In the 1970s I had a friend from the inner city who was very smart and so was put in a magnet school. The neighborhood bully did not like that and started harassing her for acting "white". Eventually he attacked her resulting in her getting a broken arm and a cracked rib. She was in the hospital for a week and then a week later attended her assailant's hearing. The charges against him were dismissed for time served since he was only 17. She was adamant and almost received a contempt of court charge.
The next time the bully ran into her on the threat by saying "I am not done with you yet." She was so terrified that she hid in her house and would only go if she was surrounded by a posse of her friends. I asked her how long this lasted. She said she was lucky because it only lasted two weeks because the neighborhood bully had attacked others and one of those ended up murdering him.
I have wondered whether the bully would still be alive if he had been imprisoned for a few years.
In the 1970s I had a friend from the inner city who was very smart and so was put in a magnet school. The neighborhood bully did not like that and started harassing her for acting "white". Eventually he attacked her resulting in her getting a broken arm and a cracked rib. She was in the hospital for a week and then a week later attended her assailant's hearing. The charges against him were dismissed for time served since he was only 17. She was adamant and almost received a contempt of court charge.
The next time the bully ran into her on the threat by saying "I am not done with you yet." She was so terrified that she hid in her house and would only go if she was surrounded by a posse of her friends. I asked her how long this lasted. She said she was lucky because it only lasted two weeks because the neighborhood bully had attacked others and one of those ended up murdering him.
I have wondered whether the bully would still be alive if he had been imprisoned for a few years.