A boy was bullied with anti-immigrant taunts. His mom was beaten when she defended him

[orangecrush]

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(CNN) — A 13-year-old New Jersey boy faces assault charges for allegedly attacking the mother of a classmate, after the classmate reported him to school officials for anti-immigrant taunts, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office said in a media release.
The mother, identified as Beronica Ruiz by her attorney, Daniel Santiago, told authorities she was walking down a street in Passaic, New Jersey, with her 1-year-old baby and her 12-year-old son on June 19 when she and her son were attacked.

Santiago told CNN that the conflict began at school the day before the attack, when the 13-year-old and some other boys chanted "go back to Mexico" to a group of students in the cafeteria.
Ruiz's son, who is an American citizen, replied, "What are you talking about? We all come from immigrants," the attorney said.

The group allegedly threatened to beat up the boy after school. This scared Ruiz's son, so he pulled one of the teachers aside and conveyed his fear, according to Santiago.
The teacher called a security guard, who then sequestered Ruiz's son in a classroom for the duration of the school day for his own safety, he said.
Later that day, Ruiz picked up her son from school. As they were walking home, Ruiz's son said to her, "Mommy, the boys that threatened me yesterday are following us," Santiago said. They kept walking, but the three boys caught up to them, the attorney said.
Santiago told CNN that the 13-year-old punched Ruiz's son in the face, knocking him to the ground. Ruiz then put herself between her son and the assailant, asking him to leave them alone, the attorney said. He swore at her, then punched Ruiz in the face, Santiago said.

"When the mother stepped in front of (the boy), he struck her, causing her to temporarily lose consciousness and fall to the sidewalk,'' the statement from the prosecutor's office said.
The three boys then fled the scene. Ruiz called the police after she regained consciousness, and she was treated at a nearby hospital for facial fractures and a concussion. Her son suffered a swollen lip, Santiago said.


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[ornotna]

1. Hopefully a long and expensive trip through the legal system

Will prompt these thugs and their parents to reconsider their actions and attitudes. Not counting on it.

[orangecrush]

17. Saddened

That a 13 year old's mind could become so warped.

[Submariner]

2. I would have charged the punk with attempted murder

and scared the living crap out of the punk who hit her, the punks with him, and all the parents. Let them stew for a day or two before reducing charges to aggravated assault.

I wonder what the punks racist parents are doing today. Teaching their racist punk abortion that lived not to leave their victim's breathing before leaving the scene of the crime next time?

The courts need to start shaming these assaulters parents by stating that maybe their kids would not be beating on others if his "white trash racist parents didn't teach him to be such a sub-human".

[Archae]

9. Except...

The 13 year old punk and his buddies are black.

Yup. This was pointed out in previous stories about this assault.

Kids get radicalized from their peers, their parents or the Internet.

And yes, there are black supremacist groups.

[Submariner]

10. Boom

Well I sure jumped to conclusions with that assessment. Thanks for the correction.

I immediately assumed the attackers were of my skin color. Her face and eye indicates to me she got punched hard and went down hard/unconscious.

How do you punch out a little woman trying to protect her child? Never should have happened.

[Archae]

14. And a bully doesn't become a bully overnight.

Other kids at the school have said they were assaulted by this gang of thugs.
And you're right, it doesn't matter what color they are.
A bully and thug is a bully and a thug.

[pazzyanne]

12. Thanks for pointing that out, but it doesn't matter what color they are!

Assault is assault, and the Color. of. the. assaulter. doesn't. matter!

[orangecrush]

18. Exactly.

[IronLionZion]

13. I've seen some black Americans punch down to immigrants

since in some neighborhoods, that's who competes with them for the same jobs, housing, benefits, etc. African Americans can even express racism against African immigrants, who are arguably the same race but different culture.

Racism is not just for whites, although I'm guilty of jumping to that conclusion sometimes. And even some anti-immigrant groups like the proud boys have included American born minority males in their fight against immigration and feminism.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Disgusting

[myohmy2]

4. welcome...

...to trump's America...

...MAGA MAGA

[llmart]

5. You just have to know what type of parents he has.

Hmmm.....seems like these kids need to be mandated to attend a "Be Best" seminar from that shining example of "Be Bestism", Malaria Trump.

[Scarsdale]

6. Oh, puleeze.

The Forst Lay Dee has already broadcast her feelings on any kids "I really don't care. Do U?" This came after she visited a (no doubt cleaned up) kids detention center. She lives in her own world, far removed from any kind of normal life.

[llmart]

8. I was being sarcastic.

I despise her as much as I despise him.

[Butterflylady]

11. Frost lay dee, that's a good one

Got to remember that. I use stone face, but yours is better.

[Takket]

7. The assailant must be suffering from economic anxiety.

[George II]

15. donald trump's America. Glad they caught the leader, but being 13 years old....

....probably very little will happen to him.

[ROB-ROX]

16. Lock The BASTARD Up For Attempted MURDER

This was 100% HATE crime and this person will not stop until he kills people. Only when people are punished for their actions will the herd know have done something wrong in public. I have been to this tiny state and it ain't someplace I want to visit again. I think of this small state as a living hell. The highways SUCK turds. You can not pump your own gas.

[MagickMuffin]

19. It's only going to get worse for these xenophobes

To start out with so much hate, and not have any adults to teach them in how to interact with their peers, will only lead to more violence.

Beronica Ruiz sue them in civil court. . . . MAKE THEM PAY!!!

[Duppers]

21. Exactly!

[IcyPeas]

20. This school has 3 anti-bullying specialists!!!

It's on their website. They have an anti bullying info link right on the top of their home page. The school only has 1000 students.

http://passaicschools.org/anti-bullying-info-school-no-20/

[no_hypocrisy]

22. Passaic is a city near where I live.

I teach in a school system similar to Passaic. The kids can be wild and attack each other. I have had to call security to break up fights in classrooms of 5th to 7th graders to protect them from each other.