My son, JJ, is out of control.
You're (beep) taking my headphones
that you know I love!
I'm (beep) pissed off!
When JJ gets angry, it's like a dog
that's backed into a corner.
(beep) (JJ screaming)
JJ has no control over his emotions
and he will lash out at anyone telling him what to do.
(JJ screaming)
He just explodes.
(objects crashing)
JJ will destroy furniture.
He's thrown his bed across the room.
JJ will take a screwdriver
and punch holes in the walls.
Knife mark, knife mark,
those are also knife marks, as well.
There's nothing that he won't destroy.
JJ's not afraid to hit me.
He will kick, punch, bite.
If there's any objects around him,
he will throw things at me.
One day, he had a knife and he told me
that he would stab me.
And I had just had enough.
He had it in his hand and he was like (deep breathing).
I went up to him and I said, "Look, what are you gonna do?
"What are you gonna do?"
And he said, "I'm gonna stab you with it!"
And I said, "If you're gonna do it, do it."
Then I have to do chores all (beep) day.
Don't cuss at me!
Things have gotten so bad that I've had to hide the knives
under the bed, so every time I want to cook,
I have to come in here
because I can't have them in the kitchen.
JJ is very verbally abusive.
He'll call me a bitch, whore, a dumb ass,
he'll call me a fat cow.
JJ will run away.
One time, he was missing.
I called the police and I had to report him as a runaway.
As I was going through his messages on Snapchat,
I found a picture of him holding a gun
and with smoke coming out of his mouth.
Come to find out he was riding around in a car
with an 18-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl.
I was frantic.
My biggest fear is that JJ's gonna
either hurt himself or somebody else.
(JJ screaming)
And I'm just so drained and I really need Dr. Phil's help.
But JJ isn't just acting out at home,
his school was forced to implement a safety plan,
for the entire school,
as a result of 54 disciplinary infractions
that he's incurred in the last three years.
He's been suspended over 20 times.
Take a look at this.
JJ's very disruptive at school.
Grabbing students and putting them in headlocks,
shouted, "You're an (beep)" to the teacher.
Took his shoes off and threw them towards one of the adults.
JJ's disciplinary record for just the last three years
is seven pages long.
Justin threw rocks at a student,
hit another student in the eye.
Justin used inappropriate language
towards several other students saying, "Knife you bitches!"
JJ will curse teachers, principals.
Goes around school banging on doors,
he will walk around when he's supposed to be sitting.
If he feels he doesn't want to be there, he will leave.
If you try to stop him, he will flip desks upside down.
Classrooms have had to be evacuated
for the rest of the kids' safety because of his behavior.
JJ is constantly getting into fist fights at school.
One time, I got a phone call
from the school to pick him up.
When I finally got home with him,
he pulled out of his pockets broken pencils
and he said, "Mom, I was gonna use this
"to stab the principal."
The school can't even control him
and their only option now is just to call the police.
The kids at school are constantly pushing JJ's buttons
and the end result is always been a fight.
JJ has been suspended over 20 times
in just the last three years.
If JJ continues on this road, he has no future.
What happens when you try to restrain him?
He will fight back any way he can,
whether it's kicking, punching, biting.
It just creates more violence.
At school, they've actually had to evacuate the classroom
because he sling a desk around and kids could get hurt.
Correct.
He shared with a mental health provider
that he has homicidal ideations
towards students in his classroom,
specifically identified to threat and a plan
for a specific student in his class.
He's unable to return until a threat assessment
can be conducted, so there's actually a student
that he's identified and said,
"I'm gonna kill this person", so they said,
"Well, we can't let him in here
Correct. "for that reason."
So this isn't just he blows up in the moment,
he's premeditated something that he's gonna do
against another student.