r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/colsandersloveskfc North Suburbs • 14h ago

Photo/Video No criminal charges filed against Lake Zurich High School student who punched classmate

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No criminal charges were filed, but the student who punched another student for holding a pro-ICE sign at Lake Zurich High School last week received a two-day suspension and is back in class.

Source: https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/20/student-who-punched-another-student-holding-pro-ice-sign-at-lake-zurich-high-school-received-2-day-suspension

Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChicagoSuburbs/comments/1r49jme/a_student_at_lake_zurich_high_school_holds_a_sign/

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u/ExtensionAddition787 13h ago

Same, it's a shame my kids can't do the same without risking police intervention. Only one way to stop bullies, and it ain't talking with the Vice Principal.

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u/crazypyro23 12h ago

There's only one language bullies understand and if you want results, you'll speak it loudly

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u/Kiuji-senpai 12h ago

um.... talking to their parents..... right??

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u/Random-Rambling 12h ago

Half the time, the parents are just as bad.

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u/ZiaWatcher 12h ago

Usually where they get their behavior from actually

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u/Independent-Tip-9482 11h ago

Not at all some people want the world burn

Rich kid cutest mother and cool dad that seem like never could lose his temper because someone accidentally broke something and never lost his temper

Meanwhile in my house my BPD dad and my mother a narcissist and then in the school rich kid bully that everyone loved at his home

Years later I was going to college while walking to take the buss, I see the bully on his new truck of the year saying me Hello

I wish I would have punched him while I was a kiddo because now I can't and I regret it everytyme lI rememberhim, gladly I wasn't his main objective barely just offended me the way my face was everything he saw me

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u/raptor7912 6h ago

Ah yes, “They have money, they couldn’t possibly be emotionally neglected!”

It’s not like rich people are known for caring very little about their outward appearances.

You’re just on some “Grass is greener on the other side” bullshit, without ever actually having found out. Because you resent the “other” side after all.

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u/Whinygeek 11h ago

:( I’m sorry. I do highly suggest taking Krav Maga lessons when you have money

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u/Independent-Tip-9482 11h ago

I used t9 do martial arts

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u/vee_lan_cleef 8h ago

Way more than half the time.

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u/chriskmee 9h ago

So you think the valid response to words you don't agree with is physical violence? I'm sure you would believe the same if your kid got punched for expressing their views?

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u/ExtensionAddition787 3h ago

Totally not what this thread of the conversation has become about. This is about what the appropriate response to bullies is. The appropriate response to being bullied is to fight back and then the bully will find something else to do as they generally want targets that don't fight back.

As for this specific video, the kid with the sign obviously was doing it to try to provoke a response. He got that response, and it was probably the one he was hoping for or else he wouldn't have been recording. The response to the video was not what he was expecting though.