High school teen who defended a blind classmate who was being beaten by a bully is SUSPENDED

[Glassunion]

94. Personally I feel the response was appropriate.

We are sitting here, in front of our keyboards, watching a video, and having ample time to speculate on all of the possible courses of action that could possibly have taken place with the comfort of hindsight.

That video was very short, and very confusing. But after reading other comments, and watching the video several times, it makes it difficult to put yourself in those shoes, because you have had the time to analyze the situation from an outside perspective.

The kid reacted immediately to his visually impaired friend being attacked. From the moment he witnessed the attack to the moment he stopped it was probably less than 3 seconds. When someone is being actively attacked, and you have decided to intervene, there is not much time to weigh and balance all of the possible reactions.

I would not fault this kid if he pulled him off and tossed him to the ground, punched him in the head, or roundhouse kicked him in the groin. Most likely, he saw his friend being attacked, and his only, all encompassing thought was simply "Do something". There is not room for much else once you are in that state of mind.