Bullied 10-year-old girl hangs herself

A 10-year-old Colorado girl died of an apparent suicide — two weeks after she hanged herself when video surfaced on social media of the pre-teen fighting an alleged bully, according to a local report.  Ashawnty Davis, an aspiring WNBA player and a fifth-grader at Sunrise Elementary School in Aurora, got into her “first-ever fight” on school property at the end of October, her parents told local news station KDVR.

Another student captured the fight on video and posted it on an app called Musical.ly, her father, Anthony Davis, told the station.

“She was devastated when she found out that it had made it to Musical.ly,” Davis said.

Once the video was posted, Ashawnty was relentlessly bullied until she reached her breaking point, her parents told the station.

“My daughter came home two weeks later and hanged herself in the closet,” said her mother, Latoshia Harris.

She spent another two weeks on life support at Children’s Hospital in Colorado before dying Wednesday morning.

Her parents believe that Ashawty was a victim of “bullycide” — when someone takes his or her life because of bullying, according to the report. They hope her story could help save other young victims’ lives.

“I want other parents to know that it’s happening,” Harris told the station. “That was my baby and I love my baby and I just want mothers to listen.”

In a statement issued to the station, the Cherry Creek School District said that it does not tolerate bullying in its schools, and has a “comprehensive bullying prevention program” in place.

“We were made aware of that video when a media outlet approached us with it,” the statement continued. “We took immediate action in response, turning the video over to police and addressing the matter with students.”

The fight did not take place during school hours, the district said.

via:  https://nypost.com/2017/12/01/bullied-10-year-old-girl-hangs-herself/