomes, does this kid have a good understanding why humans behave the way they do one on one or in groups? Do they understand how different personalities shape the dynamics of a group, team, or classroom? Without a real understand of this can you imagine how childs perspective is really being shaped? Why do humans bully? Why are some aggressive toward others? Why do some sit back and take it? My theory is if the more aggressive personalities understood what makes them what the are, they may be able to use that skill in a healthy way, and if the more passive ones understood it, they may as well. We are a pretty complicated species and I think it is important for us to know what we are and monitor ourselves. If we don't, we can really hurt each other! We've already proven we are the most destructive thing on this planet. We build stuff to kill other stuff; we are the only things that does that!
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by anntherese March 3, 2012 2:48 AM EST
Kids who bully should be suspended for first two offenses. Third time, they should be expelled. Three strikes, they're out. Let their parents find new schools or be forced to home school. If schools would expel bullies, it would stop. Why aren't the perpetrators being held accountable?
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by maripilipat March 2, 2012 2:47 PM EST
A Good and fast solution should be separate girls from boys in different schools, and strong legislation and education about this subject. We don't want our daughters compete from any boy, they don't have an age for that they should concentrate in education. Mixing boys and girls is the problem.
P.Menendez
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by J956 March 2, 2012 1:11 AM EST
People like Rush Limbaugh (human garbage) get paid million$ to bully poor people, women, animals, and even nature itself. There is a lot more to this than just schoolyard hassles.
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by AutistasAngeles333 November 20, 2011 2:46 PM EST
I survived bullycide. Words can kill. I have been bullied all my life. The worst words. I was called stupid, and stupid *****, ugly dog, been told I was nothing no one liked me was told to go die and told to go kill myself. I was called stinky and this was during my school years. I still am being bullied as of 1 month ago was getting bullied and at the beginning of the year I finally acted out on my thoughts I should be dead I overdosed so much they had to intubate me I ended up in a coma and family was told they weren't sure if I'd wake up and if I did whether I'd be a vegetable. Well my failure at death is my biggest success. What caused the 3 od's in the beginning of the year was just something I could take no more I had been bullied by someone who called me best friend in Facebook I am copying what they said but I must bleep out some words for obvious reasons



U reported me?? For what?? Now u've made an enemy of me.....Beware! Now I report u to Family services of Winnipeg!! For ur DRUG use & letting *** run away all the time! DON'T F*** WITH ME KAREN CUZ I WILL WIN! GO THE F*** AWAY & DIE! U STUPID *****! Wait til they come investigate u!.........U *****!
Now I need to explain the drug use this person decided that becauase I'm on adhd meds that its drug use. I also need to explain that this is a women 45yrs old and I am 40 so bullying does not go away. I want to help children and adults of bullying remember bullied children do grow up and grow up in pain. Thanks
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