A 15-year-old autistic teen with learning disabilities stripped down to his underwear thinking he was taking the ALS ice bucket challenge, but instead of ice, bullies flooded him with urine, feces, and cigarette butts. As if that wasn’t enough to humiliate the teenager, the entire “prank” was caught on video using the teen’s cellphone and posted on Instagram. In the video the teen is seen standing in the driveway of a home off school grounds. The bullies dumped the waste on his head from the roof of the garage.
The Ohio teen’s family said he felt humiliated after realizing that he was bullied into taking the challenge with bodily fluids. “Once we found out about it, we were just horrified,” said Diane, the teen’s mother. Diane said she found the video on her son’s cell phone. Diane, along with her husband and other son Jacob, agreed to allow the video to be posted in an effort to make others aware of high school bullying, but requested that the last name be withheld to protect the boy’s identity.
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The Bay Village Police Department was made aware of the alleged incident on Wednesday. According to Detective Kevin Krolkosky, the group of juveniles who carried out the “prank” could face delinquency charges. Officials from Bay High School, the child, and his family are working closely with police to assist with the investigation.
“The bucket challenge is supposed to be raising awareness for this disease and now they’ve turned it into a sick joke,” said the victim’s mom. “I just can’t understand why kids would do something this cruel.”