Bullied Teen Leaves Behind Chilling Video

[Jess]

Bullied Teen Leaves Behind Chilling Video (http://news.yahoo.com/bullied-teen-leaves-behind-chilling-video-143636599--abc-news-topstories.html)

A teenager posted a heartbreaking video on YouTube chronicling years of bullying in school and online, cutting and humiliation up until she died this week.

Amanda Todd, 15, posted the video called "My story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm" on Sept. 7 and was found dead in her home town of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, just over a month later.

"Hello, I've decided to tell you about my never ending story," the black and white video begins. Todd can only be seen from her nose down for most of the video, occasionally moving around so that her face is visible. She silently tells her story through a series of white cards with black marker writing on them.

She describes using webcam chats to meet and talk to new people online as a seventh grade student. She said that people told her she was "stunning, beautiful, perfect" and a man pressured her to flash her chest. One year later, she did.

Todd received a Facebook message from a man she did not know saying that if she did not "put on a show" for him, he would send the photo of her chest to everyone. Over Christmas break, Todd said police came to her house at 4 a.m. to tell her that the photo had been sent to everyone.

"I then got really sick and got anxiety, major depression and panic disorders," she wrote. "I then moved and got into drugs and alcohol."

A year after moving, Todd said things were going better until the man on Facebook came back and used the photo of her chest as his profile picture. Todd said she "cried every night, lost all my friends and respect people had for me again."

"I can never get that photo back," she wrote. "It's out there forever."

She described being called names, eating lunch alone and resorting to cutting herself. She also told the story of an incident where she made a "huge mistake" and "hooked up" with a boy at her school who had a girlfriend, but who she believed really liked her.

A week later, she said she received a text message telling her to get out of school and then a group of students, led by the boy's girlfriend, surrounded her at school and said, "Look around, nobody likes you."

"A guy then yelled, 'Just punch her already,' so [the girlfriend] did," Todd wrote. "She threw me to the ground and punched me several times. Kids filmed it. I was all alone and left on the ground."

Todd said she "wanted to die so bad" when her dad found her in a ditch. She drank bleach when she went home and had to be rushed to the hospital to have her stomach pumped, she said.

"After I got home, all I saw was on Facebook--'She deserved it. Did you wash the mud out of your hair? I hope she's dead,'" she wrote.

Todd moved to another school in another city, but said the torture followed her through Facebook. Students posted photos of ditches and suggested she try another bleach.

"Every day, I think, why am I still here?" she asked towards the end of the video. "I'm stuck. What's left of me now? Nothing stops. I have nobody. I need someone. My name is Amanda Todd."

Authorities were called to a residence in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, just before 6 p.m. on Oct. 10 to investigate the sudden death of the tormented teenager.

While authorities have not officially called the death a suicide, Cpl. Jamie Chung of the Coquitlam Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement, "At this time it has been determined that the teen's death was not suspicious in nature and that foul play was not a factor."

The coroner is investigating the death, police said.

Teenager Documents Bullying and Abuse Before Her Death

Todd said in her video that she did not want to press charges against the girl who beat her up because she wanted to move on when she moved to another city and school.

Police did not immediately respond to ABCNews.com's question whether there was a probe into the man who used Todd's Facebook photo in an effort to exploit her and then made it public.

Todd's family has declined to speak, but Cheryl Quinton, spokeswoman for the Coquitlam School District, told ABCNews.com, "The family was wanting to pass along that several supports were in place for their daughter on the school, home and community levels. There was a lot of intervention and a lot of support. I know that is the message that they want to convey."

Todd was in the tenth grade at the Coquitlam Alternate Basic Education School when she died. School officials would not release the name of her previous school.

Quinton said the death has been "very devastating" to the small school where resources are being provided to students in regards to suicide prevention and bullying.

"We typically, as a school district, don't talk about such deaths but with the family's endorsement we did choose to do so because it is important to point out the dangers associated with social media and cyber-bullying," Quinton said.

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Another suicide due to cyber-bullying. ):

[fallenLethal]

People are inconsiderate. They'll stop at nothing until half the population has died out due to suicide, bullying, self harm, etc.

It's wrong, yet people still do it.

[The Mockingjay]

I find it so sad that someone could be pushed to do something like that by children. RIP Amanda Todd.

[Jess]

Here's the video. :/ I pretty much cried over this...

vOHXGNx-E7E

[Gigablue]

Such a sad story. People can be so mean, they really will stop at nothing to make other people miserable. This story was all over the news yesterday, but I hadn't watched the video until now.

[Jupiter]

dick moves. seriously. i hate people*

[Foamy]

One mistake can lead to a lifetimes' worth of bullying. That was horrible what they did.

[Sonic Boom]

This is absolutely disgusting! It's worse than murder! *Faith in humanity permanently removed*

[Breakeven]

thats soo sad :(

[squibles976]

This is absolutely disgusting! It's worse than murder! *Faith in humanity permanently removed*

Ditto, what kind of guy can do that to someone who is just a girl? What kind of a guy yells "punch her" she gets used by someone whose worth less than nothing on two seperate occasions, and she gets treated like this!?! It just sickens me what men will do to an innocent girl, in Afghanistan, there was a girl who was probably 14 or 15 she was slashed open and strangled and left in a ditch, and its reasons like that I hate being away from home, cuz I worry what will happen to the girl I love, while I'm gone and seeing this makes me wish I was there for her, and I wish someone had known about Amanda todd before she died, when I'm home I get awful nightmares about the girl in Afghanistan, idc about politics, THAT'S why I was in Afghanistan, cuz the treatment of their women and children is barbaric

[Desuetude]

I shared this on facebook yesterday hoping to get the message across that bullying is not okay. All I got was dickheads slagging her off. It's really sick, I'm not even joking it makes me want to throw up the way some people act.

[Lyra Heartstrings]

I feel bad for the girl, don't get me wrong. but this just just another bandwagon for stupid teenagers to hop onto. Not any of you guys, of course. I'm talking about Facebook. There's so many teens committing suicide, yet nobody cares. It's just..disgusting. Why is Amanda special? Why aren't we trying to help people? I don't get it..

[squibles976]

I feel bad for the girl, don't get me wrong. but this just just another bandwagon for stupid teenagers to hop onto. Not any of you guys, of course. I'm talking about Facebook. There's so many teens committing suicide, yet nobody cares. It's just..disgusting. Why is Amanda special? Why aren't we trying to help people? I don't get it..

In a way your right, but its just kind of one that's shoved in your face and forces you to acknowledge it, but its not like she's the one who haunts me, but is tragic none the less

[Professional Russian]

Oh come on what makes her so special? shes just another person that killed her self it happens all the time but you dont hear about the other people that kill them selves. what makes her so special?

[Lights]

The sad and sickening truth is that nobody cares until it's too late.

Although I too feel very sorry for Amanda Todd, I share a similar view to Lyra Heartstrings because I think that this is one situation in hundreds, if not thousands, existing right now. People don't always realise the extent of how horrendous cyber bullying can become. What Amanda Todd went through was truly awful, without a doubt, but I think we have to try and put things into perspective and acknowledge that there's other people who need help right now who could be drowning in depression and fear, perhaps even contemplating suicide.

It disgusts me that there are people in this world who can be so malicious and cruel on an indescribable level. I would like to think that a story like this would make people, particularly teeangers, wise up to cyber bullying more, but I don't think it will because, like with diseases, so many people think 'ahh well, that'll never happen to me'.

Cyber bullying needs to stop. It's just so horrible.

[Mortal Coil]

I think that more importantly than the whole "bullying kills" thing, is the fact that bullying wasn't the only factor. It was also misogyny. Here's a quote I found that really sums it up:it really disgusts me how so much misogyny there is in this whole Amanda Todd situation
for people who don’t know what misogyny is, it’s basically hatred of females.
many people may disagree with me, but think about it, think of how many people are calling her a “whore” or a “slut” because of what she did, but if it were a guy, no one would care less about that stuff because that’s “what guys do”.
if a guy slept with a girl with a boyfriend, who would get the blame? the girl of course. but when Amanda Todd sleeps with a guy with a girlfriend, she gets all the blame. i haven’t seen one person stop and say, well that guy was a dick for cheating on his girlfriend in the first place. people don’t seem to remember that it takes two to tango. but no, it’s always the girl’s fault because girls are just “sluts” and “whores” right?

[squibles976]

I think that more importantly than the whole "bullying kills" thing, is the fact that bullying wasn't the only factor. It was also misogyny. Here's a quote I found that really sums it up:

The guy she slept with was actually there when the girl punched her, and it sickens me that a guy told her to punch her, a guy should NEVER harm or advocate harm to a woman, I honestly think I'm the opposite, I hate men more than women, I've already mentioned the girl in Afghanistan, and there were other things that happened to girls I care about,really Idk I'm just really protective women, I not trying to make it about me sorry, it just disgusts me that ppl can actually be that pointlessly cruel

[Mortal Coil]

a guy should NEVER harm or advocate harm to a woman

Okay, violence against women is horrible, but why can't we just treat the genders equally here? A guy should never harm or advocate harm to a PERSON. Because women are people.

[squibles976]

Okay, violence against women is horrible, but why can't we just treat the genders equally here? A guy should never harm or advocate harm to a PERSON. Because women are people.

Cuz to me genders aren't equal call me sexist if you want but i think there's more evil in the hearts of men than women, and harming a man doesn't bother me so long as theres a reason and not senseless violence, but I'm just assuming the person who shredded my face with an IED was a man since they usually force their women into martyring themselves and blowing themselves up

[Jupiter]

oh... i watched the video.


i hate people. GOD this is upsetting. i'd have been your friend amanda.... i wish you could have found us here...

[Bath]

You all know she's only well known now because she's attractive.

If it was some less attractive girl nobody would give a shit. How do I know? Because it happens every day.

[squibles976]

Ditto, wish I had known sooner and could have spoken to her :(, and well known or not doesn't matter if I knew about a less attractive girl doing that it would still be tragic regardless of physical appearance

[Jupiter]

You all know she's only well known now because she's attractive.

If it was some less attractive girl nobody would give a shit. How do I know? Because it happens every day.

how would we know she's attractive? she hardly shows her face.

[Bath]

how would we know she's attractive? she hardly shows her face.

Just go look up "RIP Amanda Todd" on facebook or tumblr and look at all the pictures of her.

[squibles976]

Attractive or not its still tragic

[Bath]

Attractive or not its still tragic

Definitely. I'm not disqualifying her pain. It's a terrible thing.

But the fact that she's so popular really bugs me. 500,000+ likes on her facebook group and all the news and talk about it. This kind of shit happens every day except, most of those girls/boys aren't even given a fraction of the attention.

Also all the "RIP YOU WERE SO BEAUTIFUL AMANDA" bugs me. Of course she was beautiful. But those people don't give a fuck about the millions of others who have suicidal thoughts / commit suicide.

[squibles976]

Definitely. I'm not disqualifying her pain. It's a terrible thing.

But the fact that she's so popular really bugs me. 500,000+ likes on her facebook group and all the news and talk about it. This kind of shit happens every day except, most of those girls/boys aren't even given a fraction of the attention.

Also all the "RIP YOU WERE SO BEAUTIFUL AMANDA" bugs me. Of course she was beautiful. But those people don't give a fuck about the millions of others who have suicidal thoughts / commit suicide.

2 years ago a friend of mine got into an arguement with his gf so he Hung himself when she walked through the door which was messed up, but I know what ur saying, but what makes me mad is where were these 500k ppl b4? And there's still ppl jokiing about it saying she deserved it

[Manjusri]

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Yup.

[SmexiLexie510]

This is a very hard topic to have a discussion on because I'm so split a to how I feel about it all- of corse any death of any form is tragic and upsetting let alone in particularly distressing circumstances so my thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.

One half of me thinks- why should she be so special? Plenty of people die of suicide because of bullying, but she made a choice to do what she did- (it has been said that it was way more than one incident on the internet)- and there are some people that are bullied a million times worse for doing nothing at all, for just being themselves. I'm not saying in anyway that what the guy/s did was right or the other people at schools etc, but there are some people that have done nothing at all and have had unimaginable instances of bullying that get absolutely no recognition. How is that right?

The other side of me is like- Everyone makes mistakes, no matter what she did, she didn't deserve to be treated that way. I am glad she is getting the recognition now and the support, even if it is too late, at least she can be a beacon of sorts for people that are being bullied and encourage them to to step forward and do something, or at least feel less alone, inspired, etc.

But all of me believes that what the guy/s did was wrong and that no one deserves that. R.I.P Amanda Todd, may you now be in a better place sweetheart.

[SosbanFach]

Yes, it is undeniably a truly disgusting case of human behaviour, but I agree with what many others are saying, in that the amount of attention that it is getting is disproportional. Hundreds of thousands of tragic suicides occur each year, of which thousands are teenagers. I am not trying to say that she deserved it, or that it is any less tragic than it is, nor that she should be forgotten or ignored, but perhaps we should turn our attention to those who still have a chance to go on living. Nothing will bring back Amanda Todd, but there are hundreds of other Amanda Todds around the world who could still be saved. We as individuals, and as societies, must give equal focus to those who are living tormented lives, and who want to end it all. We need empathy, and we need greater thought as to the consequences of our actions. Looking out for that one person who sits alone at lunch. Standing up for that person pushed about by bullies. If one person can provide that lifeline, it can be the difference for that person between living and dying. End of sermon.

[Lyra Heartstrings]

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Yup.

I was going to post this. But, as Bath said, she's only popular because she's attractive.

[Sir Jimmy Rustle]

You all know she's only well known now because she's attractive.

If it was some less attractive girl nobody would give a shit. How do I know? Because it happens every day.^This. This and the fact that she left a video about it, to me seems to be why people actually care.

>Leaves behind video about committing suicide and is decently attractive
>Commits suicide
>OMG IM SO SORRY FOR U N STUFF RIP I LUV U UR SO INSPRATNAL

>No video about suicide and sort of unattractive
>Commits suicide
>Nobody gives two shits.

[AwkwardTurtle22]

This is so sad :'(

[ArsenicCatNip]

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Yup.

Except the guy on the right didn't kill himself. :rolleyes: do you have a cynical rationalization for the people who remember victims of tragedies like 9/11 or Columbine as well? I think more people can emote instead of their first reaction to the video or news coverage being "That dead girl is prettty hot!" I'm aware of stupid Facebook bandwagoning, but this is pretty bitter. :/

[XxAssasiNxX]

oh... i watched the video.


i hate people. GOD this is upsetting. i'd have been your friend amanda.... i wish you could have found us here...

Sad shit if only she found something like vt before it was to late...

[Professional Russian]

can we stop giving her sympathy? shes only famous now becasue she was hot we all know that. she wasnt special. people kill them sleves everyday but you never hear about it. its nothing new get over it

[OldSchool]

Whatever happened to just standing up to the bully, or if you can't, kicking them in the nuts? Thats how we used to take care of it.

[Eliza Snark]

Whenever I hear about this story, I feel conflicted between wanting to pity her (as I do not believe she deserved everything she went through at all) but I also recognize that she willingly made a lot of poor decisions. I think it's a shame there weren't more positive influences in her life to prevent her from dealing with the problem this way, or avoiding it altogether.

Also GOD DAMN she's hot, I would have taken her in as my slave girl!
what.

[Daracon]

I don't see what's so special about her, lots of kids commit suicide because of bullying each year, sure it is sad, but she partially brought it on herself when she slept with someone else's boyfriend and flashed herself over a webcam. Like Bath said, she is only popular because she is attractive.

[OldSchool]

Once again I bring up the point: They're just words on the internet. If someone tried to bully me online I'd go to their house the next day and proceed to beat the crap out of them on their front porch.

Whatever happened to spines?

[DerBear]

I will agree this story is tragic but honestly, I don't think one should commit suicide over it.

She made a mistake but with common sense you should show any photo that someone in your family wouldn't mind seeing. People do these things and with today's technology its very easy to exploit and solicit over the internet and people are always going to make these mistakes.

[XxAssasiNxX]

Anonymous has found out who the pedo was. His name, address age and all other personal info have been exploited. Kody maxson is his name. He will be destroyed. Fear anonymous... They will find you...lol

[rachin2u42]

soooo sad

[MartyG]

It is already looking like Kody maxson is a fictious name.....efforts to track "him" down will most likely prove fruitless.

[Thepolice5291]

Guys and girls, Us as people who didn't know her We won't know what she was like, What she did was selfish to her family and friends.

I Sincerely Hope I didn't offend anyone, If i did I apologies I am just stating my views

[Drew5]

I guess she had some issues.

[kyle001]

So sad :(

[squibles976]

I've looked into it since my last post and it turns out she sent a lot more than one pic to just one guy, contrary to what the video would have you believe and it wasn't always her breasts she flashed

[xXJust Jump ItXx]

You all know she's only well known now because she's attractive.

If it was some less attractive girl nobody would give a shit. How do I know? Because it happens every day.

Thank you!! Someone understands, now people can stop being pissed at me for saying that! ^^^ Its sadly very true.

[squibles976]

I admit that the attention is disproportionate but she was kind of a slut, that being said she didnt deserve what she got and didn't deserve to die

[Cognizant]

My condolences go out to her family... It really is saddening to see someone have go to through that, until the point where they just can't take it any more.

It bugs me so much that people (On here, not naming names, and on Facebook) are being so inconsiderate about her passing. It's a death. I agree, a lot of people go through what she went through (and possibly even worse), but at the same time, we need to be respectful to her family, who's seeing this shit on Facebook. I'm not a family member of hers, but those remarks are just so offensive to me.

[Iron Man]

Obviously, it is true that her death was popular only because she was beautiful.

My viewpoint: It sucks that she is dead because it is one less person in the world. Fuck what she looked like. She could have been the biggest bitch known to man, but I still wouldn't wish suicide on her. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I even read comments on the Internet that she brought the bullying on herself because of that picture.

Wrong.

No one deserves to be bullied. Of course she made a mistake. We all make mistakes. Why throw it in her face? Why make her feel lower than dirt just because she did something that most teens of our generation did at one point in time? And people continue to make hate comments about her.

What more do they want? She is dead, and nothing will bring her back.

[Sugaree]

Siding with Skyler on this one. Leave the dead girl alone, she doesn't need any more attention than what she's already gotten.