Oklahoma LGBTQ teen did not die from trauma, police say

Police are claiming 16-year-old Nex Benedict did not die as a result of trauma, but have not yet released the cause of death. Benedict died one day after a fight in their high school bathroom.
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[@AntiHeroLBC]

The biggest lie they tell you in school is "We will not tolerate bullying"

[@PercGotmeFried673]

Who cares its LGBTQ 💀

[@CFeral-xu9ku]

The message is for those who are bullied to shut up about it.

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Antiherolbc sad but true

[@frankdatank2304]

The school didn't even know because by her own admission she never told them or anyone besides her mother.

[@ricgomez1]

She wasn't bullied, she asked for trouble and she found it.

[@user-bo4gw1xj4u]

Violence in schools is like violence in prison, nobody addresses it.

[@JimmyDoyel-by2cp]

School IS prison.

[@kadraeallday5582]

Because "they're kids".. Violence isn't the answer and for being violent you get in trouble. Period.

[@B.W.Broom-xc6gs]

Violence is "addressed" in school and prison. It's the administration of both that doesn't do anything. Their hands are tied concerning what they can and can't do. If they do the wrong thing, they'll be labeled as racist or homophobic and then won't get funding or be fired or sued.

[@parading_panda1210]

Hilarious none of the teachers want to get involved, but you gotta wonder how some of them feel when the victim shows up with a gun, and starts shooting everyone. You think they'd do better with that statistic alone, but no one cares until it's too late and involves them.

[@NPCorangebad]

Well for some reason Americans have their schools based off prison systems so.. that says something about your country.

[@jazzyj6640]

Schools really don’t care about bullying even when children die. 😢

[@whalesharks]

@@zoeandersonapparently there had been records of nex reporting the bullying for a long time before this incident, which the parents backed up. the incident the day before their death started according to nex and the current official narrative when the older girls who had been reported as bullying nex previously cornered them, at which point they threw water on the girls to try to fight back (or get away, its unclear) which was met with a beating, and they died the next day. if this was just a "tragic loss of life following an act of bullying", i doubt there would be so many "well what if IT was the bad guy!!" comments that ive seen made to try to confuse people. but since nex used they/them and thats the current boogeyman, everything has to be pinned on them of course edit: forgot to mention, allegedly it took quite some time for nex to be able to even stand and had to be assisted to walk to the office, and asked an ambulance to be called, but it didnt get called until their parents came to pick them up.

[@jazzyj6640]

@@zoeanderson I made an indirect comment.

[@DonnaDeeTube]

the school doesnt care at all. not even acknowledged on their twitter page. the internet needs to attack.

[@banallanimeandfurries]

students took out an abominations. they are the true heroes not the so called "victim"

[@Pads3d]

Neewe threw water on the girls,. so they attacked her. @@zoeanderson

[@doodtheman2508]

"Yeah they just kind of keeled over on their own. Had nothing to do with the repeated blows to the head. Crazy, right?"

[@LunaLapin-ho5tk]

The girls Benedict bullied fell over? Where did you hear that?

[@user-fh6uq6wt7p]

Thats a lot of fight you are saying happened in just 4 seconds!

[@dougperry6942]

Well the autopsy and toxicology report proved it was a drug overdose....

[@eddiesanders3041]

In a real-life fight, two minutes is a pretty long time.

[@tracyholder840]

It's longer than your average boxing match.

[@CyberusSuper]

"A second is a lifetime in battle." -Ryu

[@82ndmi]

Two minutes is a boxing round and it was 3 v 1. That's pretty relevant.

[@ExploringTheTube-fd1oo]

holy crap i didn't even think about that! Like literally set a timer on your phone for 2 minutes and imagine how much you can do in those two minutes. Yikes!

[@tacitus539]

A boxing round is three minutes. Bare knuckle is two minutes.

[@excitingtimes-hh2bu]

Schools don’t do anything when it comes to bullying. So many schools tend to not believe victims or take the side of the bully because of their last name. Schools should be held accountable for not protecting their students.

[@bastait]

yea because bullying isnt some horrible thing its part of life. you being so soft you cry about it makes me wish we could deport you. im so tired of how weak and emotional youre generation is.

[@ma-jp8bf]

Not quite true. They conduct 'anti-bullying' training which ironically results in more not less bullying. Seems all the training does is give them ideas.

[@TheCommanderFluffy]

The superintendent is responsible. He deliberately made the environment hostile to lgbtq youth.

[@bastait]

not quite true youre a liar after all and i guarantee you cant back this statyement up with a source. also why is it not the parents job to raise and teach their kid morals? oh because you love mommy and daddy but dont like teacher thats why. @@ma-jp8bf

[@willman9567]

We don't know who the bully was. We don't know cause of death. Beware of these outrage stories.

[@cvp2000]

Annyone bothering those grieving parents are monsters.

[@Sparky-ww5re]

Regardless of which side you are on the whole LGBTQ issue, a human being lost their life, and it appears the school authorities are trying to sweep it under the rug. The responsible parties need to be brought to justice and lawsuits against the school filed. Just another reason homeschooling has become increasingly common in the last decade. The whole "zero tolerance policy for bullying/harassment " is one big lie, because my high school in the early 2000s had the same "policy " and a small group of students were out of control and the most severe consequences were usually a chit chat with the principal and occasionally an after school detention.

[@Zeakthecat]

the problem is most schools do not want to have cops poking around, the more poking around the cop does, the more a investigation will get started. theres a reason why "school resource officers" are called that, its so they look separated from the real law enforcement and they act as a separate entity too. the main thing is the SRO is only a extension to the schools own corruption, often times its just a department throwing some "problematic" cops into being SROs. i imagine there is plenty of encounters with SROs and parents questioning the school itself that either end poorly, and go under the radar for a long time, or the parents themselves fight out it and the judge issues a non-release order, that acts like a NDA.

[@betheblessing206]

There is no side this thing assaulted people in the people who were assaulted fought back. Not only that she didn't die from the fight like George Floyd she probably died from fentanyl. Stop being soft America is in a cold war and these things are winning. The mom out here misgendering😂😂😂

[@jj-vj1fv]

loads of people loose their lives, so what? at least they weren’t aborted

[@fernera22]

Ummm the LGBTQ+ BShii person WAS the bully…!!! She actually threw water on two young girls and harrassed them…

[@selyts4]

@@fernera22 I’m sure that was a deadly weapon! I remember getting water thrown on me once and I barely escaped with my life!😂🙄

[@lieslb3913]

How do you determine that an ambulance isn't needed but tell the parents to take the child to the hospital. ?

[@xwrtk]

This isn’t the school first incident of this. Other students mention. School negligence. Students at fault were found though.

[@541systamatik541]

How do you not specify which student went to the hospital?

[@TylerFrey-qf8zg]

One is an emergency, one isn't....really easy

[@blacksabbathmatters]

The same way fighters go to a hospital afterwards. No mystery here.

[@DarthLesbian]

You’ve never had to go to the hospital other than with an ambulance? 😂

[@Mastabeats1]

2 minutes in a fight can be life or death.

[@Funnyfresh420]

2 minutes of a girls fight is usually just out of breath hair pulling... these arent street fighters they dont have any sort of endurance

[@straberryshinigami15g97]

THEY didn’t die in a fight . And yes they absolutely did. Justice for Nex

[@susangutierrez-chadwick2220]

@@user-cs2tc8qn1hNo, the preliminary report, not the actual autopsy report.

[@flavium9664]

@@straberryshinigami15g97it*

[@user-cs2tc8qn1h]

they are saying the autopsy shows Nex didnt did from the fight . @@straberryshinigami15g97

[@sophiehoskins5642]

The fact that they’re trying to pin this purely as an overdose is disgusting

[@jonfox4022]

Ok. So what was it then?

[@Sophie-jf1nl]

An overdose?? I didn't read anything about that but I'll check!

[@sophiehoskins5642]

@@Sophie-jf1nl it’s circulating online and the police are insistent that it was “not trauma related”

[@dougperry6942]

please explain to us how you know more than the dozen of medical professionals that examined her... or just admit you just can't accept reality because you already attached your ego to the false narrative you built...

[@annabrahamson4320]

Might have been a coroner, mot a medical professional, they don't have to be. They looked at the outside and decided no trauma. Or like the cops talked herbput of pressing charges because he didn't want to ruin bullies lives they are lying. You don't get results from autopsies back that fast.

[@stevenjackson1879]

Everyone has the right to live the way they want freedom of choice

[@DavidKen878]

Attitudes like that are exactly why this country is the way it is.

[@seamusmcarthur666]

​@@DavidKen878If you get your guns then it's only fair that they get their labels and artifical genitalia. If you want to have other people give up their freedoms it's only fair if you start giving up your freedoms first.

[@solstice_777]

@@DavidKen878 you mean the way it is referencing not letting people just exist how they want to?

[@DavidKen878]

@@solstice_777 I wish you all would stop with that "we're just existing" nonsense. It sounds ridiculous.

[@solstice_777]

@@DavidKen878 alright you prefer living? why dont you just let people live how they want to :)

[@printingwithlue4310]

We live in a world that glorifies bullies, and we punish those that punch bullies back. This is the result of our sick, incoherent society.

[@toptiergaming6900]

It's not the world, it's the school staff with no tolerance policies and the government being against self defence and the 2nd amendments

[@AregPone]

🤣

[@toptiergaming6900]

typical, the comunists at MSNBC to delete my slightly right-wing coment even though it is in support of this person

[@toptiergaming6900]

It's less a case of society. It's more so school administration's and government organizations punishing self-defense, which encourages bullies

[@macfig6017]

I agree, this guy was clearly bullying the women in the women’s locker room.

[@rebeksyo]

My husband was sucker punched once, and they continued to stomp on his back after he fell to the ground. He had the every line and crevice of the sole of the shoes perfectly bruised on his back. I’ll never forget the perfect shape of the bruises. I don’t know how anyone human could inflict this type of physical damage on someone. Those violent kids are sick.

[@billwilliamson9842]

don't ever go into any inner city school then, because this is a daily occurrence.

[@silentmajority8365]

I just love unrelated stories that deflect away from the facts Nex threw water on the girls They fought The cause of depth for Nex not related to the fight

[@billwilliamson9842]

I doubt the true facts will ever make it out via the lamestream media aka the propaganda arm of the demoncrap party. always more to these stories, thank you for gettin it out.

[@Dirlewanger.]

I'm seeing more and more of these "But what about me" comments. Your husband clearly did something stupid and paid the price.

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

@@Dirlewanger.unless her husband crossed a certain demo & wouldn’t just give him the car keys

[@nes420]

murder is murder, and murder is all the more reprehensible when a child loses their life at the hands of hate. nex, you deserved a better future.

[@RevTox]

It was probably suicide.

[@R9naldo]

🤣🤣🤣 smoking on nex ashes 😮‍💨🚬

[@cbtillery135]

I don't think they were murdered. I was reading another article about this and they went home before they died (instead of in the hospital), and they were being bullied. Wouldn't surprise me if unfortunately they saw their only way out as death. It's an absolutely heartbreaking situation that's been caused by the state's rhetoric around these people.

[@aaeedee35]

@@cbtillery135 Bullying someone till they commit suicide would still be murder in my book.

[@ghettomarc50]

​@@aaeedee35 Unless the bullies told them to off themselves, no it's not. You're not directly responsible for other people's actions.

[@centerfear-mysterycrimerec3627]

The same crowd that is outraged for the bullying of this teenager had no problem bullying the parents during these difficult times.

[@seamusmcarthur666]

You are someone who is enlightened.

[@realGHY]

i don't think the parents received nearly as much backlash as the murderers

[@user-fh6uq6wt7p]

There should be ZERO backlash to the grieving family! Again TQ does not care about the girl and are only involved to bully and make the girls death ALL ABOUT THEM! @@realGHY

[@dougperry6942]

@@realGHY toxicology report released yesterday. Proved it was a drug overdose... no murder. Nex admitted on camera to violently assaulting those girls first and they defended themselves. Looks like when the truth came out and she couldn't play the victim card, she took a different out.

[@It_isGreatwith_mysoul]

I was bullied by a cop who didn't like me defending my kids against his abusive kids. The bullying lasted 2 long years and I was even put in jail because the "bad cop" knew the system and how to file bogus claims against me. The ironic part is I met this cop at church I attend. Finally they lost their house and moved. Bullying is pure evil !!!!!

[@MiggerPlease]

You sound like a bad Karen

[@Hitech82]

​@kylekorona sure does. She sounds like your typical libral, leftwing democrat. That uses these kids with mental health problems as a badge of honor. Look my kids mentally ill 😅

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

@@MiggerPleaseand you sound like someone who has no business posting on the internet. Saying something like this about someone whose kids were bullied, based on one thing they posted online, makes you sound like a judgmental jerk.

[@cathw61]

​@@MiggerPleaseno you sound mean. There are bad cops out there who take advantage of their position just as there are just bad people in ALL careers. No one should be allowed to bully your child, regardless if the reason they are being bullied. Bullies learn from their higher up, a parent or an older sibling and shouldn't be tolerated. Quit using the name Karen in this way, although it does help is to distinguish the idiots in the room.

[@user-it6uu1ej6c]

@@MiggerPleasei became a cop for that exact reason,To abuse my power

[@edb402]

I’m missing something. This article states the child did not die from trauma and they are waiting for toxicology results to determine cause of death.

[@mayorofrealville2273]

Exactly!!! But of course the media inserts their narrative, so the lie possibly becomes truth 🙄

[@atutor1]

Correct, that's what the video says too. What's your question?

[@openlybookish]

@@atutor1it doesn't add up.

[@atutor1]

@@openlybookish it doesn't fit your preferred narrative is why you feel that way

[@openlybookish]

@@atutor1 preferred narrative? Getting your head slammed can cause serious damage including what happened hence why the article isn't adding up imo.

[@carlyraewhittenberg5126]

Completely unacceptable they are just attempting to sweep this child's death under the rug. Shame on the school and the police for a complete lack of accountability. R.i.p. sweetheart

[@dougperry6942]

She assaulted 3 students and they responded in kind. And it seems after her victim narrative tell apart, she opted out. But please tell us how you, with zero evidence, know more than the medical professional that did the autopsy?...

[@carlyraewhittenberg5126]

@dougperry6942 the three students assaulted her. And no I believe In some coincidences but not in this case.

[@dougperry6942]

@@carlyraewhittenberg5126 she literally admitted on police body cam, and through texts to her family that she started the fight by throwing water on theirs girls and hitting one... She assaulted 3 class mates and they responded in kind. The medical professionals cleared her at the hospital of any life threatening injuries. The autopsy showed she didn't die from physical trauma... there's no coincidence to believe in. The facts clearly show what happened here. 40% of people with this mental illness already unalive themselves. Its tragic, and her parents should have got her help before it got here. But its ridiculous to blame the victims she assaulted for this outcome.

[@helenkeller9458]

You can acknowledge death as a tragedy and still look at the facts. The kid isn't dead as a result of the fight. You could listen to her interview in the hospital, but that destroys the poor innocent lgbtq student narrative.

[@dougperry6942]

@@carlyraewhittenberg5126 theres no coincidence to believe in. She literally admitted to assaulting those 3 class mates first. On camera and through texts with her family. All the medical professional that treated her, and the ones that did the autopsy came to the same conclusion. You just don't want to accept reality because it defeats the victim narrative you already attached your ego to. But if you have some actual evidence that this is some huge conspiracy, feel free to share it.

[@iahmad7320]

Intracranial hemorrhage (deadly condition) which can be caused be trauma, does not manifest immediately after trauma

[@Gouda992]

Yet people try to blame this on an overdose as soon as this news came out. It’s so obvious that their trying to shift the blame onto the child and their parent rather than the people who literally attacked them

[@BryceCzirr-jz7ju]

I trust the medical examiners over random youtube wannabe Dr's.

[@Joe_Dax]

​@@BryceCzirr-jz7ju I take it then that you also trusted Dr. Fauci

[@user-fh6uq6wt7p]

Fact is the fight was stopped seconds after Nex threw the girl into the metal wall dispenser! Pushing or falling down and hitting your head is not murder! or Beaten!

[@dougperry6942]

@@Gouda992 toxicology report just released. Proved it was a drug over dose. Gonna keep denying reality, and promoting your conspiracy that dozens of medical professional all conspired to push this under the rug?...

[@applesocks89]

Went from physically healthy to dead and the only thing that happened was a violent fight between this victim against 3 other people. The fact that you can honestly try to even argue that the fight isn’t directly connected to their death is just baffling. If a family member of yours got curb stomped by 3 people and died like what happened to this individual you would be extremely upset.

[@Funnyfresh420]

well first off it was 3 girls vs 2 girls and then apparently there was another girl who was a "witness" and is the only account of what went on... but you also dont know what happened. she easily could have gone home and taken pills... why assume you have all the knowledge when you clearly have one piece or the whole picture

[@brian8507]

Who threw the water? Also wait for the tox report ...

[@marcusgomez1372]

bro was kinda overweight and gamer not in the best health if you ask me do you have his dr records?

[@elizabethrequena4104]

@@brian8507 ppl like you are so disgusting, so throwing water makes it ok for 3 people to jump on 1 person? Also Nex didn’t do that for no reason, they were sick of the constant bullying. I really hope you don’t have kids cuz you’d probably be raising terrible ppl

[@Forex-je8vr]

It may have been connected, it may not have been; we don't know yet. We also don't know that they were "curb stomped by 3 people". Making up details that sound good to you helps no one.

[@ifinallyfoundthebeef]

Its interesting how the school administration and cops shift the blame.

[@christoffesedao3579]

How did they shift blame?

[@syxx573]

They're trying to imply that the death was the result of "anti-LGBT laws" and the twitter account libs of tiktok.

[@jeanettejack2152]

@@christoffesedao3579 Apparently the death wasn't caused by fight injuries. No need to amp up the lgtbx stuff.

[@jamespattan5653]

​@jeanettejack2152 and they didn't release why she died why?

[@joshrivers5191]

​@@jamespattan5653they dont know yet

[@lisacarbajal3776]

Bullying the parents cause they still were educating themselves on their child's identity and status ? How are they any different from the bullies who Bully these young people ? Instead of bullying family members , HELP them to understand better .. Parents educating themselves to support their child, HOW is this not a process ? ACCEPTING it, is a big change in itself.

[@watsonphitness9117]

If a parent cant raise their kid to know the difference between male and female, they are a failure of a parent, and feeding their childs delusion

[@ChaosRipper]

Woke

[@jj-vj1fv]

well nobody should be parents if they’re uneducated and think their kid can change their gender

[@hansoconner6898]

After the bumbling statements from the police before an autopsy had even happened and the school that went into damage control mode to try and mitigate their complete lack of action, I would rather an outside agency handle the investigation and the autopsy.

[@emmaclark7425]

How can they say the death was unrelated to the fight but also say the death is the same as a death resulting from a hate crime.. isn't that disingenuous? The coverage of this is textbook propaganda. It's always interesting to me how they decide when they want to protect the identity of minors and when it benefits them more not to how they just totally forget about it and no one blinks twice.

[@TheAngryAustrian]

Do you have trouble hearing? They literally said that the cause of death is pending until toxicology results and other tests are in. Blame the parents. T kids are like vegan cats, its not the cat thats making the decision

[@ME-ks2vn]

It's absolutely disgusting and evil how they are using this young lady's death for their agenda, politicizing it: from the tone of voice to the biased narrative based on heresay, shifting to political issues. Evil.

[@ME-ks2vn]

​​@@TheAngryAustrianthere is an inferred narrative that the young woman took her own life due to bullying and discrimination, and those "horrible" "anti LGBTQ+" bills across the nation.

[@JamesLupe-wi5jd]

​She died after she was beaten toxiocology is just in case they find something which there wasnt any indication of in the first place, also they said the fight and death wasnt related which makes no sense again, you should listen and read more.​@@TheAngryAustrian

[@323azteca]

​@TheAngryAustrian the saddest thing is that 48 people with mob mentality gave this comment a like 😢

[@bluesslider76]

Senseless cruelty. That kind of injury comes from getting kicked in the head. Praying for you young one.

[@mightytaiger3000]

Thank you for acknowledging her as a young ONE, and not in plural.

[@angelmiuu]

@@user-hg6yk3rb5l what’s bs about it?

[@sanrusdyne]

​@user-hg6yk3rb5l Hi bot, can i ask why your creator designed you to copy paste a single baseless claim?

[@Lettumkno]

Maybe pick better fights 🤷🏽‍♂️ Don’t open a 3v1 fight by throwing water at them?

[@GoobyGoober-ho1ls]

​@@mightytaiger3000 poor buddy boy getting triggered over someone using pronouns again :(

[@just..the..cyllyz]

Remember guys, the police took this from a part of the autopsy report, and made a decision based on that. Even if they didn’t die from trauma specifically, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t linked to the fight. #protecttransyouth

[@ICTS22]

How about protect trans youth by banning teachers who push gender ideology, which is inevitably going to be harmful to a teen whether they are bullied or not. The suicide rate of trans people should make that completely evident.

[@LunaLapin-ho5tk]

The medical examiner says the girl's death wasn't from the fight. Are you claiming to know more than the medical examiner?

[@ICTS22]

#protectyouthfromtrans

[@haley5351]

​@@ICTS22 you're LITERALLY SUPPORTING HATE CRIMES

[@ICTS22]

@@haley5351 What hate crimes?

[@cxg174]

All parents need to teach their children to leave others alone. That is all anyone has to do. You can have your personal beliefs, but keep them to yourself and leave everyone else alone. Why do people think it is their right to harass others? That Nex person should not have dumped water on someone, but bullying fills you with rage after a while and I understand the urge to fight back. RIP you poor troubled soul. I feel for the mother so much. My son was bullied and the pain is still inside us all these years later. It never goes away.

[@dinahsoar6982]

I feel for the family and the girl who lost her life...but what about the kids who were being FORCED to use HER pronouns... they were kids too. I blame ALL OF THIS on adults with a political and ideological agenda using our kids to promote what THEY want and to heck with what anyone else wants...I don't want to live in a world where insanity is in charge.

[@Ash.Says.Y3s]

I hardly think they were being forced to use there pronouns but I agree that this tragic incident was not next's fault or the other bullies, it is the school that failed all four of them and lead to a teen death and probably 3 other lived deeply effected

[@sparky0900]

@@dinahsoar6982 comparing the death of a child to other students being asked to refer to them by their correct pronouns is genuinely so sick and disgusting i hope you get well soon

[@dinahsoar6982]

@@sparky0900No it's not...I hope YOU quit gaslighting people...those other kids were victims too...they were KIDS...all of them ...this is all on the adults and people like YOU!!! The tragedy here is that adults are foisting their agendas on these kids by using these kids to promote alternate lifestyle choices as normal....you can take your virtue signaling and judgement and stick it where the sun doesn't shine. I will not be BULLIED BY the likes of you!

[@realGHY]

@@dinahsoar6982 what is wrong with you

[@kateshiningdeer3334]

Gotta say, this sounds like a brain injury to me. Those can often get missed at first glance, only showing up later, and then becoming fatal. A friend's mom had an aneurysm - she had a headache, went to lie down, and never woke up. And it can be REALLY hard to detect a slow brain bleed. It would fit all the criteria. I hope the family insists on a thorough and independent autopsy!

[@ernie5229]

Since a friend's mom had this happen, it MUST have happened here, right? After all, YOU know much more than the hospital does when it comes to medicine. Especially when you are desperate for a political narrative to be fulfilled.

[@tlcooper2.0]

Who cares what you think it sounds like? Science and facts. Try turning the sound on and playing the video again. They've ruled out any type of trauma. They're now waiting for the toxicology report. Do I need to break out an Etch-A-Sketch and continue to draw you a picture or have you got it now?

[@voltijuice8576]

Reports say that Nex’s head was repeatedly slammed on the floor. With the later symptoms it sounds a lot like hematoma. The coroner saying that they died of “natural causes” immediately after a severe beating sounds a bit suspicious.

[@Mike-tc8ob]

My friend got home from work last year and went to lie down and died of unknow reasons. He had gotten the covid vaccine but absolutely no reason for his passing was ever revealed.

[@MarioValenzuelaII]

It can be suicide.

[@randyfritz333]

Independent autopsy needed.

[@user-tm8jt2py3d]

yeah, just hire whoever you can pay to push a political agenda

[@ut000bs]

Why?

[@ernie5229]

You don't get the results you want so you try to hire someone that will give them to you? Sickening.

[@MarioValenzuelaII]

Wait... The kid went to the hospital and was released then was taken back to the hospital the next day and died? If the kid had internal injuries then the blame is on the hospital. This is assuming it wasn't suicide or a drug overdose

[@randyfritz333]

@@ut000bs So that both sides could not have any undue influence over the case and outcome.

[@stephaniehowe0973]

Bull Nex was jumped in the bathroom? 3 to 1 Yet didnt die from trauma? Getting ones head hit on the tile is trauma I hope the parents get an Independent Autopsy

[@brian8507]

Cope

[@stephaniehowe0973]

@@brian8507 The fact you are ok that a student was murdered

[@brian8507]

@stephaniehowe0973 this student started the fight AND autopsy said her death wasn't connected lol. Cope

[@boywithprostheticarms3408]

@@brian8507 What's your source for Nex starting the fight? I mean getting jumped 3v1 I probably wouldn't start that fight if that were me.

[@brian8507]

@boywithprostheticarms3408 I saw it on twitter... it was her own text message. I think the family released the texts

[@diana.copsingrodriguez1863]

the family should get their own examiner! don't trust a government person!

[@NarutoUzumakiofficial]

Why must bullies be so cruel ? So much hate in the world. Just leave people alone and let them be.

[@highlander31527]

The bullies were black. They are allowed to do as they please. It's illegal to punish them also.

[@chrism3495]

What color were these bullies? Why the media cover up?

[@circle5655]

@@chrism3495 They're children, they legally can't have their pictures displayed. Jesus, use your brain for any longer than two seconds.

[@erikanders3343]

because their pastors say its ok to be like that. I blame their churches

[@erikanders3343]

@@highlander31527 why are you making this up?

[@bkstaxman]

Nex was not "involved in a fight" or a "physical altercation" and the sterilization of what happened is inexcusable. They were brutally beaten by three older girls in the bathroom, with one girl repeatedly slamming Nex's head into the floor. Nex could not walk on their own to the nurse's office and the school DID NOT CALL AN AMBULANCE OR POLICE. Either report the whole story or don't report at all @nbc.

[@steve2468]

Don't forget about the water that she threw on them

[@RG-qo2hu]

Was there more than one person “they”??

[@Woap_64]

Sounds like a gang war. 3 VS 3

[@Woap_64]

@@steve2468 They threw water on them, actually.

[@susantaylor2937]

Teen dies due to hate and bullying- what part of you thinks it’s cool to come on KZbin and make fun of their gender pronouns? Seriously? Lack of empathy and personal problem of yours?

[@annem7806]

Hope the bullies are charged.

[@erikanders3343]

nah the cops are already covering for them.

[@potatoweaver4116]

@@erikanders3343Ikr? what miscarriage of justice

[@DavidKen878]

@@erikanders3343 And why would the cops cover for them? You’re just saying anything.

[@potatoweaver4116]

@@DavidKen878 Oklahoma has passed a ton of anti LQBTQ laws. It would look bad on Republicans if a long drawn-out hate crime lawsuit involving the death of an LGBTQ teen by 3 older students would happen. Oklahoma's government is fairly extreme currently, with one OK Senator saying in response to the situation calling the teen who died "filth" and saying we should get rid of people like that because we're a Christian state. There is definitely reason to cover up or at least minimize the situation, and considering the people currently in power in Oklahoma it wouldn't come as a surprise.

[@erikanders3343]

@@DavidKen878 They did not do anything about the fight or prior incidents... this is going to be a law suite and qualified immunity only takes you so far.

[@southernboy37]

Please protect our kids. It doesn't matter if they are trans or whatever.

[@alexanderrhone2494]

So this is a murder that they are not calling a murder right to our face.

[@branmichaluk445]

Or other parties involved, wonder why. The victim was also a minor.

[@LoisCandler]

Well said! 👍

[@bastait]

yea no youre assuming based on an anticop bias. this is you being a leftist who assumes in place of being informed. bet you call it critical thinking as if rhetoric somehow validates your assumption.

[@DirtyRobohobo]

It's not by any definition a murder.

[@Parallaxus]

No, let's not go that far. We don't know. I definitely have my serious doubts that the trauma had nothing to do with the death, but we shouldn't be making factual statements like that, that are baseless in facts and only serve to incite others.

[@mallori6610]

It’s so disgusting that people would go after the parents for using their child’s birth name while grieving and dealing with trauma!!!!! Of course in a moment of loss and extreme distress they used the name they had spent many many years calling their child. They said they were still learning so the switch was probably recently but either way ppl should be truly disgusted with themselves for going after these parents over something so trivial at this point. Their child isn’t alive and they will never get to hug them or see them again but that’s what everyone wants to focus on n bully the parents over?!

[@godofchristmas9611]

Disgusting. None of it makes any sense.

[@sharersale6480]

People are sick out here.

[@gordonwybo898]

The parents can call their child whatever they choose!!! It’s their responsibility and choice!!!!!!!’n

[@Christina-71]

She didn't say anyone did, she was saying don't come for me.

[@musicalADD_theband]

@@Christina-71go to 1:50, that’s their statement. They are clearly feeling threatened enough to put out a public apology like that.

[@GreenFurnNW]

Regulateing bullying in public schools would prevent most school shootings.

[@orobill]

The two have nothing in common

[@Michaelalalala07]

​@@orobillI seriously disagree

[@username6757]

the parents should sue the school and press charges on the students idc they knew what they were doing was wrong so they need to face the consequences

[@dougperry6942]

Nex admitted in camera that she violently assaulted the girls first. She poured water on the 3 girls because she though they laughed at her friend. And when one pushed the bottle away, nex grabbed her head and smashed it into a metal paper towel dispenser... now that the autopsy and toxicology report have been released, the proved that her death was a drug over dose... no one is repairable for this but nex.

[@Azdaddy]

Biggest issue is ISDs in America refusing to deal with bullies. They punish victims and protect the aggressors just so they can avoid doing their jobs. No bullying should be allowed period.

[@DavidKen878]

If you don’t want to be bullied, then don’t give people a reason to bully you.

[@docadams7099]

So many times, people act and talk or write without regard to how their words/actions will impact others. We really ought to regard the feelings of other people.

[@DavidKen878]

@@docadams7099 That's the problem. People are too concerned with not offending or upsetting someone, to the point where we're expected to tip-toe around their feelings.

[@bryanjs4785]

How do the school districts "punish the victims"?

[@ghettomarc50]

​@@DavidKen878Exactly. Or learn to fight or play the dozens. Bullying doesn't just end suddenly after high school, either.

[@BEmeraldJade]

I feel sorry for the parents. Their statement is upsetting to hear. If you know what I’m saying here then you feel it too, and it feels extremely unfair to them.

[@coldblue9mm]

How can the police make that statement when the autopsy isn't completed?

[@ryanthomas9306]

The preliminary / physical exam is done. They are looking into toxicology

[@MalenkyGoblin]

Sounds like the kid suffered a concussion during the fight and died later from a subdural hematoma. If that's that case, whoever hit Nex could be facing involuntary manslaughter charges.

[@danh2492]

Let's go on what the autopsy finds...

[@ictyyz]

They sad the death was not truma related......

[@R.M.3.14]

Prelims say it wasn’t trauma related and they’re waiting on toxicology. That means there’s no signs of a concussion and they’re waiting to see what if anything was in this person’s system when they passed. It’s very likely this person did this to themselves.

[@buzzbuzzer581]

@@user-hg6yk3rb5lyoure a dementic 57 year old sit down

[@highlander31527]

Bullied student killed herself rather than go back to school. Bullies were black, and it is illegal to punish blacks in school. Therefore, she would have gone back to school to face them, and no one would be allowed to ever punish the bullies.

[@lanee8014]

Wait…this whole report is talking about bullying BUT CLEARLY STATES in the beginning ( 00:39) “ it’s unclear if the fight was connected to the bullying “ sooooo……why do they continue to speak as if the two are connected? This report seems to be misleading.

[@Based_Comment]

Gotta run cover for all the tr4ns mass shootings that have been happening as well as all the pervy men with she/her pronouns

[@Mike-tc8ob]

There did not seem to be any actual reports of bullying a trans teen this week, so they went with this while waiting on better click bait.

[@tonyducks1121]

It's called PROPAGANDA This kid likely died from an overdose, not bullying

[@akaku9]

@@tonyducks1121 >a child overdosing on fent is more likely Who's the propagandized rat?

[@nevaehowens2235]

@@tonyducks1121and you know that how

[@loristewart800]

Always make sure your children know self defense! I was bullied only twice in school and luckily i knew how to defend myself!

[@BxIowaIrelandSwAg]

This only matters if you aren't the one engaging the fight. Self defense goes out the window when you are the physical aggressor.

[@tezismith8795]

@@BxIowaIrelandSwAg ooh a bit of water. would you bash someone for coughing on you?

[@Superg0at]

@@tezismith8795 Why don't you just go try intentionally coughing on the wrong person and find out?

[@banallanimeandfurries]

the true bully was the supposed "victim"

[@poopytaint]

make sure your children know to not bully.

[@emmapeel8163]

.. this story has more holes & propaganda laced into whatever actually happened. Legislation? what?!

[@kevinmathewson4272]

Florida literally legalized the kidnapping of trans children from their parents.

[@aprildawn82]

Remember, we've all started reading the book at the end here.... there's much more to the story that may or may not be revealed.

[@jimdoe3288]

I'm not reading a book about someone entering a boy though, nor should grade school kids

[@summersolstice884]

@aprildawn82 - - Truth - - There is a lot of unsaid information on most Stories and there never seems to be any kind of follow up to get the real truth - - But then again this is a big media station(NBC) so you sort of have to know that there is an agenda by virtue of the questions being pushed forward at @3:18 - - They are using the death of this poor kid to push their agenda and the big lie

[@heartdragon2386]

​@@jimdoe3288I doubt you read a lot, period.

[@I_Fight_Instacart]

If you watch the whole video, the predetermined narrative is obvious - just as with Matthew Shepard. The truth doesn't matter to these media sources; the agenda reigns supreme.

[@jimdoe3288]

@@punkrockgirl488 Math was racist in the summer of 2020. Now math isn't racsit ? 😝

[@nathanhall9177]

God bless you Nex. I hope anthems are sung for you. Don’t forget don’t forgive until we are free to love and be whoever we want to be

[@johnpetry5321]

It is truly disgusting to see people trying however they can to justify the fact that a group of students took it upon themselves to bully another student to the point they had to seek medical care and possibly cause that person's death. The fact that some poster here has strong opinions concerning LGBT people and is attempting to justify their own opinions by excusing the death of a 16-year-old student shows the level of moral depravity some folks have allowed themselves to reach.

[@grbenway]

well she attacked them.

[@randompeacesigns]

Seeing all these comments just reinforces how unkind the world was to them and why they probably didn’t want to be here. It’s heartbreaking that someone can quite literally die and people still say such hurtful and ignorant things. Like these people don’t realize they’re part of the problem…

[@jj-vj1fv]

kids. shouldn’t . be. trans. 🤢

[@realGHY]

@@grbenway no she didn't... she literally only poured some water on them

[@cantinadudes]

​@@realGHYpouring water over someone is an attack

[@iMatti00]

Shows you how disgusting people have become when they start attacking the victims parents.

[@miguelito2361]

They misgendered them They should've known better than to do that to they

[@ald7282]

they aren't even nex's legal parents anymore, nex was adopted by their grandmother

[@Pixieroses]

Their whole community is full of sinister people.

[@SleepyUncleSam]

The "parents" are 100% responsible, should be arrested for child abuse

[@kaymuldoon3575]

@@SleepyUncleSamwhat child abuse?

[@pir8prod]

When a story is this convenient to "The Narrative" it must be investigated.

[@laurendaryani4893]

And if it turns out that she very likely died from head trauma caused by other students, will you accept it or will you make up excuses of your own to preserve your _own_ narrative? And how's this "convenient"? We already know that people in the LGBTQ+ commmunity have been shunned, shamed, bullied, beaten, and murdered for literal generations and generations, and for _literally_ nothing more than their existence as that identity. Who doesn't know this?

[@roejogan7770]

@@laurendaryani4893I will accept it but I doubt you’ll accept that it has nothing to do with legislation and rhetoric.

[@user-ct2kb9kh6u]

I guess you didn't listen to the video they've already outruled it. They said it was something else now. We're just waiting to find out what it? Was it was probably drugs?​@@laurendaryani4893

[@scarecrow_9895]

Maybe they can ignore the autopsy like they did in the George floyd trial.

[@rob4n12]

SPOT ON

[@valkyrie1066]

💔💔 They are still our child. Many of us out here got our heads slammed into those bathroom tiles. High school is traumatic. Bullies have always been there. Teachers stepping in get hurt; which is why in my day they did not "get involved." No one should be beaten up in the school bathrooms, and they shouldn't have to install guards. Teachers shouldn't have to keep students from killing each other. What home lives are making this an ever-worsening problem????

[@donkeykong2.0]

she+

[@LunaLapin-ho5tk]

You do understand the fact that Benedict was the bully and she probably unalived herself through the big D.

[@brianflincher]

To say junior high and high school kids are psycho is being modest, I remember those years in the early 90's it was wild but at least nobody died, this is nuts

[@grbenway]

Apparently you and I are the only ones who remember what little animals kids are.

[@brianflincher]

Yeah I got a good memory, I was in junior high in 1994 and the kids at my school were so cruel to each other @@grbenway

[@bobby-ov9qn]

Unlike others, I'll wait until the final report comes out, as opposed to guessing as to what might have happened.

[@HectorConCarne.]

Finally, someone with a brain ( No Pun attended), that remembered not to believe what media says immediately.

[@strange924]

that is the most level headed thing I have read on the internet in ages

[@pacingone]

Normally I'd agree not to rush to judgement... but given the history against this community mentioned at the end of the clip I'm not sure I can believe what they'll say....if it were my kid in this situation I'd call for an independent autopsy....

[@cathw61]

Good point! So called journalists are so worried about getting the "scoop" that they miss the point of the story. So many times better to wait for the facts. Sadly we've become the "it's better to apologize later, then to miss the story" kind of country and its destroyed a lit of lives. Before you ask, I WAS in journalism, but left partly because of this type of reporting.

[@darthmom1019]

​@@pacingone- kids get bullied & picked on for a variety of reasons. Choosing just one (LGBTQ+) does not help anyone.

[@Amtcboy]

Simple things become so complicated and they expect everyone to swallow it up with no questions.

[@davidm1926]

Maybe without killing people you don't understand?

[@djmat6281]

What if these things in actuality were never simple, only assumed to be so...

[@Cbd_7ohm]

​@@djmat6281You're slow.

[@Anne_Onymous]

It's weird how many people wanted it to be from trauma and instead of being relieved, are arguing with it like they somehow know more than medical examiners, etc.

[@jonfox4022]

People just want something to be mad about rather than feel sad about a tragedy occuring. Unfortunately this often leads to people trying to politicize things and never works out for society. Anger hatred and fear are powerful tools that groups weaponize far too often. 😔

[@dontreadthisplease2416]

We want them to acknowledge that it was from trauma so the girls that killed that kid can go to prison, dude. No justice unless those girls rot for a few years.

[@Anne_Onymous]

@@dontreadthisplease2416 But it wasn't from trauma so your "wants" are meaningless.

[@jonfox4022]

@@dontreadthisplease2416You're being irrational.

[@realGHY]

you don't need to be a medical examiner to make a highly educated guess based on circumstantial evidence. also, i doubt the whole truth from the people who performed the autopsy was revealed, considering the fact that the state they lived in is anti-LGBTQ+

[@user-us3xl6id6t]

Bullies are evil.

[@jj-vj1fv]

humans are evil

[@nuclearwinter391]

Something is fishy here. An independent autopsy is needed.

[@jon_trinks]

Why? The county authorities conducted the autopsy. They have no conflict of interest.

[@topogigio7031]

​@@jon_trinksACAB

[@jimdoe3288]

Nobody wanted another autopsy on floyd though

[@bobby-ov9qn]

@@jimdoe3288 Yep. While the cities burned, they sure rushed to conclusions on that one.

[@jimdoe3288]

@@bobby-ov9qn I liked the conclusion to give out Kyle Rittenhouse's name when he was a minor. But the media won't give out minors names who shoot during a superbowl parade. 🙄

[@christinegabriel4684]

Bring back “Live and let live”, and just mind your own business and no one else’s.

[@silentmajority8365]

Make America Sane Again

[@godofchristmas9611]

This

[@RebeccaSurber-vw5wi]

Except they shove it down our throat

[@rhodawatkins4516]

Anti LGBT hatred? Yes, they do shove that down people's throats, and they really need to be better people, and live and let live.​@RebeccaSurber-vw5wi

[@Legna88]

@@RebeccaSurber-vw5wiHow? By existing and being proud of not having to hide it? Being proud of something they have been told to be ashamed of? How are they shoving it down your throats?

[@dre8181]

Maybe they should stop introducing these behaviours at such a young age. Let kids be kids and they’ll figure out if they like boys or girls…. Bullies have always existed. Look at the government, they still exist.

[@andeechristian9436]

students walking themselves to the office could still have a concussion or brain bleed. School boards are too busy stigmatizing victims to admit wrongdoing

[@user-ho4yj3df5d]

I hardly doubt that three teenage girls are capable of beating someone into a concussion or brain bleed. and they went to the hospital after and we're discharged, a concussion or brain bleed would be easily indentifable at an er. and they did state to the victim seek medical attention.

[@no_prisoners6474]

Are they gonna act like this is a an ending linked to sexuality OVER mental unwellness?

[@MawdyDev]

From now on, please put "police say" at the beginning of the thumbnail so I don't have to waste my time thinking there's new info.

[@saradapagediocletian9707]

School officials should be held accountable for this little girl's passing. Not one ounce of physical bullying ought to be tolerated.

[@smsiv]

Nex shouldn't have dumped water on people, then. FAFO.

[@saradapagediocletian9707]

@@smsiv aww look how edgy 😂

[@saradapagediocletian9707]

@@smsiv tell me you commit DV without telling me you commit DV.

[@smsiv]

@@saradapagediocletian9707 True edginess is dumping water on someone and then overdosing when you don't get the attention you were looking for

[@saradapagediocletian9707]

@@smsiv oh so you're disabled. I'm sorry I didn't realize. Well there's this thing called toxicology and it doesn't care about your feelings.

[@JamesStreet-tp1vb]

Legislation that doesnt grant special privileges to an LGBT person is not anti LGBT legislation.

[@Samael-Metzger]

My heart is quite stonecold and my lack of emotions would probably qualify me as a sociopath; yet, learning about the loss of this poor teen's life breaks my heart. I can't imagine what the parents are enduring right now. I hope there is enough trauma created by this that it can change Oklahoma's backwards ways, ignorant minds and hate.

[@lalaj5831]

Sadly, nothing will change because small minds revel in their own ignorance and hate. They will defend bullies and liars. This is the real America the world sees and abhors.

[@chriscordray8572]

Go stick ur opinions about Oklahoma. She was the aggressive party. She attacked the other students first. She didn't die of trauma..try to keep up.

[@realGHY]

@@chriscordray8572 she didn't attack the other students... she literally only threw water on them. also, the whole argument that she didn't die of trauma is likely untrue, considering that the state she lived in takes an anti-LGBTQ+ stance.

[@dougperry6942]

@@realGHY Nex admitted on camera that she violently assaulted the girls first. She poured water on the 3 girls because she thought they laughed at her friend. And when one pushed the bottle away, nex grabbed her head and smashed it into a metal paper towel dispenser, then the other two jumped into stop her. Those are her own words. Now the toxicology report proved it was a drug overdose...

[@JordanRohde-xg1oy]

Forcing others to play along with your trans ideas creates hate too.

[@PinkgloRadio]

Forcing others to play along with your make believe people in the skies creates hate too. Trans and NB people just want to exist. They aren't hurting anyone. Or did I misunderstand who died in this story? Their identity doesn't affect your life. Is adjusting a few words or perspectives really that hard?

[@magroves]

How so? trans people as a whole just want to live their lives.

[@SkaryGrrl]

you already have hate in your heart if you are using words like "forcing" and "Trans ideas" - just accept you're on the wrong side of history and work on yourself instead of blame shifting

[@Kenny056]

It's unethical to force the idea that anyone can transition no matter the age. Kids shouldn't be allowed to make that decision until they are adults but LGBTQ+ community targets any age group it seems 😢 I'm keeping my younger siblings away from their influence so they don't have to go through the constant bullying and hate for associating with them!!

[@derrickjoe1872]

​@@SkaryGrrlthe wrong side of history? I don't think you realize these trans won't reproduce and their ideas will die with them. In 100 years, society will look back and ask "what was that group of crazy people thinking? Oh well, they're all gone now."

[@beebee1676]

The mother was bullied for using her birth name..terrible. And the body cam footage shows Nex admitting she started the fight with the younger students. Maybe if it didn't go viral around the world putting her under extreme pressure over a school yard fight she may not have downed so many pills, deliberately or accidentally ??

[@ohok1356]

My heart hurts for this kid and their family. This goes to show how performative our anti- hate stance in America is. The school didn’t take action and the cops are protecting the kids who murdered someone. Justice for nex and their family

[@Mega_vegeta]

Parents apologising for calling their child by their name this is the world we live in.

[@banallanimeandfurries]

a bunch of normal people shut down a delusional tyrant creep. the world we live in right now lets tyrants bully us by forcing us to accept the alpha bet soup gang pride flags everywhere.

[@Badookum]

@@banallanimeandfurries The child is a victim herself of this tyranny, she was obviously groomed into identifying as ''non-binary''. No child would claim to be genderless 20 years ago because this ideology did not exist.

[@user-fh6uq6wt7p]

Exactly, the only name they know the child as since a baby! They still called her that and she seemed to be ok with that. Being only 16, Im sure she would have changed her mind a few times before settling in any solid identity later as a young adult. So why stick this label and name that was most likely going to change again in the future. Family goes to a headstone to visit and reminisce their entire 16 years from newborn to 6 yr old to a teen, they should recognize the name of their child.

[@banallanimeandfurries]

the kids stopped the true bully aka the BOY who entered the girls restroom to harrass girls.

[@Skadi420]

How heartbreaking. 😢😢 Prayers for their family.

[@DrumWild]

Sadly, that does nothing. What we need is the people who claim to pray about this stuff to GO TO THEIR CHURCH and stop the rumors, lies, irrational hatred, and irrational fear that gets spread about people who are different. Stop with the OTHERING of people who aren't like you 100%.

[@anyamariemcdonellharvey2nd649]

​@@DrumWild look what the alt right media has done. 2 LGBT deaths UK and US. Illumimati world.

[@Mark-hg5uf]

@@user-hg6yk3rb5l It's about time you left.

[@lindat3607]

She admitted on videoto the officer that she assaulted the others first. Blowing it up and not having all the information just to fit your biased news trying to make one segment the victim all the time. I'm waiting for toxicology tests.

[@HellsShade]

Pour water on someone is a death sentence? Give me a break. Is that the world you want to live in?

[@misssjustice3791]

It's not a death sentence but that's why you don't initiate physical aggression because you don't like what someone says. People are just to angry these days .

[@smsiv]

@@HellsShade I'm fine with living in a world where you don't even think about throwing water on me because you never know what I'll do in return. Keep your hands to yourself and you won't have to worry about the consequences for your actions.

[@gemini2685]

As a parent, if you want to save your child’s life, don’t let them transition or anything like that until they turn 18 like they’re supposed to

[@YedolfWesler]

Instead of affirmation of a lie, tell them the truth.

[@viking956]

Now wait a minute. If it is true, as some have reported, that the LGBTQ teen actually started the fight, how is this a case of "hate"? If one initiates a fight, they could never claim self-defense in court so how can her family now claim hate? I'm just over here trying to make sense out of this.

[@reddeadjuju]

to get sympathy and victim mentality. No accountability anymore. Just point the finger and play victim.

[@thassalantekreskel5742]

Is it wise to pick a fight with someone who has a history of bullying you? No. But teens aren't wise.

[@PinkgloRadio]

They were getting bullied for their identity. It's not hard to imagine a scenario in which something was said to them and they stood up for themselves. If that's what even happened. You know the social climate for these people, it is not easy. Regardless, it is still hate. These people just want to exist. Stop being so eager to continue the hate.

[@ericmartin9232]

They have to bend the story to fit the narrative. Cops say no abuse and backed up medically but news runs a story on Trans abuse???? The news isn't even trying to hide the agendas. Problem is people only think a certain way and have been conditioned to do so.

[@harlock75]

@@thassalantekreskel5742With your logic someone shouldn’t stick up for themselves against their bully? Should they stay a victim?

[@pinksugarcookies71]

Everyone jumped to conclusions. Wait for the coroners report before making it about trans. nobody said what the fight was about. You don’t know how this person died.

[@realGHY]

looks like someone doesn't know what circumstantial evidence is

[@thedripdrop9826]

Libs of tiktok is a gar right extremeist?? Lol. She literally just reposts tiktoks.

[@juanadelaluz6838]

My heartfelt thanks to chief Chuck Hoskin Jr of the Cherokee Nation for extending his condolences to the family and calling out bullying. Some compassion in an otherwise hateful state.

[@user-fp7ds5sy4w]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@drzaius1121]

Hateful state? This didn't happen in California.

[@AnnchristinaAlmazan]

❤

[@Bianca0414]

My heart goes out to her family and friends. RIP young one ❤

[@PercGotmeFried673]

Ew

[@susanbolt8212]

@@PercGotmeFried673 Why did you say ew?

[@PercGotmeFried673]

@@susanbolt8212 Cause the thing that died is grose

[@susanbolt8212]

@@PercGotmeFried673 Why you say that? It's a kid that passed away. Not someone that committed a horrible crime. A kid that had hopes and dreams of graduating high school, going to University and starting the career they dream to pursue. Now they can't accomplish any of their dreams anymore.

[@cleararmor_]

their* And I also agree. No kid should have to go through that

[@s3v3n3]

The fact the parents have to apologize to the public for not using their own child's preferred name, "Please do not bully us for our ignorance", this is wild 💀 Please asteroid, come already ☄

[@tamarabeinlich7353]

Owasso High School has a bullying and hate problem. But of course schools rarely stop the bullies because usually the bullies parents are "somebody" within the community. It's always the same kids from elementary school all the way up to high school. Administration know it, the teachers know it and the parents know. I read it was 3 on 1 and I don't care if it wasn't the fight, those 3 girls should be held accountable and EXPELLED!

[@LunaLapin-ho5tk]

Actually it was Benedict and her three friends and the three younger girls in the bathroom. All were suspended by the school.

[@melikebuttz4265]

Yeah I'm sure the school misses the student real bad. They were getting bullied right underneath their noses and nothing was done about it. Was striking to me is the parents never get mentioned.

[@maureen298]

What rock do you live under. Bullying is not new. It is bad, but we also have a serious resiliency problem in this country. Many in this young generation are not mentally nor emotionally prepared for real life.

[@xdani_thethinkingneko]

If you think you need to go through emotional abuse to be a strong,good person than that’s honestly sad. Makes me wonder what horrors you went through to make you feel that way.@@maureen298

[@xtinkerbellax3]

We don't have a resiliency problem we have a cruelty problem. So over the most ghoulish among us acting like its everyone else thats the problem and they just need to toughen up, such a misunderstanding of the human psyche.@@maureen298

[@LadieKadie]

@@maureen298🎯

[@MatthewFutrell]

@@maureen298 prepared for what? getting jumped? you sound dumb af

[@backwoodbeaches7895]

If more bullies existed, less kids would be confused.

[@skyizz069]

Suicide? As a result of bullying.....

[@mikelitten7489]

Yep, but they can’t call it a hate crime if they report it that way

[@Woap_64]

Hm.

[@HaVoKisthebetterSuMmErS]

​@mikelitten7489 what else would you call it

[@chainsawcharlie429]

The truth is it's not even a lgbt thing, it's a White girl was bullied by black girls thing.

[@mikelitten7489]

@@HaVoKisthebetterSuMmErS If they report it as a LGBTQIA+%$ Person that was attacked and died, they call it a hate crime. If they report it that she went home and then self deleted, then it’s that instead of a hate crime.

[@alceratops6853]

As a man who believes that being non-binary is a bunch of bullcrap, that girl did not deserve to be bullied at all. I'm thinking that ALL children need to take a sensitivity test before entering middle school

[@pcalhoun18]

The symptoms listed on the 911 call prior to their death were clearly a head bleed. Posturing, complaining of an ever increasing headache, losing consciousness, difficulty breathing, nausea. I’m curious what it actually was if it wasn’t a head bleed from a TBI.

[@ryanthomas9306]

“Head bleed” Wouldn’t that be seen in the mri of the autopsy ????? It would be directly seen as trauma How can you not comprehend this basic statement ?

[@realGHY]

@@ryanthomas9306 often times the lasting effects of head trauma go unnoticed

[@danthehomelessman5533]

If the death had nothing to do with the fight? Why are you focusing on the fight? Sounds like an agenda to me.

[@Scar-jg4bn]

​@Ni-dk7ni Nex is a girl you silly goose. Biological female and in the right bathroom.

[@vantata399]

​@Ni-dk7niFirst of all the teen who died was a biological female, and did not go by he/him or she/her. They went by they/them and was bullied for months (they don't know if the bullying is because of how they identified or if there are other reasons) the girls started bullying the teen that passed away gain and the teen lashed out and threw water at them, the girls then jumped the teen. So either way the teen was biological female so that was not the probably of why they were in the bathroom.

[@vantata399]

​@Ni-dk7niMaybe instead of "betting" actually pay attention. The student is non-binary not trans, they are biologically female. And even if they weren't being jumped is crazy.

[@Him_He_Me]

RIP beautiful Nex. Transphobia is NOT okay. Stop the hate.

[@DavidKen878]

Stop being weird

[@jj-vj1fv]

so are you saying being non binary is a thing or isn’t? because if it is official real then you wouldn’t even have to be saying it’s transphobia you’d just be saying “rip beaufoful nex. stop being hateful!” but instead you’re being entitled and a bit coocoo

[@realGHY]

@@jj-vj1fv nonbinary people fall under the trans umbrella

[@jpljthestelladoro]

As a parent and Ally of a transgender child, now 28. I am appalled by what I've been reading in these comments. This was a 16-year-old child. Fluid meaning no gender being who they felt versus girl or boy. That is what non-binary is all about. Nex was bullied before the incident. This kid acted out but did not deserve three girls beating on one. Violence and hate against lgbtq people has been happening forever. It is a blessing that things are starting to change in our world for lgbtq people. 500 bills. This is encouraging the redrict. 😢Thanks for talking about this important subject.

[@Griz_the_tanker_yanker]

Maybe we should stop teaching kids that wrong is right and kids won't be confused about what to do in real life

[@-negative-3889]

I believe in two genders, but believing differently should not be a death sentence. Prayers for the family and friends. ❤

[@ticklemebreathless1394]

This is exactly how I feel. Thank you.

[@theorchestrasystem3792]

What about intersex people? -speaking as one. If you go just by chromosomes you can still have a guy with a female genitalia or a female with male genitalia. It is just a question to see what you think; an honest question.

[@brendanmcnamara7581]

@@theorchestrasystem3792 2 genders. Period. End of story. Enough with this insanity. If it weren't for all the weirdos and lunatics pushing this delusional fantasy onto society, that girl would still be alive today

[@brendanmcnamara7581]

@@theorchestrasystem3792 There are 2 genders. Period. End of story.

[@user-zw4ge4hn1f]

thats all there have been since begining of time.

[@ralphmcmahan2139]

You can't dislike the media enough.

[@bobby-ov9qn]

One hundred percent agree ! [ Make that 200% ].

[@sandd286]

Nex started the fight by throwing water on them. Who knows if it was because of nonbinary???

[@Michaelalalala07]

There is a video of Nex describing the, situation and they say that they poured water on the girls because of transphobic comments

[@namenome3680]

i swear living in US seems so exhausting....

[@TaprootPoem13]

excuse me but your missing the part where the kid threw water on the other students, and therefore a fight broke out. it had nothing to do with their gender, stop pushing that narrative. the kid shouldnt have been attacked but they also shouldnt have provoked multiple students by throwing water on them. in reality, she started the fight first.

[@carol-anngeorge3602]

Nex was provoked by the three girls who were bullying her. There's only so much a person can take. She was standing up for herself. There was no intent to physically harm her tormentors, just wanted them to stop. She did not deserve to be attacked. It was three against one. The parents need a second opinion on the cause of death.

[@jj-vj1fv]

@@carol-anngeorge3602how is throwing water on someone defending urself. of course that’s going to make things worse!!!?

[@realGHY]

the people who she threw water on bullied her for being nonbinary, so idk how you could even think that it doesn't have anything to do with gender. not only that, but how is pouring water on someone (something that they would have probably forgotten in a couple hours) even remotely a justification for ending someone's life?

[@dougperry6942]

​@@carol-anngeorge3602Nex admitted on camera that she violently assaulted the girls first. She poured water on the 3 girls because she thought they laughed at her friend. And when one pushed the bottle away, nex grabbed her head and smashed it into a metal paper towel dispenser, then the other two jumped into stop her. She also said that she didn't even know these three younger girls, and had never talked to them before. They never bullied her. And a lot of her classmates are saying nex was a well known bully.

[@cosaosa2855]

I have about $230 to my name, but I identify as a millionaire. I'd like banks, restaurants, airlines, hotels, car dealerships and real estate to recognize me as such.

[@yourclairygodmother]

Imagine being a transphobic jerkwad in order to mock a murdered teenager. God, you need therapy.

[@IgnacioCheese]

You should be treated kindly regardless of your bank account.

[@libofticktock1741]

@@IgnacioCheese Treated kindly, yes. But not given a huge loan, be served expensive dinners, fly first class, drive around sports cars and live in a mansion....when you don't have the funds. If you're trying to make the analogy that I think you are, you're off the mark. You're confusing "rights" with "privileges".

[@kellevichy]

@@libofticktock1741 Exactly what do rights and privileges have to do with a dead child? Nothing.

[@libofticktock1741]

@@kellevichy Zero. Same as "gender identity" and reality.

[@bopeep86]

When my son was bullied by a very large dude at his bus stop every day, he recorded the verbal attack, which was threats of physical . He brought it to the principal (he didn't even ask me what to do that morning. She quickly told him it was probably "illegal to record him". Remember, he recorded outside in our neighborhood. The principal said she can't do anything since he recorded illegally. That's when our son told us. The principal was a flaming liberal, who was spouting about loving the Muslims in our community, not to bully them ( we lived in AnnArbor Michigan at the time), but young man of mine who is brown also, she could care LESS. We told our son to fight back hard just dont start the fight, and we would back him on that.

[@DenisaGeorge-zj4hx]

I read what started the fight was that Nex threw water on the girls for bullying Nex and their friends. It wasn't the right way for Nex to behave but water never kills anyone. Violence does!

[@dougperry6942]

Nex admitted on camera that she violently assaulted the girls first. She poured water on the 3 girls because she thought they laughed at her friend. And when one pushed the bottle away, nex grabbed her head and smashed it into a metal paper towel dispenser, then the other two jumped into stop her. Those are her own words. Now the toxicology report proved it was a drug overdose...

[@katieg1763]

Geez what’s the big deal? Why the hate? My high school kid is straight and he has no issue, at all, with the LGB students at his high school. MYOB. Violence towards any student is unacceptable. What’s more worrisome? A student being themselves or students being violent. Live and let live. Chill. Edit to add: FREEDOM!

[@noktumwhatever753]

Did you not watch the video? This poor kid took their own life after they were found to not be injured in the fight they started.

[@katieg1763]

@@noktumwhatever753 I did. Did you? Say what you want. Children assaulting children in a high school bathroom is trashy and creepy and unacceptable. Talk about “don’t tread on me”. 🙄

[@katieg1763]

@@noktumwhatever753 critical thinking 👍🏽

[@katieg1763]

Are you suggesting the dead kid started a fight with the other students in the bathroom? What world do you live in?

[@katieg1763]

That’s not what Jesus would do.