Honestly haven't been following this thread as much as HFBoards, although from what I've read, there doesn't seem to be nearly as much support for Miller as some are showing on HFBoards.
What a lot of people somehow keep getting wrong is they keep referring to what Mitchell did as "bullying".
What Mitchell did was:
- Go on about this for 6+ years
- Repeatedly physically and mentally abuse the kid
- Use repeated racist slurs
- Literally came up with a plan to pretend to be his friend so that he would eat candy that he PISSED ON and wiped in a URINAL
- BASHED his head against a WALL
- Showed ZERO remorse in court, while the other kid accused broke down in tears apologizing to the kid
- Proceeded to TAUNT the kid and his family two years later at the age of 16.
- NEVER apologized in person (not referring to you, but f*** anyone who things the court-mandated written apology letter - who the family says they never even received - counts).
- Apologized to all NHL teams to save face, showing much more remorse to them than he ever did to the kid
This isn't a bullying case.
This is a flat out assault case by a psychopathic, remorseless kid who made it his #1 mission to torment a poor, colored, disabled kid and make his life a living hell.
I have NEVER seen or heard about anywhere NEAR this level of "bullying" in my areas. Anyone who thinks this is just a typical bullying case that happens all the time either grew up in a really ####ty place, or was a really, really ####ty person themselves.
Some of the posts trying to stick up for Mitchell and say he deserves a chance to redeem himself are clearly missing the fact that he's had 4(!!) years to redeem himself, yet he decided to taunt the family just two years later at the age of 16(!!).
The fact that some people here (very few, but some) think that Mitchell completing his COURT-MANDATED tasks are acceptable and clear his slate is past the point of laughable and well into the very concerning category.
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