Fred Wilson Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 I really didn't know how to title this. A handicapped man is drowning in a lake in Florida and these "teenagers" are filming the scene, laughing and taunting the man. Did any one of them step up to save a fellow human being? NO sad, mad, upset, and a thousand other of this type of emoticons Link to comment
John Morris Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Fred, I am sorry but I had to delete the video due to the graphic nature of it. I know you meant well sir, and I completely agree with your frustration, my gosh what has happened to some of our kids! But I had to remove the video sir. Thanks for your understanding Fred. Link to comment
lew Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 I saw this posted this afternoon. What really saddens me is that there will be no retribution for their actions. Edit: I see know that they will be charged with a misdemeanor for not reporting a death. Link to comment
Al B Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Hopefully, as these teenagers mature, this memory will be imbedded in their minds and they will forever wish they had acted responsibly. Maybe the day will come when they are on the opposite side of such a situation. Link to comment
Fred W. Hargis Jr Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 I had not heard this story before, it really is a sad thing. Link to comment
Ron Dudelston Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 I saw the mug shot of one of these fine upstanding gentlemen this morning. Let's just say he was "unemployable". Disgusting. Link to comment
HARO50 Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Is this our future country leaders???? More likely your future drug users/dealers, Piggly Wiggly robbers, wannabee terrorists...... John Link to comment
Stick486 Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 7 minutes ago, HARO50 said: More likely your future drug users/dealers, Piggly Wiggly robbers, wannabee terrorists...... welfare recipients/freeloaders.. Link to comment
Fred Wilson Posted July 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 No problems, John - I fully understand and agree. I was just so P********d off that I did it. I think just about everyone had seen it any how. Thank you for the remarks, guys - it renews my mind of the "older" generation. Link to comment
HandyDan Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 No respect for human life. Of course who's to say the would treat animals any better. Here is the story for those who may not have read it. The video was shocking in Florida, where shocking videos seem like a genre. A group of teenagers laughed and watched as a man struggled in the water of a pond. The man drowned, and his body was not found for days. The five teenagers did nothing to help him, not even call 911, but after examining the video, the authorities said this week that they did not break the law. “In the state of Florida, there is no law in place that requires a person to render aid or call to render aid to a victim in distress,” Yvonne Martinez, a spokeswoman for the Cocoa Police Department, said on Friday. But the local police were not giving up. Later in the day, they said that they believed a different Florida law requires any person who is aware of a death to report it. Ms. Martinez said the authorities would recommend charges under that law. The man, Jamel Dunn, 31, drowned July 9, and his body was found five days later when the police received a report that it was floating near the edge of the pond in a park in Cocoa, a town with 18,000 people near Orlando. Link to comment
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