Bullied Quaden Bayles is hit with fresh online abuse over attending the Black Lives Matter protest just months after a video of him being bullied went viral
- Quaden Bayles hit with online abuse for attending a Black Lives Matter protest
- He made international headlines in February after a video went viral of him
- Quaden was sobbing into the camera saying he was suicidal because of bulling
- The nine-year-old attended protest in Brisbane for Black Lives Matter movement
- Hundreds of people took to his Instagram with racist comments after the rally
Bullied nine-year-old Quaden Bayles has been hit with more online abuse over attending an Australian Black Lives Matter protest.
Quaden made international headlines in February when his mother filmed him saying he wanted to die after kids picked on him at school.
In footage shared in February, Quaden – who has the most common type of dwarfism called achondroplasia – is seen sobbing into the camera and saying he is suicidal from being relentlessly bullied.
The nine-year-old, his activist mother Yarraka and sister Guyala all attended a Black Lives Matter rally in Brisbane on Saturday.
Bullied nine-year-old Quaden Bayles (pictured with Goodna rapper Lisi) has been hit with more online abuse for attending an Australian Black Lives Matter protest
Quaden Bayles and his mother Yarraka were spotted at the Brisbane Black Lives Matter rally on Saturday
The nine-year-old, his activist mother Yarraka (pictured) and sister Guyala all attended a Black Lives Matter rally in Brisbane on Saturday
Quaden shared a series of pictures from the event on Instagram including a snap with well-known Goodna rapper Lisi who he saw at the event.
‘Was so happy to meet this guy at the #BLM march today,’ the caption read.
‘Love listening to @lisi4300. I used to live in Goodna with my dad and brother who used to go to Kruger Park.’
Hundreds of comments flooded the nine-year-old’s Instagram posts with horrific racists remarks which Daily Mail Australia felt were too vile to publish.
Ms Bayles captioned the photos of her family protesting ‘Freedom fighters’, and also shared a photo of protesters in the U.S. in support
An aerial shot of protestors at the Black Lives Matter rally in Brisbane on Saturday where an estimated 30,000 people attended
Many of Quaden’s 468,000 followers came to his defence and slammed the vicious trolls and bullies.
‘Please leave the comments off. I am so sick of seeing grown ass adults bully a CHILD with special needs! It just hurts my heart,’ one user said.
‘Anyone who is posting and commenting hate is disgusting and need to get lives,’ another said.
‘I can’t believe people like you still exist. It’s sickening.’
Quaden Bayles, from Brisbane, made international headlines in February when his mother Yarraka filmed him saying he wanted to die after being bullied at school
The protest Quaden attended was sparked by the death of Minnesota man George Floyd, a black man in the US who died on May 25 after a police officer knelt on his neck for eight minutes during an arrest.
Quaden made headlines after footage shared in February went viral of him sobbing and saying he was suicidal because he had been relentlessly bullied.
He told his mother: ‘Give me a rope, I want to kill myself.’
‘I just want to stab myself in the heart… I want someone to kill me.’
Quaden also scratched at his neck and said: ‘I want to die… I want to scratch myself’.
Ms Bayles shared the video publicly on Facebook in a bid to raise awareness about the impact of bullying.
George Floyd was allegedly murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who kneeled on his neck for eight minutes during an arrest last Monday