Christian Taylor – Age 16
Christian Taylor was a 16-year-old high school freshman at Grafton High School in York County Virgina. Christian, was bullied and tormented at the school over a sustained period of time. Christian and his mother had complained to both law enforcement and school officials weeks prior to Christian taking his life, by hanging, in late May 201o.
Law enforcement “found no crime” and referred the matter to the school.
According to the Associated Press, the school “County School Superintendent Eric Williams said that as soon as school officials learned about the situation, administrators met with the students who were involved and their parents “and took immediate action.” He refused to elaborate, citing student privacy laws. The superintendent said teachers and administrators “made contact with the student who passed away throughout the month of May to determine whether any additional assistance was needed,” but he said could not divulge the results of those encounters.”
A classmate of Christian’s posted this plea on You Tube: People don’t seem to CARE anymore. This is a serious thing. My heart goes out to Chris’s family and friends, and to Kendra. Though some choose to joke and laugh about the horrible misfortune of this guy, I can’t keep this image of him out of my head. This really is the “Wounded generation” as Christofer Drew says. Also said by CD, “Love is the weapon”. We have to come together and support each other and the loved ones of this guy. Not just for a day. For a long time. This is something that will stick with me forever. I’m not going to forget. And I’m not going to try to.
AP story about Christian Taylor: Virginia mom blames teen son’s suicide on bullying
Thank you Christian was very handsome he was known to wear his heart on his sleeve as I do,He very proud of his dad who is in the Army and was actually deployed to Korea on a 2 year unaccompanied tour, We moved to Grafton VA to be near my Sister and her family we lived across the street from each other,I learned during the trial so much more than I even knew about especially that the 2 APs and the Principle admitted on the stand under oath they did nothing….I miss my son Christian and Christian’s younger siblings really miss him they were very close escpecially Hunter Where Christian was Hunter wasnt far behind, and they played video games and Hunter beat Chris several times,the day he took his life he came into the kitchen and put his arms around me his chin on my head(he was 6’4″) and said You know I love you mom, right, I said Dad didnt get paid yet so we cant go to game stop, and Chris said profoundly again NO mom you KNOW I LOVE you right, and I said” Yes Honey I love you too” he stood there for about 20 minutes hugging me while I prepped Veggies for the Grill, he then asked Hey where is Hunter, I said in his room playing video games and went to find his little brother and sister and spent time with them he was found # Approx 330, I called my husband in Korea screaming into the Answering machine Christian hung himself you have to come home I can’t do this one alone The Army sent him home for 11 days, he returned to Korea and it took us 16 months to get a compassionate reassignment, due to the fact Christian’s older brother Gregg became a target of the 4 bullies that bullied Christian…There is a song written by Aleece Walz here is the link…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05B6wj_By5U
it portrays who Christian was and how much he loved his family and friends, he did charity work for the Ronald McDonald House in OKC, He was love and he is missed…
I am now turning my Valentines Day present from the husband and kids into a rolling billboard about bullying…
This is a beautiful video. What a healthy way to get the message out about this horrible epidemic of bullying. To Christian’s family, I am so sorry about the loss of your handsome son. God Bless You.