Yesterday morning I brought together all that's currently known about the death of 16-year-old nonbinary high schooler Nex Benedict who died after being beaten in a girls bathroom by three other students. I combined info from videos released by local police with all major reporting thus far. - ThreadSky

assignedmedia.org • 372 days ago

Yesterday morning I brought together all that's currently known about the death of 16-year-old nonbinary high schooler Nex Benedict who died after being beaten in a girls bathroom by three other students.

I combined info from videos released by local police with all major reporting thus far.

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noculottes.bsky.social•372 days ago

I believe the video where the clock says 2:07 is outside the nurse's office. If you look at the other surveillance video released, the bathroom was right outside the cafeteria, but it's not visible in the 2:07 video.

assignedmedia.org•372 days ago

ty, good note

assignedmedia.org•372 days ago

Would that mean.... we don't necessarily have video of them leaving the bathroom under their own power?

noculottes.bsky.social•372 days ago

It might be visible in the cafeteria video, but the camera is angled so a lot of the action is out of frame, and the cops blurred large parts of the video to conceal student identities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwH9VFVsAlU

assignedmedia.org•372 days ago

Yeah, I watched that video and felt like I got nothing from it, but will try again.

assignedmedia.org•372 days ago

OK. After rewatching the video very closely with a ton of rewinding- 10 kids go in (grouped 3, 4, 3), 10 kids eventually walk out. I suspect (but can't be sure) which one was Nex going in and out, mainly by their shoes, which are clear in the body cam vid.

assignedmedia.org•372 days ago

There is a lot of misinformation that is circling about Nex's death, and a TON of unanswered questions remain.

Chief among the unanswered questios are the strange role of police, who seem invested in portraying Nex's death the day after a head injury as unrelated to the injury they sustained.

jamiestl.bsky.social•372 days ago

Probably under pressure from the school district to act that way.

Transphobia aside, they are looking at a likely wrongful death suit, and are trying to muddy the waters for that.

assignedmedia.org•372 days ago

We do not know the cause this young person's tragic death. We do know they were the target of bullying at school that worsened at the beginning of the 2023 school year. We are beginning to understand the culture of bullying and fear that queer students at Owasso High School lived with every day.

trexpushups.bsky.social•372 days ago

Do we know if the 3 students who beat Nex were disciplined by the school?

We know they suspended them for 2 weeks.

assignedmedia.org•372 days ago

We do not know that, although it has been heavily implied by the school that everyone involved faced consequences according to procedure. That obviously means Nex, potentially Nex's friend (who one report said was also trans), and probably the other students.

trexpushups.bsky.social•372 days ago

My experience of getting attacked by bullies in high school frequently had me getting punished more than the bullies.

Being lucky enough that the school called my dad and him personally scaring 3 boys in high school planning to jump me is possibly why I am still here.

friskydingus.bsky.social•372 days ago

Same! Seemed like the response was either nothing or a slap on the wrist for the bullies. Or if they got physical I would always be punished for responding verbally or physically (pushing away etc) rather than standing silently and getting hit and screamed at as an emotional teenager. 👍

ericallyn.bsky.social•372 days ago

I find the emphasis on waiting for toxicology results a bit suspicious.

I mean, sure, a thorough autopsy probably(?) includes toxicology labs as a standard thing.

But there's a history of cops using "they were on drugs" as a deflection, and of the press and the general public going along with it.

holmskjell.bsky.social•372 days ago

If drugs *were* involved, the timing is so distinct as to make school/attackers/everyone else STILL at least partially responsible.
Driving someone to that point, & then saying "oh, it wasn't MY hand at that very last step" is 🤮🤬🤬

panik.bsky.social•371 days ago

Gotta love the cops saying they entirely made up the bit about “this had nothing to do with the fight”

Just making shit up and throwing it out there

ACAB

dingdangdoohoo.bsky.social•372 days ago

also worth noting they were native

white entitlement leads to murder

garb0.bsky.social•372 days ago

Thank you, this is very solid and respectful.

flynnminter.bsky.social•372 days ago

It remains shocking how normalised violence between children still is in schools. Bullying needs to be stamped out, but this kind of violence is extreme even for violent bullies.

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