Above The Law Elie Mystal Analysis

According to Elie Mystal of “Above The Law” (2010), children torment other children. Mystal explains how he was tormented as a kid and how his parents told him not to start something with someone older when you cannot defend yourself. He talks about how boys will be boys and they will pick on the odd kids out. And that we should not run to the courts over every little thing that happens to us. Saying that we should not get offended when our boss shakes our hands too tight or someone looks at us the wrong way. He says it is a process of growing up and that people take it to the extreme with suicide.
According to Eli Federman of “Forbes” (2013), if being a schoolyard bully were criminal our prisons would be housing many more than the current