Bullying remains in the news these days with the latest example being a school bully attack in Elko, Nevada. A 16-year-old had been complaining of bullying for months but did not deal with it for fear that the problem would worsen with outside help. Sadly, things got out of control on January 17.
The Attack
On January 17, 2019, Sandra Davidson received a call saying that her son had been hit at school and had taken a nasty fall. He was unconscious and being taken to the hospital. Once there, doctors discovered that Neo Hobbs had bleeding on the brain, and he was quickly transported to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City hundreds of miles away.
The damage was readily apparent. Not only did he have a brain bleed with bruising, but also his skull was fractured in multiple places.
The Treatment
According to Fox 13 News, Neo remained in a coma for days but is now responsive. However, due to the brain damage sustained in the attack, he will have to relearn many of the most basic acts of daily living, such as walking, talking and feeding himself. He will need months of physical therapy and will almost certainly remain in the hospital for at least two months.
The Aftermath
Life may never be the same for Neo, and the Elko school district has yet to clear up matters. According to Newsner, the school district has been doing its best to downplay the situation, saying that the injuries were from some punches and a fall.
On the other hand, Neo’s lawyers maintain that something much more than that had to happen. Looking at what happened to Neo’s skull and brain, it seems apparent that he had to have been hit with something.
Neo’s mother, his lawyers and others engaged in this school bully attack will have to wait until Neo can tell his side of the story. Additionally, the bully has yet to be identified. Until that time, the family appreciates all donations made to the Neo Hobbs GoFundMe page.
I just hope the bully comes forward.
Or he /she will live with the guilt for always.
Bullying isn’t nice.. I was bullied in school for 4 yrs. I’m 50 now and still remember it..
This poor boy. Hope he recovers and gets to tell his story.
All my thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family xx
The bully will never step forward because he is a coward. I pray the young man recovers and his body and mind heal. I pray he overcomes the bullying and use it in a positive manner. Bullies are everywhere. I hope the bully who did this pays for his bullying tactics.
Absolutely correct! Prayers for the boy, his family and friends. May he fully recover and be stronger than ever.
I didn’t want to fight growing up but i took just so much. I leaned how to defend myself and the bully’s leaned to leave me alone!!! Learn not to take BS from the COWARDS!!
Whoever the perp was should be scared and so should his family. There is no reason for this uncontrolled, selfish brutalization. He should go to the youth correction facility immediately and his parents and school district sued. The victim said this has gone on for a long time. The school should have a policy of no tolerance. Everyone deserves a safe study environment. Maybe schools need a change in administration. Like a no retirement policy if they fail their citizens.
These kids need to be punished and charged for their crime this is getting ridiculous to many children are losing their lives and that needs to stop!
Charge with assault and the bully will have a criminal record for the rest of his life. School should be sued for not stopping the continued bullying that resulted in this situation.
I agree. There is no reason another person should put their hands on anyone unless it is to show loving affection and its wanted by the receiving party. I don’t care how old they are, the person who is doing the harm to another person should be punished to the fullest degree.
If more bullies were punished, other would be’s may think twice before acting.
Absolutely, it has gotten so bad in schools now. They cannot apply discipline. They have to put up with these out of control kids for fear of being sued by parents who haven’t raised their children to respect them much less teachers, rules or any authority figure. Bring discipline back into our schools as well as punishment for insubordinance, filthy language and hitting another person.
Kick them out. No tolerance. Send them to a youth facility for proper training.
I totally agree, hard jail time for these pieces of shits that bully, like this. I work at a school and unfortunately, there are no consequences for some of the things that happen. However, we have never had any Bullying that has gone this far. Thank Goodness!!
The School is responsible and so is the person who hit him!! Its a shame that some teachers and students will not step in.i hope the family sues for 1 hundred million!!!
Why don’t they but video to monitor the teachers, and the students. This way everyone is accounted for their actions.
This is just plain sad . Who gave these kids the right to bully anyone .It all starts from home .Look at the parent’s . My prayers are with this young man and his parents .We need to hold the schools responsible .❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏😢
No it is not the parents (always) nor the school to blame put blame where it belongs on the bullies !!!! Sometimes parents don’t even know their kids are bullying and no one will tell them !!!! And then the kids being bullied don’t want to say anything in fear of it getting worse !! Smack down on the bullies make them realize it is them their choice their fault their blame and they will pay the cost !!!!!
No, we need to hold the parents accountable as well as some of the game industries that make those kinds of games. Maybe even putting behind a locked cabinet. And required to have two identities one which is a photo id.
My kids played those games & were bullied, not bullies. Yes the parents should be held responsible. They should do more than just talk at their kids. They should talk with their kids & teach right from wrong like they did in my generation. But parents these days mostly only think “me, me, me”. So get real. Games are not the problem. Parenting needs to be done daily, not whenever the he’ll they are forced to.
Camera’s need to be put everywhere on school grounds nowadays.it’s crazy since we can’t disapline the kids the way they need to be disaplined. Thanks to the government. This world is going shit!!!!
God bless you, and totally heal you. Prayimg for you and family.
This is NOT BULLYING IT’S ASSAULT. TREAT IT AS SUCH. There needs to be warrants investigating restitution and ACCOUNTABILITY. FFS.
This pisses me off I hate and I mean hate a bully I get so angry when I see things like this .And I’m not sure wat pisses me off more the beating or the fact the people who should be protecting these kids sugar coating covering things up
This is assault,it is criminal and it should be treated as such. The kid who did this needs to be in jail for attempted manslaughter. The parents of the injured boy should not stop until he is prosecuted.
When I was a kid, bullying was someone pulling your hair in school or saying mean things – now it’s let’s see how bad we can hurt them. These kids that are doing the bullying are needing to be put in boot camp and see what it feels like to be bullied.
My prayers to that young man. I hope he has a full recovery.
Now, I will be sending special prayers for you as you recover from his senselessness act! You are so much better than the POS bully that did this to you.
I have been a victim of bullying all throughout grade school – junior high, and I can remember every little detail of what was done and said to me from the horrible bully’s that mentally tortured me as if it just happened. Unfortunately it’s something that I will never forget. It sickens me that the school districts do not do anything to prevent this type of behavior that constantly goes through on throughout all the schools.
It sickens me when all the POS bully’s have sent me a Facebook friend requests over the past few years even after the 25 years that have passed. It’s as if they are suddenly feeling guilty for what they did to me and thinking if they send a friend request everything will be as if nothing ever happened to me. I’ve seen on FB where several of the people that bullied me are now dealing with their own child being bullied and I keep thinking it must be Karma and a way that God is teaching the ones who bullied me a lesson through their own children.
Bro much love ❤️ to you and your family!
Stay strong Neo! This too shall pass.
I would begin by filing charges against the school. If it had happened at home the school wouldn’t hesitate in reporting the parents and having the state file charges. I bet the school would definitely get to the bottom of it and find the bully(ies). And, where was the teacher on duty?
My prayers go out to Neo and his family.
I hope that the kid who did this gets what they deserve this is uncalled for and what gets me is that the school is always on the bully’s side just makese so mad my kids was bulled at school the school wouldn’t do anything I took them out of school no kids should half to go threw bullying I read everyday about kids dieing and badly hurt because nothing is done about this it’s a shame charge the school charge the parents do something to stop these demon kids from hurting other kids prayer for this young man
Prayers an$ thoughts are with you and your family
If they would start making parents responsible for the the bully it probably would stop a lot of this crap. These kids that bully like this need there butt whipped real bad a few times to teach them some respect.
So sorry for this awful for of bulling. School should be protecting children . Please know I will say Prayers for your son. I also ask that the person that done this get arrested. I know the anguish you are going thru. And I prayer your child heals and get well soon. In Jesus name we pray Amen. God Bless
How is it that the school is totally trying to downplay what has happened and really not trying to help find out who is responsible for this atrocious act of bullying! This is why so many children continue to bully other children! Schools are not willing to do everything in their power to keep things like this from happening, and when they so happen they want to sweep it under the rug. These children need to learn that they will be held accountable for what they do, criminally! It is not alright to hurt and bully anyone!!
Parents need to be held accountable as well! A child learns by what he sees or hears! Playing video games nowadays, you might as well send your child to war (slight exaggeration), the games are about how many people they can kill or maim before they get killed…fighting, shooting, knifing, by whatever means and many kids eat, sleep and play these games even while eating! TV shows also play this violence all the time, with both parents out of the home after school and kids home alone, the TV or video games babysit! Parents get upset with their kids for not listening, but give up & do their kid’s chores rather than argue or discipline the kids! Parenting is definitely not what it used to be…in some ways that’s good, but not all ways!
I am 56 years old. I was bullied all my life while in grade school up to the eighth grade. I was pushed around called names pushed out of my seat on the bus to where I didn’t have nowhere to sit and the list goes on. I cannot believe that this is still happening to kids today. I can never get it out of my mind on how I was treated. Today as an adult I feel ugly, fat, worthless, I have no self esteem and I feel that I I am no good. This comes from how I was treated everyday at school. Something needs to be done about this problem. Now my granddaughter is 16 and she gets bullied at her school. When does this stop? I hope and pray this young man has a full recovery. Sending prayers and God bless you and your family
These bullies need to be charged and need to be mentally evaluated. This should be on their record for life.
This is getting WAY out of hand!! Students know who did this and how it took place. More needs to be done to get this bullying under control. Harsh measures need to be put in place to show this will not be tolerated anymore!!
This just makes me sick!!! I just cant believe this bullying goes so far..are there no other kids or even teachers or aids around that could stop it before it goes so far !!!!! I hope and pray these hurt kids will be fine. Sure bonnicuts and bruses can heal but you can NEVER erase it in their mind..Such a shame. My orayers go out to these kids.. hope they can do something to the bullies who done this.!°
My grandson is being bullied and has been for the last 5 years. He is being punished with 25 days of ISS and nothing has been done to the bullies. School principle was informed and still nothing.
The students who have engaged in the bullying SHOULD BE PUNISHED TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE, JAIL TIME, ETC. whatever it takes for them to understand that it will not be tolerated.!!!!!How can I society allow this to continue to happen? It is totally unacceptable!!!! I once taught school and as a former teacher, I can tell you that I would never tolerate in my school, even if it meant jail time for me. Not only will these children have to recover from the physical injures, but they will have the horror and fear with them the rest of their life. Get a grip: parents, teachers, school administrators, and community….. and try to do something to stop these crimes in our schools!!!!! Otherwise, all of you should be held accountable for this continuous horror in our schools!!!
I hope he regains so that everyone involved are accounted for this senseless act is so heart breaking and you all wanna hide like cowards now…stand up show ur face lets see you come on you bad thats what everyone you were trying to impress thinks….but u aint nothing you will be caught and you will be with others like you and than youll face your own fate!!!! Prayers for the entire family.
This is horrible so sorry this shouldnt happen at school or anywhere. I hope they find the monster responsible for your sons injuries and justice is served. Prayers for all of you…
This is horrible so sorry this shouldnt happen at school or anywhere. I hope they find the monster responsible for your sons injuries and justice is served. Prayers for all of you…
This is just plain mean and disgusting how can these bullies keep getting away with this. This is not a joke this poor kid life is ruined all because some dumb kid wants to be tuff in front of others. That kid should be put in jail once they find out who it is. That is not just a fight that’s a beating.. this makes me so mad and sad at the same time I am a mother of 3 boys and if this was to have happened to one of mine.. It’s all bad this got to stop.. prayers are with you and your family..
now people think very hard on what I am going to say here—-We wonder why there are shootings in schools by some students. BULLIES
This is just my opinion, but if this would have happened to any of my sons when they were in school, I would still be in prison
I used to walk home from school in my elementary years and during my 4th grade, a bully who was about 3 years older than I would always block my way and threaten me with bodily harm. That would happen every afternoon for almost a week on a small bridge next to his house. I decided to take up Aikido (Japanese martial arts) and also stopped taking that route to avoid him. A year passed and I got the courage to take the same route home once again. Sure enough, there was this bully again. He tried grabbing me but I was a little faster. I blocked his move and grabbed him instead. I put him on a choke hold and poceeded to throw him over the bridge to small creek 6 feet below Shocked and scared, he cried and begged me to put him down. I let him go but every time I walked home, I never saw him again since then.
i hop he grts beter i have a boyfreand that does not care about what is hapaning and i dont whant tthis to hapen to him.
This is not bullying . This is assault with great bodily and pshchological harm . This is beyind parental / school interventions. This is a criminal offense and needs to be dealt with accordingly .
How is this not considered attempted murder? School should have charges brought against it for failure to protect a child, this took more than a few minutes. Where is the supervision? Isn’t this also part of what they are being paid for? i think we need stricter laws on bullying, like being tried as an adult for one, and being charged with attempted murder etc.
I feel all bullieis with no injuries should have 2 strikes, be fined and get 4- 6 months
With injuries tried as an adult…
With that much brain damage, it’s not likely that he’s going to remember exactly what happened or who attacked him. I hope for his sake that he doesn’t remember everything that happened during the attack.
I pray this precious boy makes a full recovery and he can move past this terrible attack. I also pray that the person who did this is punished to the fullest extent that the law allows.