Sami Marie
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- Posted: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:52:55 +0000
FIRST OFF I'M NOT SAYING ITS ALL TEENAGERS BUT ITS A GROWING TREND PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU FLAME
Newscast video of the crash.
Now, my point is that I see too many young people not valuing the life that was given to them by their parents. There are too many reckless behaviours going on such as self harm, obsession by todays society with sex and suicide, teenagers thinking violent behavior is acceptable.
How do we change this pattern in thinking and behaving? Those of us who are growing into the age where we are going to become parents, how do we teach our children not to behave this way? And how can we make a positive change in the ones who behave like this now? Should these be used as examples? Should we wait till tragedy occurs and shove it in their faces with the hopes that there will be changes?
Too many people don't realize, comprehend or fully appreciate the consequences to their actions. If its not stopped while they're young it will only get worse as people get older.
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CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Three teens are dead and three other people are injured after a four-vehicle accident on Gratiot Avenue, between 24 mile and 25 mile roads.
The accident involved a pickup truck with four teens inside, a red sedan, a dark colored sedan and a school bus with no children inside.
Police tell Local 4 there were three different cars racing down Gratiot, moving fast and occupants throwing bottles at each other.
Police said the driver of the red car cut off the pickup truck because he was angry over the way the teens were driving.
The pickup truck went after him, crossed the center line and plowed into the school bus.
All four teens in the pickup truck were from Chesterfield Township and were high school students at L’Anse Creuse High School in Macomb.
Two of them, Robert McGuire, 17, and Jordan Vandeputte, 17, died at the scene.
Two others were rushed to the hospital, where Nicholas Noble, 17, later died.
Only one teen in the pickup survived -- the driver, James Lacoursiere, 17.
The accident involved a pickup truck with four teens inside, a red sedan, a dark colored sedan and a school bus with no children inside.
Police tell Local 4 there were three different cars racing down Gratiot, moving fast and occupants throwing bottles at each other.
Police said the driver of the red car cut off the pickup truck because he was angry over the way the teens were driving.
The pickup truck went after him, crossed the center line and plowed into the school bus.
All four teens in the pickup truck were from Chesterfield Township and were high school students at L’Anse Creuse High School in Macomb.
Two of them, Robert McGuire, 17, and Jordan Vandeputte, 17, died at the scene.
Two others were rushed to the hospital, where Nicholas Noble, 17, later died.
Only one teen in the pickup survived -- the driver, James Lacoursiere, 17.
Newscast video of the crash.
Now, my point is that I see too many young people not valuing the life that was given to them by their parents. There are too many reckless behaviours going on such as self harm, obsession by todays society with sex and suicide, teenagers thinking violent behavior is acceptable.
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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- Eight teenagers have been arrested on charges alleging they beat another teen in an "animalistic attack" so they could make a videotape to post on YouTube.
Seven of them remained in juvenile detention Tuesday, authorities said. A boy who was charged as an adult had been released on bail.
Victoria Lindsay was attacked on March 30 by six teenage girls when she arrived at a friend's home, authorities said.
One of the girls struck the 16-year-old victim on the head several times and then slammed her head into a wall, knocking her unconscious, according to an arrest report.
Later, according to a clip of the video that was released by the Polk County sheriff's office, the teens can be seen blocking a door and hitting Victoria.
"It's absolutely an animalistic attack," Sheriff Grady Judd said Tuesday on NBC's "Today." "They lured her into the home for express purpose of filming the attack and posting it on the Internet."
Victoria's father, Patrick Lindsay, said the teens intended to post the video on the video-sharing Web site YouTube.
Christina Garcia, mother of one of the defendants, said her daughter had turned the tape over to police.
The sheriff's office said that after the attack, three of the teens forced the victim into a vehicle and drove her to another location, where she was told she would be given a worse beating if she contacted police.
All eight suspects were arrested April 2 and charged with battery and false imprisonment. The three teens who took Lindsay to the second location are also charged with felony kidnapping.
Lindsay was treated for a concussion, damage to her left eye and left ear, and numerous bruises, police said.
Seven of them remained in juvenile detention Tuesday, authorities said. A boy who was charged as an adult had been released on bail.
Victoria Lindsay was attacked on March 30 by six teenage girls when she arrived at a friend's home, authorities said.
One of the girls struck the 16-year-old victim on the head several times and then slammed her head into a wall, knocking her unconscious, according to an arrest report.
Later, according to a clip of the video that was released by the Polk County sheriff's office, the teens can be seen blocking a door and hitting Victoria.
"It's absolutely an animalistic attack," Sheriff Grady Judd said Tuesday on NBC's "Today." "They lured her into the home for express purpose of filming the attack and posting it on the Internet."
Victoria's father, Patrick Lindsay, said the teens intended to post the video on the video-sharing Web site YouTube.
Christina Garcia, mother of one of the defendants, said her daughter had turned the tape over to police.
The sheriff's office said that after the attack, three of the teens forced the victim into a vehicle and drove her to another location, where she was told she would be given a worse beating if she contacted police.
All eight suspects were arrested April 2 and charged with battery and false imprisonment. The three teens who took Lindsay to the second location are also charged with felony kidnapping.
Lindsay was treated for a concussion, damage to her left eye and left ear, and numerous bruises, police said.
How do we change this pattern in thinking and behaving? Those of us who are growing into the age where we are going to become parents, how do we teach our children not to behave this way? And how can we make a positive change in the ones who behave like this now? Should these be used as examples? Should we wait till tragedy occurs and shove it in their faces with the hopes that there will be changes?
Too many people don't realize, comprehend or fully appreciate the consequences to their actions. If its not stopped while they're young it will only get worse as people get older.
