Mother Mourns as Daughter Tierra James Committed Suicide
Joseph Russell
Updated on May 31, 2026
“I loved her so much. We loved her so much,” said Perkins. “My love was not enough for my own child because her mental state was messed up from what they did to my baby.”Perkins says school leaders knew her daughter was being bullied but didn’t do enough to protect her. Tierra’s death is now encouraging other students to speak up.
“It needs to stop,” said Lyric Mason, an 8th grader at Akili Academy.
Mason says she’s been bullied as well. She knows Tierra and exactly how she felt.
“My issue didn’t get handled until I didn’t want to come to school anymore and I was planning on committing suicide,” said Mason. “What stopped me was the fact that if I had done it, I didn’t want anyone to find me dead.”
A march Thursday afternoon outside the school brought calls for change so no other student or family feels the pain Perkins says she can’t escape.
“I want my daughter back. I want my baby,” said Perkins. “I want to hold her. I want to tell her it’s ok.”
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