chanel
Silver Member
The parents of a Rutgers University student who killed himself after his roommate allegedly used a webcam to spy on him during a tryst with another man have filed notice that they intend to sue the school.
Joseph and Jane Clementi, parents of Tyler Clementi, filed the notice on Friday. They have to wait six months to file the lawsuit over their son's death, which became a symbol in a national outcry over the bullying of young gays.
In the notice, the couple said "it appears Rutgers University failed to act, failed to put in place and/or failed to implement, and enforce policies and practices that would have prevented or deterred such acts, and that Rutgers failed to act timely and appropriately."
Parents of Tyler Clementi plan to sue Rutgers University | NJ.com
We don't know everything about this case, so I'm kinda on the fence. If Tyler was being harrassed, or knew he was being filmed and reported it, the school should have acted.
However, "failure to prevent" seems rather utopian. Should the school ban all webcams? Should they search student dorms and forbid sex? How on earth can a university with tens of thousand of students monitor behavior and prevent "bullying"? Rutgers is a very "gay friendly" school. It has been since I went there many, many years ago.
Comments?