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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts) Sat Jul 14, 2012, 10:53 AM Jul 2012

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Teen girls accused of beating disabled MO man, posting video on Facebook

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo.• Prosecutors charged teenage girls in the beating of a mentally disabled man, after video of the attack was posted on Facebook and provoked outrage in their southeast Missouri community.

The incident happened about two weeks ago in Caruthersville. The video shows the girls punching Louis Crocker, a man known around town as "Cool Breeze" who is mentally disabled and who drinks heavily, according to his family.

The girls are in juvenile custody and were due in court Thursday on undisclosed juvenile charges.
Prosecutors are also considering charges against a man who is seen with the girls in the video clip. He told KFVS-TV that Crocker threw the first punch.

Crocker told the station the girls simply attacked him.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/teen-girls-accused-of-beating-disabled-missouri-man-posting-video/article_477532c2-cc2b-11e1-bddd-001a4bcf6878.html#ixzz20bnmaksp

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Teen girls accused of beating disabled MO man, posting video on Facebook (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 OP

How stupid does one have to be to record MineralMan Jul 2012 #1

Maybe they can plead innocence rocktivity Jul 2012 #2

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

1. How stupid does one have to be to record

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 10:58 AM

Jul 2012

a crime you're committing on video, then uploading it to Facebook? Seems to me that the attackers are mentally disabled, themselves. Lock 'em up.

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)

2. Maybe they can plead innocence

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 12:03 PM

Jul 2012

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on the grounds of being mentally disabled.

What IS our children learning?

rocktivity

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