'Heartbreaking': Community members react to middle schooler harassing 5-year-old | NBC4 Washington
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Last'}, {'start': '11.599', 'end': '16.480', 'text': 'Friday, News4 told you about a middle'}, {'start': '13.679', 'end': '20.320', 'text': 'schooler who videotaped himself yelling'}, {'start': '16.480', 'end': '22.000', 'text': 'racial slurs at a 5-year-old Asian boy.'}, {'start': '20.320', 'end': '23.760', 'text': "Well, the 5-year-old's parents shared"}, {'start': '22.000', 'end': '25.760', 'text': 'their painful story with Northern'}, {'start': '23.760', 'end': '27.840', 'text': 'Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Kerry.'}, {'start': '25.760', 'end': '30.000', 'text': 'Tonight, Julie has an update about the'}, {'start': '27.840', 'end': '32.160', 'text': "superintendent's message. the outpouring"}, {'start': '30.000', 'end': '34.079', 'text': 'of support for the child and a darker'}, {'start': '32.160', 'end': '37.960', 'text': 'response, too. We want to warn you, you'}, {'start': '34.079', 'end': '37.960', 'text': 'may find the video disturbing.'}, {'start': '38.480', 'end': '42.239', 'text': 'The twominute video created by a middle'}, {'start': '40.480', 'end': '44.480', 'text': 'school boy and shared with others begins'}, {'start': '42.239', 'end': '46.559', 'text': 'with an ethnic slur directed at a'}, {'start': '44.480', 'end': '48.440', 'text': "5-year-old boy. We're bleeping out the"}, {'start': '46.559', 'end': '52.160', 'text': 'offensive words. This little'}, {'start': '48.440', 'end': '55.280', 'text': "short over here. No, don't hurt me."}, {'start': '52.160', 'end': '58.250', 'text': "Yeah, this Don't hurt me. The little boy"}, {'start': '55.280', 'end': '59.359', 'text': 'cries out to older children for help.'}, {'start': '58.250', 'end': '61.039', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '59.359', 'end': '63.120', 'text': 'He eventually makes it to the safety of'}, {'start': '61.039', 'end': '64.799', 'text': 'his home. His parents asking we conceal'}, {'start': '63.120', 'end': '67.040', 'text': 'their identity, describing the'}, {'start': '64.799', 'end': '68.880', 'text': 'heartbreak when they learn the video.'}, {'start': '67.040', 'end': '72.320', 'text': 'Every time I saw that, my heart is'}, {'start': '68.880', 'end': '75.200', 'text': "broken. Every time. I just don't know"}, {'start': '72.320', 'end': '77.600', 'text': 'why those kids are so cruel to see that'}, {'start': '75.200', 'end': '79.759', 'text': 'to my son. Even though the incident took'}, {'start': '77.600', 'end': '81.600', 'text': 'place on a weekend off school grounds,'}, {'start': '79.759', 'end': '83.439', 'text': 'Louden School Superintendent Aaron'}, {'start': '81.600', 'end': '85.920', 'text': 'Spence sent a statement to the entire'}, {'start': '83.439', 'end': '88.000', 'text': 'school community. It reads in part, "Let'}, {'start': '85.920', 'end': '90.560', 'text': 'me be clear. Hate speech and racial'}, {'start': '88.000', 'end': '92.960', 'text': 'slurs have no place in our schools or in'}, {'start': '90.560', 'end': '94.720', 'text': 'our community. In a wonderfully diverse'}, {'start': '92.960', 'end': '96.479', 'text': 'county like Louden, it is not just our'}, {'start': '94.720', 'end': '98.720', 'text': 'responsibility. It is our moral'}, {'start': '96.479', 'end': '101.200', 'text': 'obligation to honor the dignity and'}, {'start': '98.720', 'end': '102.560', 'text': 'humanity of each individual. We must'}, {'start': '101.200', 'end': '104.240', 'text': 'teach our children to see their'}, {'start': '102.560', 'end': '106.560', 'text': 'classmates and their neighbors not as'}, {'start': '104.240', 'end': '109.439', 'text': 'others, but as fellow human beings'}, {'start': '106.560', 'end': '111.119', 'text': 'deserving of compassion and respect." On'}, {'start': '109.439', 'end': '113.520', 'text': 'social media, people from Lowden County'}, {'start': '111.119', 'end': '115.600', 'text': 'and beyond demanding disciplinary action'}, {'start': '113.520', 'end': '117.360', 'text': "be taken. The school's principal"}, {'start': '115.600', 'end': '120.079', 'text': 'responding, sending out a message'}, {'start': '117.360', 'end': '122.240', 'text': 'echoing Spence\'s words and adding, "Due'}, {'start': '120.079', 'end': '124.000', 'text': 'to policy and privacy laws, we are not'}, {'start': '122.240', 'end': '125.680', 'text': 'able to share details about the'}, {'start': '124.000', 'end': '128.319', 'text': 'individual student records or'}, {'start': '125.680', 'end': '130.160', 'text': 'disciplinary actions. However, please be'}, {'start': '128.319', 'end': '132.879', 'text': 'assured that we are treating this matter'}, {'start': '130.160', 'end': '134.560', 'text': 'with the seriousness it deserves."'}, {'start': '132.879', 'end': '136.800', 'text': 'Superintendent Spence says the middle'}, {'start': '134.560', 'end': '138.640', 'text': "school's equity team is now developing a"}, {'start': '136.800', 'end': '141.400', 'text': 'campaign to make sure students and staff'}, {'start': '138.640', 'end': '143.599', 'text': 'are reminded of the expectations for'}, {'start': '141.400', 'end': '145.680', 'text': 'non-discrimination and to help students'}, {'start': '143.599', 'end': '148.160', 'text': 'consider ways they can help end racial'}, {'start': '145.680', 'end': '150.000', 'text': 'harassment in the school and community.'}, {'start': '148.160', 'end': '152.319', 'text': 'The school district is also offering'}, {'start': '150.000', 'end': '154.400', 'text': 'counseling to the 5-year-old. Social'}, {'start': '152.319', 'end': '156.080', 'text': 'media generating an outpouring of'}, {'start': '154.400', 'end': '158.239', 'text': 'support for the 5-year-old and his'}, {'start': '156.080', 'end': '159.280', 'text': 'family. Among the comments, "Sorry that'}, {'start': '158.239', 'end': '161.120', 'text': 'you have to go through this'}, {'start': '159.280', 'end': '163.040', 'text': "heartbreaking incident. It's surprising"}, {'start': '161.120', 'end': '166.160', 'text': 'to have this kind of thing happen to our'}, {'start': '163.040', 'end': '168.000', 'text': 'kids even today. Another writes, "People'}, {'start': '166.160', 'end': '170.319', 'text': "don't realize a moment like this can"}, {'start': '168.000', 'end': '172.319', 'text': 'shape someone\'s life." But there\'s also'}, {'start': '170.319', 'end': '174.160', 'text': 'been a darker response. People making'}, {'start': '172.319', 'end': '175.920', 'text': 'threats against the school district and'}, {'start': '174.160', 'end': '177.840', 'text': 'the middle school that the older boy'}, {'start': '175.920', 'end': '180.160', 'text': "attended. School officials say they've"}, {'start': '177.840', 'end': '182.800', 'text': 'been receiving many angry emails, some'}, {'start': '180.160', 'end': '184.640', 'text': 'of them bearing the exact same language.'}, {'start': '182.800', 'end': '187.280', 'text': 'After an online fundraiser collected'}, {'start': '184.640', 'end': '189.120', 'text': 'more than $45,000 for the family of the'}, {'start': '187.280', 'end': '191.120', 'text': '5-year-old, they hired attorneys who'}, {'start': '189.120', 'end': '192.959', 'text': 'will help navigate next steps. One of'}, {'start': '191.120', 'end': '194.959', 'text': 'the lawyers passing along this message'}, {'start': '192.959', 'end': '196.959', 'text': 'from the family. Quote, "They want to'}, {'start': '194.959', 'end': '199.040', 'text': 'express their profound gratitude for the'}, {'start': '196.959', 'end': '201.360', 'text': "community support. It's been really"}, {'start': '199.040', 'end': '203.680', 'text': "helpful in Lowden County. I'm Julie"}, {'start': '201.360', 'end': '206.319', 'text': 'Kerry, News4."'}, {'start': '203.680', 'end': '207.840', 'text': 'And News4 had scheduled an on camera'}, {'start': '206.319', 'end': '209.519', 'text': 'interview with the superintendent,'}, {'start': '207.840', 'end': '210.720', 'text': 'Superintendent Spence, today. But when'}, {'start': '209.519', 'end': '212.480', 'text': 'the school district learned that the'}, {'start': '210.720', 'end': '215.120', 'text': "little boy's parents had hired"}, {'start': '212.480', 'end': '217.280', 'text': 'attorneys, the LCPS legal council'}, {'start': '215.120', 'end': '219.519', 'text': 'advised against the interview and it was'}, {'start': '217.280', 'end': '219.519', 'text': 'cancelled.'}]