Dad arrested after beating up 11 year old bully

[NetWareHead]

http://news.yahoo.com/dad-pummeled-11-old-kid-bullying-9-old-140217575.html

A furious father escorted his 9-year-old autistic son onto a school bus late last week and proceeded to beat up an 11-year-old kid who had allegedly been bullying the boy.

The incident occurred on Friday morning in the Bay Area suburb of Richmond, Calif., reports CBS San Francisco.

Police say the assailant, Burnis Hurd got on the bus with his son. Then, his son identified the boy who had been bullying him.

“The father grabbed the 11-year old by the hair, pulled hard and raised the child out of his seat, then shoved him on the side of the bus where the window meets the wall,” Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan told CBS San Francisco.

Police say Hurd, 44, also warned that he would kill the 11-year-old boy and also threatened some other kids on the bus for good measure.

The melee was not captured on videotape and the bus driver didn’t get involved. In fact, the bus driver never even bothered to report the incident. Instead, the 11-year-old kid informed the principal at Wilson Elementary School in Richmond, where both children are enrolled in a special education program.

The alleged bully ended up with a cheek abrasion and a gashed earlobe.

Hurd ended up in jail. He has been charged with child abuse and bodily injury to a child. As on Monday, he remained in jail pending a $50,000 bond.

The 11-year-old boy’s aunt and guardian, Shanika Moses, said she wants the mad dad “prosecuted to the fullest,” according to CBS.

Hurd might have fared infinitesimally better several hours down the road in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson City, where the city council narrowly rejected an ordinance that would have made bullying by children as young as 5-years-old a crime punishable by misdemeanor charges and fines of $100. (RELATED: Nanny State Run Amok: Police Will Now Ticket, Charge 5-Year-Olds For Bullying)

The ordinance, which went down by a single vote, would have prohibited everyone over the age of five from making another person feel “terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed or molested.”

 

[waggy]

what a idiot.

 

[DesiPower]

While I support the dad, it was a incredibly stupid thing to do... unfortunately there are bullies everywhere and most of them come from a neglected house or house full or fvcktards, so complaining about them is useless. I understand the dad's frustration, but unfortunately there is nothing that can be done about these pigs and piglets, beating them up and ending in jail is only going to hurt your kid.

 

[NetWareHead]

Reminds me of my father. I was in 6th grade and this 8th grader was my bully. He lived on the same street as me so he got off at my bus stop and the bullying continued as we walked to our houses. My dad had off of work one day and I walked in with a black eye. He instantly became enraged and started asking questions. We walked over to the bully's house and his parents answered the door. My dad was calm as can be and politely explained to them what their son had done and requested them to put their son on a tighter leash and keep his hands off of me.

The parents of course suggested their son was nothing less than an angel and to suggest he capable of such things was an insult to them. The parents refused to call their chicken shit son to the front door to talk about it. At that point, my dad became pissed off and pointed to his belt. If they didn't want to listen to a reasonably complaint, then something stronger would make them understand. He told the parents the next time I came home with as much as a scratch, he would hang their son from a tree in their front yard with his belt in front of them and then proceed to murder both parents. His parting words as we left advised the parents that they had been warned and to not give him a reason for a second visit. Remarkably, the bullying stopped. Love ya Dad! :thumbsup::biggrin:

 

[OutHouse]

really stupid.

 

[PliotronX]

Reminds me of my father. I was in 6th grade and this 8th grader was my bully. He lived on the same street as me so he got off at my bus stop and the bullying continued as we walked to our houses. My dad had off of work one day and I walked in with a black eye. He instantly became enraged and started asking questions. We walked over to the bully's house and his parents answered the door. My dad was calm as can be and politely explained to them what their son had done and requested them to put their son on a tighter leash and keep his hands off of me.

The parents of course suggested their son was nothing less than an angel and to suggest he capable of such things was an insult to them. The parents refused to call their chicken shit son to the front door to talk about it. At that point, my dad became pissed off and pointed to his belt. If they didn't want to listen to a reasonably complaint, then something stronger would make them understand. He told the parents the next time I came home with as much as a scratch, he would hang their son from a tree in their front yard with his belt in front of them and then proceed to murder both parents. His parting words as we left advised the parents that they had been warned and to not give him a reason for a second visit. Remarkably, the bullying stopped. Love ya Dad! :thumbsup::biggrin:

Nice :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[ioni]

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Unfortunately, your dad would probably be in jail if that happened today.

 

[02ranger]

While the dad was stupid for taking it as far as he did and beating up the kid, these little pieces of shit need to be punished by somebody. It's bad enough to bully kids normally, but bullying an autistic kid is even worse. It wouldn't surprise me if the greatest accomplishment the bully ever makes is being in the police blotter.

Edit: OK, so I have to own up to the fact I didn't read the article when I first posted, just part of the OP. I did not realize the bully was in a special education program as well. If he's just there because he has a learning disablity or something like that, but knew full well what he was doing with regards to his bullying, then I stand by my above comment. If he was autistic or suffered some other handicap that maybe made it difficult for him to understand what he was doing, then that muddies the waters a little bit and I think the dad should've tried to let the school handle it before attacking the kid. He should not be allowed to be a bully regardless of his condition, but you do have to use "kid gloves" when it comes to certain types of kids..........

 

[BlitzPuppet]

Reminds me of my father. I was in 6th grade and this 8th grader was my bully. He lived on the same street as me so he got off at my bus stop and the bullying continued as we walked to our houses. My dad had off of work one day and I walked in with a black eye. He instantly became enraged and started asking questions. We walked over to the bully's house and his parents answered the door. My dad was calm as can be and politely explained to them what their son had done and requested them to put their son on a tighter leash and keep his hands off of me.

The parents of course suggested their son was nothing less than an angel and to suggest he capable of such things was an insult to them. The parents refused to call their chicken shit son to the front door to talk about it. At that point, my dad became pissed off and pointed to his belt. If they didn't want to listen to a reasonably complaint, then something stronger would make them understand. He told the parents the next time I came home with as much as a scratch, he would hang their son from a tree in their front yard with his belt in front of them and then proceed to murder both parents. His parting words as we left advised the parents that they had been warned and to not give him a reason for a second visit. Remarkably, the bullying stopped. Love ya Dad! :thumbsup::biggrin:

That's pretty freakin hilarious.

 

[radhak]

Unfortunately, your dad would probably be in jail if that happened today.

Maybe.
OTOH, his dad would have a better threat today - of calling the cops and pressing charges against their angel son for bullying. In that day and age, cops would have laughed off such an accusation, but today they dare not.

 

[NetWareHead]

Unfortunately, your dad would probably be in jail if that happened today.

Dad had a twinge of anxiety as we walked home. "If the cops come as a result of this, you didn't hear me threaten anybody" Nothing did ever come out of it. The parents were stunned by the jekyl and hyde transformation, from polite to threatening that they were open mouthed as we walked away.

 

[BikeJunkie]

Unfortunately, your dad would probably be in jail if that happened today.

Nah, just their word against his at that point. He tried to be reasonable and they just went on lockdown. Time for plan B. Bravo :thumbsup:

Sometimes you need to shock and scare the living piss out of people when they fail to live up to basic social standards.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

Unfortunately, your dad would probably be in jail if that happened today.

"sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me"

Kid had a black eye as proof, words can be made up by either side :whiste:

 

[Jimzz]

Problem is he did just what the other bully did, just a bigger more idiotic version.

He should have contacted the school and then the parents as well. Then if that did not work contact the school board and/or police department if it was really bad.

 

[DesiPower]

Reminds me of my father. I was in 6th grade and this 8th grader was my bully. He lived on the same street as me so he got off at my bus stop and the bullying continued as we walked to our houses. My dad had off of work one day and I walked in with a black eye. He instantly became enraged and started asking questions. We walked over to the bully's house and his parents answered the door. My dad was calm as can be and politely explained to them what their son had done and requested them to put their son on a tighter leash and keep his hands off of me.

The parents of course suggested their son was nothing less than an angel and to suggest he capable of such things was an insult to them. The parents refused to call their chicken shit son to the front door to talk about it. At that point, my dad became pissed off and pointed to his belt. If they didn't want to listen to a reasonably complaint, then something stronger would make them understand. He told the parents the next time I came home with as much as a scratch, he would hang their son from a tree in their front yard with his belt in front of them and then proceed to murder both parents. His parting words as we left advised the parents that they had been warned and to not give him a reason for a second visit. Remarkably, the bullying stopped. Love ya Dad! :thumbsup::biggrin:

Hats off to your Dad, he is a model Dad, you are one lucky son

 

[amdhunter]

I'd just pay a few kids to jump the kid later...

 

[DesiPower]

Problem is he did just what the other bully did, just a bigger more idiotic version.

He should have contacted the school and then the parents as well. Then if that did not work contact the school board and/or police department if it was really bad.

That never works, god forbid if you are in such a situation, don't even bother.

 

[BikeJunkie]

Problem is he did just what the other bully did, just a bigger more idiotic version.

He should have contacted the school and then the parents as well. Then if that did not work contact the school board and/or police department if it was really bad.

Clearly you have no firsthand experience with this. A good thought, but totally useless IRL.

 

[OCGuy]

Maybe if his dad was smart enough to refuse those mercury and glass filled potions of death, aka "vaccines", his son wouldn't have been so bullyable in the first place!*



*this is not my real opinion on vaccines, bullying, or autism.

 

[tmc]

That never works, god forbid if you are in such a situation, don't even bother.

Clearly you have no firsthand experience with this. A good thought, but totally useless IRL.

just curious, what is the correct/acceptable solution here?

 

[BUTCH1]

This would have been accepted or treated mildly back in 1971, in 2014 your in flirting with a hurtin, sailing for a wailing, crusing for a bruising. Local law enforcement has no choice but to go after this guy and the bully's parents will most defiantly will be retaining a lawyer ASAP. good intentions, bad idea..

 

[Perknose]

Dad had a twinge of anxiety as we walked home. "If the cops come as a result of this, you didn't hear me threaten anybody" Nothing did ever come out of it. The parents were stunned by the jekyl and hyde transformation, from polite to threatening that they were open mouthed as we walked away.

If only the bully's parents had been armed, this incident would have ended far differently, and a certain poster here would have proclaimed, "Good shoot!"

 

[NetWareHead]

Hats off to your Dad, he is a model Dad, you are one lucky son

Thanks, he is quite the guy. My dad lost his father when he was 8 years old. My dad grew up without a father and he was bullied growing up by kids who singled him out. He remembers being taunted specifically because the bullies thought he had no one to stand up for him. Fortunately for my dad, he had a hard as nails grandfather who was a World War 1 veteran and an uncle who took him and his brothers under their protection. They actually had to kick some ass, verbal threats were not enough to deter these bullies. My dad grew up in Italy in the 50s and 60s and times were different back then. Bullying left quite an impression on him and probably explains his response to my bully.

 

[WelshBloke]

what a idiot.

Yeah. He could have got the local teenagers to beat up the bully for a packet of cigarettes.

 

[BUTCH1]

If only the bully's parents had been armed, this incident would have ended far differently, and a certain poster here would have proclaimed, "Good shoot!"

That "certain poster" would have had his life's dream scenario happen..