Posted: Sep 12, 2017 5:18 pm
purplerat wrote:Willie71 wrote:It's the framing of the incident, not the "outing" that is troublesome. Isn't attempted murder an automatic bump to adult court?
First off, I don't believe any specific charges have been filed. The police say they are investigating and there isn't much more information. Secondly, I'm not sure what the laws are in this particular jurisdiction as to "automatically bumping to adult court".
But the question I have is should it be? I don't think so. I hope that whatever comes of this all of the kids involved get serious help.
The sense I'm getting is that some people will want them punished severely because they are white and the feeling is that they should be mistreated in the same way black children would be. That's fucked up, IMO.
Lynching is fucked up (if the initial reports are confirmed.)
The racial component is pulling strongly at me. I need to keep myself in check. This is tough.