The first lady was right about bullying we have to act

First Lady Melania Trump devoted her first term to the problem of bullying — and she had a good point.If that wasn’t clear before, it’s certainly clear now, after the shocking death of 17-year-old Xavier Nungaray, the Benjamin Franklin High School student who threw himself over the railing of a building after a fight with a classmate.Worse yet, Nungaray died in front of perhaps dozens of witnesses, including children as well as teachers.They will never be able to forget what they saw.  Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.Someone was filming a video — as happens so often nowadays — and captured the entire tragic event.That video will be useful for forensic purposes, as police probe what happened.

Local prosecutors could even be planning to file criminal charges, the California Post reported.But aside from criminal responsibility, there is the matter of social responsibility.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!How could this have been allowed to happen?How could a child come to feel so desperate that he would leap over a railing, without warning?We know that another student had just punched him and taunted him, and called him names.What we don’t know is why that affected him so badly. It looks like classic bullying, from the video.We don’t know enough to draw definitive conclusions.But no child should ever be punched at school.

And no child should ever feel that the only way out of a difficult social situation is to end life itself.There are going to be tough questions in the coming da...