'That's my baby:' Mother sees 14-year-old son being bullied on camera
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>> AN ACT OF SCHOOL BULLYING
CAUGHT ON CAMERA. NOW A MOTHER
IS AFRAID TO SEND HER 14
YEAR-OLD BACK TO SCHOOL.
THIS IS A STORY YOU'LL SEE HERE
ONLY ON WRAL. THIS INCIDENT
HAPPENED FRIDAY AND CONWAY,
MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NORTHAMPTON
COUNTY.
>> WRAL'S BRYAN MIMS SPOKE WITH
THE VICTIM'S MOTHER TODAY AND
HE WALKS US THROUGH THE VIDEO
AND IT'S FIDEO. THANK YOU.
MAY FIND DISTURBING.
>> CONWAY MIDDLE IS A SMALL
RURAL SCHOOL IN THE TOWN OF
CONWAY. SHANTE WILLIAMS, A SON
WHO'S IN THE 8TH GRADE, CAME
HOME FROM SCHOOL FRIDAY SAYING
NOTHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE RESTROOM. BUT ON SUNDAY,
SOMEONE SHOWED HEARD THIS VIDEO
ON WE HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO SHOW
HER SON'S FACE WERE BLOTTING
OUT. SEVERAL WORDS ON THE VIDEO
BECAUSE THEY'RE RACIST AND
OFFENSIVE.
>> ALL OF HER NEW NOVEL OF BABA
WAS FIRST GRADE. IT WAS
AIRTIGHT OUT EVERY TIME
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I
FOUND OUT THAT WAY.
>> THERE APPEARED TO BE 3
STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE
BULLYING. THE ONE MOST
PROMINENT IN THE VIDEO SEEMS
TO TRY TO KISS THE VICTIM
BEFORE PUSHING HIM AROUND AND
SHOVING HIM IN THE
>> AS THE VICTIM IS AGAINST
THE WALL, THE BOY
I ONCE BUT TWICE
THE BOY SAYS ARE YOU GOING TO
SNITCH? MANY HUGS THE TEAM'S
HEAD AS IF IT WAS ALL JUST
HARMLESS. TEASING. AS YOU KNOW,
FROM THE TIME I SEEN THE VIDEO.
>> OUR JEANNE, I HAD TO FIND
AT WHAT I'VE COME TO REALLY
HURT ME BROUGHT ME. YOU KNOW,
THAT'S MY BABY. AND I KNOW HE'S
A SWEET HEART.
>> HAS HE BEEN ATTACKED BEFORE
BEEN BULLIED BEFORE ITS KNOW?
YOU KNOW, HE'S NEVER BEEN
BULLIED, YOU KNOW, NEVER BEEN
THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, NEVER WENT
THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I CALLED NORTHAMPTON COUNTY'S
INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT BILL
BURNS. HE WOULD NOT DO AN
INTERVIEW BUT CALLED THE
INCIDENT VERY DISTURBING AND
SAID A WRITTEN STATEMENT SAYING
THE PRINCIPAL LEARNED OF THE
VIDEO SUNDAY MORNING. THE
PRINCIPAL CALLED THE INTERIM
SUPERINTENDENT AND DISCUSS THE
MATTER. THE PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATED THE SITUATION
THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY
MORNING. HE MET EACH OF THE
STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS AS
PART OF AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION. BURNS DECLINED
TO SAY WHAT DISCIPLINARY ACTION
WAS TAKEN AGAINST THE BOYS.
BUT THEY ASSURE ME THAT.
>> YOU KNOW, THE BOYS, YOU
KNOW, THEY WOULD NOT BE A
SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE.
I DON'T FEEL CONFIDENT WITH
THAT BOARD BEING AROUND MASK
ON IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR PHONE.
THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT TOLD
ME CONWAY'S PRINCIPAL HAS
ADDRESSED THE MATTER WITH ALL
OF THOSE INVOLVED AND CONTINUES
TO REVIEW SAFETY PROCEDURES.
>> BRYAN MIMS, WRAL, NEWS,
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AND SHANTE.
WILLIAMS SAYS SHE WILL NOT FEEL
COMFORTABLE SENDING THEIR SON