Boy bullied and stripped naked by 3 girls who then post the video online

[guyver01]

LOL wow you guys are massively overreacting to this.

The girls were filmed tackling an 11 year old boy and taking off his clothes.

I know in New Zealand, when little boys do this to sheep, it's foreplay, but here in the states, it's called assault.

 

[Mike Gayner]

The girls were filmed tackling an 11 year old boy and taking off his clothes.

I know in New Zealand, when little boys do this to sheep, it's foreplay, but here in the states, it's called assault.

No wonder American kids are so fucking soft. Every time a little incident like this happens you bitch and cry "assault". Move on people, this is just kids being kids. This shit has been happening for generations. You really want to see these kids exposed to the justice system? You think that will do anyone any good?

 

[guyver01]

Move on people, this is just kids being kids. This shit has been happening for generations.

wow... no wonder New Zealanders are messed up. They're getting raped for generations. But then again, when you're a stone's throw from an island of criminals, its no surprised.

 

[OCGuy]

I pay good money to have this done to me.....what's the problem?

 

[PieIsAwesome]

I pay good money to have this done to me.....what's the problem?

yeah. . .

Unless you mean by children. . . :hmm:

 

[Bryf50]

I had way worse happen to me in 5th grade.

let me guess, was it 3 guys?

Hmm sounds like some dominatrix porno(minus the fact that they were 11 yrs old...). Did they give him a handjob and stop right when he was about to ejaculate?

 

[QueBert]

let me guess, was it 3 guys?

Hmm sounds like some dominatrix porno(minus the fact that they were 11 yrs old...). Did they give him a handjob and stop right when he was about to ejaculate?

nah just 1 angry dude with a sharp ass pencil. I'd take 3 older females ripping my clothes off and recording it over that any day of the week. This kid's a legend now, and I'm sure it didn't hurt. I can't say the same about a pencil in my neck.

 

[Gooberlx2]

No wonder American kids are so fucking soft. Every time a little incident like this happens you bitch and cry "assault". Move on people, this is just kids being kids. This shit has been happening for generations. You really want to see these kids exposed to the justice system? You think that will do anyone any good?

Would your (lack of) reaction be the same if it was 3 8th grade boys who tackled, stripped, filmed and humiliated a 5th grade girl? You think there's any possible hope that would be the public's reaction in that scenario, even in NZ?

Regardless of your position on this particular case, double-standards suck. I suspect the mother only declined prosecution because she's (unwittingly or not) employing a double-standard even against her own son.

 

[randay]

registered sex offenders.

 

[Raizinman]

Where were these girls when I as 13. Can only imagine now.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

This is much more than simply yanking down a kid's pants and running away laughing. Firing squad, plz.

 

[sandorski]

This should have serious consequences. When some young boys hear of this, they're gonna do it for the Youtube Hero points and you can be sure there will be Hell to pay for it.

 

[Newbian]

Where were these girls when I as 13. Can only imagine now.

You are thinking of 13 year old girls?

 

[dali71]

Shoddy journalism in the OP's link, a better account here:

http://www.fox4now.com/story/14821011/11-year-old-stripped-naked-bullied-on-video

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A Fort Myers mother says she feels powerless after her 11-year-old son was pinned down at his neck and stripped naked by two middle school girls.

At first glance the minute-long YouTube video looks like kids playing. But it soon takes a disturbing turn as the boy cries out for help, humiliated and pinned down to the ground.

"Mommy!," he yells.

The video, which has since been taken down, shows two Dunbar Middle School girls holding the boy down in broad daylight, inside a gated community.

The boy begs the girls to stop as the rip off his bathing suit, leaving him naked lying on the ground.

The title of the video, which was online for more than 24 hours, says the boy is getting "owned."

"I'm surprised these girls can just do that and get away with it," said the boy's mother. "Or there are no repercussions."

Fox 4 is not releasing the names of anyone involved.

The mother says Fort Myers police filled out a report but weren't much help at first.

The officer "said he didn't know if there was a crime committed but said it looked like a prank."

The police report taken Tuesday described the incident twice as a "prank" and says "police incident closed."

"Nobody cares, nobody cares," the mother said. "If this was my son doing it to a little girl there would have been lights and sirens at my door."

Shortly after Fox 4 contacted police they showed up at the mother's daughter. A spokesperson for the department says it has nothing to do with the media's involvement in the story.

They tell us the plan was always to follow up.

We wanted to talk with Chief Doug Baker about the case. After agreeing to an interview, he backed out because he didn't want to cause the boy further embarrassment, according to spokesperson Shelly Flynn.

Fort Myers attorney E.B. Newberry says at the very least this is a misdemeanor battery because the girls touched the boy against his will.

She says it could even be considered child pornography.

Newberry says if the situation have been reversed, the boy most likely would have been arrested - and admits there's a "double standard."

"Kids need to know they can't do these things and get off without anything," said Newberry. "But I also don't think that their future should be ruined either. It's a Catch-22."

And that is something the boy's mother is struggling with. She's not sure if she will press charges but feels the girls should face some sort of punishment.

Fort Myers police confirm this would have been a misdemeanor battery charge. They say unless the mother is willing to press charges there's not much they can do.

They say they are looking into what charges, if any, the YouTube element could bring but wouldn't elaborate.

"I think they should be held accountable for what they did," she said. "You can't do this to people. What gives you the right to do this?"

So, the mother found out that her son had been assaulted. She called the police, who filled out a report, but told her that it was only a prank, then closed the incident. After being contacted by the media, they went back to her house, but claim that they they were planning to follow up all along. On the incident that they had closed. Sure, it probably had nothing to do with the media.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

boy should've manned up and kicked the girls asses.

 

[artikk]

boy should've manned up and kicked the girls asses.

And this right here, folks, is part of the reason there's such a blatant double standard.

 

[amdhunter]

boy should've manned up and kicked the girls asses.

That's a crime. He wouldn't be able to avoid getting arrested for that.

 

[novasatori]

boy should've manned up and kicked the girls asses.

so wait, do boys not hit girls or do they kick their asses

 

[HeXen]

imagine if the opposite were true

fucked up

oh hell there would have been a civil suit plu the boys prosecuted as adults.
can't believe the mother just left it to the parents, kids don't learn anything from that, make the parents too broke to buy them fancy clothes...that'll teach em.

 

[Vic Vega]

Why does the police need the consent of the mother to press charges?

They don't.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I agree with those of you who say America has been pussified...to an extent. Bullying is natural and coping with it toughens us up. Kids need to be kids. But the interweb has added a new dynamic. Given a healthy, playful context, pantsing someone is not all that bad. But filming it and putting it online could result in a child porn production charge and expose the kid to people beyond the healthy, playful context. If the context was not normal to begin with, then that is another matter. I have not seen the vid in full.

 

[Nik]

What's the big deal? Women can't rape or sexually assault men. That's why federal authorities don't classify this as a sexual assualt. They're innocent angels incapable of such crimes.

Not true in the slightest.

 

[Nik]

so wait, do boys not hit girls or do they kick their asses

Boys don't hit girls until they're in a situation where they're defending themselves. Then the boy needs to start breaking bones and teaching them a lesson.

 

[shortylickens]

Not true in the slightest.

Did you read his whole post?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Did you read his whole post?

Yeah, srsly, wtf Nik? You bold the second sentence but not the fourth? His entire post is a total falsehood, one of the least accurate depictions of reality I've read since dmcowen's last fable.