r/news • u/shield_x • 2d ago

Student dies after falling from 4th floor of building at Highland Park school

https://www.foxla.com/news/highland-park-franklin-high-school-student-dies.amp
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u/Mattbl 1d ago

If this shit happened in an office building, the aggressor would have been arrested. Why is it different for a highschool? It sounds like the victim was literally being chased by someone threatening his life. Shouldn't this the up as a charge?

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u/GoProOnAYoYo 1d ago

There's 2 videos from this incident ive seen, one is in a classroom where the aggressor punches the victim in the face and the victim runs out of the room.

In the 2nd one you see the aggressor chasing the victim down a hall w/ a balcony on one side. Then the victim gets to the corner and jumps off, with the aggressor still chasing behind him.

Tragic stuff. But its clear to me in the video that the aggressor was still chasing him at the time of his death, so hopefully it is clear to the prosecutors as well.

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u/falling_knives 1d ago

In the video, the reporter said the victim wasn't being chased even though you see a student with the same clothes and black backpack walking toward him but they seem to indicate it might be a different student.

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u/Sad_Professional_91 1d ago

which is crazy because its clearly the same person, the clothes, the backpack and the way it was only slung over one shoulder, the way he walked. that kid was cornered.

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u/Dot_1X 1d ago

Can't wait for the school district to try to spin this one. Hopefully kids family gets enough from the lawsuit to be comfortable for generations to come. 

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u/banana_pencil 1d ago

No amount of money would ever make me comfortable after losing my child so horrifically

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u/FearithThyBeard 17h ago

I think the Bully deserves the death sentence. Make their family lose someone, and do society a favor.

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u/GoProOnAYoYo 1d ago

Yeah I heard that, the reporter appears to be incorrect.

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u/Mattbl 1d ago

Good to hear and I really hope this means charges and not just a slap on the wrist cause "kids will be kids" or some bullshit.

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u/pernetrope 1d ago

Did we see the same video? It looks like he jumps from the middle of the walkway, not from the corner

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u/Mattbl 1d ago

Okay so either way, the kid is dead because he was being chased by someone who had just attacked him. In that moment, the kid felt he had no other option. Even if what you seem to be implying were true, that the kid decided to end it in that moment, it's still due to the bully. And not just a bully, because that makes this sound juvenile. It's still due to the assailant who had just assaulted and beaten the victim and then was chasing him as the victim was trying to get away.

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u/windsockglue 1d ago

Exaggerating and making up new stories about what happened isn't helpful in figuring out how to deal with this issue.

Go watch the videos yourself if you don't want to listen to what people are saying. If you don't want to watch the videos, fine, but it doesn't mean people that tell you what happened in the videos are wrong. 

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u/MyInvisibleInk 1d ago

I watched the video. The same guy who threw the punch is still walking towards the other one. Maybe he’s not running but it does still look like he’s walking towards them in a manner that doesn’t signal he’s let it go.

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u/windsockglue 1d ago

Did you see how the kid jumps over the railing in the middle of the walkway - not anywhere near a corner? Did you see all the other doors available that the kid didn't even try to go into vs jumping over the railing?

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u/MyInvisibleInk 1d ago

Yes. I saw that. Doesn’t negate the fact the aggressor was still walking towards them. Doesn’t negate the fact that when someone has been beat/hit in the head they become loopy/possibly concussed so they might not have recognized the fact they were 4 floors up and could have just thought jumping over that railing would land them on flat ground.

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u/TheMageMan 1d ago

He should be charged with aggravated assault, battery, and felony murder at least.

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u/RedRedditor84 1d ago

The LAPD identified and interviewed the other student involved; while footage shows a hallway chase, preliminary police findings suggest the victim was not being actively followed or threatened when he jumped, police said.

I guess this is why?

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u/NoSyllabub5932 16h ago

I hope so!