Re: Beat Down 5 on 1 at Wilson Park Archived Message
Posted by CrackerJack on March 19, 2019, 10:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Beat Down 5 on 1 at Wilson Park"
"Did you mean to say the parents posted the video for all to see? If so they are just as guilty as any of the little hooligans if not more." I can't agree with this, not even almost. Especially the "if not more" part. I'm sure the decision to post this video was not an easy one. I would bet the reason behind it, is out of fear of nobody actually understanding the situation, or believing it, without video proof. The girl being harassed is not the one who did the videoing. Suggesting she be punished because it was sent to her phone, is strange. How would anyone feel about being held responsible for a message being sent to their phone, especially if it wasn't requested? Punishment over that is pretty unfair. What happened in this video, is a hate crime. It appears as if it is being excused, or downplayed by the police department because all involved our under age, although unless you work for the department, there is no way of knowing for sure. Can you begin to imagine what would happen if this would have been all white kids jumping and beating on a black kid? Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would have already been in contact with our town's officials, and be booking their flights to good ole Granite City. I'd bet my last dollar if they weren't and this incident wasn't being handled as the hate crime it is, this town would be crawling with protestors by now and there would be riots in the streets!
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