helpless asian man attacked and jumped by 7 others behind school

[86]

"As CBS 2′s Derrick Blakley reports, the victim allegedly took part in an October attack in which 20 teens jumped on two others."

Well, I guess the kid had it coming but the beatings still sicken me. There were many occasions in the video where, if applied with enough force, would result in immediate death.

It doesn't make sense though, the girl's side of the story. The person recording was laughing, yet after she says "I know what they did was wrong.." and rambles on all this stuff, and the laugh doesn't really sound like a girl. And if the 20 on 2 story was true, then why did they beat him up to take his jacket, shoes, wallet and money? I don't get the impression that this video was a revenge-getback kind of thing. They just seem to gang up on him, beat him up and record it for kicks.

[SDPHD]

All of their info (they deleted FB) courtesy of a their camerawoman Amy Feng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amO_73jYF1M

So she records the fight in 720p, but her response video seems to be recorded with a potato...

And even if there was a precursor to the attack, tit for tat brawling isn't going to help anything. For all we know, the '20 people' who 'jumped' Wesley and Easley may well retaliate.

6 or 7 against 1 isn't a fair fight, in the same way 20 against 6 or 7 isn't a fair fight.

Oh and apparently 'she knows Wesley so much better than we do'. Did anyone else get that? I think she could have reiterated that a little more.

[JellyDonut]

And if the 20 on 2 story was true, then why did they beat him up to take his jacket, shoes, wallet and money?

Cause they are not the mafia with a strict honour code.

So she records the fight in 720p, but her response video seems to be recorded with a potato...

Surround sound beatdown

[Mech]

I think this attack was in retaliation to the guy and his mob attacking their mob (from rumors).

All of them are idiots if this is the case.

"As CBS 2′s Derrick Blakley reports, the victim allegedly took part in an October attack in which 20 teens jumped on two others."

McCarthy said the attack was not racially motivated, but was in retaliation for an earlier incident, in which 20 people attacked two teens.

Heh.

[Dominatorrr]

I hope something even worse happens to these 7 idiots

[lynt.br]

tbh what i've found really really disturbing have been some of the revenge threats made against the aggressors in these videos. Don't get me wrong those kids are assholes and need to be made to realise that and I'm generally a strong advocate for very harsh penalties for violent crimes, but ultimately I want the punishment to have a rehabilitative effect.

I have read things ranging from shooting the kids (and i emphasize these are kids, they look like they are 16 years old) to bashing them in front of their parents to rendering them quadriplegics - I mean seriously is this not as bad if not worse than what was depicted in the video? I think its a huge irony that if someone were to find one of those aggressors and film him being beaten to a pulp and posted in on youtube, the response would probably be hugely positive, even though it is essentially the same thing as what he did to the Asian kid =/

secondly, as with all internet stories we don't know the full picture. What if hypothetically that group of kids had been attacked earlier by the other guy? People would now probably be cheering them on for getting revenge. Maybe this was just a simple case of bullies picking on a lone kid but until we know better we should never assume that it is.

What I hope happens is that these kids get arrested and punished in such a way so that they feel shame for their actions, but not humiliation to the extent that they just hate society.

[86]

tbh what i've found really really disturbing have been some of the revenge threats made against the aggressors in these videos. Don't get me wrong those kids are assholes and need to be made to realise that and I'm generally a strong advocate for very harsh penalties for violent crimes, but ultimately I want the punishment to have a rehabilitative effect.

I have read things ranging from shooting the kids (and i emphasize these are kids, they look like they are 16 years old) to bashing them in front of their parents to rendering them quadriplegics - I mean seriously is this not as bad if not worse than what was depicted in the video? I think its a huge irony that if someone were to find one of those aggressors and film him being beaten to a pulp and posted in on youtube, the response would probably be hugely positive, even though it is essentially the same thing as what he did to the Asian kid =/

secondly, as with all internet stories we don't know the full picture. What if hypothetically that group of kids had been attacked earlier by the other guy? People would now probably be cheering them on for getting revenge. Maybe this was just a simple case of bullies picking on a lone kid but until we know better we should never assume that it is.

What I hope happens is that these kids get arrested and punished in such a way so that they feel shame for their actions, but not humiliation to the extent that they just hate society.

They ganged up 7 on 1 - that's cowardly already. Beat him up, filmed it and uploaded it to Youtube. They knew exactly what they were in for.