Last night my 15 year old lad was down hillsboro with some mates, one black, one asian. Some locals decided to start abusing, racially so my lad steps in to make it stop and ends up in the Childrens after having a housebrick caved into the back of his head.

Luckily he's ok, major gash and bit of concussion but after telling him all his life to stand up for others I now wonder if its better to just walk away with a "not my problem" attitude.

I remember fights when I was a teen and picking up bricks, bats etc was not in the rulebook. We're supposed to be moving forwards not backwards.

The best of it is my lad has begged not to call the police in fear of repurcussions. Unfortunately I agree with him. The best we could hope for is a brick through the window.

I think half the problem is the fact that the police are almost powerless. My grandad used to be in the police and he used to give kids a good wack if they were out of order. I think thats where we need to be heading back to.

I've seen people being picked on and hopelessly outnumbered and sometimes, when people try to help they just agrevate the situation and the original victim ends up worse off as well as the guy who tried to help. I've been guilty of this as, I have to admit, I'm worse than useless in a fight.

On the plus side though, your son's wounds will heal and he'll know that he tried to do the right thing, which is well worth a night in casualty.

it disgusting behaviour and it's a shame you feel that the police wouldn't achieve anything.
If you could identify the people who did this, then surely they'd be facing a gbh or even attempted murder charge for hitting someone in the back of the head with a housebrick.

Without knowing the full story it sounds like your kid did the right thing, especially if these were his friends and not just random strangers he saw being abused. The other option of course is if it's not already physical ignore it and walk away, or given the option advise his mates to run away and go with them. It might not be hollywood style, but it's better than a night in casualty. Pick your fights and make sure they are ones you can win, given the choice.

This is so awful, I hope you're son's ok now.

Everyone, in my opinion, should be able to stand up for what they think is right and I would stick by my friends whatever the situation (I hope).

You need to let him know that he did the right thing and it is a very, very sad reflection on today's society that people think they can get away with throwing bricks at other young people.

If he's nervous now, I'd get him to consider enroling in some sort of self-defence/martial art class - along with his mates. His friend will surely remember what he did for him and hopefully do the same in return should the need ever arise.

I'm not sure how I would feel if it had been my daughter that had got the brick in the head - furious obviously - but I think at the end of the day she'd do the same again, no matter what I said. If friends don't stick together and support each other then 'they' will always win.

Throwing a brick is truly the cowards way out and that's all these thugs are - cowards. Get them on their own and they'd be scared to death.

Unfortunately, its the 6% of hillsborough that let us all down. 94% are good people. 6% voted BNP in the hillsborough constituency.

Originally posted by Pete1024
Unfortunately, its the 6% of hillsborough that let us all down.

True - we used to live at Hillsborough till a few years ago - in 15 years we never had any problems. On top of friday nights action it was only a few weeks ago he was mugged on Middlewood Road at 8.30 in the morning by four teenagers while on his way to school. Not one person stopped to help. Looks like they all had the "not my problem" attitude.

The plus side is that since we brought him home he seems to have developed a sense of humour and is speaking without grunting!!

Originally posted by coopster1974
The plus side is that since we brought him home he seems to have developed a sense of humour and is speaking without grunting!!

Must have been the blow to the head. I'm sure normal teenage behaviour will be resumed shortly ;)

Seriously, I hope he's alright. He did a good thing and we could do with a few more like him.

One day last week my brother in law was attacked by four young people, two boys and two girls, while taking his dog for a walk,one boy smacked him in the face, then they all joined in,I hope their mothers are proud of their off springs, he is 70 years old and the most inofensive person you'd ever meet he was in the RAF during the last war,worked hard and paid his way all his life, he must wonder now why he bothered.when is someone going to get rid of scum like these?

For what it's worht i would be very proud if that was my son and we need more people like that in this world, people who take a stand against things that are wrong.

Just like to say that it looks like you've brought your child up well to help others, be proud of the lad I would :clap: and be proud of yourself for raising a child with good morals.

Although have to say that allowing the police to hit the kids is only going to make things worse, violence leads to violence, and at which point i think people would lose what little respect they have left for the police force. Probably did work well in my grandad's time (also a police officer) but the mindset of kids has changed so much, that these days they'd porobably just the policeman back and then attack his family.

Sad days we live in