Daniel Gilchrist was constantly picked on in middle school, to the point where fellow students and even employees called him a snitch, said his father, Stephen Gilchrist. Video footage from the South Carolina public school showed another student punching Daniel in the face during a gym class basketball game in 2024.
The other kids ignored it, and teachers were seen in the corner, oblivious as they stared at their phones, Gilchrist said.
A week later, another student filmed Daniel sitting in a bathroom stall and texted it, along with a caption containing a racial epithet, to the entire school community.
Gilchrist reported both incidents to school administrators and the police. Arrests were made in both instances, but the culprits remained on the campus, and there was no indication of any school discipline despite criminal prosecution….
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