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Survival Skills Title: Teen Boys Sucker Punch Middle Aged Man At Fair, Spit On Lifeless Body A 59-year-old man has died from injuries suffered during an attack by two teenage brothers prompted by the man's refusal to give them a dollar. John Weed was attending the Great Frederick Fair in Maryland on Friday with his family when he was approached by the teens, ages 15 and 16. According to the prosecution, the 15-year-old sucker-punched Weed after he refused to give them a dollar, knocking him unconscious. Video evidence of the attack shows chaos and laughter in moments after Weed hits the pavement; one of the boys even spits on his lifeless body. Medics flew the victim to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, 4 NBC Washington reported on Monday. Weed succumbed to his injuries on Saturday, according to the local sheriff’s office. "I think it's despicable, and it tells me a lot about how these young people view this person by the very fact after they had him on the ground they taunted and they spit on him," Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins said, according to 4 NBC Washington. "That to me shows hatred and disgust and despise." The 15-year-old teen who landed the sucker punch has been charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and reckless endangerment. His 16-year-old brother landed a second-degree assault, according to authorities. The attackers are being charged as juveniles, but prosecution might push for the teens to be tried as adults, the NBC affiliate reported. "I've been doing this for close to thirty years," said Frederick County State’s Attorney Charlie Smith. "There’s plenty of times where good people make bad decisions, but when they result in somebody’s death, you get punished." When Sheriff Jenkins was asked by a reporter what the "appropriate punishment" should be for the boys "given their age," he sternly replied, "The maximum." "They made an adult decision by doing what they did and ended up with a man losing his life, the sister losing a brother, whatever," he said. "They deserve the maximum penalty." The video of the vicious attack picked up traffic online on Sunday. However, the account that initially posted the video erroneously framed the attack as black teens defending themselves from a "white supremacist." The video post has been viewed over 230,000 times and garnered nearly 2,000 likes. . . . Poster Comment: There are also other malicious and libelous sources on this story for the race hustlers to spread around on Fakebook and to the Twits.
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 8. Teens. It's always the teens.
#8. To: Hank Rearden (#7) Teens. It's always the teens. Hey! Maybe they'll get lucky with a jury of their peers who believe this was merely an accident and that the laws against manslaughter shouldn't apply. Or that the "teens" are being charged only because of their skin color. Either way, they can use jury nullification to free these poor, innocent children. You agree?
Replies to Comment # 8. Yes, they can, but it wouldn't be justice. And the verdict would have to be unanimous, otherwise it's a hung jury and a likely do-over.
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