March 10, 2010
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Governor takes action against elementary school bullies

Admitting that he had been bulied as a kid, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick issued a warning to all school bullies. In February, 2010, he went to an elementary school and over the school intercom stated “No bullying, because if I hear about it I’m coming back to deal with it myself.”

Governor Patrick received an email from a 9-year-old boy asking for his help. “For this young man it was a safety issue, you could tell it was affecting his experience across the board, he was so clearly distracted. It took a lot of guts for him to reach out.”

Gov. Deval Patrick - Nancy Lane, Boston Herald

The victimized boy spoke with the governor but didn’t want him to approach the bully or talk with him. Following the governor’s intercom comments, bullying was discussed in the classrooms with the teachers and students.

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Judge Tom is the founder and moderator of AsktheJudge.info. He is a retired juvenile judge and spent 23 years on the bench. He has written several books for lawyers and judges as well as teens and parents including 'Teen Cyberbullying Investigated' (Free Spirit Publishing) and 'Every Vote Matters: the Power of Your Voice, from Student Elections to the Supreme Court' (Free Spirit Publishing). In 2020, the American Bar Association published "Cyberbullying Law," the nation's first case-law book written for lawyers, judges and law students. When he's not answering teens' questions, Judge Tom volunteers with the American Red Cross and can be found hiking, traveling and reading.

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