Teenager record drowning man... laugh... he dies... but NOT GUILTY!

in #news7 years ago

WTF is just wrong with this world?

Here's what happened:

  • "A group of five teenagers aged 14 to 18 laughed and watched as a man struggled in the water of a pond"
  • "The five teenagers did nothing to help him, not even call 911"
  • "'He just died!' a voice can be heard saying, as the others begin to laugh"
  • They shared the video with friends!
  • "In the state of Florida, there is no law in place that requires a  person to render aid or call to render aid to a victim in distress" 

News and image source: NY Times

Despise a life, a human being?

You don't bring yourself into danger but you can at least call 911. Laughing, recording, sharing? WTF?

I don't know what's wrong with young people:

  • I think many value the wrong things: likes and views.
  • They have extremely low self-esteem if they don't get enough Facebook friends and likes.
  • Many don't have any goals in life.
  • They have access to violent media all the time and they are confronted with it during the whole day... and they start to don't care anymore.
  • What do you think?

How to react?

The teenagers might be charged by a "law requiring that a death be reported". But I think that's probably only a $1,000 charge. 

There needs to be a law everywhere that requires people to help. If not they should go to jail for 10 years.

I can't imagine what I would do if this would be my daughter or son. It's just fucking sad what people are able to do...

How would you react?




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