Chicago, Illinois: Jamari Dent, bullied by staff & students for months, dies at age 13

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    Lawsuit alleges ‘chronic bullying’ by teachers and students at Chicago schools

    Several parents called on Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to investigate cases of alleged bullying by teachers in Chicago schools. Michael Oppenheimer is the attorney representing a group parents in a federal lawsuit that alleges “over a year of chronic bullying and violent conduct at the hands of teachers and students” at two different Chicago schools. “These parents, they sit here today, they love their children. Most parents love their children and was them to be protected but they feel helpless because they’re not getting what they deserve, what the school system has promised them ...


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    His family said he hanged himself in a suicide attempt in 2019 after months of bullying by Chicago Public Schools staff and students.


    Jamari Dent, who suffered brain damage after trying to kill himself while in fourth grade, has died at 13

    Hours before her 13-year-old son Jamari Dent died, Teirra Black went on Facebook and pleaded for prayers. “He hasn’t been in the best of health lately,” Black wrote of Jamari, who hanged himself in a suicide attempt in 2019 — when he was just 11 — after what his family says was months of bullying by Chicago Public Schools staff and students. “He’s such a fighter tho!” she wrote at 3:15 a.m. Thursday. “Jamari mommy love you don’t break me, you’re gonna get better.” That night, Jamari stopped breathing and was taken to Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead ...


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    Jamari Dent, CPS student who tried to kill himself after relentless bullying, has died at 13

    Hours before her 13-year-old son Jamari Dent died, Teirra Black went on Facebook and pleaded for prayers. "He hasn't been in the best of health lately," Black wrote of Jamari, who hanged himself in a suicide attempt in 2019 - when he was just 11 - after what his family says was months of bullying by Chicago Public Schools staff and students. "He's such a fighter tho!" she wrote at 3:15 a.m. Thursday. "Jamari mommy love you don't break me, you're gonna get better." That night, Jamari stopped breathing and was taken to Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead ...


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    Jamari Dent, who tried to kill himself after alleged bullying by CPS teachers, has died at 13

    Jamari Dent tried to take his own life at age 11 after being bullied by Chicago Public Schools teachers and staff, his mother said.


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    Jamari Dent, CPS student who tried to kill himself after relentless bullying, has died at 13

    A mother said she is angry and heartbroken after she claims her 11-year-old son tried to take his own life after being bullied by Chicago Public Schools teachers and staff.


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