A couple months ago a friend told me about the situation in Carmel with the basketball players. 4 (I believe) senior basketball players snuck 2 freshman onto their bus for "initiation". They proceeded to hold the young boys down and sodomize them. I hadn't heard much else on the situation until today, when they were announcing on the news the charges they were facing and the bails that had been set. I was completely disgusted when the woman listed the charges - ALL being multiple misdemeanors of assault/battery and criminal misconduct, with no bail set higher than $5000. SERIOUSLY?! These boys will get away with probation and maybe community service and will get out by paying $500 to a bondsman as long as they show up in court. They aren't getting charged with anything sexual, meaning they won't be on a sex offender list, meaning they could become teachers, coaches, principals, etc. They'll be allowed to go to college and face virtually no consequences for their actions. Why? Because their parents have money.
I was reading an article about the incident in Virginia where the wealthy boy murdered his girlfriend "on accident" when she broke up with him. I'm sorry, but bullshit. The article stated the boy had gotten in trouble prior to attending college and there were warning signs. Why were they ignored? His parents have money. Boys will be boys. If there is anything we can learn from the situation in Virginia, it's that violent warning signs should never be ignored, no matter how much money their parents offer.
The prosecutor from Carmel made the comment "We're all like a family here, and we have to remember we're dealing with children." First of all, if your family condones raping one another, you have a whole new set of problems. Second of all, if your "children" are old enough to fight and die for our country, they're old enough to go to prison for forcing themselves upon 15 year old boys. This situation is so infuriating. It's not my place to assure those boys face justice, but I pray to God they understand the severity of what they've done. Hopefully, someone will realize how disgusting their behavior is and take action to ensure that they are never in a position to do this again.
Hmmmm - - - I've been following this case for a while since sister Pam lives in Carmel - - - I had never heard a description of the EXACT nature of the offense. Are you (is your friend) positive of her facts? If she is - - - then you are right. Those charges aren't nearly serious enough.
ReplyDeleteI did see on the news the other night the boys being released from custody - - - and they all looked like real smart alecks - - - I told Fisherhubby they gave me bad feelings in my gut!!! Feelings of "we're too popular to be held to OTHER people's rules."
Yeah pretty positive, my friend's mom is friend's with the mom of one of the guy's girlfriend. Hopefully that made sense. Yeah, my boss saw a clip of them being held in jail just joking around not taking it seriously at all. Soo ridiculous.
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