something that was illegal possibly criminal to me. we went to diane john s house to show her the video of her son involved in this altercation with the dean. when i first saw the video, i got nervous, like my belly start hurting. i feel like my stomach left where it was and went somewhere else. i see the dean grab on to him and throw him down. picks him up, throw him into a table violently. picks him up again and throw him to the ground. at 5 5, 120 pounds, the 15-year-old boy is no match for the dean who is more than twice his size. they throw him around like a rag doll. so he was trying to get up. but he couldn t, cause the man had him in a lock down there. for christoph s mom, the only thing worse than watching the brutality against her son is knowing that when he came home that day and told her what happened, she didn t believe him. she says the school told her it was christoph who was aggressive toward a teacher. the same dean who was beating
administrator. the silent video is from three months earlier and shows a 15-year-old student, christoph john, arriving at westhinghouse career and technical high school. christoph s mom, diane. every child going to that school, have a photo i.d. when you enter the school, you have to scan the i.d. according to christoph, the school security dean and teacher, stefan hudson, asks him to step to the side when his i.d. card doesn t work. christoph says when he tries to go through again, the dean becomes enraged, believing christoph is acting disrespectfully. immediately, when i looked at the vide again, i could see it was in violation of the rules of the department of education and probably it looked like
to school for his sophomore year and moves to his mother s native country of grenada to live with family. i know my child. i saw the change in him. he was not interested in school anymore. my son never behave like that before. diane sues the city of york. when the video surfaces, the department of education immediately removes the dean from classrooms. following a hearing in march 2013, he is fined and ordered to attend an anger management course. in april 2013, the case against the city is settled for $50,000. hudson begins the 2013 school year in new york city s absent teacher reserve pool. we should always believe our kids, because you know what, the truth came out in the light. coming up, another case of bullying. but this time, it s the kids who
on my child is the same dean that call me. when my son came home, i asked him, i said what happened at school today? and he start telling me, but i said to him the school gave me one story and now you give me a different one. so i don t know who to believe. you don t think the school is going to lie to you. according to diane, the principal calls a few days after the dean to discuss the problem. the principal call and she told me there was an incident that happened in the school with christoph. she s gonna to look into it and get back to me. she never call me back. it s not until the reporter shows diane the beating that she realizes what happened. i was like, oh, my god. i can t believe this. i am pissed. that was my words. nobody have no right to do that to anybody s children. i don t care if my child was rude to you. you have no right putting your hand on him. christoph refuses to return
i was blown away. i really was. i still am. karen retires from the school system and intends on taking that dream vacation. she also plans on donating to charities that are close to her heart. but karen s greatest treasure from this experience is the outpouring of love she receives from around the world. wonderful, wonderful messages, letters, i mean, books. can t even begin to mention all the wonderful people. i think it s great. karen s middle school tormenters and their parents issue an apology. the school takes action against the children. 50 hours of community service with senior citizens, completion of a bully prevention program and suspension from school for one whole year. in this situation, they clearly took it too far. but you have to remember that most of these kids aren t really bad kids. 95% of kids who bully can be rehabilitated. that s really our goal. i really hope they ve learned their lesson. i really do.