10-year-olds attack, beat homeless man
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What the hell is wrong with kids today? Is it being desensitized to violence? No parental oversight? Lack of discipline at home and school? I cannot figure it out and it's scary.
By Ashley Fantz
(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." (Read CNN's exclusive story about homeless 'sport killings')
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. (Watch cuffed 10-year-olds in court)
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.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/29/homeless.attack/index.html
By Ashley Fantz
(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." (Read CNN's exclusive story about homeless 'sport killings')
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. (Watch cuffed 10-year-olds in court)
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.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/29/homeless.attack/index.html
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I bet Ahnimus disagrees with me completely.
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...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I like this idea. I remember a few years ago some city started putting parents in jail when their kids skipped school after so many warnings. It worked in that situation.
Nice way for pissed off kids to punish their parents.
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Then give the parents a choice to let the kids get taken away in live in a foster home. Just an idea, if the units can't keep the little kids in line.
To add-in the older brother of this kid was the complete role model for how childern should behave.....
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Seriously, you aren't going to find one cause for their behavior.
The way society in general treats homeless people might be a start though.
Yeah...but our status in life never remains constant there are many ups and downs...you could be very well stable and you have some kids, one day you wind up with your highing paying job being cut, there are bills to pay, you need then find work anywhere...life is not this simple, yeah there are many people that should not have kids because they can barely support themselves...my point being that solely blaming ALL parents for fucking dumb kids is absurd...some kids are beyond help for whatever reason....you cannot keep an eye on them forever.....yes I do believe parents are to blame MOST of the time...what gets me is to punish parents for bad behaviour of their children when no one can prove that is the case for a lot of situations....as someone said there are some diabolical kdis out there that are immature and could potentially use this against their parents for some lame reason.....seriously the jail for parents because of their kids bad behaviour would never work....too much grey area....
Kids need to be held accountable for their actions when they're young, or they'll gorw up to become adults who have learned to blame their behaviour on others and therefore never accept responsibilty for their actions or choices in life, whether they be positive or negative.
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I agree - they're treated as people who don't matter. This society can be quite blame-the-victim, like the person who's homeless is bad, or its their fault. Even if it is, (and I'm not saying it is in most cases, but there might be some) they deserve to live without being beaten up. I think the 17 year old bears some serious responsibility here. Little kids look up to bigger kids and are likely to be influenced by them.
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Lots of cool violence on TV....wrestling...killing.....BUT Janet sneaks in a nip and the same folks that support our god fearing president go balistic........and we wonder why our kids are fked up...