Comments on: 8 Florida teens face prison for video assault http://www.askthejudge.info/8-florida-teens-face-prison-for-video-assault/199/ Answers for teens about the law Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:21:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tricia http://www.askthejudge.info/8-florida-teens-face-prison-for-video-assault/199/comment-page-1/#comment-17476 Tricia Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:01:49 +0000 http://askthejudge.info/8-florida-teens-face-prison-for-video-assault/199/#comment-17476 It's not a case of kids wanting 15 minutes of fame. They wanted to teach her a lesson. I haven't been in HS for many years so I don't know what lesson they were trying to teach her, or if the lesson was even warranted. But they were trying to teach her something nonetheless. Kids and teens just don't think beyond phase 1 of any plan they concoct. In their mind she had done something wrong and needed to be punished. They wanted to further humiliate her by broadcasting what she had done wrong online. They didn't want fame. That's what videotaping your antics and other funny s--- you do is for. Trust me they didn't think anyone would rat them out. You videotape it to show everyone how tough you are so that nobody will mess with you. NOT so you can get caught and sent to jail. Kids forget that adults also watch YouTube. Duh! <strong>Thanks, Tricia, for your comment. Not only parents, but employers, college admission officers, and other adults who may play a role in a teen's life, view Facebook, YouTube and other social networking sites for background information before hiring or accepting the teen applicant. "Think B4 U Click" is the message. It’s not a case of kids wanting 15 minutes of fame. They wanted to teach her a lesson. I haven’t been in HS for many years so I don’t know what lesson they were trying to teach her, or if the lesson was even warranted. But they were trying to teach her something nonetheless.

Kids and teens just don’t think beyond phase 1 of any plan they concoct. In their mind she had done something wrong and needed to be punished. They wanted to further humiliate her by broadcasting what she had done wrong online. They didn’t want fame. That’s what videotaping your antics and other funny s— you do is for. Trust me they didn’t think anyone would rat them out. You videotape it to show everyone how tough you are so that nobody will mess with you. NOT so you can get caught and sent to jail. Kids forget that adults also watch YouTube. Duh!
Thanks, Tricia, for your comment. Not only parents, but employers, college admission officers, and other adults who may play a role in a teen’s life, view Facebook, YouTube and other social networking sites for background information before hiring or accepting the teen applicant. “Think B4 U Click” is the message.

]]> By: Didacticus http://www.askthejudge.info/8-florida-teens-face-prison-for-video-assault/199/comment-page-1/#comment-7883 Didacticus Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:45:32 +0000 http://askthejudge.info/8-florida-teens-face-prison-for-video-assault/199/#comment-7883 You wrote: "None were tried as adults"; that's misleading at best, since two of them were ADJUDICATED AS ADULTS. Britini went into ADULT jail, and both Britini and Mercades are on ADULT probation and have ADULT criminal records. <strong>Judge Tom's response: We stand corrected. Thanks for the update.</strong> You wrote: “None were tried as adults”; that’s misleading at best, since two of them were ADJUDICATED AS ADULTS. Britini went into ADULT jail, and both Britini and Mercades are on ADULT probation and have ADULT criminal records.
Judge Tom’s response:
We stand corrected. Thanks for the update.

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