12 Year Old Commits Suicide: Charges May Be Dropped Against His Bully

Twelve year old Mitchell Wilson committed suicide the day his subpoena to testify against his bully arrived. The anxiety of being bullied, dealing with his multiple sclerosis, the death of his mother and being taunted and tormented by the bully's friends was too much for the young man to bear.

On the morning of the first day of school, his father entered his room where he found his lifeless body. At some point during the night, Mitchell in desperation, took his own life.

On September 28th, 2011, Mitchell was to testify against his bully; the boy who attacked him brutally, smashing his face into the sidewalk with such force that his teeth broke. He was to face his attacker in court, point at him and affirm this person to be his attacker. His suicide means he won't be able to do this and his bully could end up having the charges against him dropped as a result. The case has been remanded to November 2011.


I'm very eager to see how this case is handled. I hope the legal system doesn't drop the ball on this one.



TRAGIC TIMELINE

* November, 2010 -- Mitchell Wilson, a 10-year-old victim of multiple sclerosis, is mugged and assaulted by a 12-year-old for his cellphone. A young offender is charged and ordered to stay away from Mitchell and his family.

* November 2010 -June 2011 --The young offender's friends bully, taunt and follow Mitchell home from school, berating him for tattling on his assailant. Mitchell suffers anxiety attacks and threatens to kill himself. The principal assigns Mitchell an older student as his "buddy" and protector.

* Summer 2011 -- Mitchell becomes increasingly anxious about returning to school in the fall and facing the same bullying. His assigned buddy has graduated and will no longer be there to protect him.

* Labour Day 2011 -- Mitchell receives a subpoena to appear in Oshawa court to testify Sept. 28 against the young offender.

* Sept. 6, 2011 -- Craig Wilson discovers his son Mitchell has killed himself by tying a plastic bag around his head.

* Sept. 28, 2011 -- Charges against the young offender are expected to be withdrawn.

We Need to Teach Our Daughters .....

We need to teach our daughters to distinguish
between a man who flatters her and a man who compliments her,
a man who spends money on her and a man who invests in her,
a man who views her as property and a man who views her properly,
a man who lusts after her and a man who loves her,
a man who believes he is God's gift to women and a man who remembers a woman is God's gift to man.

Sharing Music: The Adele Effect

I heard Adele's "Rolling in the deep" while we were visiting Seattle... fell in love with the song. Fast forward a bunch of months and I heard more of her music. "I found a boy", "Someone like you", "Set fire to the rain" quickly became favourites and I bought them through iTunes. So far in less than a couple weeks, I have heard them 37 times through iTunes, probably at least that many times through my ipod and an equal number in the car.

I have an old friend who liked a mellow playlist I have, so I sent him the YouTube links to two of the songs and expressly told him not to read anything into the lyrics. Now I'm not even sure if I shoud've sent the links at all....

He has sent me links to songs and tells me if they have any sentimental meaning - usually they do, I sent him links to songs - mosty stuff I like that (mostly) have no relevance to our friendship. I sent him Saudis in Audis, a funny song.
I feel funny about these songs or rather how they may be interpreted. I think I may never share music with him again.

Someone like you http://youtu.be/qemWRToNYJY
I found a boy http://youtu.be/_yEVYJjpac8

Housework is Hazardous

Today I posted that housework is hazardous to your health. I've always known it but now I have proof.

While going through the front closet to peek at a fall jacket I purchased last year but never worn, a table fell on my toe.... more later

Recap Hell Week: August 29 - Sept 3

This week sucked a lemon you can't make lemonade with.

I went shopping at Shoppers Drug Mart for some face cream to replace the Avon product that they don't make anymore. I spent at least an hour reading ingredients and working with the temp cosmetic girl to find just the right product. Once I found the one I wanted, I took everything to the cashier and attempted to pay. I swiped my card once and the display read, 'user limit' or something like that. I swiped again and again.... The girl said maybe I reached my credit limit, I explained it's a debit card. Then she said maybe I used it too much and reached my limit, I explained I had never used it at all. After the failed third attempt, I put the purchase on my credit card.

While driving home, I saw my husbands truck coming up behind me, I motioned for him to pull over and told him what happened at the store. We went home, he jumped in the car and we went to the bank to see what happened.

At the bank, we told the teller what happened. She took my card and looked up whatever she needed to on her computer. She said I was issued a new debit card and that's the reason this one didn't work and was deactivated in July. I explained this IS the new card and I had just activated it in May. I asked her to reactivate it to which she replied that she couldn't and proceeded to cut it up. She ordered me a new card which should come in the mail to the branch in about a week.

We left the bank and I was still upset at what had happened. While driving up to Chatham for an oil change, I remembered what happened with my moms bank account in July. Now I was convinced that her bank cancelled my card because I'm on her bank account. --- long story but I had to deal with a similar issue in 2003 or somewhere in early 2000's; at that time they were supposed to detach her account from mine. They had it set up that I can access her account through my debit card but couldn't access my own chequing account through my own card... yes, it's stupid and I fixed that problem years ago. So now I'm thinking the same thing is happening again so I called my mom and told her to take me off her account. She argued a bit, I hung up angry and frustrated.

A short while later, I received a call from moms bank. It seems I was still on her account and they had attached my chequing button to her account. They told me they can't take me off the account without cancelling the entire account and it would screw up all moms direct deposits and automatic payments so they suggested I stay on the account and they'll fix it. I don't need to hear that bs again. I told the girl I don't care what they have to do but I want to be taken off the account. I said they can make this as hard or as easy as they want for mom - that depends on them, but I don't want to be on the account and I want a letter explaining what had happened AGAIN. Apparently a letter may never come because that's admitting they screwed up my account again.

The next day I went to my bank and told the assistant to our regular account manager (who's on vacation) what had happened the day before. She looked at the accounts, has no idea why the other branch did what they did or why the girl at our bank cut up my card (which can be reactivated it seems). She said she's filing a formal complaint and launching an investigation into this matter because making a mistake once is okay but this is the 3rd mistake the bank makes with my account. I'm going to make sure I follow up on this.

Second suckiness for the week.

Daughter's beau was involved in a car accident.

Third Suckiness for the week.

We sat in court for hours only to find out the judge had granted our adjournment and didn't bother to tell us.

Fourth Suckiness for the week.

I had to go down to the police station and argue with one of the officers that everyone is equally entitled to protection under the law and if someone breaks the law, it is the police's job to press charges. After a short futile argument, I asked for the daily record of the officer who attended the complaint.

I was asking for it under the Freedom of Information Act, filled out the forms, paid the fee and was instructed to wait because they aren't sure if his records are accessible under the FOI or if they are personal property. I already know that if they deem them personal property, I will have to fight to have them released to me. All this before I can even begin the fight to lay third party charges for harassment, uttering threats, hate speech, and a host of other things - on behalf of someone else.