Many years ago throughout high school I was bullied, both verbally & physically, by a gang of older boys. It was a daily occurrence. I'm quite certain that if they had ever gotten me alone, they'd have killed me. Everyone, including my parents, knew what was going on. But nobody cared. At one point, one of the gang beat me up breaking my nose. But when he was asked about it, he said I called him a name. So I got blamed for it.