A week is on now and if she was still here alive I would say no, we wouldn’t render help instead chasing her with blames or thinking she was weird. I’m truly touched by this young girl’s story and I hope we are still learning from stories like this.
Amanda Michelle Todd died October 10, 2012 was a 15-year-old Canadian teenager whose suicide was attributed to cyber bullying through the social networking website Facebook. On 7 September 2012, Todd posted a video on YouTube in which she used a series of flash cards to tell of her experience of being blackmailed, bullied, and physically assaulted. In it she mentions sending an image of her breasts to a man who later circulated it around the internet.
Shortly before 6:00 pm on October 10, 2012, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were called to her home in Port Coquitlam, to investigate what they refer to as a "sudden death". They have since launched a full investigation into Todd's death. Police are conducting interviews, reviewing content at social media sites, and are actively monitoring pages.
Christy Clark, the Premier of British Columbia, made an online statement of condolence suggesting a national discussion be made discussing criminalizing cyber-bullying.
Todd was a 10th-grade student at CABE Secondary in Coquitlam. Read her story, struggling and bullying. R Leave your comment below this topic using your facebook account!
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