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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
1. Amazing...I have been running a thread on this for over a month and hardly anyone responds...interesting....
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Not really, I generally don't pay attention to the random "injustice du jour" claimed by Al Sharpton, et al. It's just that now that we have this media circus, I feel compelled to comment on how utterly ridiculous this whole thing is.
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2. Kevin....you really need to take those rose colored glasses off...funny how a guy who clamms he got the snot kicked out of him by six people MANAGED to go to a party that night...and then 6 TEENS get charged with ATTEMPTED MURDER?? WHAT??
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I don't know about the party. I haven't read about that anywhere. He did testify as to this, however:
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Barker said he had a badly swollen face and temporary blindness in one eye that lasted three weeks. He also said he still suffers recurring headaches since the beating but, under cross examination, acknowledged that medical tests have found no cause.
He joined fellow juniors that same night at the school's annual class ring ceremony. "I waited 11 years to go to it. I wasn't going to let that get in my way" he said. But, he said, pain drove him to leave the event early, after getting his ring.[/[quote]
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=6719374
Apparently, you have to minimize Barker's injuries so that you can justify your views here. He was knocked unconscious by someone who attacked him from behind, then kicked repeatedly in the head and face by six thugs (now called "defendants"). The SOB had it coming to him, is that it?
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We just skip past assault and graduate to murder? WOW...and then you want to charge these SAME teens as ADULTS...wow
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Attempted murder in the second degree... yes, kicking an unconscious person repeatedly in the head could justify that sort of a charge. It's clear that the DA was trying to send a message with these charges -- that as a society, we find this behavior unacceptable.
Message sent.
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3. I guess nooses under a tree don't mean much huh?
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They're completely irrelevant.
Unless you actually think that someone hanging a noose on a tree justifies a beating two days later.
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Hey umm...kevin...define 'thug' in the context that you are using in please...?
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Someone who uses violence to solve his problems. Someone who shows no respect for society and its laws. You know.. someone who hits someone from behind and beats the heck out of them while they're unconscious.