Assault charge dropped against 10-year-old boy who injured classmate in dodgeball-like game

[Demovictory9]

Assault charge dropped against 10-year-old boy who injured classmate in dodgeball-like game
"It is my earnest hope that both sides will come back to the table to work out a solution that benefits both of these children," a Michigan prosecutor said.

A Michigan prosecutor dismissed an assault charge against a 10-year-old boy who injured a classmate with a ball during a game students were playing at recess.

Cameishi Triplett Lindley said in a Facebook fundraising post last week that her son, Bryce, was suspended from Eriksson Elementary School in Canton Township, Michigan, and then charged with aggravated assault over the April 29 incident.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy said in a statement Wednesday that although the charge is "certainly sustainable," the case is being dismissed.

"I have no doubt that both families involved love their children and want the best for them. But I do think that there is a better way to go forward at this time," she said in a statement.

"It is my earnest hope that both sides will come back to the table to work out a solution that benefits both of these children."
The incident happened when students were playing a game called tips, according to Lindley's Facebook post. Tips is similar to dodgeball. but instead of throwing the ball at each other, children toss the ball into the air and then jump up and catch it.

Lindley said the ball thrown by her son hit another boy and allegedly resulted in the boy, who is 9 years old, suffering a concussion. According to a police report obtained by WXYZ in Detroit, the boy was hit in the face with the ball.

The injured boy's mother, who did not want to be identified, told the outlet that her son has a medical condition that makes head injuries dangerous. She said her son suffered a black eye and had a bruise on his nose from being hit.

Prosecutors said that the incident between Lindley's son and the other boy happened after the students had stopped playing the game. Lindley's son allegedly "took the ball and intentionally threw it with force" at the other boy, Worthy said in a statement Wednesday.

The charge against Lindley's son was dismissed one day before he was due in court.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/assault-charge-dropped-against-10-year-old-boy-over-injury-n1037181

[blogslut]

1. What I don't get is why the school allows dodgeball?

It's a pretty messed up game.

[customerserviceguy]

2. Because most "coaches"

are failed athletes, and they like to take out their frustration by using "competition" as a way to justify mayhem.

I hated my PE classes in junior high and high school, they were legalized sadism.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. It was "recess", not "PE". There may have been supervision, probably not a coached game.

It's dodgeball. If you zig when you should have zagged, you get hit. If you have a medical condition in which getting hit is a bad thing, don't play dodgeball.

[customerserviceguy]

6. Perhaps in this case, yes

but PE sets the tone for what happens at recess, doesn't it?

And peer pressure has made young people do stupider things.

[tblue37]

9. Kids often don't have P.E. during the years when they still have recess. nt

[customerserviceguy]

11. We had both in my grade school

And dodgeball was a favorite, of the gym teacher, at least.

[malaise]

7. That freaking simple

It's called dodgeball for a reason

[Kaleva]

3. Used to be able to bring guns to school during deer and bird season.

We played full contact football without any protective gear what-so-ever. Flagrant personal penalties were settled by fist fights. We played ball tag with baseballs or softballs. Pom-Pom Tackle was another favorite game as were snowball fights.

[blogslut]

4. So?

I mean, yay? You survived the playground. So did I. Red Rover was fun.

That doesn't mean we have to perpetuate the violence. Sports are dangerous enough but a sport where players deliberately hit each other with balls is ridiculous. If kids wanna play it on their own, fine, but not on school grounds.

[Kaleva]

8. I don't think of it as having "survived" the playground and I don't think you really do either.

Millions upon millions of schoolchildren played some pretty rough games on school property over the course of many decades and we are no worse the wear from it.

Banning a game like dodge ball from school grounds is kind of silly IMHO.

[CanonRay]

10. If I was a kid now

I'd have a life sentence before age 10

[Demovictory9]

14. lol

[dhill926]

12. we used to have a variation called....

murderball. I kid you not. You would run right up to someone and blast them. I must say...it was a lot of fun....

[oasis]

13. On rainy days we had "warball" in the gym. Supervised.

No law suits that I know of.