Mom Defends Son After He Gets Suspended for Punching Bully, & Internet Rallies Behind Her
One Missouri mom is gaining praise online after she went on Facebook to defend her son. The tween was just suspended from school after he punched out his bully, who tormented him for years, and this mama isn’t upset — she’s proud. Her Facebook post has attracted lots of attention — notably for her stance that the school and the bully are both in the wrong, and that her son using physical violence to solve a problem was in the right.
After he suffered for years, the mom shared that her son finally stood up to his bully by punching him.After he suffered for years, the mom shared that her son finally stood up to his bully by punching him.
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After he suffered for years, the mom shared that her son finally stood up to his bully by punching him.
In her post that has been shared more than 145K times, Allison Davis explained the events that led to her son becoming suspended from school.
“Five days of OSS [out of school suspension] for beating up the kid that has been tormenting and bullying him since middle school,” she wrote. “I know as a parent I’m supposed to be upset with him for resorting to violence or getting suspended, but I’m not. Not even a little bit.”
Davis went on to describe in chilling detail the years of abusive treatment her son endured from taunting to threats at the hands of his bully, some of which was caught on video, and the school refused to intervene.
Drew didn’t just randomly get violent with this other student. His mom says the punch came after years of asking adults for help.
“For years the school has failed Drew. When this kid has constantly threatened to beat Drew up along with several of his friends, the school did nothing,” she wrote. “When this kid followed Drew down the hall threatening him and making fun of him AND it was all captured on video, the school did nothing.”
Other kids even went to teachers and administrators that the kid was threatening Drew, but his mom said that wasn’t enough to get the school to stop it. “When this kid took to social media, voicemails, and texting threats, the school did nothing,” she wrote. “When this kid threatened Drew over and over in every class they have together. The school did nothing.”