Vigils held nationwide for nonbinary Oklahoma teenager who died day after school bathroom fight
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Vigils took place across the nation for Nex Benedict, who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student claimed to be a target of bullying.

Vigils took place across the nation for an Oklahoma teenager who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student said they were a target of bullying.

Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old who identified as nonbinary and used they/them pronouns, got into an altercation with three girls in an Owasso High School bathroom who were picking on Benedict and some friends. The girls attacked Benedict for pouring water on them, the teen told police in a video released Friday.

Benedict’s mother called emergency responders to the family home the day after the fight, saying Benedict’s breathing was shallow, their eyes were rolling back and their hands were curled, according to audio released by Owasso police.

  • helenslunch
    23·
    4 months ago

    I agree with you on the first part but

    the police also said the initial autopsy showed the fight and the death were “unrelated,”

    The police have also proven themselves to be untrustworthy time and time again. And it’s no secret that this has become a huge national conflict that a particular political party that “backs the blue” is certainly not happy about. So I would be completely unsurprised if facts were being twisted.

    • PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 months ago

      I believe that autopsies are often not reliable / have repeatable results. They’re called out in Kahneman’s book Noise as being among the more noisy “sciences.” I have a particular distrust when I think there may be a political or ideological motivation behind the results, such as in this case or in killings by police officers.