(Of course, if he went to the cops after Mr.
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If the cops were to launch a full investigation, there would be plenty of evidence they could assess, including Daniel’s visible injuries, witnesses to his first fight with Johnny, and the gang’s overall bullying of Daniel at school and elsewhere.They have no way of knowing who's telling the truth.
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The cops haven't seen the movie like we have. Even if Daniel went to the cops, what evidence does he have? If he says "These four kids attacked me" and the kids all say "He's lying".well, that's four against one.Involving teachers/other adults makes you look weak. Doesn't matter how much you hate them, doesn't matter what they're up to, doesn't matter how much they bother you, you settle it between yourselves. There's also the unwritten law of high school to consider, which was holding true even as late as the early 2010's: You don't snitch on other kids.Parents generally did not do much to combat it, and even when they wanted to do something about it, they had few resources at their disposal. Back then, the attitude that "kids will be kids" and that bullying was a normal part of growing up was nearly ubiquitous. It should also be noted that bullying is taken a lot more seriously today than it was back in the '80s (which is not to say it isn't still condoned to a large degree).Also eventually Daniel wanted to make the bully pay for what he did, so he entered a tournament to try and beat the top karate student at his own game. This did take place in the 80s and bullying wasn’t taken as seriously as it is now. Same if they went to the police, they might be a little more likely to help but odds are it also wouldn’t be effective, or they could just not care at all.
Also if he did tell his mom the school either might not get involved or wouldn’t make it a top priority, either way Daniel would have a target on his head. Odds are that while she would take Daniel being bullied seriously she’s likely call him out for retaliations (his pulling pranks on him) something tells me Daniel would have wanted to avoid that.If I had been in Daniel's shoes, that's exactly what I would have done. I understand that Johnny and his friends could have bullied Daniel worse if he informed anyone about their actions, but even in that case, Daniel and Lucille could have go to the police and request them to do something with Johnny and his gang, as their bullying went to a point it could easily be considered assault. Indeed, Daniel could have told Lucille about the bullying right after Johnny and his friends caused him to crash his bicycle. The whole plot could have been easily avoided had Daniel told his mother about Johnny and his gang in the first place.
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