participants of the white march in memory of Lindsay denounce the inaction of the authorities

A new white march was organized this Sunday morning in Vendin-le-Vieil (Pas-de-Calais), more than a month after the suicide of Lindsay, this 13-year-old schoolgirl, victim of school harassment. Hundreds of people marched in memory of the young girl, but also with the desire to support all the teenagers who suffer from this scourge.

It’s rainy. Under the umbrellas, flowers, balloons, and college students from Vendin-le-Vieil haunted by Lindsay’s suicide. “I was in ninth grade but I saw her anyway. It’s weird not to see her again”, testifies a teenager. For a young girl “After what happened, I see life differently. I find people mean”.

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The procession is provided, the walk is long, from college to high school, to say that everyone, all establishments are affected. Bikers are also present to make “noise against bullying”. At 11, Camillia also experienced insults from her classmates: “I was really sad because it was my best friends who insulted me. It was hard, I didn’t have too many friends anymore.” Her mother comforts her: “You see how that marks. It’s hard to explain to young people of this age that the parents are there, that there is support. It’s difficult to make sure that a young person goes directly to see the professionals at school, they don’t have the weapons for that.”

The one who harassed my daughter, I called her out, something I shouldn’t have done, but the school didn’t react. And I said to the little one ‘you know, it can go very far, it can be serious what you are doing’. It’s time for everyone to move, and for the children to support each other.

A mother

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“But what’s the point of all that?”wonders Valérie, watching the parade of white t-shirts go by. “What will it change anyway? It’s been years, nothing has ever been done. Everything is padlocked. My children have been harassed and it’s always our fault, always the fault of the families. ” She does not believe National Education capable of taking the problem seriously:“I am a grandmother now, and I am afraid for my grandchildren.”