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tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 03:26 AM Sep 2014

WTF is Wrong With These People?!! Parenting? Society? WHAT?!!

Last edited Mon Sep 8, 2014, 05:44 PM - Edit history (1)






From the video:

The Justice for Coran trend is to raise awareness of a mentally handicapped man getting beat up by a group of teenagers. A video spreading around YouTube show the man, Coran, being beat up by some teenagers. A user also shared another video on YouTube showing a group of teenagers beating up on a man that has been identified as Coran. Users on Twitter were sharing the video and images from the video to try to raise awareness about what happened.

“Just watched the videos of that mentally challenged man getting beat up and I cannot stop crying, worst thing I’ve seen,” said one, using the hashtag #justiceforcoran.”

Angeliz Marrero, a 16-year-old student at Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, told NBC that she was one of the people to repost the video with the hashtag #TheBullyProject. She said Coran is a 27-year-old man who suffers from Williams Syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder. “He loves music and is very kind and is completely harmless,” Marrero said. “He loves to be out of the house just being active walking around.”

She said the attacks took place at the Harbor Club Apartment complex on Cheswold Boulevard in Newark, Delaware, and in a wooded area behind the YMCA of Newark, Delaware. Marrero also says the teens shown in the video are between the ages of 14 and 15 and attend Delaware area high schools and middle schools.

Police are investigating.

Update

New Castle County Police say they’ve arrested a 13 and 14-year-old boy in connection to the abuse of a Newark mentally disabled man. A teen who was in the video says he helped file a report. He didn’t want to reveal his identity for fear of retaliation.

“The right thing to do was call the cops,” he said. “If you beat up a mentally disabled person, you should be locked away for good.

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news article - Delaware Online


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WTF is Wrong With These People?!! Parenting? Society? WHAT?!! (Original Post) tomm2thumbs Sep 2014 OP
bullying in schools is out of control redruddyred Sep 2014 #1
it is very tomm2thumbs Sep 2014 #9
OMG! How horrible! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2014 #2
Wow. Thank you! nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #3
Kicking. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #4
Society cannot achieve ideal Fascism until there is widespread cruelty and intolerance toward Enthusiast Sep 2014 #5
the disabled are so often not given a voice, and treated as less than animals tomm2thumbs Sep 2014 #8
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #6
These punk kids... Bohemianwriter Sep 2014 #7
it does tomm2thumbs Sep 2014 #10
I'm curious what Derrick Rose thinks about that kid wearing a shirt with him on it tomm2thumbs Sep 2014 #11
No complaints to police? Hoppy Sep 2014 #12
The American Thug Culture Strikes Again. 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #13
Listen to the laughter. This is textbook sadism. They are experiencing pleasure by inflicting pain. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #14
That's called psychopathy/sociopathy. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #16
We do not live in a civilized society. Glassunion Sep 2014 #15
 

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
1. bullying in schools is out of control
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 05:06 AM
Sep 2014

this kind of abuse is seen as acceptable in many cliques.
have made it a point throughout my early 20s to avoid working with my peers as much as possible, as many of them are still stuck in the HS mindset. and I'm not the only one.

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
9. it is very
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 06:04 AM
Sep 2014

high school mentality... and clique and gangs and 'them and us'

very very sad how many adults as you mention keep their high school mindsets

Rhiannon12866

(205,525 posts)
2. OMG! How horrible!
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 05:12 AM
Sep 2014

I know someone with Williams Syndrome! He's sweet, extremely friendly and a talented musician.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
5. Society cannot achieve ideal Fascism until there is widespread cruelty and intolerance toward
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 05:49 AM
Sep 2014

the mentally and physically disabled. You know, just like in Nazi Germany.

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
8. the disabled are so often not given a voice, and treated as less than animals
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 06:02 AM
Sep 2014

the cruel prey and attack with little regard for their humanity. You are right.
 

Bohemianwriter

(978 posts)
7. These punk kids...
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 05:56 AM
Sep 2014

Should get a taste of their own medicine.

Nothing more satisfying than to beat the living crap out of bullies working in team...

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
10. it does
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 06:06 AM
Sep 2014

make me wonder if their parents even recognize who their kids had become as people if/when they see the video

unrecognizable



tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
11. I'm curious what Derrick Rose thinks about that kid wearing a shirt with him on it
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 06:17 AM
Sep 2014

And committing such awful acts

I'm curious if Derrick Rose would comment about that kid and ask him to destroy the shirt and never wear it again because he thinks so little of him as a person after seeing him act like less than an animal








 

951-Riverside

(7,234 posts)
13. The American Thug Culture Strikes Again.
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 11:12 AM
Sep 2014

Its always a group of coward thugs beating on one person or some coward thug punching an old lady to get her purse or a gang of thug cops beating on some skinny homeless guy or some coward cop thug shooting some unarmed kid who had his hands up or some coward thug fuck pointing a gun at journalists and threatening to kill them

I have fucking had with the culture and the BULLSHIT excuses for this behavior that follow!

"Just one bad apple", "They're Heroes!", "I'm reserving judgement until all of the facts are known", "They're just misguided youths", "They don't have father figures to look up to"," We need more after school programs!", "We need more training" and on and on and on and on!











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