magically cure covid. he said drink bleach. we saw some americans did that. so, i mean, this idea that they worship at the altar of donald trump because they see him as very successful, even though he has earned nothing in his entire life. they see him as a leader, because these are people who, quite honestly, they believe what donald trump is selling. they believe that this is their nation and that it has been stolen from them. they believe that, you know, their jobs are taken from them because of people who look like you and me or immigrants. these are all of the things that donald trump has repeated to them constantly. they believe that, you know, mexicans are rapistes and people are coming to their homes to steal things. these are things repeated donald trump during his entire tenure. we have seen so many americans do that, denying the reality is if they look closely at some of the policies their own elected officials and the republican party are pushing forward are the antithesis
mark, sorry i mispronounced your name there. do you think what these two girls did led to rebecca s suicide? i think it was a contributing factor. we can t make believe it was in and of itself the only thing that caused it. rebecca had some other concerns going onment that made her more susceptible to this negative influence. but you can t look at something like guadalupe s comments of drink bleach and die and not think it had a significant infec effect. all of the charges were dropped against the girls. yet their mug shots were put out there and names and information. do you that i is right, mark? honestly, i think we should be more cautious in how they approach prosecution. another problem is in florida law those actions were not illegal. we now have a bill pending in the florida legislature to make those type of activities illegal. but the sheriff tried to go forward on his stalking charge
it. how do you explain your client got swept into the vortex if she truly has nothing to do with it? all of these girls are friends. there was a record of schoolyard fight that happened almost a year prior to the event. and, you know, kids talk. i think they made this arrest swiftly, quickly because of the codefendant s last posting on facebook. martha: which i just want to remind everybody, the other defendant, not the one you re representing, said, wait a minute, why are you still alive she said to rebecca? this is when rebecca started posting herself as the name, the dead girl and saying good-bye to her friends. she said according to the testimony, this is rebecca, not the girl who said this, the other girl said, drink bleach and die, go kill yourself. afterwards, she said, thank god she s dead. that is when the sheriff said, you know what? enough. he swept in and began the process here. he believes that your client is also, is also guilty here, jose. well i respectfully disagre
the internet in the cyber world and ultimately rebecca, who was very fragile, saw these words, took them to heart and this tomorrow meanting that she endured forever and ever and ever, caused her to send a post to a friend of hers saying, i can t take it anymore. i m jumping. that is exactly what she did. heather: these social media posts said things like drink bleach and die. go kill yourself. wait a minute, why are you still alive? but initially you were not going to charge the parents until you saw this, and you mentioned it earlier, and we can pull this up. this was a facebook posting i believe was put on one of the young girls after the fact and in it she says, yes, i bullied rebecca and she killed herself but, fill in the blank, i don t care basically is what she is saying. that is what caused you to
messages like, drink bleach. go get cancer. go die. however, the local sheriff s office says neither they, her parents, boyfriend, or school district were aware of any bullying in her life. it is a dangerous thing for some teenagers to go on these sites because they are met with such hostility and such ugly statements. reporter: outraged parents are pressuring ask.fm for more accountability. and ask.fm is listening. in an open letter the company said, quote, we are committed to ensuring that our site is a safe environment. we have implemented various measures over the past months to continue to improve our users safety. abc news, new york. got to be aware of what your kids are doing. give them good advice. and tell them these people don t know you. you can t take anything they say serious. you have an upcoming tween. which has got to be frightening. exactly. i ve got to make sure i talk to her about this. what s frightening to parent. you see something like that.