Cheerleader beatdown

[Danny Tse]

I can't believe there are morons such as these people....

http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4609528&page=1

[engtaz]

That is very sad stuff. Give someone a public place to show off and they will.

engtaz

[mantis]

Those kids parents should be next. they all should get a beat down for allowing there kids to act this way. I believe 90% of what kids do comes from the home.

If that happened to one of my kids there would be hell to pay.

[Face]

Sickening.

[jaysonbarnett]

All of that started from MYSPACE and it is he said she said bull crap

[exalted512]

Holy crap. I saw another story on this and the defense attorney thought community service and counseling was a fit punishment. Goes right up there with time out.
-Cody

[noimposse]

Thats pretty messed up. I did some pretty stupid things when I was 16, but they don't even compare to this...

[Strong Bad]

I saw an interview this morning with the mom (of the beaten girl) and someone from the police. The cop said not one of the 8 that were involved in the beating showed one bit of remorse. He said most of them were joking and saying things like..."Well, i guess we're going to miss spring break now. Oh well."

They need to hit everyone one of them with maximum felony charges and to do time. Ya wanna do stupid **** like that, ya do the time then. Maybe when actual jail time hits, then it will sink in. Then again, maybe it won't.

[bobman1235]

I can't imagine being a parent and having that happen to my daughter. I would bludgeon each and every one of those kids to within an inch of their lives.

[hockeyboy]

Word.

[NotaSuv]

That is very sad stuff. Give someone a public place to show off and they will.

engtaz

way beyond sad...they beat her the first time till she passed out and then beat her again as she came to.....

[jaysonbarnett]

this crap happens ever day

[Shizelbs]

Disgusting

[F1nut]

Eh, I'd take all 8 of them out back and introduce them to Mister .45. There's no need for any of them to reproduce. End of story and a huge savings of taxpayer money.

[sucks2beme]

Typical. Too full of themselves to realize how serious this is, and
they made the job of convicting them easy. Videotape and stupidity
go hand in hand. I don't see how they think that this is just going to
go away. If they don't get jail, the civil lawsuit will destroy them and their
families.

[MrNightly]

I'm with F1 on this one... Let me know where and you can use my trusty Glock .40 cal as well. Just don't do it too fast now, start with the feet...

Hope they get 10+ years. That will teach them... maybe.

[kingtut]

Canning the attackers (like the they did to the teen in Singapore), then long jail sentences to set examples to prevent other kids from doing the same damage.

[mrbigbluelight]

I would bludgeon each and every one of those kids to within an inch of their lives.

Eh, I'd take all 8 of them out back and introduce them to Mister .45. There's no need for any of them to reproduce. End of story and a huge savings of taxpayer money.

I'm with F1 on this one... Let me know where and you can use my trusty Glock .40 cal as well. Just don't do it too fast now, start with the feet...
Hope they get 10+ years. That will teach them... maybe.

Canning the attackers (like the they did to the teen in Singapore), then long jail sentences to set examples to prevent other kids from doing the same damage.

Bunch of flaming liberals.

Well .... okay, maybe for those punks.

As to the "parents" ? Well, I can't help but think of an infamous line from the movie, "Hellraiser":






"Welcome to Oblivion".

[RuSsMaN]

Polk County beatdown.

[xsmi]

I saw an interview with the mother of one of the girls who hosted the girls. She was DEFENDING the attackers. Lets you know the fruit....

[bikezappa]

We always think that women or in this case girls are less violent than men.

However, there have been studies that show that isn't the case. The number of domestic violent incidents between gay women is just as high as between married couples.

But I just love all the suggestions to take them out back and give them a wippin with a gun.

That would teach them a new lesson.

Stopping violence with more violence doesn't sound like a sound idea to me, but I could be wrong. You can punish some one with out drawing blood. If these grils had used other options to punish that girl there would be no news story here. And if these were boys there would be no story here.

I bet there is much more to this story.

[exalted512]

eye for an eye.
-Cody

[shack]

I bet there is much more to this story.

I doubt it...unless you consider the fact that they are a bunch of over-indulged, poorly parented bitches, with the morals, decency and common sense of a maggot...much more info.

[bobman1235]

We always think that women or in this case girls are less violent than men.

However, there have been studies that show that isn't the case. The number of domestic violent incidents between gay women is just as high as between married couples.

But I just love all the suggestions to take them out back and give them a wippin with a gun.

That would teach them a new lesson.

Stopping violence with more violence doesn't sound like a sound idea to me, but I could be wrong. You can punish some one with out drawing blood. If these grils had used other options to punish that girl there would be no news story here. And if these were boys there would be no story here.

I bet there is much more to this story.

Two things.

One, I have no idea what studies you're looking at. To say that in general women are just as likely to be violent offenders as men is patently insane. Domestic violence is a very, very small subset of violence as a whole, and a bunch of cheerleaders kidnapping and beating a fellow cheerleader is not domestic violence.

TWO, I don't think anyone here thinks physically punishing the girls responsible would "cure" them, but it should would be satisfying. And, as at least I said, if I was a PARENT of one of these girls, I wouldn't be looking to rehabilitate them, just to punish them. Badly.

[bknauss]

I have no problem with a one on one fist fight, but crap like this is... well I can't even put it into words.

[SolidSqual]

Man . . . I've been in some fights as a younger kid, but I never took it so far as to give someone a concussion and hearing loss. That is just insane. Even where I have gotten my ass kicked, it was nothing but bruises.

Also, what kind of f-ing cowards have a gang fight. That is just lame. I hope the prosecutor does the right thing and nails them hard and fast. I want to see those girls with the animals in the women's prisons.

Finally, why no conspiracy charges? That would ratchet the likely conviction and punishment way up.

[SolidSqual]

Two things.


TWO, I don't think anyone here thinks physically punishing the girls responsible would "cure" them, but it should would be satisfying. And, as at least I said, if I was a PARENT of one of these girls, I wouldn't be looking to rehabilitate them, just to punish them. Badly.

I disagree. My dad only hit me once in my life when I picked a fight over a stupid matter. I never did it again. And, I sure as hell didn't come back at my dad or retaliate on someone else. If done right and if you educate the person receiving the beatdown about why they need it, then I believe success rates would be good.

[bikezappa]

Two things.

One, I have no idea what studies you're looking at. To say that in general women are just as likely to be violent offenders as men is patently insane. Domestic violence is a very, very small subset of violence as a whole, and a bunch of cheerleaders kidnapping and beating a fellow cheerleader is not domestic violence.

TWO, I don't think anyone here thinks physically punishing the girls responsible would "cure" them, but it should would be satisfying. And, as at least I said, if I was a PARENT of one of these girls, I wouldn't be looking to rehabilitate them, just to punish them. Badly.

Bobman, I don't remember the source of the story. I will try and get more information.

And you are right, domestic violence isn't cheerleader kidnapping and beating.
I mentioned it to show that women can be violent to other women also.

This incident to me indicates that something went wrong a long time ago with these girls and their family. I don't know what went wrong but it is frightening.

[bikezappa]

Bobman

Here is a link. There are many others. I was shocked by this information also.

http://www.aardvarc.org/dv/gay.shtml

Maybe the pretty little girls aren't such pretty little girls.

[bobman1235]

I disagree. My dad only hit me once in my life when I picked a fight over a stupid matter. I never did it again. And, I sure as hell didn't come back at my dad or retaliate on someone else. If done right and if you educate the person receiving the beatdown about why they need it, then I believe success rates would be good.

Once in your life? You got off easy....

Anyway, the point is it takes more than one good beating, especially as late in life as these girls are, to change someone. It takes an entire childhood of good parenting. If by high school you think it's a good idea to gang up on and beat a girl for fun, a beating ain't gonna cure you.

And you are right, domestic violence isn't cheerleader kidnapping and beating.
I mentioned it to show that women can be violent to other women also.

I don't think anyone disagrees on that, but your original post said that women are JUST as violent as men, which is just patently false.

SOURCE: U.S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE -- BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
Inmates in State, Federal, and Local Jails by Age as of June 30, 2000

                                     MALE

                              White          Black
     Age         Total *    Non-Hispanic   Non-Hispanic    Hispanic

      Total     1,775,700     663,700        791,600       290,900
      18-19        81,300      26,200         36,700        15,600
      20-24       310,100      99,500        142,800        60,000
      25-29       329,900     104,900        160,200        58,400
      30-34       334,000     125,000        149,700        54,800
      35-39       294,100     116,200        136,100        39,600
      40-44       198,300      81,300         83,400        31,200
      45-54       164,500      77,900         62,200        22,200
55 or older        51,300      29,500         13,300         7,800

                                    FEMALE

                              White          Black
    Age        Total *     Non-Hispanic   Non-Hispanic   Hispanic

      Total     156,200        63,700         69,500       19,500
      18-19       3,900         1,900          1,400          500
      20-24      19,600         8,300          7,400        3,500
      25-29      30,000        11,200         13,500        4,000
      30-34      39,100        15,000         19,400        4,100
      35-39      30,700        12,500         14,400        3,300
      40-44      17,000         7,200          7,500        1,900
      45-54      12,100         5,600          4,500        1,700
55 or older       2,700         1,800            800          200