A viral TikTok about a dad beating up another dad over his child’s bullying raises questions about the appropriateness of violence

OPINION: We often say, “Violence is never the answer,” but a viral TikTok seems to suggest that this sentiment is not always true.

A very interesting TikTok came across my feed recently. It’d been viewed by over 11 million people when I got to it. (At last check it’s over 20 million.) In the video, you see a large, muscular, heavily tatted Black man wearing a necklace signifying that he may be a Mason. He’s sitting in his car wearing a wifebeater T-shirt. He says, “To the 7-year-old girl who had to watch me and my brothers jump her daddy after school, I’m sorry. I know that was probably a traumatizing experience for you.”

At that point, I thought it was a joke. TikTokers love misdirection — they start with mock seriousness and then make a turn into comedy. This was not one of those times.

The man continued: “We kept asking you to stop bullying my daughter and you wouldn’t listen.”

The man, who goes by Kavi, said he had spoken to her and her family several times about the bullying. They had sent letters and even had a meeting with her and her family. But the bullying continued.

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