No intervention in school yard fight

A fight that turned vicious was observed and not stopped by onlookers.

In a report by the Montreal Gazette, Matthew Brooks was beaten by a 17 year old student last week just outside the yard at Westmount senoir high school.

Brooks suffered a broken cheekbone and shattered left eye socket. He has regained only a fraction of his vision from the left eye.

50 or so fellow students stood by watching and did not call 911. Instead they recorded the altercation and uploaded it online. Police officers and the principal were left in disbelief.

The Lester B. Pearson school board has recently set up a program to teach students about responsibility with smartphones and uploading dangerous behavior on the internet.

The agressor was charged by police and is banned from school grounds until the end of the academic year.

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