10-year-old commits suicide after alleged bullying incident caught on camera

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From http://abc13.com/girl-10-commits-suicide-after-alleged-bullying-incident/2720136/

10-year-old commits suicide after alleged bullying incident caught on camera

AURORA, Colorado -- Parents say their 10-year-old daughter committed suicide over video of a fight with an alleged bully. Ashawnty Davis was only in fifth grade.

At the end of October, she was involved in a fight at school. Her mother claims her daughter was confronting a bully.

They say it was her first fight and it was recorded by another student and posted on an app called Musical.ly.

The video is difficult to watch, but Ashawnty's parents are sharing it to help other parents.

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[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

1. This is so tragic and sad

For a 10-year-old to feel hopeless enough to take her life is beyond description. I sub at a variety of grades, and I know how sensitive kids -- especially girls -- are to the slightest insult. We don't ignore these episodes of verbal bullying; if the situation can't be resolved in the classroom, the students involved go to the vice-principal's office for counseling.

I can't even imagine what it's like to be physically abused -- the pain, physical and emotional, must have been unbearable. I've talked with several students who have said they reported bullying to the office and were essentially blown off.

Young students are self-focused without any experience of time. How it is now is how it is going to be forever. So sad. I feel for the parents at their loss.