Teh One Who Knocks
12-03-2011, 11:59 AM
The Associated Press
BOSTON -- The mother of a Boston elementary school first-grader being investigated for possible sexual harassment for punching another boy in the groin says her son acted in self-defense.
Tasha Lynch said Thursday the other boy had choked her son on a school bus and stolen his gloves late last month.
She tells The Boston Globe her 7-year-old son reacted in an attempt to protect himself.
A spokesman for Boston public schools confirmed an investigation but refused to discuss specifics of the incident or why it has been classified as a possible case of sexual harassment.
Lynch says because her son punched the other boy in the groin, school officials say they consider it sexual assault. She counters that the other boy should be charged with attempted murder for choking her son.
BOSTON -- The mother of a Boston elementary school first-grader being investigated for possible sexual harassment for punching another boy in the groin says her son acted in self-defense.
Tasha Lynch said Thursday the other boy had choked her son on a school bus and stolen his gloves late last month.
She tells The Boston Globe her 7-year-old son reacted in an attempt to protect himself.
A spokesman for Boston public schools confirmed an investigation but refused to discuss specifics of the incident or why it has been classified as a possible case of sexual harassment.
Lynch says because her son punched the other boy in the groin, school officials say they consider it sexual assault. She counters that the other boy should be charged with attempted murder for choking her son.