Was the "fun" worth it, idiots? Hazing must stop, and anyone caught hazing should lose student loan funding, if they are receiving it, and be expelled.
They cannot be charged with a crime they didn't commit. None of them intended to murder him, and HE went through with the act knowing full well what was involved. They even said it wasn't one person who's actions killed this guy, it was the combined actions of all of the band. It's all about their intent. They did not INTEND to kill him, so it cannot be considered murder in a court of law. The most they could get is negligent manslaughter.
So, if someone knows they are going to be hazed it's okay? Nope, it's still murder. Plus, it's well documented that they were especially brutal on him because he was gay. They should be in jail, but I'm sure they will get arrested for something else soon.
So, if someone knows they are going to be hazed it's okay? Nope, it's still murder. Plus, it's well documented that they were especially brutal on him because he was gay. They should be in jail, but I'm sure they will get arrested for something else soon.
Why the heck are they suing the bus company? The bus driver wasn't even there! That's like suing a land lord when their tenants murder someone in the house they rent out. Thats stupid and greedy.
Surely you haven't lost a child to hazing. This is more like suing an on site property manager due to negligence of maintaining a fire extinguisher and the whole building burned down. The last time these parents saw their child he was in a casket. The victim, Robert Champion, DID NOT KNOW FULL WELL WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED. I can assure you he DIDN'T think it was worth dying over. Social working has hardened you. You should choose another career.
It's all in good fun until someone loses an eye. Hazing is just a glimpse into the very dark side of human beings and social acceptance. Better to not be accepted.
In any other jurisdiction this crime would be classified, at the least, as manslaughter. However, in the wacky state of Florida it is just hazing with a much lower sentence exposure. Evidently, the people of Florida think if you kill a person during hazing the penalty should be less than if the person is killed in a non-hazing action. The people of Florida have effectively stated they do not view death by hazing as serious as a person being stomped to death by a complete stranger.
What a wacky state is Florida. Where the hazers made their mistake is in not shooting the student. In Florida you can use a gun to shoot and kill a person, claim self-defense and walk.
The school knew about the hazings for years and did nothing to stop them. All of these thugs should be charged with murder because their actions killed this young man. Felony hazing's maximum sentence is a mere six years, which is inappropriate punishment for what was done to the young man. The charges are part of a disturbing trend in that inappropriate charges are given and consequently inappropriate sentencing and all because no one wants to have the spine to say enough is enough with the permissive liberal treatment. These thugs are animals and don't deserve to see the light of day for the rest of their pathetic useless lives.
Everybody "went along to get along" and a few people got carried away. Now someone is dead.
This type of thing will continue to happen (in this and in other areas) so long as the "go along to get along" mentality prevails. I attended another historically Black college and that attitude permeated a whole lot of areas where people knew good and well that we could do better than that. It has to go. Only then will this sort of nonsense stop.
This article implies that hazing only occurs among college students in the South.
This is completely false. When I attended high school in California, the girls who belonged to high school sororities hazed their pledges. The pledges were willing to put up with it because you were a social outcast if you didn't belong to a sorority.
BTW, some of the boys who belonged to our high school's fraternity were arrested for burning down the school's bungalow (portable building.)
Sororities and fraternities have got to go. They should be a thing of the past.
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Putting felony charges against these people is just going to ruin 13 MORE lives for little to no reason.
What a wacky state is Florida. Where the hazers made their mistake is in not shooting the student. In Florida you can use a gun to shoot and kill a person, claim self-defense and walk.
This type of thing will continue to happen (in this and in other areas) so long as the "go along to get along" mentality prevails. I attended another historically Black college and that attitude permeated a whole lot of areas where people knew good and well that we could do better than that. It has to go. Only then will this sort of nonsense stop.
This is completely false. When I attended high school in California, the girls who belonged to high school sororities hazed their pledges. The pledges were willing to put up with it because you were a social outcast if you didn't belong to a sorority.
BTW, some of the boys who belonged to our high school's fraternity were arrested for burning down the school's bungalow (portable building.)
Sororities and fraternities have got to go. They should be a thing of the past.
So, expect to hear about it in the news for exactly 1 day.