Bully

From the day Tyler was born,

I was probably

the proudest dad in the world.

Because he was the firstborn,

he was the first son.

He always had that laugh

about him that was just...

I don't know,

it was infectious.

It caught you.

Keep going! Keep going!

One more time. Let's go.

See, Papa, see?

See, I can do it.

Papa, see? I can do it.

As he grew older,

he kind of reverted and was a loner.

He couldn't stand large crowds,

he couldn't stand

the noise of it all.

Here, let's see the window.

I knew he would be victimized

at some point in time.

Tyler?

What is it, Dad?

I need a camcorder.

Tyler was never

the most athletic.

All right, y'all tell me

what y'all think about snow.

When he was in PE, he was always

the last one to be chose.

Nobody would be on his team

because they said he was a geek

and he's a fag,

and they didn't want to play with him.

And it took a toll on him

early in middle school

to where he... he cried.

And then he got to a point

to where he didn't cry anymore.

And that's when it became difficult

to truly understand

what he was going through.

Is this in position?

Kimberly, if you see this tape,

this is me, I'm talking in the camera.

But I just wanted to say that

I really love you very much.

If all the kids insult you

and all things like that,

forget about them.

The last couple days we had heard

that he had had his head

shoved into a wall locker.

Some kids had told him to go

hang himself, that he was worthless.

Hand me it.

And I think he got to the point

to where enough was enough.

- Tyler, what are you doing?

- Drawing.

- You doing your homework?

- Yes.

- You drawing Daddy a picture?

- Yes.

- Say hi to Daddy.

- Hi, Daddy.

I still think he's going

to come through that door.

And I know he's not.

Come here.

Well, come here.

Basketball.

If there is a heaven...

I know Tyler's there.

And all I can do is have the faith...

that I'll be able to see him again.

That's what I have to live for.

And I have to live

for my other two kids,

and I have to make their life...

as comfortable and as pleasant...

and as peaceful as I can.

Tyler Lee Long,

born April 25, 1992.

Died October 17, 2009. Age 17.

Her name is Noelle

I had a dream about her

She rings my bell

I got gym class

in half an hour

How she rocks

in Keds and tube socks

But she doesn't know who I am

And she doesn't

give a damn about me

'Cause I'm just

a teenage dirtbag, baby

Yeah, I'm just

a teenage dirtbag, baby

Listen to Iron Maiden, baby

with me

I've got two tickets

to Iron Maiden, baby

Come with me Friday

Don't say "maybe"

I'm just

a teenage dirtbag, baby

Like you

Yeah

Dirtbag

No, she doesn't know

What she's missing

- Papa?

- Yes, dear?

You have no cups that I can reach.

I have no cups?

- That I can reach.

- Why not?

Because they're

all the way back there.

Somebody, named "your mother"...

I feel good

when I'm in this house

and when I'm with my family.

- That's Papa's cup.

- Yeah, I know.

Maya, my sister, she is annoying,

but that's normal for a sister, so...

Then there's Ethan.

He's my six-year-old brother.

He got all A's in preschool

through kindergarten.

I'm proud of him for that.

Then there's Jada.

She talks a lot.

Then there's Logan,

my two-year-old brother,

and my mama and my dad.

And then there's me.

L-O-S-E-R.

What does that spell? "Alex."

Wow, sisters are annoying.

Your face is annoying.

People, call me "fish face."

I don't mind.

You got called "fish face," too?

I got called that

all the time in third grade.

- You did?

- Yeah.

Come here,

come here, come here.

What?

Body slam!

Your foot!

Isn't it tasty?

I feel kind of nervous

going back to school 'cause...

I like learning,

but I have trouble

with making friends.

What's up, Alex?

Don't piss me off and that won't happen.

OK.

I'll kick your ass.

- Don't do that.

- I'm not hitting you.

You hit me in the nose.

- Don't even think about watching.

- OK.

Or gonna throw you on the ground

and start kicking the crap out of you.

I'll break your Adam's apple,

which will kill you.

Hey! No, you didn't!

- What's up?

- S'up?

OK.

Yeah, I know

what you're saying.

Whoa, the fog must have

slowed everybody down.

Go. Go, go, go.

Get to class.

And away we go.

Listen up, everybody get your team

and line up over there against the wall.

It doesn't matter which order.

Whoa, buddy, what happened? Come here.

- We just got...

- What in the world happened?

I don't see any hole.

- He got hit pretty good.

- Did he?

I'll bet you guys

didn't like that, did you?

Get in there, let's go.

Get in there.

Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Let's go, let's go, move around.

Come on, Jason, move around.

Watch the ball!

Hey. Are you in trouble?

- Not really.

- OK.

He's always such

an unhappy-looking child.

I see you guys

laughing over there.

Now, Cody.

Cody, come here.

You don't have a book?

'cause you just snuck in?

We're on page 364.

Maggie, go ahead and read it, please.

Mrs. Pucilek, open a window.

Open a window.

Can I do that

without getting in trouble? OK.

Yes. Come here, sweetie.

Cody, can you tell me what's

happening at lunch table?

He calls me a f*ggot.

He does?

How does that make you feel?

It... It breaks my heart.

It breaks your heart. I see.

So what do you think we should do?

Tell me how to fix this.

Tell me how to fix this.

I don't know.

I don't have any magic.

Just, you know,

and it's a really awful feeling.

How many people in here have,

um, at least one friend?

OK. How many people in here

have two friends?

How many people in here have

more than two friends?

Almost everybody.

People think that I'm different,

I'm not normal.

Most kids don't

want to be around me.

I feel like I...

I belong somewhere else.

You can always count on

something happening

when you're walking down the hall

at school and in the classroom,

after school,

when I'm walking home,

when I'm walking through the parking

lot in the mornings, to school.

I wasn't welcomed at church.

I'm not welcomed

in a lot of people's homes.

I know these guys get called "gay"

just for hanging out with me.

Everybody thinks I'm a lesbian.

Everybody thought

we were lesbians

- right when we started hanging out.

- I'm straight.

- And she's straight.

- I'm straight.

Like I told you,

she's K-gay.

I'm not straight anymore.

We were walking back from lunch

and these guys,

there was probably like six older guys,

driving in their mom's minivan.

They were mostly jocks.

I was gonna find out

what their problem was,

so I kinda walked in the road,

and instead of slowing down

or stopping to talk to me,

they sped up

and I flew onto the windshield.

I couldn't have gotten hit by something

cool, like a Jeep or something.

I had to get hit by a minivan.

Tuttle. Country town.

- What did he say?

- Friday night games.

Football, football

Let's play football!

Defense!

Defense! Defense!

Bible Belt Oklahoma.

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