By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN December 10, 2009 9:41 a.m. ESTThis story started on CNN iReport

Bully video helps police

• A teen is bullied on her way home from school, a student captures it on tape
• Victim submits video to iReport and police take video as evidence
• Social media making it easy to post troubling videos for anyone to see
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(CNN) -- Her choppy blue-and-blond hair hiding the fear in her eyes, a 15-year-old voiced her dislike for a hip-hop music group and got punched in the face by a classmate. The whole thing was caught on tape and social media helped police in their investigation. 

A crowd of six to 10 classmates were following the self-described emo girl and her boyfriend home from school in Newark, Ohio, on an autumn day in September. Some kids were taping it and others were egging on the assailant, who was on the school wrestling team. It all started because Alexis Xanders doesn't like Insane Clown Posse. 

One of the students who recorded the incident contacted Xanders on MySpace and sent her the video two months later. The teen says she wanted something done, so she uploaded the video to YouTube and CNN iReport last week. 

While only six to 10 people witnessed the alleged assault, the video has received more than 1,000 views on CNN iReport to date. 

A local newspaper reporter saw the video and alerted the local police department, says Newark Police Sgt. Scott Snow. A police report was filed on September 24, and authorities are now investigating the other kids in the video who were goading the suspect. 

The 15-year-old suspect, who CNN is not naming because she is a minor, was charged as a juvenile Tuesday with individual count....

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