The brutal beat down of a 14-year-old — which also involved a knife — outside a California highschool has angered his parents, who claim officials are downplaying the vicious attack.
The video shows at the least three teens stomping on the top of and kicking the teenage freshman boy outside Patriot High School in Jurupa Valley, Calif. as school ended on Feb. 1.
When the boy’s cousin attempted to assist, one in all the attackers threatened him with a knife, the shocking video obtained by KTLA showed.
Martha Payan, the mother of the boy who was attacked, said she was heartbroken when she saw her son repeatedly take blows to his head and body, with no school staff stepping in to intervene or stop the fight.
“They’re stomping on his head, my son is on the ground in a fetal position,” Payan told KTLA. “I see a pair of scholars… his cousin is attempting to get entangled to attempt to separate they usually won’t allow him to. Certainly one of the individuals involves him with a knife and tells him if he comes close, then he’s going to get it too.”
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department officials released an announcement saying: “The incident was reported after school hours. Due to this fact, no school resource officers were on campus. It’s currently being investigated.”
Angel Payan, the boy’s father, said his son had been threatened by the group before. He told the LA Times the incident was spurred by a dispute related to a social media post his son made about his ex-girlfriend.
Angel Payan said his son then began receiving threats on Instagram from individuals who weren’t students at the highschool.
School officials didn’t alert other parents in regards to the fight until almost every week after the incident when the video began to go viral.
The Jurupa Unified School District sent an email to oldsters, which said: “You might have seen reports about an incident that took place after school within the parking zone at Patriot High School last week. We wish to guarantee you that student safety is our highest priority, and we’re cooperating with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department to totally investigate this matter.”
Angel told the LA Times his son “looked like a cranberry” from his injuries but is now back in class. He said his son, who’s a varsity football player, continues to be shaken.
“He’s somewhat scared,” the daddy said. “He’s a really tough kid.”
Martha also said the assailants were older that her son, along with her believing at the least one to be 18 years or more and that they attended a unique school to her son.
The incident on the California highschool happened around the identical time one other vicious fight was caught on video of a 9-year old Florida girl being mercilessly beaten by two boys aboard a college bus.
No adults intervened within the 30 seconds caught on camera as two boys pummeled the young girl. Authorities later announced they’re bringing battery charges against one 15-year-old boy believed to be within the video.
