Posted: Sep 12, 2017 6:29 pm
aban57 wrote:purplerat wrote:Willie71 wrote:purplerat wrote:
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.
It is fucked up. But is it possible that 14-year-olds might not fully grasp exactly why it's so fucked up?
It's very hard to believe that a 14 y/o kid doesn't know that hanging someone doesn't cause death. If it had been to other way around, the 8 y/o hanging the 14, the question could be asked. But there, I don't think it does.
The fact that he was most likely inspired by his father's discourse (and that's a totally baseless assertion, I know) doesn't change the fact that you don't hang someone unless you want him dead. Even if you're 14.
In the US at least there is more to the connotation lynching than simply hanging somebody to death. That is what I'm questioning whether a 14-year-old would fully grasp.