His Son Was Beaten Three Times. The System Called It Bullying. | Rick Kuehner & Katey McPherson

At the Brink with Erica Brinker · Jun 17, 2026 · 50m

Rick Kuehner is a Navy veteran and single father who moved to Gilbert, Arizona, because it was rated the second safest city in America. His son Tristan was a competitive swimmer, a good-looking kid with a nice car. Starting in his freshman year, Tristan was beaten at a bus stop, attacked in a school bathroom and jumped by a group of strangers in an In-N-Out parking lot. Each time, Rick reported everything. Each time, the system treated it as kids being kids.

When threats followed Tristan to a second school and a group of kids showed up at their house, Rick made the hardest decision of his…