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Nex Benedict’s mother blindsided by release of 911 call and body cam footage: ‘I lost it’

Source: Owasso Police Department

Nex Benedict’s mother says she was blindsided and distressed by the release of body camera footage and 911 calls by police investigating the non-binary student’s death one day after a school fight.

On Friday night, the Owasso Police Department released a 21-minute video of an officer interviewing Nex, 16, in hospital after they were involved in a bathroom fight with three students at Owasso High School on 7 February.

Nex, who used them/they pronouns, appears alert while telling the officer that they who had been bullying their friends for

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