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Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL
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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When I was in school we had some major bullying issues going on that took quite some work to sort out and deal with. We had kids switching schools, quitting school, constant fighting, depression, kids getting kicked out of school, entire families moving, and multiple mandatory sit down sessions with all kinds of counselors, experts, teachers, district supervisors, parents, etc for about 3 years until it got better.
Just 3 horrible years for many kids.
None of the stuff that happened came close to what this kid did.
NONE OF IT.
I think everyone should take a second and sit down to think about exactly what this kid did. Put yourself in the shoes of that poor kid getting bullied. Your entire childhood got ruined by him. Try to imagine for a second what that is like.
Now quit imagining, because there is no way in hell anyone can understand this level of torment. I'm all for repentance and forgiveness. But I see no remorse here, and with this level of abuse, after thinking about it or a few days I think he should be barred from playing in the NHL for life.
Given the abuse issues (hazing) going on throughout minor hockey, a problem that is being pushed under the rug, I cannot see how the NHL can allow this kid to play in their league. They are basically saying it is okay to do what he did, as long as you write court mandated letters and tell all the teams to overlook your transgressions when they are thinking about drafting you.
Nothing this kid did indicates any kind of remorse, and the fact that we are excusing him means we consider him more of a victim than the poor kid he tormented for many years.