Jordan Binion – Age 17
Jordan Binion, a 17-year-old high school senior at Graham Kapowsin High School in Graham, Washington. Friends say that he was tormented and bullied to the point of feeling helpless. According to Seattle’s KOMO-TV, Jordan was tormented by students at his school and got into a fight off school campus. Following the altercation, a text message making fun of him allegedly was distributed and shared amongst the students. On 19 October 2010, Jordan took his own life.
The school board stated they had never received any complaints from Jordan or Jordan’s parents. “We are, however, looking into a report of a text message that was circulated and trying to get to the bottom of that and see what that message included and trying to find out who may have sent it,” says Krista Carlson of the Bethel School District. “Unless we’re aware of it we can’t do anything about it.”
ABC’s Shomari Stone Exclusive:
Family blames bulllying for Graham teen’s suicide
I was one of Jordan’s (he went by Binion) closest friends. And bullying was a factor in his decision to commit suicide but Binion was on a downward spiral after 11th grade (year before suicied) when his parents allowed him to be prescribed anti depressants. Anyone who does a little research can quickly learn that many teens given antidepressants have thoughts of suicide or commit suicide. I believe this was one the biggest reason for his tragic decision to end his life at such a young age. I know he was on anti depressants because I saw the bottle in his room while I was hanging out with him a month or so before the incident. Also Graham kapowsin high school is a shit school. Authorities at the school knew about the teasing and did nothing even though they claim innocence. I even personally witnessed staff treating Binion wrongly and teasing him themselves or allowing others to tease him. If you research GK suicides there is an astonishing amount that occur in our small town. Vice Principal Peterson is one of the staff that I can personally call out and say treated Binion wrong. Binion was bullied and there were a few incidents that occurred immediately before his suicide that were harsh but I truly think that if he had not been on anti depressants I would still have one of my best friends here to play guitars, snowboard and enjoy life with. There were three suicides (counting Binion) my senior year, Binions was just the only one that got a lot of news attention. GK needs to change I hated that school and I know many others that would agree. There were also a number of student teacher relations that were never reported and one that was. I just wish there was a way they could straighten that school out and make it a better place for the youth in graham.
Much love to Binion and the Binions,
Solomon Trujillo