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Title: Illinois 16-year-old commits suicide hours after police tried to ‘scare him straight’
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NY Daily News
URL Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat ... are-straight-article-1.3189296
Published: May 23, 2017
Author: Jessica Schladebeck
Post Date: 2017-05-23 21:02:55 by cranky
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The family of an Illinois 16-year-old who killed himself hours after officers confronted him about an alleged recording of a sexual encounter on his phone intends to file a lawsuit against both the school district and the police department.
“I think they wanted to scare him straight,” Maureen Walgren told the Chicago Tribune. “Instead, they scared him to death.”
Her son, Corey, in January committed suicide by falling from the top of a five-story parking garage shortly after officers showed up at Naperville North High School to question him about illicit material they believed he had on his phone. They were investigating claims that he possessed and then played a recording of a consensual encounter with another 16-year-old student for his friends.
Corey had never been in any trouble at school, and he didn’t have a criminal record, but he was called down to the dean’s office on Jan. 11 where Naperville police were waiting for him.
They questioned him about having and sharing “child pornography” and allegedly threatened that he’d be put on the sex offender registry, according to the newspaper.
While investigators did find audio of the sexual encounter, they did not intend to press any charges — they’d only hoped to make Corey understand the seriousness of his actions without affecting his record, according to documents cited by the Tribune.
Walgren said the officer intended to download the contents of Corey’s phone but needed a parent’s permission first. When they reached out for her approval, she told them she would be at the school within 50 minutes.
When she arrived at the high school in West Chicago, her son was already gone. Walgren said her concern was immediate.
The officer “looked at me and said, ‘Ma’am, do we have a reason to be concerned for his safety?’” she recalled. “Under normal circumstances no, but you scared him pretty good.”
Corey was pronounced dead at the hospital less than three hours after he’d been called down to the dean’s office. His parents said they hope the legal action they’re taking against the school will prompt a change in how issues with minors are handled.
“There has to be a change in their policy and their procedures,” Walgren said. “Corey’s death cannot go by with no meaning at all.” (1 image)
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Corey was a mentally deficient homosexual. The ranks of the homos are constantly being thinned out by suicides.
Liberals are a lot like Slinkys, they're good for nothing but they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
#2. To: HomerBohn (#1)
From another article:
"On Jan. 11, records show, a female classmate told a dean that she had learned that Corey had a recording of a sexual encounter they had shortly before Christmas, and believed he had played it for friends. Police described her as "mortified," according to the coroner's report."
OK. Now imagine you're the parents of that young girl. Do you think the boy was mistreated by the authorities?
Perhaps the boy thought his life would be forever changed because of this incident. What about the girl? Wouldn't her life be changed because of the circulation of this recording?
#3. To: misterwhite (#2)
imagine you're the parents of that young girl. Do you think the boy was mistreated by the authorities?
Absolutely NO!
Liberals are a lot like Slinkys, they're good for nothing but they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
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