A little girl came home from school last week with a bloody nose and massive bruises to her face. When the school was asked about it, they shrugged it off as simply an innocent playground fall. One look at her injuries and it’s pretty clear that there is no way a fall could have done so much damage.
Unsurprisingly, the 5-year-old girl named AvaLynn has a very different story than the one the school went with. According to her account, another child repeatedly kicked her in the face while she was playing on a slide. After several blows, she let go and fell to the ground. The mother, Lacey Harris, says that Arlington Elementary School denies this despite admitting that no teacher was present at the time of the incident and have no real way of knowing what happened.
Concerned friends and family of AvaLynn set up a Facebook page called “Justice for AvaLynn” to document Harris’ fight for answers and to spread the word. Their efforts appear to be working. On Friday, the hashtag “#JusticeforAvaLynn” began trending on Twitter and the pictures of girl’s injuries were shared around the world. Several prominent people picked up on the story, including an author named Zane, who shared it with his nearly one million Facebook followers. One of his readers claims she is from the same town as the girl and appears to corroborate the account that AvaLynn’s family has been saying.
sorry I can't help but wonder is this another child being taught to hate Blacks or that fighting is okay at such a young age. and if she fell on the playground where are the abrasions I see nothing but impact wounds. the fact that there was no teacher or guardian present is suspicious in itself not to mention derelict, and open to suit, which I hope they do, it should include payments for physiological harm that has to be terrorizing for a 5 year old. if ever a phrase said so much it would be " a picture is worth a thousand words".
how can the say the attack did not happen they admitted they weren't there. God Bless the beautiful little Black girl. I've seen professional boxers go 15 rounds back in the day and not look like this after losing. they are withholding the name of the school but if this school is this negligent shouldn't the public and potential students parents know?
looks like i was jumping the gun maybe, i failed to read further i guess my disgust with the look of a 5 year old being beaten over rode my ability to read more, sorry really i am. but this was in Mississippi and i got up in their record toward Black people.
Hey Zane
I’m from the same town as AvaLyn my child attends the same school. He said at recess she was fighting another student. He was unsure of who hit who first he says a boy kicked her in the face and she fell off the slide. The school she attends is a great school. I wouldn’t go so far as to call the teachers negligent when they have 20 plus students to keep an eye on. Accidents happen this isn’t a case of bullying it’s 2 students fighting and 1 got hurt. I don’t know the child who hit her first nor do I know AvaLynn parents so I’m not taking sides. Calling for him to get expelled is a bit much. He needs to have consequences but explosion a bit much.
The idea that this isn’t an example of bullying is questionable, but if this account is true (and it can’t be independently verified, because Zane withheld the author’s name), the writer’s son confirms that a boy kicked her in the face and she fell down the slide – exactly the same story that AvaLynn told her mother after the incident.
will try to follow and correct myself where needed.
