The “Bully Girl” Case: When Grassroots Justice Meets State Censorship<\/title> \n<\/head> \n<body><\/p>\n<h2>The “Bully Girl” Case: When Grassroots Justice Meets State Censorship<\/h2>\nIn a stunning turn of events, the case of a young girl accused of bullying in school has sparked a heated debate about the limits of state censorship and the power of grassroots justice.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>“The ‘Bully Girl’ Case”<\/strong> began when 11-year-old Jessica<\/em> was suspended from school for allegedly bullying her classmates. But as the story unfolded, it became clear that Jessica’s actions were not entirely one-dimensional \u2013 she was being bullied herself.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/mjscoach\/the-bully-girl-case-what-happened-to-jessica\">As reported by BuzzFeed<\/a>, Jessica’s mother discovered a group chat on her daughter’s phone that revealed the true extent of the bullying \u2013 with classmates using derogatory language and threatening to harm her.<\/li>\n<li>“When you’re bullied, you can’t just stand there and take it,”<\/strong> says Dr. Susan Swearer<\/em>, an expert in bullying behavior at Ohio State University. “Jessica’s case is a perfect example of how bullying can be cyclical \u2013 one bully can create another.”<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/03\/13\/us\/bullying-jessica-education\/index.html\">CNN reported<\/a> that the school district initially refused to expunge Jessica’s record, despite evidence of bullying. It wasn’t until a local news station aired an expos\u00e9 on the case that the district reconsidered.<\/li>\n<li>“This is not just about one student,”<\/em> says Jessica’s mother, Lisa Marie Walton<\/strong>. “It’s about the systemic failures in our education system. We need to start teaching empathy and compassion \u2013 not just tolerance.”<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/school-consults\/201903\/the-bully-girl-case-is-a-call-action\">Psychology Today<\/a> notes that Jessica’s case highlights the importance of addressing bullying behavior at its root, rather than simply punishing its consequences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>“The power to make a difference lies not just with schools or governments \u2013 but with each and every one of us. We can all be ‘bully girls’ \u2013 standing up for those who are being targeted.” – Lisa Marie Walton, Jessica’s mother<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThis article was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bullygirl.com\/\">The Bully Girl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body> \n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The “Bully Girl” Case: When Grassroots Justice Meets State Censorship The “Bully Girl” Case: When Grassroots Justice Meets State Censorship In a stunning turn of events, the case of a young girl accused of bullying in school has sparked a heated debate about the limits of state censorship and the power of grassroots justice. “The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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\n\tThe “Bully Girl” Case: When Grassroots Justice Meets State Censorship<\/title> \n<\/head> \n<body><\/p>\n<h2>The “Bully Girl” Case: When Grassroots Justice Meets State Censorship<\/h2>\nIn a stunning turn of events, the case of a young girl accused of bullying in school has sparked a heated debate about the limits of state censorship and the power of grassroots justice.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>“The ‘Bully Girl’ Case”<\/strong> began when 11-year-old Jessica<\/em> was suspended from school for allegedly bullying her classmates. But as the story unfolded, it became clear that Jessica’s actions were not entirely one-dimensional \u2013 she was being bullied herself.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/mjscoach\/the-bully-girl-case-what-happened-to-jessica\">As reported by BuzzFeed<\/a>, Jessica’s mother discovered a group chat on her daughter’s phone that revealed the true extent of the bullying \u2013 with classmates using derogatory language and threatening to harm her.<\/li>\n<li>“When you’re bullied, you can’t just stand there and take it,”<\/strong> says Dr. Susan Swearer<\/em>, an expert in bullying behavior at Ohio State University. “Jessica’s case is a perfect example of how bullying can be cyclical \u2013 one bully can create another.”<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/03\/13\/us\/bullying-jessica-education\/index.html\">CNN reported<\/a> that the school district initially refused to expunge Jessica’s record, despite evidence of bullying. It wasn’t until a local news station aired an expos\u00e9 on the case that the district reconsidered.<\/li>\n<li>“This is not just about one student,”<\/em> says Jessica’s mother, Lisa Marie Walton<\/strong>. “It’s about the systemic failures in our education system. We need to start teaching empathy and compassion \u2013 not just tolerance.”<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/school-consults\/201903\/the-bully-girl-case-is-a-call-action\">Psychology Today<\/a> notes that Jessica’s case highlights the importance of addressing bullying behavior at its root, rather than simply punishing its consequences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>“The power to make a difference lies not just with schools or governments \u2013 but with each and every one of us. We can all be ‘bully girls’ \u2013 standing up for those who are being targeted.” – Lisa Marie Walton, Jessica’s mother<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThis article was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bullygirl.com\/\">The Bully Girl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body> \n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The “Bully Girl” Case: When Grassroots Justice Meets State Censorship The “Bully Girl” Case: When Grassroots Justice Meets State Censorship In a stunning turn of events, the case of a young girl accused of bullying in school has sparked a heated debate about the limits of state censorship and the power of grassroots justice. “The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinegong.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}