Alright, so, let’s talk about this Jamari Terrell Williams, bless his heart. This young’un, just a fifth grader, mind you, from Montgomery, Alabama. Heard tell he was only 10 years old. Poor little fella, gone too soon, real shame it is.
Now, what happened to him, you ask? Well, it ain’t pretty. Folks sayin’ he was bullied somethin’ awful online. Bullying, it’s a terrible thing, I tell ya. Kids these days, they got all this fancy technology, but they use it for evil sometimes. They hide behind them screens and say the meanest things you ever did hear. This poor Jamari, he just couldn’t take it no more. Drove him to do somethin’ desperate, somethin’ nobody should ever have to do.
He took his own life, they say. Suicide, it’s a word that makes your heart ache. Imagine, a young boy, barely started livin’, feelin’ so hopeless and alone that he thought that was the only way out. It just ain’t right. Nobody should feel that way, especially not a child.
This happened last October, I think. Heard folks talkin’ about it down at the store. Said this young Jamari was a “different” kind of kid. Well, what’s wrong with bein’ different, I ask ya? We all different in our own ways. It’s what makes us special. These bullies, they just can’t stand it when somebody ain’t exactly like them.
- It makes me mad, it really does. These kids need to learn some respect. They need to learn that words can hurt, even if you can’t see the person you’re sayin’ them to.
- And where are the parents in all this? They need to be teachin’ their kids right from wrong. They need to be watchin’ what their kids are doin’ online. It ain’t enough to just let ’em loose with them phones and computers. Gotta keep an eye on ’em, make sure they ain’t causin’ trouble or gettin’ into trouble.
I heard tell there’s a Jamari Terrell Williams Foundation now. Folks tryin’ to do somethin’ good in his name, tryin’ to prevent this from happenin’ to other kids. That’s a good thing, a real good thing. We need more folks like that in the world, folks who care about these young’uns and want to protect them.
There’s even a website, they say. You can go there and learn more about Jamari and what happened to him. You can even donate, if you feel so inclined. Every little bit helps, I reckon.
And then there’s this other story I heard, somethin’ about a shootin’. Different Terrell, I think. This one got shot, poor soul. Somebody shot him in the neck. Sounds awful, just awful. This world is gettin’ to be a scary place, I tell ya. Too much violence, too much hate.
Folks need to start treatin’ each other better. They need to remember that we’re all human beings, we all deserve kindness and respect. And these kids, they need to learn that lesson early on. Bullying ain’t no joke. It can have real consequences, devastating consequences. Just look at what happened to poor Jamari. It breaks my heart, it really does.
I hope this story makes you think, makes you realize how important it is to be kind to others, to stand up for those who are being bullied, and to teach our children to do the same. We gotta do better, folks. We just gotta.
And I hear there’s even some politicians gettin’ involved, tryin’ to do somethin’ about this bullying problem. That’s good, I guess. Hope they actually do somethin’ useful, though, and not just a bunch of talk. We need action, not just words.
So, let’s remember Jamari Terrell Williams, and let’s do our part to make sure that no other child has to suffer the same fate. Let’s teach our kids to be kind, to be compassionate, and to stand up for what’s right. It’s the least we can do.
This whole situation, it just ain’t right. Makes a body wonder what this world’s comin’ to. Young lives, snuffed out too soon, whether by their own hand or another’s. Makes an old woman like me just want to sit and cry sometimes. But crying don’t do nothin’, does it? We gotta stand up, we gotta speak out, we gotta make a difference. For Jamari, and for all the other kids out there who are hurting.
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