8. The Secret Behind Ben’s Anger
The video continued playing.
Tyler had taken Ben’s notebook and thrown it onto the floor.
When Ben bent down to pick it up, Tyler stepped on it.
Ben asked him one last time to stop.
Tyler refused.
Then he made a cruel comment about Ben’s mother needing a wheelchair and suggested that she was a burden to everyone around her.
Ben pushed him.
Tyler fell backward and struck his arm against a desk.
The phone slipped from his hand.
Ben kicked it away.
That was the moment I had witnessed when I entered the classroom.
The video did not excuse Ben’s actions.
He had still pushed another student and damaged his property.
But it revealed something the court had never heard before.
Ben had not attacked Tyler without warning.
He had been listening to insults about his mother while the entire class laughed.
And the situation had continued long before I arrived.
I looked toward Ben’s mother.
She was crying silently.
Ben stood with his head lowered.
He had never wanted anyone to see the video.
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