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http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/12/us/keaton-jones-bullying-video-reaction/index.html

It started off so neatly: the perfect story to cap a rocky year, a reminder that commonality exists in the face of division. On Friday, an 11-year-old Knoxville, Tennessee, boy woefully recounted to his mother his experience with middle-school bullies. His mother posted the teary plea online and citizens across the internet responded en masse to say: Keaton Jones, we’ve got your back.

Now, in place of that solidarity lie confusion, questions and anger.
The mother’s old social media postings have spurred cries that she’s a bigot. The same internet that carried the staunch encouragement of Keaton’s defenders is now rife with accusations that, by default, Keaton, too, must be a racist. In a vicious about-face, the internet citizens — who, just days prior, stood sentry between a weeping 11-year-old and five middle-school misanthropes — turned on him.

He deserved what he got, they growled. Maybe he should be bullied more.–CNN

President of Safe Kids Adam Coughran, and founder of the H.E.R.O. program, a non-profit which teaches school kids – and businesses- how to conduct yourself during a violent situation.

Adam, has been a featured guest on the Today Show, and speaks across the country on safety in schools and the workplace. He also teaches children how to deal with bullying.

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