Teen girls accused of beating disabled MO man, posting video on Facebook [View all]

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.


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