Taxpayer Vs Cyberbullying

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Why waste taxpayer money on a minor incident like cyberbullying. Cyber bullying can be fixed by the parents why get the police involved and waste taxpayer money. Policemen have other actual crimes to attend to don’t get them wound up in a little incident.

People shouldn’t be prosecuted for cyberbullying because NY state senators think the first amendment is a privilege and not a right. They want to prosecute people over their first amendment right which is wrong. The first amendment says you can’t be prosecuted for cyber bullying.

Education over prosecution. The real solution shouldn’t be prosecution it should be education and selective participation. Children should be educated about it and if they have problems they should just

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