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How do you truly help someone struggling with mental health challenges? As Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, this episode explores powerful yet practical ways to support friends and loved ones during their darkest moments.
At the heart of effective support lies four essential principles that anyone can apply. First, be quick to listen - creating space where someone feels truly heard without judgment or quick fixes. When a friend repeatedly expresses the same concerns, our natural tendency might be impatience, but your compassionate attention communicates genuine care. Second, speak consolingly to counteract the distorted self-perceptions many experience during mental health struggles. Your words don't need to be perfect; your authentic presence matters more than eloquence.
The podcast emphasizes how a true friend shows love consistently, especially when relationships feel most challenging. Rather than assuming what helps, offer specific practical assistance like accompanying them on walks or helping with everyday tasks that might feel overwhelming. Perhaps most crucially, practice patience - allowing your friend to share at their own pace without pressure. Someone struggling with mental health issues may cancel plans or say hurtful things, but understanding this as part of their condition rather than a personal offense allows your friendship to remain a healing presence in their life.
These principles stand in stark contrast to concerning trends highlighted in the episode's news coverage, where support systems are failing young people in schools nationwide. From sexual harassment cases to safety concerns, the breakdown of supportive relationships creates vulnerability. By applying these four principles consistently, you become more than just a friend - you become a crucial lifeline during someone's most difficult moments. What relationship in your life might benefit from these principles today?
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
This is the Everyday Podcast for the Everyday People.
Guys, welcome back to anotherunique episode of RED.
It's that Everyday Podcast forthe Everyday People.
This is episode number 126, and, just like every other episode,
we have 10 stories that aregoing to knock your socks off.
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We're going to focus on aschool, a middle school, that
has been reporting stories ofsexual abuse but have gotten
nowhere.
We're also going to analyze theassault promoted by a 19 year
old boy on a woman that fellasleep at a party.
Now this is Mental HealthAwareness Month, and so we've
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been developing certain themesthroughout the past couple of
weeks in May to be able to helppersons to deal with and change
their perspective on mentalhealth awareness.
Our final theme in connectionwith the theme for this month
how to help those with mentalhealth challenges.
You know, one of my favoriteproverbs reads this way a true
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friend shows love at all timesand is a brother who was born
for times of distress.
You know, it's easy to beoverwhelmed when a friend is
suffering from mental distress.
Wouldn't you guys agree withthat?
But how is it that you can showyour friend love or be able to
help them to cope should they bedealing with a mental health
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problem.
Well, on this episode, we'regoing to be able to focus on a
few principles.
That's going to help us to be abetter support for those who
are dealing with mental healthchallenges.
The first principle is be quickto listen.
You know, when persons aregoing through times of
difficulty, distress anddisarray, it is all too easy for
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us to tune them out, especiallyif they come to us on the basis
of the same problem and theproblem seems to be a bit
repetitive Human emotions, humannature.
It can trigger us, but what isthe benefit of being quick to
listen?
One of the best ways that wecan help our friend is to listen
when he or she wants to talk.
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Now, in this theme, we're goingto refer to the him aspect, but
this can apply to anybody aparent, guardian, cousin, uncle,
brother, sister, daughter,whomever may be the person that
you're dealing with, don't feelthat you have to respond to
everything that they say.
Acknowledge what they say andtry to remain compassionate.
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You know, today we live in anenvironment where people often
preach stories and suggestionsof peace and kindness and
endurance, but these very samepeople that are preaching these
methods of dealing with oneanother are the very first to
lose their cool in circumstanceslike this.
So try your best to remaincompassionate when dealing with
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your friend.
Keep an open mind and avoidbeing judgmental or jumping to
conclusions.
Really, the true benefit ofthem being able to communicate
with you is them knowing thatyou care about them.
Now, it's true that they maysay things that they regret.
I mean, who of us hasn't saidsomething that we would later
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regret?
But when you're dealing withsomeone who's going through
anxieties, depressions and othercircumstances to that degree,
these principles can be a greatdeal of comfort.
Here's the second principleSpeak consolingly.
At times, your friend may beanxious or they may struggle
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with feelings of worthlessness.
Because of the nature of theirmental health crisis, it can be
difficult for them to have theproper view of themselves.
You know myself personally.
I have plenty of friends whoare dealing with mental health
issues and I try my best tocreate a how do I say?
A couch-like element whenthey're expressing themselves.
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And basically what that meansis when they're talking to me,
they can be so eased and at suchcomfortability that it's as if
they're laying on a couchrelaxing or preparing to go to
sleep.
You see, by reassuring yourfriend that you care, you can be
comforting, encouraging, evenif you don't know exactly what
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to say.
Oftentimes, when dealing withpersons who have mental health
issues, they're not looking forthe perfect words.
They're looking for someone toshow them genuine care and
interest, and the sad thingabout it is you would think that
these are things that theycould get at home or at school
or in another stable environment, but the reality is, the places
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that used to be stableenvironments for people are now
the threatening circumstances.
These are the places wherethey're getting the most
hardship, the most anxiety, themost stress.
So try your best to speakconsolingly to your friend, not
jumping to conclusions andadding to the traumas that they
may be going through.
Here's that third principle Atrue friend shows love at all
times.
This past week, you know, mywife and I have been talking a
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great deal about the power oftrue friendship, and it could be
that we were born in adifferent time, me being born in
92, herself being born in 96.
The standard of friendship hasjust reached an all-time low, it
seems.
Today, people are moreconcerned about their own
self-interest rather than theinterest of other persons, and
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so I know it can be difficultfor us to apply this third
principle in helping someonebecause we don't know if that
person is going to return thatfavor or if that person is worth
helping.
Well, if you're going throughcircumstances like that, scroll
through my podcast list.
We have an episode specific inhow to be a true friend and how
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to keep a true friend.
But, for the sake of this thing, we're going to focus on being
a true friend toward a personwho's dealing with a mental
health crisis.
One of the things that you wantto do in particular is to offer
practical help to your friend,instead of assuming that you
know how to help to your friend,instead of assuming that you
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know how to help, ask what youcan do.
If your friend has a hard timeexpressing what he or she needs,
try suggesting somethingpractical you could do together,
such as going for a walk, oryou could offer to help them
with shopping, cleaning or someother task.
You see, as you try your bestto take practical steps in
assisting your friend, not onlywill they draw closer to you,
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but you can alleviate some ofthe stress, the pains and the
anxieties that they're goingthrough and be able to stabilize
them during these dark times.
Now, I know that it takes a lotof effort to be a true friend,
and today that is the last thingthat is on person's minds.
But if you do put in thateffort, you will see the benefit
little by little.
Now the fourth and finalprinciple in connection with
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supporting a friend who hasmental health challenges is to
be patient.
Now, as a school bus driver, Iget it.
Patience is not something onthe mind of people today, and if
you don't believe thatstatement and you want to test
that theory, then get on yournearest interstate drive for
about 15 miles and see howignorant people are in
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connection with patience.
They just don't want to do it.
People just don't want to bepatient.
But in this particular setting,if you really genuinely love and
care for your friend, then youwill strive to be able to show
them that you see, your friendmay not always be ready to talk
to you about certain things.
Sometimes you may focus on thefact that you've known this
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person for a few years.
Oh, I'm supposed to be yourbest friend and you're going
through something, you're havingthese health problems and these
challenges and you refuse totalk to me about it.
Well, don't push them intotalking to you Don't pressure
your friend into expressingthemselves.
The most important thing youcan do is to reassure your
friend that you will gladlylisten when he or she does feel
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like talking.
Now why is that important?
Well, oftentimes people, evenin relationships, they will put
pressure on another person totalk.
And, just like anything else inlife, when you put pressure on
something and you squeeze itwith all your might, you're
going to cause a reaction.
So it's better for you to allowthat person to willingly open
up to you than applying pressureto them and causing the
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circumstance to become a bitmore dramatic.
Circumstance to become a bitmore dramatic, you know, because
of the health problem that yourfriend may be enduring, they
may say or do things that'sgoing to hurt you from time to
time.
I know, a couple of years agoat this point I would say 10
years ago my sister developedthe bad habit of alcohol abuse,
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and she developed this habitbecause she was depressed with
her circumstances in life, andalong with that habit, she was
diagnosed with diabetes as well,and so that combination of
anxiety and lack of reassuranceand support from her
circumstances made her feel asthough she needed to turn to
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these substances and she wouldreplay things in her childhood
over and over again oh, this ishow it was when I was a kid,
that's how it was when I was akid, and a lot of those things
were not true.
But as a family we had to bepatient with her to be able to
try to see as to how we couldget her the best help possible.
So be patient with your friend.
Don't take everything that theysay that may hurt you to the
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heart.
Don't be overly emotional.
You see, your friend may dothings like cancel plans with
you and that may make youirritable.
But when you're patient andunderstanding and you offer your
support towards their needs,you still can have a peaceful
and beneficial friendship.
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So, guys, that's fourprinciples that can be able to
help you support your friendswho are dealing with mental
health challenges.
The first is be quick to listen.
The second is speak consolinglywith your friend.
The third is remember that atrue friend shows love at all
times.
And the fourth is to be patientwith your friend.
I can assure you that if youapply these principles in action
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, you can be a mighty forceagainst the negative thoughts
that your friends areexperiencing Now, this episode
in particular.
There's a lot of stories on thisweek's episode, this week's
show, that I just you know.
I always say that I'mflabbergasted with the way that
things go in society, but eachweek it seems like we just get
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progressively worse and worse inconnection with what's going on
in the world scene.
Now our first story is well, itinvolves elementary students.
Long Island man yelled deaththreats at five-year-old
elementary kids from hisbackyard.
A 66-year-old Seaford LongIsland man allegedly shouted
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death threats and profanities ata group of five and
six-year-olds playing sports atan elementary school that
boarded his backyard.
According to authorities andreports, Michael Maron allegedly
stormed into his yard Thursdayevening and screamed I will kill
you, along with a string ofobscenities, at the young
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children participating inafter-school activities at
Seaford Harbor Elementary School.
According to court documentsobtained by Newsday, his house
borders the elementary schoolwhere over 500 students are
enrolled.
Marin was arrested Friday andarraigned Saturday at First
District Court in Hempstead oncharges of endangering the
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welfare and making terroristicthreats to children.
The jarring incident promptedimmediate police presence at the
school during dismissal andcaused outdoor activities to be
canceled.
Several students had to be seenby a school psychologist for
trauma.
Officials told the outlet.
Following his arraignment,marin denied all allegations
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telling News 12,.
I would never do that.
Do that.
Marin has had prior incidentsand interactions with the school
community, including a previousarrest for firing a BB gun near
the school in 2014, the outletreported.
Judge Renta Irwin ordered thealleged loudmouth to be released
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without bail under thecondition he submit to of
electronic monitoring and stayaway from the school.
He will return to court June3rd.
This is a classic case of thatmovie what was that movie up?
Where the old man is like superbitter and they're trying to
get him to sell his house sothat they can rebuild on his
land.
He's just not having it.
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This person in this video, inthis story, rather, I can't say
that he has a valid reason forwhat he's doing.
But I do understand that whenyou get to a certain age in life
, let's just say your patienceis not where it should be.
We're hoping that the way thepolice handled this matter and
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what the judge said will be ableto give the students some peace
of mind, but at the same time,for those parents who have kids
attending this school, we doexpress our support.
It is tragic when neighborsmake threats to elementary
school students, years five andsix ages.
Five and six.
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Now, in this following storywe're covering the absence of a
missing UC Santa Barbara student.
Missing UC Santa Barbarastudent found dead in Big Bear
Lake.
A UC Santa Barbara student whowas reported missing during a
trip to Big Bear Lake over theweekend was found dead on Monday
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.
According to the San BernardinoCounty Sheriff's Department,
tanner Prentice, 22, was lastseen early Saturday morning on
Village Drive in Big Bear Lakeafter going out with some
friends but didn't return to hisrental cabin.
Officials said friends butdidn't return to his rental
cabin.
Officials said Deputies in thesheriff's dive team searched the
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area and discovered Prentiss'body in the water near the Pine
Knot Marina at 10.30 am Monday.
According to a news releasefrom the department, the
coroner's office will determinehis cause of death, but
officials do not believe it wassuspicious.
A LinkedIn profile matchingPrentiss' name identified him as
an economics and sociologystudent at UC Santa Barbara, set
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to graduate next year.
A representative for UC SantaBarbara offered condolences to
Prentiss' family and friends.
Well, we do want to echo thatsentiment, expressing our
condolences to the Prenticefamily.
Losing a loved one unexpectedlylike this definitely stirs up
some bitter, harsh emotions.
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We encourage you to continue tosurround yourself around
persons who are going to showlove for you and persons who are
really going to be a support.
That's really important.
A lot of people take thatprovision for granted, but the
reality is when you're goingthrough grief that's traumatic
and quick you can never take forgranted the help that may be
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provided.
We wish you guys all of thebest as you strive to make a
recovery.
In this following story, we areagain extending our condolences
to this Falmouth teen whom meta very, very tragic end.
18-year-old Falmouth high schoolsenior killed in crash after
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prom.
An 18-year-old high schoolsenior died in a crash late
Saturday in Falmouth,massachusetts, the same night as
the school's prom and less thanthree weeks before graduation.
Police released few details onthe single-vehicle fatal crash
on Ocupesket Road, saying onlywith a heavy heart that the
driver who was killed was asenior at Falmouth High School,
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heart that the driver who waskilled was a senior at Falmouth
High School.
Counseling support wasavailable Sunday at the high
school library and it will beavailable again at the school on
Monday to support all studentsand staff as they process this
difficult event.
According to police, theyextended their thoughts and
prayers to the victim's family.
Authorities have yet to releasethe student's name, but her
family identified her to NBC10Boston as Ava.
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Relatives shared memories ofplaying at the beach together
and described her as a fun,loving and magnetic young woman
With graduation set for June 7th.
A pall now hangs over theFalmouth High School community
following the fatal crash thatoccurred around 11 o'clock
Saturday night.
Immediately after the highschool's junior-senior prom in
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Falmouth, ava's friends gatheredat the crash scene on Sunday to
create a memorial scene.
On Sunday to create a memorial,a neighbor did speak off camera
and told NBC10 that Ava'smother was driving behind her
when the crash occurred.
Amidst their grief, ava'scousins offered a plea to other
young drivers.
I just wanted to say for newdrivers out there, even if
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you've been driving a year ortwo, just don't drive
emotionally.
Tate and Rose said Coming toterms with a sudden loss has
been incredibly difficult forthe family.
There was no immediate word onthe cause of the crash this
weekend.
An investigation is ongoing.
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Well, we certainly want toextend our condolences to this
dear family here.
You know it's really sad thatwhen you have this awesome,
encouraging moment coming up,memories that a family is going
to obviously be a part of andthen it's marred with the death
of that family member.
So now those two events arejust connected the good event
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that was going to happen thatday and then the tragic event of
losing that relative.
I think that's the hardest partof dealing with grief, not
necessarily the person thatyou've lost only, but when the
death occurs and then how that'sgoing to continue to play in
your mind as the years continueto progress.
We extend our condolences,because this was indeed tragic,
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and we hope that persons aroundyou are going to give you that
love and support and all of thehugs and comfort that you need
to be able to endure thisparticular loss.
This is another tragic storythat we are diving into, this
one really, really intense story, and we do want to warn some of
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our viewers viewers rather thatthis story could be a bit of a
trigger.
Portland middle schooler diesafter accidental shooting.
The principal of Hosford MiddleSchool in Portland announced
Saturday that one of their sixthgraders died Friday due to
injuries from what appears tohave been an accidental gunshot
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wound.
In a release to parents,principal Jill Liddle said the
school has been in contact withthe family of Elios Renteria and
shared the information of hisdeath, with their permission.
According to the ClackamasCounty Sheriff's Office,
deputies responded shortlybefore 8.45 am on Tuesday, may
13, to reports of a juvenile whohad shot themselves in the
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5200th block of Southeast GlenEcho Avenue and un Incorporated.
Clackamas County Deputies founda 12-year-old boy with a
life-threatening gunshot woundin the backyard of a home.
The sheriff's office said in apress release.
The boy was transported to alocal trauma hospital where he
died Saturday May 17, from hisinjuries.
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According to the sheriff'soffice, the county medical
examiner's office will beresponsible for determining the
cause and manner of death.
The sheriff's office added.
Liedl said staff from thetrauma intervention program will
be on hand to support staff andstudents on Monday near the
counseling offices.
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The student support team isalso available.
The sheriff's office said it iscontinuing to investigate the
circumstances surrounding theboy's death.
Anyone with information aboutthis case is urged to contact
the Sheriff's Office tip line at503-723-4949 or by using the
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online email form.
The school has also organized afundraiser to support Elio's
family during this time.
The GoFundMe can be found inconnection with this particular
source.
Again, extending condolences tothe family whom lost their
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beloved relative.
You know when you're dealingwith death and this is something
that comes up.
You know, I'll often thinkabout different ways that death
affects people and how aperson's tried to process losing
someone.
There's a variety of thingsthat go through your mind and I
think that when someone, whom isthis young, 12 years old dies
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unexpectedly, it's just, it's amore of a shock, because you
didn't anticipate this kind ofloss, you weren't necessarily
prepared for this kind of loss.
And then there's so many otheraspects that the family's
dealing with.
There's the cost of burial,there's the cost of the funeral
arrangements, and then there'sthis, that emotional turmoil
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that you're trying to cope with.
It's just, it's just a heavycloud of darkness.
So for those folks down therein Portland, we are encouraging
you guys those of you who wentto school with this student to
take an opportunity with theseresources.
Don't isolate yourself.
If you knew Elios and you werea good friend of his or you saw
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him in the hallway from time totime, don't shy away from your
grief.
Losing a classmate like this isjust surreal.
It can be so surreal.
So try your best to talk tothat counselor, try your best to
process the grief, of course,on your own terms.
Don't push yourself too hard,but try not to fall by the
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wayside and deal with this byyourself, because that can lead
to other difficult anddistressing habits.
We wish you guys all the bestas you strive to cope with this
new circumstance.
Just just very tragiccircumstance down there indeed.
Just very tragic circumstancedown there indeed.
In this following story we'restill dealing with that same
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theme of just loss, and thisparticular episode has the most
losses back to back that I'veever seen.
Student fatally shot atUniversity of Wisconsin
Platteville Residence Hall.
A University of WisconsinPlatteville student was shot at
a residence hall and anotherstudent was found dead from a
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self-inflicted gunshot wound ina targeted and isolated incident
.
Authorities and schoolofficials said the incident
occurred Monday afternoon atWilgus Hall, a residence hall on
campus.
The UW-Platteville PoliceDepartment said Responding
officers found both studentssuffering from gunshot wounds.
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One of the students,22-year-old Kelsey Martin, was
transported to an area hospitaland then med-flighted to UW
Hospital where she waspronounced dead.
Police said Martin died from agunshot wound based on
preliminary autopsy findings.
Police said she was the WilgusHall assistant resident director
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.
Police added the otherindividual, 22-year-old Haley
Helms, was found dead from aself-inflicted gunshot wound
based on preliminary autopsyfindings.
Police said she lived at WilgusHall.
Police have added.
Authorities received a 911 callindicating a situation at Wilgus
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Hall just before 4 pm.
Joe Hallman, chief of policewith UW-Platteville Police
Department, said at a pressconference on Monday and that
was UW.
The campus was alerted toshelter-in-place immediately.
The shelter-in-place order waslifted after 5 pm.
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The investigation into theincident remains active and
ongoing.
Police have not released anyadditional information on the
shooting incident, including thefirearm involved.
Residents were not allowed tokeep, or are not allowed to keep
, weapons in their residencehalls, according to Hallman, but
they can keep them at thepolice department for activities
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like shooting club.
Final exams have been canceledfor the remainder of the week.
A tririage counseling is beingoffered through Friday and a
toll-free emotional support lineis available at 844-602-6680.
You know I didn't expect thisparticular story to go in that
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direction.
I was shocked at the fact thatthere's not really a cause for
what happened.
The sources here just confirmedthat there were no other
subjects that are or weresuspected to have been involved
in the incident.
This is coming from the UWPlatteville Police Department by
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statement that they made as ofTuesday.
But man, it's just a lot ofyoung people losing their lives
to these, these vicious crimes,and I just, you know, I just
can't fathom what goes throughperson's minds when they hear
this particular story.
I mean, I know, when I postthese, these snippets on TikTok,
and I post these shorts, peopleare like, wow, you know, is he
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okay?
Like sometimes he fumbles thatword or he.
But the stories are so intenseemotionally that it just I just
it takes me a while, you know,to really sit back and digest
some of the stories that we'recovering Now.
In this next story, parents, Iam urging you guys to be
cautious, to be smart anddiscerning, because there are
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many people grown adultsentering school facilities and
impersonating students.
Venezuelan man arrested afterposing as a teen to enroll in
Ohio high school.
A 24-year-old illegal immigrantfrom Venezuela was arrested in
Perrysburg, ohio, after heallegedly enrolled in high
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school using fraudulentdocuments.
Court records show that24-year-old Anthony Emmanuel
Labrador Sierra has been chargedwith forgery and he is being
held on $50,000 bond.
The Perrysburg PoliceDepartment said it was contacted
by the Perrysburg local schoolson Monday about possible
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fraudulent activity involvingone of its students.
After a preliminaryinvestigation, a fraud case was
established and handed over tothe department's detective for
further investigation.
Detectives worked with USCustoms and Border Protection
and US Immigration and CustomsEnforcement, and it was
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discovered that Labrador was a24-year-old from Venezuela.
Investigators also learnedLabrador Sierra used fraudulent
documents to enroll inPerrysburg schools and was
posing as a 16-year-old student,posing as a 16-year-old student
.
Perrysburg school officials saidin a statement obtained by Fox
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News Digital that LabradorSierra has been enrolled at
Perrysburg High School under thename and age of a 16-year-old
unaccompanied minor on January11, 2024, in accordance with
federal and state requirementsfor enrolling students
experiencing homelessness orwithout a legal guardian.
Between January 11, 2024 andMay 14, 2025,.
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The school said Labrador Sierraobtained documentation and
support further complicating thesituation.
For instance, he obtained astate-issued driver's license,
social security number andtemporary protective status from
US immigration.
The school also said Labradorcompleted an application for a
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visa with help from AdvocatingOpportunities, which provides
free legal assistance.
The Wood County Juvenile Courtgranted guardianship of Labrador
Sierra to a Perrysburg family.
School officials said theguardians contacted the school
on May 14 to report they hadreceived information indicating
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Labrador Sierra was not a minorbut instead a 24-year-old man.
Labrador Sierra reportedlydenied the allegation when
district administrators met withhim on May 15.
Labrador Sierra was ultimatelytaken into custody during a
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traffic stop on Interstate 75 onTuesday afternoon.
Dhs told Fox News they havelocated Labrador Sierra's
information under a differentspelling of his name.
They added that Labrador Sierrais a visa overstay who first
came to the US in 2019.
Dhs also confirmed Labrador hasreceived TPS.
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Labrador is being held in theWood County Jail on a $50,000
bond.
He is scheduled to appear incourt on May 29th.
Now, if that doesn't shake yourboots off, I don't know what
will.
You know, parents, these thingsare happening every day.
These are things that arehappening right here in the
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school system, and it's easy toblame someone when these things
go crazy.
Oh, how did they not know thatthere was a 24-year-old man
impersonating a 16-year-old boyin a high school?
Well, apparently it happensmore than you think.
The sad reality of thecircumstances is it takes one
person not to do their job toput the entire system at risk.
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Well, it's nice to know thatthey caught this guy, but I'm
willing to bet that there are somany more other individuals out
there cooking up this samescheme in order to prey on
persons' children.
My encouragement to you parentsis to get active and to become
aware of what's going on at yourchild's school.
Do not leave it to chance.
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Meet the teachers, getacquainted with anybody that's
going to be dealing with yourchildren throughout the school
day.
Do not be foolish, because nowthat you know that there is a
24-year-old man that wasenrolled in your child's high
school as a 16-year-old student,take a fool's advice.
Right, guys, continue to becareful and safe out there, and
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we will continue to exploitthese persons by using this
platform as much as possible.
Now, in this next story, Ithink you guys will find this
one to be interesting too,because there are things that
teachers do that I just didn'tagree with in school.
Hey, you know I'm talking toomuch in class detention, or hey,
I'm doing this, whatever.
In this next story we're goingto talk about a teacher who took
discipline.
Actually, not even even ateacher, it's a coach taking
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discipline to a whole new level.
School employee removed afterstudents were burned with doing
bear crawls on hot track.
District says yes, it's Texas,always Texas.
A staff member at a middleschool in Texas has been removed
after allegedly tellingstudents to bear crawl on a hot
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track.
The Woodville IndependentSchool District confirmed the
incident happened during apre-athletic class Monday at
Woodville School.
It's unclear what position thestaff member held at the school.
According to a statement fromthe district, the students
participated in an exerciseprogram promoted on social media
that involves bear crawling onthe track.
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Due to the temperature of thetrack, several students suffered
burns and blisters on theirhands and knees.
Khou reported One parent saidher son and his classmates were
given the choice of either doinga TikTok challenge, involving
bear crawling on the track, orother workouts.
The students chose the bearcrawl challenge, but the track
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was hot enough that it burnedseveral students' hands and
knees.
It's unclear how far thestudents were told to bear crawl
and it's also unclear if thestaff member allowed them to
stop once they were hurt.
The district did not specifyexactly how many students were
injured.
The district added that theemployee's actions do not
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reflect the values or theexpectations of Woodville ISD.
The employee has since beenremoved from campus and will not
be returning to the district,the statement added.
According to KHOU, the personinvolved had previously resigned
, not because of this incident,and the last day of the school
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year was going to be his lastday as an employee.
He was told, however, not tocome back to campus for the
remainder of the school year.
After the incident, woodvillepolice are looking into the
incident States Chief MikeMcCulley, to KHOU.
So this guy Coach puts in histwo weeks and he's deciding to
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go out with a bang.
I mean, guys, this is serious.
I don't know if you guys haveever sat on the ground when it's
like scorching hot weather, butthat can be charged as a form
of assault.
One of the things that I alwaysthink about is what is the
motive?
What are you as a coach goingto get out of bringing such harm
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on students?
I just don't understand thelogic of these persons today.
But then people always tell memy friends will say well,
rashawn, you're not going tounderstand the logic because
nine times out of 10, there isno logic.
A lot of the stories I cover onthis podcast are done by people
who have literally just losttheir mind.
People will say in the commentson YouTube and TikTok they're
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like well, don't the school dobackground checks?
And I say to myself okay, let'sjust talk about the American
background check.
A background check is literallya search into what a person has
done right, what he has doneright.
If you do a background check ona person who hasn't done
anything, then you're not goingto find anything.
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Okay, fine, hold that thoughtthere for a minute After the
person gets the job and theysnap that thought there for a
minute After the person gets thejob and they snap.
Or there's a trigger or there'ssome form of trauma and they
act on that craziness.
That is how my podcast is born.
I am literally the guy whoexposes the craziness after the
background check cleared.
That is the purpose of thisshow.
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So make no mistake about it,guys, that there are people out
there seeking to do harm to yourchildren and your relatives and
your loved ones at school.
And that's what we're going todo.
We're going to talk about thesestories and we're going to push
these stories to persons whoare just unaware as to what's
happening in the school system.
This following story gives agreat deal of homage to that
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theme.
School District to InvestigateReports of Sexual Harassment
Among Middle School Students.
Students at Tumwater MiddleSchool claim there is sexual
harassment going on betweenstudents, and now the Tumwater
School District is hiring anindependent investigator to look
into these allegations.
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Last Friday, dozens of kidsprotested student-to-student
sexual harassment that hasallegedly taken place at their
school.
It's a huge problem, said onestudent.
Kiro 7 talked with a motherabout what she heard from her
daughter, who is an eighthgrader at the school that some
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students were assaulting otherstudents in bathrooms and that
there were complaints.
And nothing was happening, saidthe parent, who wished to
remain anonymous.
She said she had no idea aboutthe harassment claims until her
daughter told her she wanted tobe part of the protest.
The district says it'sinitiating an investigation and
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in a statement added we arefollowing all required
procedures and prioritizingstudent well-being.
Any necessary actions will betaken based on the findings of
the investigation.
Actions will be taken based onthe findings of the
investigation.
The Tumwater Police Departmenttold KIRO7 they have
investigated previous complaintsabout the school, but the
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outside investigation isseparate.
If there are new criminalallegations, the department will
look into those.
Here's what I'm going to say.
It happens.
It happens.
As a school bus driver, I'mtelling you 100%.
It happens and I'm going totell you why it happens.
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We live in a society todaywhere parents are not aware of
what their children are doing.
If you have a child who aredrawn to things that are
inappropriate online, or youhave a young boy who is overly
interested in whomever in aperverted way.
It's your responsibility as aparent to guide, direct and
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correct this course, but thereality of the circumstance is a
lot of people today want tohave children, but they don't
want to raise the kids thesekids that we're talking about in
this story that are reportingthese acts of sexual harassment.
This is middle school we'retalking about.
So if these kids are doingthese things to each other in
the bathroom in middle school,what do you think is going to
happen when they graduate tohigh school?
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You see, when we start thinkingrealistically and we focus on
bigger issues, we can reallyprotect someone from getting
hurt.
It's really sad that studentshave to miss a full day of class
to protest something that theschool district is not handling
and which they complained aboutthoroughly.
It's just no winning with thisworld sometimes.
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In some cases, they're overlyparanoid when it comes to
protecting persons, but then inanother case, they are just
chill and laid back when itcomes to certain allegations and
and things of that nature.
It's just really sad, and soI'm hoping that these kids and
this particular middle schoolget that support that they need,
because this is serious.
This is nothing to play with,man.
You're talking about someone'slife, and if these kids are
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doing these things to oneanother and there is no justice
on the matter, then what'sstopping them from continuing
the same pattern or this courseof behavior?
In our next story we are comingto my home state of New Jersey
and let me tell you New Jerseyis not off the hook, guys.
I am not going to shy away fromthe shady things that happen in
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the state of New Jersey simplybecause I live in this state.
You know what I mean.
In this story we're going totalk about something that's
really captured the attention ofparents.
Let me know what you guys thinkin the comment box regarding
this story.
Nj Elementary School Guardaccidentally fired a shot while
kids were in class.
Officials say fired a shotwhile kids were in class.
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Officials say A New Jerseyelementary school security guard
accidentally discharged hisweapon in the staff bathroom
last week while students were intheir classroom.
Officials said it happenedFriday at Midland Elementary
School in Paramus.
The school superintendent sentout a letter to parents calling
the incident serious, extremelyconcerning and completely
unacceptable.
Parents who did not want to goon camera told CBS News New York
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on Tuesday.
Their kids did not hear theshot go off.
School officials said thesafety guard has been placed on
leave pending the outcome of aninvestigation.
The Board of Education willdetermine if additional
disciplinary action is necessary.
School counselors are availableto speak with anyone who needs
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it.
Police quickly responded andsecured the area.
No one was hurt, but it raisedthe question of whether school
security guards should be armed.
According to a school safetyand security report published in
2023 by the New JerseyAssociation of School
Administrators, less than 50% ofschool districts in the state
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have armed law enforcement inschools.
Some 42% reported having armedsecurity personnel and 20% have
no security personnel at all.
What are your thoughts onsecurity guards having firearms
in elementary school?
Is it really necessary?
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I mean, I know this was anaccident and I'm not just saying
this because I'm a New Jerseyresident.
This is my view of the matter.
We live in times that are verydifficult and dangerous.
If there weren't active schoolattacks, then I would say he
probably doesn't need thatweapon.
But what do you do if, becausethis accident happened, you take
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away the security guard'sweapon and a real threat to the
building comes in?
How is he going to protectthese students?
As humans, we have to becareful that we don't allow
mistakes to cause us to makebigger problems in the future.
If the man's weapon went off,talk to him about it.
Get the full story.
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I'm pretty sure the securityguard wasn't in the bathroom
playing with his weapon and thenit went off.
Maybe he was using the bathroomand the weapon came off of his
belt or came out of his pocketor whatever, and then it fired.
The reality of the circumstanceis this Today, schools need to
be armed as if they are militarypersonnel, because if someone
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comes into this building andthere's an attack at this school
because now, due to thisincident, security guards are
unarmed, that's going to be farworse than this mistake that the
security guard made.
We are hoping that you guys cansettle this down in Paramus,
not too far from where I live,by chance.
You know these things are goingto happen, but we have to keep
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a realistic and open mind and bereasonable as we move forward
to protect our students.
Well, we reached that finalstory of episode number 126.
Guys, thank you so much forhanging in there with us.
This is an awareness story.
Now.
This podcast is all school news, whether that be college, high
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school, elementary, middleschool, you name it.
This particular story was sogruesome, it was so dark and it
happens in the teen environmentmore often than not.
I had to give this story itslimelight on the show.
19-year-old accused of sexuallyassaulting woman after she fell
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asleep at a party sexuallyassaulting woman after she fell
asleep at a party.
A 19-year-old man was arrestedafter police say he sexually
assaulted a woman while she wasasleep at a party in West
Virginia.
William Hank Davis, 19, isaccused of sexually assaulting
the woman at a house party inGrafton on Saturday.
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According to the Grafton PoliceDepartment, the victim told
police she went to sleep in theliving room on a cushioned chair
at about 5.30 am and she wokeup at about 8 am to Davis
sexually assaulting her.
The victim told police thatDavid just stood up and watched
her while she gathered herclothes and walked to the other
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room to tell the other women atthe party what happened.
The victim called for a ridefrom the party and went directly
to the hospital.
Police said At about 10.30 ampolice found Davis sitting in a
vehicle outside of the residenceside of the residence.
Davis initially told police hedid not remember anything but
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shortly after he admitted thathe sexually assaulted her in a
manner other than what wasreported.
Court documents say Davis iscurrently in the Tigard Valley
Regional Jail with bond set at$75,000.
Thousand dollars.
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19 years old, goes to a party,sexually assaults a woman while
she's sleeping.
I love this question.
Why or how can something likethat happen?
I will tell you.
As humans, all of us areinfluenced by whatever it is is
the most important to us.
For some people, that's money.
For other people that's family.
For some persons, it's theirspouse, their significant other
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or whatever.
In the darkened world that welive in today, guys, there are
persons who are influenced byimmoral and perverse thinking.
They entertain themselves withYouTube videos and a free
imagery of things that areinappropriate immoral, as it
were.
When you feed your mind thesethings, there is a desire that
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grows within you, and what tendsto happen is when that desire
is given an opportunity to becarried out.
Crimes like this happen A19-year-old boy throwing his
future away to sexually assaulta girl, a woman, at a party
while she's asleep.
There's no way that he's goingto walk away from this one.
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You're 19 years old and you'veliterally thrown your life to
the side.
What's the lesson for myviewers?
What am I trying to get youguys to understand.
We think that we know whomwe're dealing with at school or
even at work, but we have to becareful that we don't allow
emotions to judge whom a personis in our lives.
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The host of this party orwhoever invited this guy to this
party probably did not think ontheir best day that he would
sexually assault someone at thatparty.
The damage and the trauma thathe's caused not only the victim
who was assaulted, but thepeople who are his friends at
the party, the people at theparty who knew him.
This is a forever stain throughtheir high school legacy To the
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victim involved in the sexualassault.
Please accept our support andthe love that we have for you as
a human being.
We hope that as you take stepson your road of recovery, you're
met with success, that thisdoes not cause you to crumble
under pressure and to fall apart.
We do want to express that toyou.
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If you are someone who has beena victim of sexual abuse or if
you're someone who's beendealing with these emotions that
come as a result of that, turnto someone for help.
Seek the help of a parent, aguardian, a friend or someone
that's going to be able to giveyou the support you need to come
out victorious over this trial.
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Well, guys, that was our finalepisode of episode, story of
episode number 126.
In the beginning, we discussedin our theme how to support your
friend who is dealing withmental health problems.
True, it is a long anddifficult road, but it's not
impossible.
You can do anything that youwant if you put your mind to it.
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Before we conclude this episode, I do want to thank my loyal
following on TikTok.
Forget following.
You guys are family man 1922going strong, and I love that
these years are now coming closeto my birth year, 1922.
Once we hit 1992, followings onTikTok.
That'd be cool.
And for those who havesubscribed recently on my
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YouTube page, thank you for thatsupport.
We're now looking at 859,heading to 1000.
So why do we do this?
Why do we come every week andwhy do we bring you guys these
news?
Because someone deserves totell it, someone deserves to
hear it.
You guys need to know what'sreally going on out there and
let me tell you, the mainstreamnews is not going to put all of
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these stories in the limelight,and thus this podcast was born.
This podcast was born to letyou guys know that there are
real things happening out there,right in the school system, and
people are just trying to coverit up.
So where there's cover, thereis this podcast to lift up the
veil, to pull back the blanket,as it were, and to give you guys
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the truth in a tactful andhopeful way.
Well, guys, again we just wantto express our thanks for all of
those subscribers and followers, for all of those persons who
download and stream this podcastfrom Spotify, apple Podcasts,
butterfly, homofly, anything,wherever you guys listen.
We thank you guys for that.
This has been episode 126 ofRED.
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It's the Everyday Podcast forthe Everyday People.
This is the Everyday Podcastfor the Everyday People.
This is the Everyday Podcast for the Everyday People.
Guys, welcome back to anotherunique episode of RED.
It's that Everyday Podcast forthe Everyday People.
This is episode number 126, and, just like every other episode,
we have 10 stories that aregoing to knock your socks off.
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We're going to focus on aschool, a middle school, that
has been reporting stories ofsexual abuse but have gotten
nowhere.
We're also going to analyze theassault promoted by a 19 year
old boy on a woman that fellasleep at a party.
Now this is Mental HealthAwareness Month, and so we've
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been developing certain themesthroughout the past couple of
weeks in May to be able to helppersons to deal with and change
their perspective on mentalhealth awareness.
Our final theme in connectionwith the theme for this month
how to help those with mentalhealth challenges.
You know, one of my favoriteproverbs reads this way a true
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friend shows love at all timesand is a brother who was born
for times of distress.
You know, it's easy to beoverwhelmed when a friend is
suffering from mental distress.
Wouldn't you guys agree withthat?
But how is it that you can showyour friend love or be able to
help them to cope should they bedealing with a mental health
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problem.
Well, on this episode, we'regoing to be able to focus on a
few principles.
That's going to help us to be abetter support for those who
are dealing with mental healthchallenges.
The first principle is be quickto listen.
You know, when persons aregoing through times of
difficulty, distress anddisarray, it is all too easy for
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us to tune them out, especiallyif they come to us on the basis
of the same problem and theproblem seems to be a bit
repetitive Human emotions, humannature.
It can trigger us, but what isthe benefit of being quick to
listen?
One of the best ways that wecan help our friend is to listen
when he or she wants to talk.
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Now, in this theme, we're goingto refer to the him aspect, but
this can apply to anybody aparent, guardian, cousin, uncle,
brother, sister, daughter,whomever may be the person that
you're dealing with, don't feelthat you have to respond to
everything that they say.
Acknowledge what they say andtry to remain compassionate.
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You know, today we live in anenvironment where people often
preach stories and suggestionsof peace and kindness and
endurance, but these very samepeople that are preaching these
methods of dealing with oneanother are the very first to
lose their cool in circumstanceslike this.
So try your best to remaincompassionate when dealing with
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your friend.
Keep an open mind and avoidbeing judgmental or jumping to
conclusions.
Really, the true benefit ofthem being able to communicate
with you is them knowing thatyou care about them.
Now, it's true that they maysay things that they regret.
I mean, who of us hasn't saidsomething that we would later
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regret?
But when you're dealing withsomeone who's going through
anxieties, depressions and othercircumstances to that degree,
these principles can be a greatdeal of comfort.
Here's the second principleSpeak consolingly.
At times, your friend may beanxious or they may struggle
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with feelings of worthlessness.
Because of the nature of theirmental health crisis, it can be
difficult for them to have theproper view of themselves.
You know myself personally.
I have plenty of friends whoare dealing with mental health
issues and I try my best tocreate a how do I say?
A couch-like element whenthey're expressing themselves.
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And basically what that meansis when they're talking to me,
they can be so eased and at suchcomfortability that it's as if
they're laying on a couchrelaxing or preparing to go to
sleep.
You see, by reassuring yourfriend that you care, you can be
comforting, encouraging, evenif you don't know exactly what
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to say.
Oftentimes, when dealing withpersons who have mental health
issues, they're not looking forthe perfect words.
They're looking for someone toshow them genuine care and
interest, and the sad thingabout it is you would think that
these are things that theycould get at home or at school
or in another stable environment, but the reality is, the places
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that used to be stableenvironments for people are now
the threatening circumstances.
These are the places wherethey're getting the most
hardship, the most anxiety, themost stress.
So try your best to speakconsolingly to your friend, not
jumping to conclusions andadding to the traumas that they
may be going through.
Here's that third principle Atrue friend shows love at all
times.
This past week, you know, mywife and I have been talking a
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great deal about the power oftrue friendship, and it could be
that we were born in adifferent time, me being born in
92, herself being born in 96.
The standard of friendship hasjust reached an all-time low, it
seems.
Today, people are moreconcerned about their own
self-interest rather than theinterest of other persons, and
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so I know it can be difficultfor us to apply this third
principle in helping someonebecause we don't know if that
person is going to return thatfavor or if that person is worth
helping.
Well, if you're going throughcircumstances like that, scroll
through my podcast list.
We have an episode specific inhow to be a true friend and how
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to keep a true friend.
But, for the sake of this thing, we're going to focus on being
a true friend toward a personwho's dealing with a mental
health crisis.
One of the things that you wantto do in particular is to offer
practical help to your friend,instead of assuming that you
know how to help to your friend,instead of assuming that you
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know how to help, ask what youcan do.
If your friend has a hard timeexpressing what he or she needs,
try suggesting somethingpractical you could do together,
such as going for a walk, oryou could offer to help them
with shopping, cleaning or someother task.
You see, as you try your bestto take practical steps in
assisting your friend, not onlywill they draw closer to you,
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but you can alleviate some ofthe stress, the pains and the
anxieties that they're goingthrough and be able to stabilize
them during these dark times.
Now, I know that it takes a lotof effort to be a true friend,
and today that is the last thingthat is on person's minds.
But if you do put in thateffort, you will see the benefit
little by little.
Now the fourth and finalprinciple in connection with
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supporting a friend who hasmental health challenges is to
be patient.
Now, as a school bus driver, Iget it.
Patience is not something onthe mind of people today, and if
you don't believe thatstatement and you want to test
that theory, then get on yournearest interstate drive for
about 15 miles and see howignorant people are in
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connection with patience.
They just don't want to do it.
People just don't want to bepatient.
But in this particular setting,if you really genuinely love and
care for your friend, then youwill strive to be able to show
them that you see, your friendmay not always be ready to talk
to you about certain things.
Sometimes you may focus on thefact that you've known this
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person for a few years.
Oh, I'm supposed to be yourbest friend and you're going
through something, you're havingthese health problems and these
challenges and you refuse totalk to me about it.
Well, don't push them intotalking to you Don't pressure
your friend into expressingthemselves.
The most important thing youcan do is to reassure your
friend that you will gladlylisten when he or she does feel
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like talking.
Now why is that important?
Well, oftentimes people, evenin relationships, they will put
pressure on another person totalk.
And, just like anything else inlife, when you put pressure on
something and you squeeze itwith all your might, you're
going to cause a reaction.
So it's better for you to allowthat person to willingly open
up to you than applying pressureto them and causing the
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circumstance to become a bitmore dramatic.
Circumstance to become a bitmore dramatic, you know, because
of the health problem that yourfriend may be enduring, they
may say or do things that'sgoing to hurt you from time to
time.
I know, a couple of years agoat this point I would say 10
years ago my sister developedthe bad habit of alcohol abuse,
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and she developed this habitbecause she was depressed with
her circumstances in life, andalong with that habit, she was
diagnosed with diabetes as well,and so that combination of
anxiety and lack of reassuranceand support from her
circumstances made her feel asthough she needed to turn to
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these substances and she wouldreplay things in her childhood
over and over again oh, this ishow it was when I was a kid,
that's how it was when I was akid, and a lot of those things
were not true.
But as a family we had to bepatient with her to be able to
try to see as to how we couldget her the best help possible.
So be patient with your friend.
Don't take everything that theysay that may hurt you to the
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heart.
Don't be overly emotional.
You see, your friend may dothings like cancel plans with
you and that may make youirritable.
But when you're patient andunderstanding and you offer your
support towards their needs,you still can have a peaceful
and beneficial friendship.
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So, guys, that's fourprinciples that can be able to
help you support your friendswho are dealing with mental
health challenges.
The first is be quick to listen.
The second is speak consolinglywith your friend.
The third is remember that atrue friend shows love at all
times.
And the fourth is to be patientwith your friend.
I can assure you that if youapply these principles in action
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, you can be a mighty forceagainst the negative thoughts
that your friends areexperiencing Now, this episode
in particular.
There's a lot of stories on thisweek's episode, this week's
show, that I just you know.
I always say that I'mflabbergasted with the way that
things go in society, but eachweek it seems like we just get
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progressively worse and worse inconnection with what's going on
in the world scene.
Now our first story is well, itinvolves elementary students.
Long Island man yelled deaththreats at five-year-old
elementary kids from hisbackyard.
A 66-year-old Seaford LongIsland man allegedly shouted
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death threats and profanities ata group of five and
six-year-olds playing sports atan elementary school that
boarded his backyard.
According to authorities andreports, Michael Maron allegedly
stormed into his yard Thursdayevening and screamed I will kill
you, along with a string ofobscenities, at the young
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children participating inafter-school activities at
Seaford Harbor Elementary School.
According to court documentsobtained by Newsday, his house
borders the elementary schoolwhere over 500 students are
enrolled.
Marin was arrested Friday andarraigned Saturday at First
District Court in Hempstead oncharges of endangering the
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welfare and making terroristicthreats to children.
The jarring incident promptedimmediate police presence at the
school during dismissal andcaused outdoor activities to be
canceled.
Several students had to be seenby a school psychologist for
trauma.
Officials told the outlet.
Following his arraignment,marin denied all allegations
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telling News 12,.
I would never do that.
Do that.
Marin has had prior incidentsand interactions with the school
community, including a previousarrest for firing a BB gun near
the school in 2014, the outletreported.
Judge Renta Irwin ordered thealleged loudmouth to be released
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without bail under thecondition he submit to of
electronic monitoring and stayaway from the school.
He will return to court June3rd.
This is a classic case of thatmovie what was that movie up?
Where the old man is like superbitter and they're trying to
get him to sell his house sothat they can rebuild on his
land.
He's just not having it.
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This person in this video, inthis story, rather, I can't say
that he has a valid reason forwhat he's doing.
But I do understand that whenyou get to a certain age in life
, let's just say your patienceis not where it should be.
We're hoping that the way thepolice handled this matter and
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what the judge said will be ableto give the students some peace
of mind, but at the same time,for those parents who have kids
attending this school, we doexpress our support.
It is tragic when neighborsmake threats to elementary
school students, years five andsix ages.
Five and six.
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Now, in this following storywe're covering the absence of a
missing UC Santa Barbara student.
Missing UC Santa Barbarastudent found dead in Big Bear
Lake.
A UC Santa Barbara student whowas reported missing during a
trip to Big Bear Lake over theweekend was found dead on Monday
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.
According to the San BernardinoCounty Sheriff's Department,
tanner Prentice, 22, was lastseen early Saturday morning on
Village Drive in Big Bear Lakeafter going out with some
friends but didn't return to hisrental cabin.
Officials said friends butdidn't return to his rental
cabin.
Officials said Deputies in thesheriff's dive team searched the
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area and discovered Prentiss'body in the water near the Pine
Knot Marina at 10.30 am Monday.
According to a news releasefrom the department, the
coroner's office will determinehis cause of death, but
officials do not believe it wassuspicious.
A LinkedIn profile matchingPrentiss' name identified him as
an economics and sociologystudent at UC Santa Barbara, set
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to graduate next year.
A representative for UC SantaBarbara offered condolences to
Prentiss' family and friends.
Well, we do want to echo thatsentiment, expressing our
condolences to the Prenticefamily.
Losing a loved one unexpectedlylike this definitely stirs up
some bitter, harsh emotions.
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We encourage you to continue tosurround yourself around
persons who are going to showlove for you and persons who are
really going to be a support.
That's really important.
A lot of people take thatprovision for granted, but the
reality is when you're goingthrough grief that's traumatic
and quick you can never take forgranted the help that may be
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provided.
We wish you guys all of thebest as you strive to make a
recovery.
In this following story, we areagain extending our condolences
to this Falmouth teen whom meta very, very tragic end.
18-year-old Falmouth high schoolsenior killed in crash after
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prom.
An 18-year-old high schoolsenior died in a crash late
Saturday in Falmouth,massachusetts, the same night as
the school's prom and less thanthree weeks before graduation.
Police released few details onthe single-vehicle fatal crash
on Ocupesket Road, saying onlywith a heavy heart that the
driver who was killed was asenior at Falmouth High School,
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heart that the driver who waskilled was a senior at Falmouth
High School.
Counseling support wasavailable Sunday at the high
school library and it will beavailable again at the school on
Monday to support all studentsand staff as they process this
difficult event.
According to police, theyextended their thoughts and
prayers to the victim's family.
Authorities have yet to releasethe student's name, but her
family identified her to NBC10Boston as Ava.
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Relatives shared memories ofplaying at the beach together
and described her as a fun,loving and magnetic young woman
With graduation set for June 7th.
A pall now hangs over theFalmouth High School community
following the fatal crash thatoccurred around 11 o'clock
Saturday night.
Immediately after the highschool's junior-senior prom in
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Falmouth, ava's friends gatheredat the crash scene on Sunday to
create a memorial scene.
On Sunday to create a memorial,a neighbor did speak off camera
and told NBC10 that Ava'smother was driving behind her
when the crash occurred.
Amidst their grief, ava'scousins offered a plea to other
young drivers.
I just wanted to say for newdrivers out there, even if
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you've been driving a year ortwo, just don't drive
emotionally.
Tate and Rose said Coming toterms with a sudden loss has
been incredibly difficult forthe family.
There was no immediate word onthe cause of the crash this
weekend.
An investigation is ongoing.
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Well, we certainly want toextend our condolences to this
dear family here.
You know it's really sad thatwhen you have this awesome,
encouraging moment coming up,memories that a family is going
to obviously be a part of andthen it's marred with the death
of that family member.
So now those two events arejust connected the good event
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that was going to happen thatday and then the tragic event of
losing that relative.
I think that's the hardest partof dealing with grief, not
necessarily the person thatyou've lost only, but when the
death occurs and then how that'sgoing to continue to play in
your mind as the years continueto progress.
We extend our condolences,because this was indeed tragic,
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and we hope that persons aroundyou are going to give you that
love and support and all of thehugs and comfort that you need
to be able to endure thisparticular loss.
This is another tragic storythat we are diving into, this
one really, really intense story, and we do want to warn some of
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our viewers viewers rather thatthis story could be a bit of a
trigger.
Portland middle schooler diesafter accidental shooting.
The principal of Hosford MiddleSchool in Portland announced
Saturday that one of their sixthgraders died Friday due to
injuries from what appears tohave been an accidental gunshot
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wound.
In a release to parents,principal Jill Liddle said the
school has been in contact withthe family of Elios Renteria and
shared the information of hisdeath, with their permission.
According to the ClackamasCounty Sheriff's Office,
deputies responded shortlybefore 8.45 am on Tuesday, may
13, to reports of a juvenile whohad shot themselves in the
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5200th block of Southeast GlenEcho Avenue and un Incorporated.
Clackamas County Deputies founda 12-year-old boy with a
life-threatening gunshot woundin the backyard of a home.
The sheriff's office said in apress release.
The boy was transported to alocal trauma hospital where he
died Saturday May 17, from hisinjuries.
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According to the sheriff'soffice, the county medical
examiner's office will beresponsible for determining the
cause and manner of death.
The sheriff's office added.
Liedl said staff from thetrauma intervention program will
be on hand to support staff andstudents on Monday near the
counseling offices.
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The student support team isalso available.
The sheriff's office said it iscontinuing to investigate the
circumstances surrounding theboy's death.
Anyone with information aboutthis case is urged to contact
the Sheriff's Office tip line at503-723-4949 or by using the
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online email form.
The school has also organized afundraiser to support Elio's
family during this time.
The GoFundMe can be found inconnection with this particular
source.
Again, extending condolences tothe family whom lost their
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beloved relative.
You know when you're dealingwith death and this is something
that comes up.
You know, I'll often thinkabout different ways that death
affects people and how aperson's tried to process losing
someone.
There's a variety of thingsthat go through your mind and I
think that when someone, whom isthis young, 12 years old dies
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unexpectedly, it's just, it's amore of a shock, because you
didn't anticipate this kind ofloss, you weren't necessarily
prepared for this kind of loss.
And then there's so many otheraspects that the family's
dealing with.
There's the cost of burial,there's the cost of the funeral
arrangements, and then there'sthis, that emotional turmoil
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that you're trying to cope with.
It's just, it's just a heavycloud of darkness.
So for those folks down therein Portland, we are encouraging
you guys those of you who wentto school with this student to
take an opportunity with theseresources.
Don't isolate yourself.
If you knew Elios and you werea good friend of his or you saw
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him in the hallway from time totime, don't shy away from your
grief.
Losing a classmate like this isjust surreal.
It can be so surreal.
So try your best to talk tothat counselor, try your best to
process the grief, of course,on your own terms.
Don't push yourself too hard,but try not to fall by the
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wayside and deal with this byyourself, because that can lead
to other difficult anddistressing habits.
We wish you guys all the bestas you strive to cope with this
new circumstance.
Just just very tragiccircumstance down there indeed.
Just very tragic circumstancedown there indeed.
In this following story we'restill dealing with that same
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theme of just loss, and thisparticular episode has the most
losses back to back that I'veever seen.
Student fatally shot atUniversity of Wisconsin
Platteville Residence Hall.
A University of WisconsinPlatteville student was shot at
a residence hall and anotherstudent was found dead from a
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self-inflicted gunshot wound ina targeted and isolated incident
.
Authorities and schoolofficials said the incident
occurred Monday afternoon atWilgus Hall, a residence hall on
campus.
The UW-Platteville PoliceDepartment said Responding
officers found both studentssuffering from gunshot wounds.
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One of the students,22-year-old Kelsey Martin, was
transported to an area hospitaland then med-flighted to UW
Hospital where she waspronounced dead.
Police said Martin died from agunshot wound based on
preliminary autopsy findings.
Police said she was the WilgusHall assistant resident director
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.
Police added the otherindividual, 22-year-old Haley
Helms, was found dead from aself-inflicted gunshot wound
based on preliminary autopsyfindings.
Police said she lived at WilgusHall.
Police have added.
Authorities received a 911 callindicating a situation at Wilgus
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Hall just before 4 pm.
Joe Hallman, chief of policewith UW-Platteville Police
Department, said at a pressconference on Monday and that
was UW.
The campus was alerted toshelter-in-place immediately.
The shelter-in-place order waslifted after 5 pm.
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The investigation into theincident remains active and
ongoing.
Police have not released anyadditional information on the
shooting incident, including thefirearm involved.
Residents were not allowed tokeep, or are not allowed to keep
, weapons in their residencehalls, according to Hallman, but
they can keep them at thepolice department for activities
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like shooting club.
Final exams have been canceledfor the remainder of the week.
A tririage counseling is beingoffered through Friday and a
toll-free emotional support lineis available at 844-602-6680.
You know I didn't expect thisparticular story to go in that
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direction.
I was shocked at the fact thatthere's not really a cause for
what happened.
The sources here just confirmedthat there were no other
subjects that are or weresuspected to have been involved
in the incident.
This is coming from the UWPlatteville Police Department by
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statement that they made as ofTuesday.
But man, it's just a lot ofyoung people losing their lives
to these, these vicious crimes,and I just, you know, I just
can't fathom what goes throughperson's minds when they hear
this particular story.
I mean, I know, when I postthese, these snippets on TikTok,
and I post these shorts, peopleare like, wow, you know, is he
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okay?
Like sometimes he fumbles thatword or he.
But the stories are so intenseemotionally that it just I just
it takes me a while, you know,to really sit back and digest
some of the stories that we'recovering Now.
In this next story, parents, Iam urging you guys to be
cautious, to be smart anddiscerning, because there are
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many people grown adultsentering school facilities and
impersonating students.
Venezuelan man arrested afterposing as a teen to enroll in
Ohio high school.
A 24-year-old illegal immigrantfrom Venezuela was arrested in
Perrysburg, ohio, after heallegedly enrolled in high
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school using fraudulentdocuments.
Court records show that24-year-old Anthony Emmanuel
Labrador Sierra has been chargedwith forgery and he is being
held on $50,000 bond.
The Perrysburg PoliceDepartment said it was contacted
by the Perrysburg local schoolson Monday about possible
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fraudulent activity involvingone of its students.
After a preliminaryinvestigation, a fraud case was
established and handed over tothe department's detective for
further investigation.
Detectives worked with USCustoms and Border Protection
and US Immigration and CustomsEnforcement, and it was
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discovered that Labrador was a24-year-old from Venezuela.
Investigators also learnedLabrador Sierra used fraudulent
documents to enroll inPerrysburg schools and was
posing as a 16-year-old student,posing as a 16-year-old student
.
Perrysburg school officials saidin a statement obtained by Fox
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News Digital that LabradorSierra has been enrolled at
Perrysburg High School under thename and age of a 16-year-old
unaccompanied minor on January11, 2024, in accordance with
federal and state requirementsfor enrolling students
experiencing homelessness orwithout a legal guardian.
Between January 11, 2024 andMay 14, 2025,.
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The school said Labrador Sierraobtained documentation and
support further complicating thesituation.
For instance, he obtained astate-issued driver's license,
social security number andtemporary protective status from
US immigration.
The school also said Labradorcompleted an application for a
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visa with help from AdvocatingOpportunities, which provides
free legal assistance.
The Wood County Juvenile Courtgranted guardianship of Labrador
Sierra to a Perrysburg family.
School officials said theguardians contacted the school
on May 14 to report they hadreceived information indicating
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Labrador Sierra was not a minorbut instead a 24-year-old man.
Labrador Sierra reportedlydenied the allegation when
district administrators met withhim on May 15.
Labrador Sierra was ultimatelytaken into custody during a
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traffic stop on Interstate 75 onTuesday afternoon.
Dhs told Fox News they havelocated Labrador Sierra's
information under a differentspelling of his name.
They added that Labrador Sierrais a visa overstay who first
came to the US in 2019.
Dhs also confirmed Labrador hasreceived TPS.
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Labrador is being held in theWood County Jail on a $50,000
bond.
He is scheduled to appear incourt on May 29th.
Now, if that doesn't shake yourboots off, I don't know what
will.
You know, parents, these thingsare happening every day.
These are things that arehappening right here in the
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school system, and it's easy toblame someone when these things
go crazy.
Oh, how did they not know thatthere was a 24-year-old man
impersonating a 16-year-old boyin a high school?
Well, apparently it happensmore than you think.
The sad reality of thecircumstances is it takes one
person not to do their job toput the entire system at risk.
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Well, it's nice to know thatthey caught this guy, but I'm
willing to bet that there are somany more other individuals out
there cooking up this samescheme in order to prey on
persons' children.
My encouragement to you parentsis to get active and to become
aware of what's going on at yourchild's school.
Do not leave it to chance.
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Meet the teachers, getacquainted with anybody that's
going to be dealing with yourchildren throughout the school
day.
Do not be foolish, because nowthat you know that there is a
24-year-old man that wasenrolled in your child's high
school as a 16-year-old student,take a fool's advice.
Right, guys, continue to becareful and safe out there, and
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we will continue to exploitthese persons by using this
platform as much as possible.
Now, in this next story, Ithink you guys will find this
one to be interesting too,because there are things that
teachers do that I just didn'tagree with in school.
Hey, you know I'm talking toomuch in class detention, or hey,
I'm doing this, whatever.
In this next story we're goingto talk about a teacher who took
discipline.
Actually, not even even ateacher, it's a coach taking
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discipline to a whole new level.
School employee removed afterstudents were burned with doing
bear crawls on hot track.
District says yes, it's Texas,always Texas.
A staff member at a middleschool in Texas has been removed
after allegedly tellingstudents to bear crawl on a hot
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track.
The Woodville IndependentSchool District confirmed the
incident happened during apre-athletic class Monday at
Woodville School.
It's unclear what position thestaff member held at the school.
According to a statement fromthe district, the students
participated in an exerciseprogram promoted on social media
that involves bear crawling onthe track.
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Due to the temperature of thetrack, several students suffered
burns and blisters on theirhands and knees.
Khou reported One parent saidher son and his classmates were
given the choice of either doinga TikTok challenge, involving
bear crawling on the track, orother workouts.
The students chose the bearcrawl challenge, but the track
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was hot enough that it burnedseveral students' hands and
knees.
It's unclear how far thestudents were told to bear crawl
and it's also unclear if thestaff member allowed them to
stop once they were hurt.
The district did not specifyexactly how many students were
injured.
The district added that theemployee's actions do not
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reflect the values or theexpectations of Woodville ISD.
The employee has since beenremoved from campus and will not
be returning to the district,the statement added.
According to KHOU, the personinvolved had previously resigned
, not because of this incident,and the last day of the school
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year was going to be his lastday as an employee.
He was told, however, not tocome back to campus for the
remainder of the school year.
After the incident, woodvillepolice are looking into the
incident States Chief MikeMcCulley, to KHOU.
So this guy Coach puts in histwo weeks and he's deciding to
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go out with a bang.
I mean, guys, this is serious.
I don't know if you guys haveever sat on the ground when it's
like scorching hot weather, butthat can be charged as a form
of assault.
One of the things that I alwaysthink about is what is the
motive?
What are you as a coach goingto get out of bringing such harm
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on students?
I just don't understand thelogic of these persons today.
But then people always tell memy friends will say well,
rashawn, you're not going tounderstand the logic because
nine times out of 10, there isno logic.
A lot of the stories I cover onthis podcast are done by people
who have literally just losttheir mind.
People will say in the commentson YouTube and TikTok they're
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like well, don't the school dobackground checks?
And I say to myself okay, let'sjust talk about the American
background check.
A background check is literallya search into what a person has
done right, what he has doneright.
If you do a background check ona person who hasn't done
anything, then you're not goingto find anything.
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Okay, fine, hold that thoughtthere for a minute After the
person gets the job and theysnap that thought there for a
minute After the person gets thejob and they snap.
Or there's a trigger or there'ssome form of trauma and they
act on that craziness.
That is how my podcast is born.
I am literally the guy whoexposes the craziness after the
background check cleared.
That is the purpose of thisshow.
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So make no mistake about it,guys, that there are people out
there seeking to do harm to yourchildren and your relatives and
your loved ones at school.
And that's what we're going todo.
We're going to talk about thesestories and we're going to push
these stories to persons whoare just unaware as to what's
happening in the school system.
This following story gives agreat deal of homage to that
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theme.
School District to InvestigateReports of Sexual Harassment
Among Middle School Students.
Students at Tumwater MiddleSchool claim there is sexual
harassment going on betweenstudents, and now the Tumwater
School District is hiring anindependent investigator to look
into these allegations.
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Last Friday, dozens of kidsprotested student-to-student
sexual harassment that hasallegedly taken place at their
school.
It's a huge problem, said onestudent.
Kiro 7 talked with a motherabout what she heard from her
daughter, who is an eighthgrader at the school that some
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students were assaulting otherstudents in bathrooms and that
there were complaints.
And nothing was happening, saidthe parent, who wished to
remain anonymous.
She said she had no idea aboutthe harassment claims until her
daughter told her she wanted tobe part of the protest.
The district says it'sinitiating an investigation and
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in a statement added we arefollowing all required
procedures and prioritizingstudent well-being.
Any necessary actions will betaken based on the findings of
the investigation.
Actions will be taken based onthe findings of the
investigation.
The Tumwater Police Departmenttold KIRO7 they have
investigated previous complaintsabout the school, but the
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outside investigation isseparate.
If there are new criminalallegations, the department will
look into those.
Here's what I'm going to say.
It happens.
It happens.
As a school bus driver, I'mtelling you 100%.
It happens and I'm going totell you why it happens.
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We live in a society todaywhere parents are not aware of
what their children are doing.
If you have a child who aredrawn to things that are
inappropriate online, or youhave a young boy who is overly
interested in whomever in aperverted way.
It's your responsibility as aparent to guide, direct and
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correct this course, but thereality of the circumstance is a
lot of people today want tohave children, but they don't
want to raise the kids thesekids that we're talking about in
this story that are reportingthese acts of sexual harassment.
This is middle school we'retalking about.
So if these kids are doingthese things to each other in
the bathroom in middle school,what do you think is going to
happen when they graduate tohigh school?
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You see, when we start thinkingrealistically and we focus on
bigger issues, we can reallyprotect someone from getting
hurt.
It's really sad that studentshave to miss a full day of class
to protest something that theschool district is not handling
and which they complained aboutthoroughly.
It's just no winning with thisworld sometimes.
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In some cases, they're overlyparanoid when it comes to
protecting persons, but then inanother case, they are just
chill and laid back when itcomes to certain allegations and
and things of that nature.
It's just really sad, and soI'm hoping that these kids and
this particular middle schoolget that support that they need,
because this is serious.
This is nothing to play with,man.
You're talking about someone'slife, and if these kids are
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doing these things to oneanother and there is no justice
on the matter, then what'sstopping them from continuing
the same pattern or this courseof behavior?
In our next story we are comingto my home state of New Jersey
and let me tell you New Jerseyis not off the hook, guys.
I am not going to shy away fromthe shady things that happen in
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the state of New Jersey simplybecause I live in this state.
You know what I mean.
In this story we're going totalk about something that's
really captured the attention ofparents.
Let me know what you guys thinkin the comment box regarding
this story.
Nj Elementary School Guardaccidentally fired a shot while
kids were in class.
Officials say fired a shotwhile kids were in class.
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Officials say A New Jerseyelementary school security guard
accidentally discharged hisweapon in the staff bathroom
last week while students were intheir classroom.
Officials said it happenedFriday at Midland Elementary
School in Paramus.
The school superintendent sentout a letter to parents calling
the incident serious, extremelyconcerning and completely
unacceptable.
Parents who did not want to goon camera told CBS News New York
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on Tuesday.
Their kids did not hear theshot go off.
School officials said thesafety guard has been placed on
leave pending the outcome of aninvestigation.
The Board of Education willdetermine if additional
disciplinary action is necessary.
School counselors are availableto speak with anyone who needs
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it.
Police quickly responded andsecured the area.
No one was hurt, but it raisedthe question of whether school
security guards should be armed.
According to a school safetyand security report published in
2023 by the New JerseyAssociation of School
Administrators, less than 50% ofschool districts in the state
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have armed law enforcement inschools.
Some 42% reported having armedsecurity personnel and 20% have
no security personnel at all.
What are your thoughts onsecurity guards having firearms
in elementary school?
Is it really necessary?
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I mean, I know this was anaccident and I'm not just saying
this because I'm a New Jerseyresident.
This is my view of the matter.
We live in times that are verydifficult and dangerous.
If there weren't active schoolattacks, then I would say he
probably doesn't need thatweapon.
But what do you do if, becausethis accident happened, you take
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away the security guard'sweapon and a real threat to the
building comes in?
How is he going to protectthese students?
As humans, we have to becareful that we don't allow
mistakes to cause us to makebigger problems in the future.
If the man's weapon went off,talk to him about it.
Get the full story.
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I'm pretty sure the securityguard wasn't in the bathroom
playing with his weapon and thenit went off.
Maybe he was using the bathroomand the weapon came off of his
belt or came out of his pocketor whatever, and then it fired.
The reality of the circumstanceis this Today, schools need to
be armed as if they are militarypersonnel, because if someone
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comes into this building andthere's an attack at this school
because now, due to thisincident, security guards are
unarmed, that's going to be farworse than this mistake that the
security guard made.
We are hoping that you guys cansettle this down in Paramus,
not too far from where I live,by chance.
You know these things are goingto happen, but we have to keep
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a realistic and open mind and bereasonable as we move forward
to protect our students.
Well, we reached that finalstory of episode number 126.
Guys, thank you so much forhanging in there with us.
This is an awareness story.
Now.
This podcast is all school news, whether that be college, high
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school, elementary, middleschool, you name it.
This particular story was sogruesome, it was so dark and it
happens in the teen environmentmore often than not.
I had to give this story itslimelight on the show.
19-year-old accused of sexuallyassaulting woman after she fell
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asleep at a party sexuallyassaulting woman after she fell
asleep at a party.
A 19-year-old man was arrestedafter police say he sexually
assaulted a woman while she wasasleep at a party in West
Virginia.
William Hank Davis, 19, isaccused of sexually assaulting
the woman at a house party inGrafton on Saturday.
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According to the Grafton PoliceDepartment, the victim told
police she went to sleep in theliving room on a cushioned chair
at about 5.30 am and she wokeup at about 8 am to Davis
sexually assaulting her.
The victim told police thatDavid just stood up and watched
her while she gathered herclothes and walked to the other
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room to tell the other women atthe party what happened.
The victim called for a ridefrom the party and went directly
to the hospital.
Police said At about 10.30 ampolice found Davis sitting in a
vehicle outside of the residenceside of the residence.
Davis initially told police hedid not remember anything but
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shortly after he admitted thathe sexually assaulted her in a
manner other than what wasreported.
Court documents say Davis iscurrently in the Tigard Valley
Regional Jail with bond set at$75,000.
Thousand dollars.
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19 years old, goes to a party,sexually assaults a woman while
she's sleeping.
I love this question.
Why or how can something likethat happen?
I will tell you.
As humans, all of us areinfluenced by whatever it is is
the most important to us.
For some people, that's money.
For other people that's family.
For some persons, it's theirspouse, their significant other
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or whatever.
In the darkened world that welive in today, guys, there are
persons who are influenced byimmoral and perverse thinking.
They entertain themselves withYouTube videos and a free
imagery of things that areinappropriate immoral, as it
were.
When you feed your mind thesethings, there is a desire that
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grows within you, and what tendsto happen is when that desire
is given an opportunity to becarried out.
Crimes like this happen A19-year-old boy throwing his
future away to sexually assaulta girl, a woman, at a party
while she's asleep.
There's no way that he's goingto walk away from this one.
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You're 19 years old and you'veliterally thrown your life to
the side.
What's the lesson for myviewers?
What am I trying to get youguys to understand.
We think that we know whomwe're dealing with at school or
even at work, but we have to becareful that we don't allow
emotions to judge whom a personis in our lives.
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The host of this party orwhoever invited this guy to this
party probably did not think ontheir best day that he would
sexually assault someone at thatparty.
The damage and the trauma thathe's caused not only the victim
who was assaulted, but thepeople who are his friends at
the party, the people at theparty who knew him.
This is a forever stain throughtheir high school legacy To the
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victim involved in the sexualassault.
Please accept our support andthe love that we have for you as
a human being.
We hope that as you take stepson your road of recovery, you're
met with success, that thisdoes not cause you to crumble
under pressure and to fall apart.
We do want to express that toyou.
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If you are someone who has beena victim of sexual abuse or if
you're someone who's beendealing with these emotions that
come as a result of that, turnto someone for help.
Seek the help of a parent, aguardian, a friend or someone
that's going to be able to giveyou the support you need to come
out victorious over this trial.
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Well, guys, that was our finalepisode of episode, story of
episode number 126.
In the beginning, we discussedin our theme how to support your
friend who is dealing withmental health problems.
True, it is a long anddifficult road, but it's not
impossible.
You can do anything that youwant if you put your mind to it.
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Before we conclude this episode, I do want to thank my loyal
following on TikTok.
Forget following.
You guys are family man 1922going strong, and I love that
these years are now coming closeto my birth year, 1922.
Once we hit 1992, followings onTikTok.
That'd be cool.
And for those who havesubscribed recently on my
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YouTube page, thank you for thatsupport.
We're now looking at 859,heading to 1000.
So why do we do this?
Why do we come every week andwhy do we bring you guys these
news?
Because someone deserves totell it, someone deserves to
hear it.
You guys need to know what'sreally going on out there and
let me tell you, the mainstreamnews is not going to put all of
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these stories in the limelight,and thus this podcast was born.
This podcast was born to letyou guys know that there are
real things happening out there,right in the school system, and
people are just trying to coverit up.
So where there's cover, thereis this podcast to lift up the
veil, to pull back the blanket,as it were, and to give you guys
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the truth in a tactful andhopeful way.
Well, guys, again we just wantto express our thanks for all of
those subscribers and followers, for all of those persons who
download and stream this podcastfrom Spotify, apple Podcasts,
butterfly, homofly, anything,wherever you guys listen.
We thank you guys for that.
This has been episode 126 ofRED.
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