NV - Boy, 17, beaten to death by up to 15 classmates; 8 arrests made

[airportwoman]

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I'm glad at least some of them are being charged as adults.

 

[airportwoman]

There has been a 9th arrest, and a 10th POI has been identified.

Las Vegas police arrest 9th teen in deadly beating near high school, release additional photos of 10th ‘person of interest’

Police arrested a ninth suspect in the deadly beating of a student near Rancho High School that happened earlier this month. They still need help identifying one additional “person of interes…

www.8newsnow.com

 

[LadyL]

first mugshots:

Mugshots released of four teens facing murder charges for classmate's beating death

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police (LVMPD) have released the booking photos of four teenagers arrested in the fatal beating of a high school student.

wcyb.com

 

[airportwoman]

first mugshots:

Mugshots released of four teens facing murder charges for classmate's beating death

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police (LVMPD) have released the booking photos of four teenagers arrested in the fatal beating of a high school student.

wcyb.com

Good. Get their names out there.

This is one situation where doxxing minors is OK with me.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I'm okay with releasing their names and photos, if authorities are certain of their identities.

Some of them look angry at the world (not unexpected) -- makes me wonder if any of the accused have juvenile records. (The violence of this crime, agreeing to meet to fight, also makes me wonder.)
And if so, how did the system handle them then? All JMO.

 

[Deleted member 287549]

All (not just some) of these vicious punks involved in this fatal beating should be punished. They knew exactly what they were doing. This "mob mentality" aspect of a group of cowardly thugs ganging up on one person needs to be severely punished.

It's good someone at the scene took a video of the crime/beating, and that it was later circulated on social media. Idiots. Without this footage, getting proof against them would have been much more difficult.

Glad this horrible case is getting a decent amount of press/coverage. Usually crimes like this are swept under the rug & we barely hear about them. I.e., it's obvious that the media is very selective on which crimes they decide to give nationwide coverage.

 

[mickey2942]

I am worried that they will all get off, as there won't be a consensus as to who actually killed the victim. Even if it was an entire mob attack, the defense could easily place blame on other perpetrators in the gang. Even if all tried together.

Or blame the youngest ones involved, who are not being charged as adults.

 

[airportwoman]

I am worried that they will all get off, as there won't be a consensus as to who actually killed the victim. Even if it was an entire mob attack, the defense could easily place blame on other perpetrators in the gang. Even if all tried together.

Or blame the youngest ones involved, who are not being charged as adults.

I'm going to disagree. There's too much video evidence. Even if they can't get anyone on murder, they sure can get them for plenty of other things.

(And I finally saw it on That Other Website: someone saying that the problems in the American educational system are due to racial desegregation, that there's really no point in sending (assorted bad words) to school.)

 

[LadyL]

I'm okay with releasing their names and photos, if authorities are certain of their identities.

Some of them look angry at the world (not unexpected) -- makes me wonder if any of the accused have juvenile records. (The violence of this crime, agreeing to meet to fight, also makes me wonder.)
And if so, how did the system handle them then? All JMO.

yep they look already hardened by the world ... I suspect their lives have been terrible, not that it's an excuse

 

[Dotta]

"Four 'bully' teens charged as adults with the beating death of Jonathan Lewis ​

look terrified as they appear in court in Las Vegas."​

Four 'bully' teens charged over death of Jonathan Lewis cowed by court

Cowed, cuffed, and being tried as adults, the four teens mumbled their replies as they stood before Judge Nadia Wood at the start of a trial which could see them jailed for life.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[airportwoman]

Well, I would certainly hope they look terrified! How terrified must Jonathan have been while they were beating him to death?

 

[Dotta]

Dbm

 

[Sillybilly]

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[PrairieWind]

Well, I would certainly hope they look terrified! How terrified must Jonathan have been while they were beating him to death?

I just saw a different video today, of a boy standing and then being punched and then the mob attacks. I assume that was Jonathon getting attacked. From what I have heard he was a quiet boy. That took an enormous amount of courage for him to stand there to defend another boy in the face of what confronted him. Physical courage, and moral courage. We could use more people like him and we are lesser as a world with him gone.

 

[Crimescenetape]

I just saw a different video today, of a boy standing and then being punched and then the mob attacks. I assume that was Jonathon getting attacked. From what I have heard he was a quiet boy. That took an enormous amount of courage for him to stand there to defend another boy in the face of what confronted him. Physical courage, and moral courage. We could use more people like him and we are lesser as a world with him gone.

Agreed. Of sixteen plus young people, only one had integrity and lost his life because of it. I do hope, being the perpetrators are minors, we can follow this case to justice.

 

[PrairieWind]

Agreed. Of sixteen plus young people, only one had integrity and lost his life because of it. I do hope, being the perpetrators are minors, we can follow this case to justice.

Agreed, but in a case like this, it is difficult to figure out what exactly justice would be?

 

[airportwoman]

I just looked to see if there had been any more arrests. I don't see evidence of that, not so far, beyond the 10 who were taken in.

 

[PrairieWind]

I hope people keep pressure on the prosecutor to not plea these guys out with slaps on the wrist.

 

[PrairieWind]

I hope people keep pressure on the prosecutor to not plea these guys out with slaps on the wrist.

 

[Ladyotm]

I just saw a different video today, of a boy standing and then being punched and then the mob attacks. I assume that was Jonathon getting attacked. From what I have heard he was a quiet boy. That took an enormous amount of courage for him to stand there to defend another boy in the face of what confronted him. Physical courage, and moral courage. We could use more people like him and we are lesser as a world with him gone.

Yes, he did what we've been encouraging young people to do... Not be a bystander, speak up. My heart is full because he and a friend tried doing the right thing ... But also broke because of what he suffered. We just have to keep encouraging our young people to be better people and to lead by example.