Some results on son's beating - and again, THANK YOU ALL! :)

[Czar]

Hope it all goes well for your son and realy realy bad for the people who did this to him.

Know this, there are maybe around 40.000 people here who are willing to go after these six guys with violence, you are not alone

good luck

 

[KamaKrAzY]

Dude, this is terrible, i just wish your son gets the best treatment and recovers from this 100% physically and mentally. These bastards need to pay, especially the girl that invited him over. Hope everything works out

 

[Xzaver]

:| All of this stuff is un - Bilievable that sh!t like this would happen.

:|:|:|

Makes you wounder...and think.

~X~

 

[Windogg]

:|

 

[KameLeon]

<< and they kicked him in the eye so hard they actually broke the eye socket >>


I hope that isn't permanent. :|

 

[XMan]

God, how terrible. My prayers for your son's full recovery.

 

[Harvey]

unxpurg8d -- Sorry I'm late to this thread. I wish your son a speedy recovery, both physically and emotionally, and I hope you nail the morons who did this. In addition to any damages you are owed, if they are juviniles, they, and their parents need an enforced education about how to behave in a civilized society.

Best to you and your family.

 

[Charles]

unxpurg8d,

I feel really sorry for what happened to your son. I'm someone who is against brutality. Shame on those 6 guys who did such an ungentlemantly conduct. And yes, they indeed should be punished!!!

 

[CliffC]

I'm really sorry to here this but,

There are many of us Anandtechers from NC that I'm sure would be willing to join up with any posse that you see fit in order to bring some justice about!

Just a thought!(me looking skyward rolling head side to side whistling)

Good Luck.

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[eyor]

I just hope your son recovers.

Isla: after reading unex's story and then your's I came near to being sick. I'm sorry that that happened to you. :|

 

[KaBudokan]

Unx...

I am sorry for what happened to your son. As everyone said, make sure you really deal with this with him. He will have emotional consequences to face. You seem to know that, and I think he is lucky to have a poarent like you.

Isla, my heart goes out to you. Someone close to me had a similar situation happen, and it is unbelievable what she has had to go through. You are a very strong woman to have survived.

Having seen the things I have seen in this world (and I'm not THAT old), nothing surprises me about human nature anymore. It is sad but true. The only thing we can do is try to make a positive impact in our circle, and sometimes it is even hard to stand up and make that effort, as the negative can be so discouraging.

Peace.

 

[unxpurg8d]

Although I would love dearly to physically hurt these kids and fully understand the sentiment behind the offers of a &quot;posse&quot; that you guys meant obviously only in a show of support and NOT something that would actually be carried out, I definitely prefer to go after them legally. This is going to hurt them the rest of their lives while my son will eventually fully recover.

Every time they're stopped by the police for a traffic violation this &quot;Attack With a Deadly Weapon&quot; charge will show up and they'll be treated as dangerous. Every time they apply for a job they are going to have to explain that charge, along with a Larceny charge. What do you think the chances of getting decent employment are going to be with THAT on their record?! More and more people are doing background checks on employees - these guys won't even be able to work in a gas station.

I feel that the long term effects of going through the legal system are going to hurt these guys MUCH more than any physical retribution. My son and I have talked this over and he's very satisfied with the result that prosecuting them will have.

Thank you for the sentiment behind the offer, though. I DO know that it was an impulsive post meant as support, and not something that you'd actually have carried out.

Also, there's the point that I listed earlier - I wouldn't want any other mother sitting in the emergency room wondering if her son was going to be permanently damaged like I did.

You all have made this a positive experience in some ways..... Sometimes I tend to lose faith in human nature, and thank you all for reminding me that there ARE good decent caring people out there.

 

[Emos]

:| Really sorry to hear about what happened to your son, I hope that he fully recovers physically and (especially) emotionally. As stated before, I wouldn't be too concerned about filing civil suits against those animals (with the possible exception of the homeowner where the attack took place) and concentrate on criminal prosecution with extreme prejudice!
And Isla, I'm horrified to hear about your past experience I know something like that is many a womans worst nightmare....I hope that everything positive in your life MORE than makes up for that incident.
I'll keep all of you in my prayers.

 

[iamwiz82]

unxpurg8d, how old are the boys who attacked your son?

 

[Raspewtin]

I can't believe the horrible suffering your son had to endure and the cruelty of others. I hope your son recovers fully. You and your son will be in my prayers.

 

[AndrewR]

unxpurg8d: I am not quite sure how I missed this thread earlier, but please accept my best wishes and prayers for a full and speedy recovery for your son. I am sorry that your son was subjected to such violence, and I hope that the full force of law can be applied to make the perpetrators exceptionally sorry for many years for what they did.

Hopefully, they will go to jail and meet some men who will teach them the true meaning of abuse.

 

[EmperorNero]

reading about this is pissing me off...stupid assholes.

I hope your son feels better and those morons get what they deserve. I haven't read every single post (I will when I get the time) so sorry if it has been addressed, but were there any reasons they jumped your son like that? :|


edit: I just read the part about they doing it for &quot;fun.&quot; are there any other reasons? stupid morbid bastards :|

 

[abracadabra1]

i can't begin to explain the emotions i felt reading your post about your son. i have 2 myself, one is off at cornell and the other is a junior in high school.
anger, disbelief, frustration, rage.

as an objective man i find it best to seek legal advice. as a father, i think i would have killed the other guys that did this to my son the second he came home.
i praise you for your courage and restraint for not doing as i would.

i feel for your son greatly. the vivid visuals i perceived of my own son as you described yours were frightening to say the least. i am sitting here teary-eyed because of how much i feel your pain and pray that your grief will be short-lived.

be wise in your actions. do not do anything out of anger. take care of your son first, he has bruises that only you can mend.

-abracadabra

 

[sparkle]

First, I would like to say how badly I feel for your son. These scumbags are the exact reason, I don't trust anyone.

I also feel, that you letting their permenant record screw them is the best payback, but if they are minors, it will probably be cleared once the turn 18.

However, this is how I would handle the situation. I would make sure that all the kids in their school knew the did this to a handicapped kid. The rest of the people in thier school will make their life a living hell. For example, when I was in HS, there were 3 guys who would always pick on a kid in the special ed classes (he rode my bus) well, me and my buddy got sick of seeing this everyday, and eventually beat the crap out of them on our way home from school. You see, we had the perfect aliby &quot;we were walking home and intervened when these guys started messing with him&quot;

Turned out they never told anyone because they new that it would have come back to them again. For every scumbag out there, there is an exact opposite.

I hope eveything works out fine for your son, and family.

And keep us posted as to wat happens!

 

[madthumbs]

To all the people wanting to form a posse;

You are basing your irrational behaviour on hearsay of one person on a message board that you barely even know! Furthermore she is the parent of this person. Parents in general are blind to their own children's faults. So you want to form a posse and do to them what they did to someone they knew that was on their turf and you think that their parent's wont feel the same way and maybe even post here? I have compassion, but I feel if someone is deserving of punishment or death, let the accuser pull the switch. In this case it's not the mother.

I'm sorry, but I think what she needs is consoling. I honestly feel for what happened, but I will not physically intervene not fully knowing the situation. That would make me as bad as them.

 

[ArkAoss]

yeah, we can't intervene, but we can show our support for her here. and that's our true power. SUre a sword can cleave a pen in half. But 44,000 voices can't easily be silenced.

Go to the courts unxpurg8d, a mother who loves her kids as much as you will find a way to get the correct legal things happening, and if this system has fallent to the point where they won't do right in court, Yeah you do have us here work up a petition, and well worst to worst maybe having a few dozen strangers show up at the court case on your side, people you've never even met in person, yet believing that you are right, might sway a jury. Keep us informed, on your son's health, your spirits, and the (hopefully) trial

 

[oldandquitemad]

What county do you live in?

 

[Modeps]

my $0.02,

the legal system is suck. If it doesnt work, hire Joey Abs to work the body and Tommy &quot;Fingers&quot; Tuneski to break each of these kids fingers, one by one.

I dont think i would be able to control myself it that ever happend to my son, and I am a very tolerant person.

 

[Zucchini]

just where do you live that the kids are so cruel?

 

[Isla]

My thanks to those who expressed sympathy for my past experience... and yes, it took me years to recover emotionally and I suspect the same will be true for Unexpurg8d's son. With love and support, I suspect he may end up an even stronger person in the end.

It makes me feel better knowing that as many punks out there who would commit crimes such as these, there are still those who would defend and speak out against such things.

If any of you ever hear or witness this type of thing, please speak up. It may be hard and kind of scary to blow the whistle, but in the end you will be glad you did.

Peace~