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03-29-2007, 10:45 PM | #1 |
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10-year-olds attack, beat homeless man, police say
Pretty pathetic if you ask me..... the video is on cnn shows the kids in cuffs also shows what they did to the homeless guy
(CNN) -- Egged on by a 17-year-old, two 10-year-old boys joined in the attack of a homeless man, leaving him bruised and bloody Tuesday, Daytona Beach Police said. The incident highlights an upswing in violent crime across the U.S. against the homeless. In 2006, there were 142 attacks and 20 murders, several involving teenagers seeking a vicious thrill, according to the Washington, D.C.-based National Coalition for the Homeless. The incident, which took place in Daytona Beach, Florida, may make history, said the nonprofit's acting executive director Michael Stoops. "If we're talking about 10-year-olds, that means we've hit an all-time low," said Stoops. "The youngest person to have ever been arrested for a crime like this is 13." Daytona Police Sgt. Billy Walden said the teen and two boys were walking in their neighborhood around 9 p.m. when they saw 58-year-old John D'Amico. They began throwing rocks at the homeless man. The 17-year-old, Jeremy Woods, punched D'Amico who then fell over a concrete wall. As he lay on the ground, one of the 10-year-olds -- whose names are not being released -- used parts of the concrete to bash D'Amico in the head, a police report shows. D'Amico's eye was severely damaged in the attack. Woods and the two boys were charged with felony aggravated battery and are being held without bond at a juvenile detention center in Daytona Beach, Walden said. The Volusia County State Attorneys Office received paperwork on the case late Thursday and will make a decision about whether to pursue adult charges, said spokeswoman Linda Pruitt. The three boys made their first court appearance Wednesday wearing ankle shackles and handcuffs, and white jail jumpsuits too big for the two tiny 10-year-old frames. Judge Peter Marshall assigned them public defenders. Attacks in Florida Violence against the homeless occurred in cities and suburbs throughout the U.S. last year but Florida led the pack with at least six such crimes in 2006. One of those cases has garnered international attention and is expected to go to trial this fall after a surveillance camera captured two teens beating a homeless man with bats in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on January 12, 2006. Prosecutors say 17-year-old skateboarder Tom Daugherty, 18-year-old Brian Hooks, a popular hockey team captain, and a third unseen teen, Billy Ammons, a high school dropout, assaulted two more homeless men that night. One of them was 45-year-old Norris Gaynor. A witness, Anthony Clarke, told police and CNN last year that he saw the three teens approach Gaynor as he slept on a park bench. Daugherty began whacking Gaynor with a bat, Clarke said. The Daytona Beach area was the scene of another high-profile attack in which four teenagers confessed to beating 53-year-old Michael Roberts to death in the suburb of Holly Hill in May 2005. The teens -- one as young as 14 -- pummeled Roberts with sticks and logs, fracturing the homeless man's skull and breaking his ribs. All four pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder and are serving separate sentences ranging from 35 years in prison to 22 years and were sentenced to probation for life. Florida lawmakers met Tuesday with advocates to work on a bill that would provide more protection for the homeless and provide local communities with assistance funding for homeless prevention.
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Yep, 10-year old kids fight in school and get suspended for 3 days.
Beat up a drunk bum with no ambition in life and the same kids get arrested, charged with felony aggravated battery, held in prison without bond and might even be tired as adults. Pathetic is the correct term alright, but I suspect we mean it in completely opposite ways. |
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BTW, last time I checked, battery was a simple misdemeanor and pathetic is treating 10 year old children like adults. No one said it was a joke or NOT a crime, but they ARE children who are about to face a felony charge that, if convicted, will follow them for the rest of their lives. |
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03-31-2007, 01:17 PM | #6 |
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You know, this reminds me of a story I saw on the news where a school yard cop was taking a lot of heat over something like this. A kid in class had shattered a glass jar and was threatening other kids in class with the sharp glass. The cop came to deal with the kid, but the kid went crazy. Finally, the cop got the glass away and slapped cuffs on the kid. The parents are saying that this was a humiliating experience and the cop was out of line by putting cuffs on the child.
I think they should've just kept their mouths shut, personally. Handcuffs are a tool that cops use to keep subjects from hurting themselves or others. Under the circumstances, the cop acted quite appropriately. But the kid's parents were out for his job. |
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The only scenario I can even conceive of that happening in is an 18 year or older student. They can be "cuffed and stuffed" without any sort of repercussions. The children in question here are 10 and 17 and the story made no mention of the use of weapons. Now I'll concede that the 17 year old should be begging for the courts mercy, but no way should 10 year old kids be facing felony charges when their crime didn't result in a rape or murder. |
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The extent of the punishment should be proportionate to the extent of the crime. Schoolyard romps are not often so severe and not usually just for kicks. When they are, they are dealt with in a harsh manner.
If these kids inflicted such inhumane suffering on a man just for kicks, they should receive the maximum punishment possible. They must be shown the costly price for seeking this variety of self entertainment. |
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If a 10 yr old did this to your child, what punishment would you want? I would want to hurt that child myself but since that couldn't happen or I would go to jail, so whatever they choose I say go for it. Someone always has to be an example and it maybe these 2 children.
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