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If you read the police reports very carefully, you will notice a few things that differ from the news story.

 

1. They didn't duct tape him up, just a piece of tape on his mouth.

 

2. The youth that asked him to accompany him to the camp was not one of the 4 charged, infact is only briefly listed in the report.

 

3. There is no mention of cell phone pictures, the report does not mention it, only pictures the deputies took.

 

Other than the 21 yr old, the camp staff here committed several errors which are going to cause the DA a ton of problems trying to prosecute this.

 

Its going to be a long road if the youths get attorneys and fight this in court.

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"And if these youth are guilty, they should just accept the consequences for what they did."

 

In the old days we would have fessed up if we had done a dumb thing like this, in this day and age, that is not a smart thing to do. The 3 teenagers involved could have the rest of thier life marked by this.

 

I have seen to many youth marked for life when a parent could have handled the issue, but they usually abrogated thier parental rights by not teaching thier children the difference between right and wrong.

 

This week alone, I get to see 4 youths in court aged 16-19 for various stupid things they did, that if there was a responsible parent at home guiding them, they most likely would not be in front of me.

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Over the past weekend, I had a chance to speak with a friend who has heard from the staff at the camp. I will not expand on the story, but will tell you this....the article is accurate. From the use of the racial slur, duct tape, drinking urine, and the youth lured away. The act was planned during the week of camp and was not a spontanteous "prank".

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Alot. In court the boys can successfully argue their actual intent to force the kid to drink vs. just scare the kid.

 

On another scenario, how about a group of 4 boys jumping one, wrapping up his head in a blanket, and then spraying bodyspray on his head? Would that be any different? Would you want prosecution for that?

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lets see, 4 on 1, depriving someone of their mobility and sight, the terror of not knowing what will come next, feeling something sprayed on you, not knowing what it is for at least some period of time...

 

Sounds intriguing, if it happened to you, what would you want done?

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xlpanel,

 

I get the concept of devil's advocate but let's not stray too far from the root problem here. Body spray can and will wash off. Urine by its very nature is human waste and while it too will wash off the effect will be far longer lasting!

 

This was not a prank, this was a willful attempt to terrorize this young man and put him "in his place". The four individuals that decided to dole out his punishment did not live up to any of the basic tenets of Boy Scouting (you remember those don't you the Scout Oath and Law?). They all need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law regardless if this will scar them for the remainder of their lives, likely it will the offended 12 year old they kidnapped and assaulted!

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Has it actually been verified through testing that it was urine in the bottles, and not just colored water or juice?

 

And It seems that spraying someone with bodyspray against their will is alot worse than threating them to drink urine against their will, but not following through.

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