Chapter 150 Section 15

From October 14, 2000 to November 29, 2000, Regina Hult, Chief of the Juvenile Division of the Denver District Attorney General's Office, visited Columbine in person and discussed bullying among Columbine Middle School students over a period of one and a half months. 28 adults and 15 students were interviewed.On December 1 of the same year, Commissioner Hult submitted her nine-page investigative report to Governor Owens' Columbine School Shooting Review Commission, which was made public as part of the commission's overall report in May of the following year. “All the students I spoke to, regardless of their grade, gender, race, etc., consistently reported that there was serious bullying among students at Columbine. … They said that at Columbine There's an unwritten rule: 'Don't mess with people who might beat you, don't look athletes in the eye, don't talk back to athletes, don't touch their girlfriends, don't go where they shouldn't be...'

“Everyone I spoke to reported that at Columbine, there was an understanding of, 'There's no use complaining to the school because no one cares.' No'." In her report, Ms Hult said that a number of interviewees indicated that the leadership of Columbine Secondary School - the principal, vice-principal and the class directors - “Most, if not all, are, or have been, coaches for various sports teams. So the athletes are special, or privileged, students at Columbine.” Regina Hult gave a few examples: For example, two years before the Columbine shooting, two students had been bullying a 15-year-old classmate in physical education class. "They pinched him and pinched him a lot. Even though it was in class, the teacher said he never knew it happened." He burned."When they were playing basketball in gym class, every time they hit a basket, the two would say, "Another Jew got stuffed in the stove." They even made up jingles and insulted him.The Jewish student's parents later reported the situation to the school, and the school also sent someone to talk to the two little thugs, but in the ensuing year and a half, the Jewish student was still bullied by them.Every time the school receives a report, "the class director will find those two people, and those two people will deny it flatly, and the matter will not go away. Then, the school will notify the parents: 'We have done our best. ’” said the Jewish student, “The school always thought I was lying.”

Example 2: Once, four or five rugby players ganged up on a boy.They pushed him, bumped him, abused him and followed him to his parking lot.The boy told his parents when he got home that he never wanted to go back to Columbine.It was six weeks after the boy's father reported the incident to the school before he received a "very curt and rude" call back from the school.The boy later transferred to the nearby Hertie Middle School.The student told Ms Hult that until now he had been reluctant to set foot in Columbine. Example 3: Ms. Hult also interviewed some school district staff. They all avoided "such sensitive topics" as much as possible in their conversations, for fear that their superiors would find out and fire them. "But everyone said that bullying is very common in Columbine. They have also reported it to the relevant authorities, but to no avail."

Example 4: Since a girl entered Columbine Middle School, her grades went downhill from the original all-A, and her parents and family didn't know about it until the girl's physics teacher called to inform her parents.According to the girl, Columbine's school spirit was extremely bad, which made her feel bad and unable to concentrate on her homework.After her parents helped her transfer to another school, her grades gradually improved, and said that the students in the new school were very friendly.The girl's sister, who works as a student in the district and travels frequently between campuses, said: "I often ask the children about their experiences in their respective schools. Obviously, not every school has bullying students. At least not as badly as Columbine."

Regina Hult writes of Eric Harris and Dylan Colebord's encounters at school: "All the students I've interviewed say these two kids are very lonely. , and were often teased and bullied. Although no one cited a specific time, place or incident, they all said they were often pushed, jostled and abused by athletes." Even some students who were friendly to Eric and Dylan were punished.One girl told Ms. Hult that, shortly before the shooting, she had a conversation with Eric in the hallway of the school, "Just finished speaking, a well-known little villain came up and slapped her. Pushed against the locker and called her a 'slut'." Regina Hult wrote, "There were many students present, but no teacher. The girl did not report this to the school. I asked her why , she said that others told her: 'It's useless, the school dare not do anything to him.' Refers to that athlete."

When interviewed by reporters, the children who reported the situation said that school violence cases happen from time to time, and people can't just sit there and talk about it and simply attribute it to "two different little bastards whimsical", or Pointing fingers and criticizing that "video games and pop music have taught our children badly". It's not hard to imagine that there are kids like Eric and Dylan on other campuses across America, slowly and imperceptibly driven by the injustices that surround them every day, down the same path, the same end. Before and after the "Columbine school shooting" --

Moss Lake, Washington, Friday, February 2, 1996: Barry Lucaidi, 14, shot dead a teacher and two classmates and wounded another in algebra class. Beth, Alaska, Wednesday, February 19, 1997: Ivan Lancer, a 16-year-old student, shot and killed the principal and a student on campus and wounded two others. Wednesday, October 1, 1997, Pearl, Mississippi: Luke Woodan, 16, killed his mother at home before shooting at school. Nine students were shot, two were killed and seven were injured.