I went to high school in Daytona Beach, Florida. At the time, Daytona was the East Coast Home of the Hell’s Angels. It was where the moonshiners raced. One of the Hell’s Angels East Coast wives lived across the street. High School was interesting.
The coach of the football team was a World War II veteran who had survived a couple of fatal encounters in both Europe and the Pacific. Any punk who created a problem in the school was dealt with harshly. (I remember gym class when boxing was featured. The punks were generally pitted against the biggest, strongest and nastiest football players. The coach had no problem smacking a few punks as well – school justice.)
Over the past few weeks, there have been a couple of incidents where punks beat up kids in school situations. In one instance, the consequences were dire. A young girl was so brutalized by a gang of girl punks that she committed suicide at home and, apparently, in her bedroom closet.
We know what led this young girl to commit suicide. We have a video of the assault that preceded the suicide. We have her picture with and without the bruises from her beating. What we don’t have is substantive information about the assailants. They are being protected while the young girl is now in her grave. Thanks to the video and the immediately available witnesses, there is no question about the assault or the assailants.
There is another incident of note. A 9 year old girl was relentlessly pummeled by a 15 year old boy on a school bus. Again, the assault is on video and its brutality is obvious. We know almost everything about her and almost nothing about her assailant. Why is he being protected?
Their answer is always these punks are just kids and they don’t know any better. They should be protected against scorn and derision for their actions. Let the law sort it out (after the fact). —– Well, maybe these punks ought to be called to account by society in general rather than hidden from society in general. Why should two innocents suffer while the guilty go free of serious consequences?
And don’t tell me that the assailants are facing criminal charges. So what? They get inconvenienced and more than likely will walk free as first time offenders (even if they aren’t first time offenders). After all we don’t want to taint their futures with the results of unfortunate acts. Meanwhile, one victim is silent in the grave and the other is permanently traumatized. What justice do they get when we protect the guilty?
