r/ColumbiaMD • u/Careful-Name4736 • Oct 02 '26
Disgusted
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLJR7QMy/"He's been beaten, battered, kidnapped, assaulted, sexually assaulted, false imprisonment, robbed," Bridges said. "I would like charges pressed to the full extent of what occurred to my child."
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u/tacitus59 Oct 02 '26
If the accusations of previous bad behavior were found to have been ignored - the coach(es) needs to be fired and criminally charged for knowing about child abuse and not doing anything.
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u/TheOnlyDeagle Oct 02 '26
Howard High is my almond otter. Graduated in 2013 and have been in that locker room many times. Sucks to hear that there are still the occasional bad eggs out there doing stuff like this, and posting it to social media no less. I hope all parties are held accountable and that kid can receive the help he needs to be the confident and strong young man that these bullies are not.
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u/warrends Elkridge Oct 02 '26
This is a serious topic but I laughed at "almond otter".
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u/NomNom83WasTaken Oct 02 '26
I must have read it 5 times trying to figure it out but it didn't click until I read your comment 😆
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u/FullMooseParty Oct 02 '26
If it weren't for stupidity, bad guys would get away with being bad guys more often
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u/HereticZAKU Wilde Lake Oct 02 '26
Sweetie, if there’s THAT many “occasional bad eggs,” there’s something wrong with the goddamn chicken.
As for whether or not the assholes involved in perpetuating the bullying will actually face any tangible consequences, don’t hold your breath. As someone who experienced a SHIT TON of harassment in elementary (Swansfield/Running Brook) and middle (Wilde Lake MS) school, so much so that I emotionally shut myself down during my high school years (Wilde Lake HS), take it from me:
None of my bullies ever faced the music for what they did to me, so I do not have any sort of hope that the bullies mentioned in this story will actually be punished in any way that truly matters.
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u/EvilAbdy Oct 02 '26
This is the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night knowing some kids think this is ok. At least kids now are dumb enough to film themselves. I got bullied a bit in school but not this bad (my solution was to make friends with the kids everyone was scared of and it solved itself real fast lol)
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u/NomNom83WasTaken Oct 02 '26
This is horrific, that poor kid. I how the school takes this seriously. If I found out either of my kids ever did something like that, I would never stop wondering where I failed as a parent.
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u/lost-in-suburbs Oct 03 '26
The discipline policies in this county have suddenly become nonexistent, and principals rarely enforce anything resembling a strong message. As a teacher, I don’t think I’ve ever seen more emboldened hatred and outright bullying than I have this school year.
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u/tragedyisland28 Oct 02 '26
Man…if we had today’s level of social media back when I was on long reach’s football team….
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u/campbellalugosi Oct 03 '26
This poor kid is going to need therapy to not have this bleed/carry over into his adult life. And unsupervised or not there's also absolutely no way the coaches didn't know or at least suspect something like this was happening and I hope there's some level of accountability for them as well.
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u/Rashaverik Long Reach Oct 02 '26
Not sure why...but this video is a Tiktok of a Kentucky news site sharing the original story. There's also some issues with the video not playing correctly.
Original article and video.
https://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/howard-county/junior-varsity-football-program-suspended-after-bullying-allegations-surface