Allegedly, of course. The mugshots of the eight teens who have been charged with felony battery are now online. The victim's dad still refuses to look at the taped beating. "As far as I am concerned, MySpace is the anti-Christ for children," he says. "I hope this comes to a final resolution. I am not going to stop here."

http://www.theledger.com/...80385/1039

Sick. I hope they get the maximum punishment that they can.

Well, on a positive note, you can purchase that photo through ledger.com

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

OMG! I noticed that too. OK. The subject matter is NOT funny, but the fact that they make the photo available for purchase is.

Seriously. Who is going to buy that?!

I never thought I would ever see the mug shot of eight teens


this is soo sad

hokie said:

it's probably just a copyrighted pictures that other news outlets can obtain ...

One4All4Ever said:

Oh...unfortunately teens in mugshots is not an uncommon occurence here in the US.

It is sad. For all of them. Of course for the victim, but even for the suspects. You have to wonder what on earth led them to make the decision to do something like this. What happened to them in their life to make them think this type of behavior is OK?

hokie said:

someone might buy it but i can't believe it's being sold

this kind of story always makes me so damn sad

One4All4Ever said:

You're probably right, but it still struck me as oddly funny.

hokie said:

T-R-A-S-H!

So sad.

hokie said:

did you notice that none of them has any emotion in their eyes ??

RodeoSchro said:

Very.

Dance said:

I wondered when somebody was going to post this

its been on repeat on TV all day

shit similar to this happened all the time when I was in high school and it didn't make the news.
Is the news media trying to make a case for the need of big brother watching everyone?

This is horrible. It makes me want go out and beat them myself. I know that's not the answer but that's my first reaction.

One4All4Ever said:

Yes. I did notice. I very much think our youth have been desensitized to violence and therefore things like this seem like no big deal. Of course not all kids and not every situation. But, with TV showing more and more violence, video games becoming more violent, and easy almost unrestricted access to the internet I think kids now a days see more than kids of my parent's generation or even mine.

horatio said:

If big brother can stop stuff like this from happening then I'm all for it.

hokie said:

oh, its internet and TV.
I thought maybe it was things in reality, like war and police brutality and liar politicians

horatio said:

It didn't make the news because the people who did the assaults didn't have youtube and myspace to post their beatings to brag about how awesome they are.

Not only are they totally pathetic, they are fucking stupid since they have now provided evidence against them.

horatio said:

I'm sure that has something to do with it too. Of course there has been war, police brutality and liar politicians for ages and ages. I just think we hear about it more these days because of access to TV and yes the EVIL internet.

JustErin said:

true

damn

JustErin said:

Let's not forget that one girl was on the Honor Role. Brilliant.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

oh , but I was think about how kids who get in fights at school with out video footage make it on the news now.

horatio said:

Right? I went to a really violent Junior High School. It was awful.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Its nothing new. I guess the media/news has ran out of things to use to divert peoples attention away from the root of many of these problems.

horatio said:

Right.

That and I look at it as the media showing shit like this as some kind of entertainment. It's never about the real issues...it's always about shock value.