For me, the most disturbing thing about this is the dozens of kids cheering the rapists on. Any idea of decency and the imperative not to hurt the vulnerable seems to have been killed in these young people.
For me, the most disturbing thing about this is the dozens of kids cheering the rapists on.
I must have missed this part- has it been reported? Unbelievable.
Never mind- I found this:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/11375554.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp Posted on Tue, Apr. 12, 2005
Witnesses: Teen assaulted on videotape
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A 16-year-old disabled girl was punched and forced to engage in videotaped sexual acts with several boys in a high school auditorium as dozens of students watched, according to witnesses.
Authorities are investigating and no charges have been filed in the alleged attack last month at Mifflin High School. Four boys suspected of involvement were sent home and have not returned to class.
Also, the principal, Regina Crenshaw, was suspended and will be fired for not calling police, school officials said. And three assistant principals were suspended and will be reassigned to other schools. Crenshaw had no comment Tuesday.
The girl was forced to perform oral sex on at least two boys, according to statements from school officials, obtained by The Columbus Dispatch. Part of the alleged assault was videotaped by a student who had a camera for a school project.
School officials found the girl bleeding from the mouth. An assistant principal cautioned the girl's father against calling 911 to avoid media attention, the statements said. The girl's father called police.
Her father said the girl is developmentally disabled. A special education teacher said the teen has a severe speech impediment.
© 2005 AP Wire and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.contracostatimes.com"For me, the most disturbing thing about this is the dozens of kids cheering the rapists on. Any idea of decency and the imperative not to hurt the vulnerable seems to have been killed in these young people."
They were just expressing themselves and building self-esteem. If I had been there I would have busted some heads and wound up in jail for sure.
***For me, the most disturbing thing about this is the dozens of kids cheering the rapists on***
That was as disturbing as the violence done to the girl. And does anyone know why the kid was video-taping it? That makes it sound very pre-planned. They all belong in a zoo somewhere....and not a nice one.