This is so sad - and infuriating! Court documents made public yesterday reveal that 15-year-old Phoebe Prince took her own life after the last few hours of the school day pushed her to the breaking point, CNN reports. The Massachusetts teen was in a state of despair after being loudly berated in the high school library shortly before school let out. Then, on her way home, a student passing by in a car called her names and threw an empty can at her. CNN's story said that Phoebe Prince was in tears while on her way home, and that she used her cell phone to text message a friend about her situation. Prince allegedly said she was at the end of her rope with the bullying. Her last text went out at 2:48 p.m and she also received two messages after that, but never opened them, according to the documents. Prince hanged herself in the stairwell of her family's apartment in South Hadley, and by 4:55 pm, she was dead.
The 38 pages of court filing also reveal that the day before she took her own life, Phoebe Prince confided in a friend: "School has been close to intolerable lately."
The documents made public on Thursday focus on the alleged actions of the three 16-year-old girls -- Ashley Longe, Flannery Mullins and Sharon Chanon Velazquez. Apparently these individuals were the main tormenters of Phoebe Prince - all because she dated boys who had gone out with two of them! CNN reports that the three have been charged as youthful offenders with felonies including violation of civil rights. Two also have been charged with stalking. In total six individuals have been charged with felonies in connection with the bullying that led to Phoebe Prince's suicide.
In our opinion they should be charged with much more than that!!! Make an example out of them!
Sources:
CNN. Court filing reveals taunted teen's anguish in final hours. April 9th, 2010.
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