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IceEnclosure · Jan 17, 2006, 06:51 AM

with a bat.

http://www.nbc6.net/news/6157690/detail.html

That's just mean. and nasty. It happened right down the street. The video that you've probably seen on tv shows two teens beating a bum with a bat. It happened right down the street from where I work (about 200 yards away). I've always said to myself as I walk by there "that's cool, they sleep where the cameras are". Ya know, if you have to sleep on the street, might as well have a camera pointing at you in case something bad happens.

Anyhow, while I did some crazy crap as a yoot, I knew better than to beat a man with a bat.

I hope they have the book thrown at them. Sucks for them, they probably figured it to be along the lines of 'mailbox bashing' or somesuch, but nope. Turned out a bit bigger than they probably expected.

DeathToWindows · Jan 17, 2006, 06:58 AM

My vote would be to beat them with a bat.

Doofy · Jan 17, 2006, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by DeathToWindows

My vote would be to beat them daily with a morning star.

Fixinated.

rickey939 · Jan 17, 2006, 07:14 AM

Wow, that's awful.

demograph68 · Jan 17, 2006, 07:51 AM

"There was nothing I hated more than to see a filthy old drunkie, a-howling away at the filthy songs of his fathers and going blurp blurp in between as if it were a filthy old orchestra in his stinking rotten guts. I could never stand to see anyone like that, especially when they were old like this one was."

IceEnclosure · Jan 17, 2006, 07:52 AM

oh.

and I understand they were first identified on a south florida street-racer/car forum, but I can't seem to find it.

Timo · Jan 17, 2006, 08:13 AM

Holy moly that's depraved.

Daracle · Jan 17, 2006, 09:12 AM

Something like this happened in Calgary but not to that extreme.
They beat him up and video taped it....4 guys or something and then pissed on him.

I think they got some prohibition.

Sick.

ort888 · Jan 17, 2006, 09:22 AM

http://www.robokopp.de/images/clockw..._orange_03.jpg

Yikes. Send them in for reprogramming.

wallinbl · Jan 17, 2006, 09:28 AM

Imagine the impact on their families. Their parents must feel terrible. Their siblings are probably terrified.

cmeisenzahl · Jan 17, 2006, 09:30 AM

Despicable, I wonder what drives these miscreants.

wdlove · Jan 17, 2006, 09:49 AM

Very Very sad.

So much evil in this world. My duty is to pray.

production_coordinator · Jan 17, 2006, 09:50 AM

These "kids" are killers (actually, they are adults)... the fact that they picked on a homeless person (most likely with an addiction to drugs/alcohol OR a mental disorder) just compounds how horrible the killing was.

Y3a · Jan 17, 2006, 12:45 PM

The parents of these animals should be outed for the failures they are too.

wallinbl · Jan 17, 2006, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by Y3a

The parents of these animals should be outed for the failures they are too.

Except that's not always the case.

Dakar · Jan 17, 2006, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by demograph68

"There was nothing I hated more than to see a filthy old drunkie, a-howling away at the filthy songs of his fathers and going blurp blurp in between as if it were a filthy old orchestra in his stinking rotten guts. I could never stand to see anyone like that, especially when they were old like this one was."

Leia's Left Bun · Jan 17, 2006, 01:32 PM

How long until they blame Grand theft Auto?

wallinbl · Jan 17, 2006, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

How long until they blame Grand theft Auto?

Gamers can all pretend that it isn't to blame, but there are people that are weak enough to be affected by it, and this can be a result of that. You personally might not be affected, but there are people that can be affected.

Salty · Jan 17, 2006, 02:10 PM

Disgusting. I have no respect for people arrogant enough to put themselves above others.

wdlove · Jan 17, 2006, 02:17 PM

The teenagers are responsible for there own actions.

Kerrigan · Jan 17, 2006, 03:18 PM

Oh no, now he'll never get to see Brokeback Mountain in theaters.

edit: did anyone notice the strange google ad bar above? I guess it can't generate any ads based on the content of this thread.

wallinbl · Jan 17, 2006, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

edit: did anyone notice the strange google ad bar above? I guess it can't generate any ads based on the content of this thread.

I guess Bum Fights isn't buying AdWords now that it was shut down.

Jerome · Jan 17, 2006, 04:33 PM

I read a story about some kids practicing 'bum-burning' years ago. It was in Austin Texas if I recall, kids sprayed gas on drunk or sleeping bums and set them on fire... more than once too. Their excuses? They don't feel it, they are drunk!

What's going on with people doing those kinds of stupidity?

porieux · 06:02 AM

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Rolling Bones · Jan 17, 2006, 04:57 PM

Just think of it as these kids are sending them to Heaven where they will be warm and have food and stuffs.

JoshuaZ · Jan 17, 2006, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by Rolling Bones

Just think of it as these kids are sending them to Heaven where they will be warm and have food and stuffs.

No one expects the teen age boy inquizition! (I totally can`t spell today)

Gregg · Jan 18, 2006, 10:44 AM

You only missed it by one letter...

It's more common than we probably know. Most of the time, such stories, I suspect, only make the rounds on local media.

Rolling Bones · Jan 18, 2006, 02:44 PM

I guess the fuzz caught all three of them. If not for the camera I doubt anything would have been done. Sad.

IceEnclosure · Jan 18, 2006, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by Rolling Bones

I guess the fuzz caught all three of them. If not for the camera I doubt anything would have been done. Sad.

yea, they're all caught. the third guy didn't beat them with the bat, he just shot a paintball gun at them WHILE they were being bashed by the other guys.

and yea, it wouldn't have been so big a deal without the videotape.

volcano · Jan 18, 2006, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by Jerome

I read a story about some kids practicing 'bum-burning' years ago. It was in Austin Texas if I recall, kids sprayed gas on drunk or sleeping bums and set them on fire... more than once too. Their excuses? They don't feel it, they are drunk!

What's going on with people doing those kinds of stupidity?

It happened in Corpus Christi about two years ago.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/2638582.html

I do recall at around the same time (Summer 2004) that a homeless man had been beaten in our downtown district, stumbled into a lobby of a business, collapsed, and died.

moonmonkey · Jan 18, 2006, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by demograph68

"There was nothing I hated more than to see a filthy old drunkie, a-howling away at the filthy songs of his fathers and going blurp blurp in between as if it were a filthy old orchestra in his stinking rotten guts. I could never stand to see anyone like that, especially when they were old like this one was."

"Can you spare some cutter me brother?"