I am just sick over this

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

An acquaintance of mine (he works in my school district and we've spoken a few times) has a 21 year old developmentally delayed son. The son was brutally attacked by 2 teenagers in the bowling alley restroom, where he was sodomized with a plumber's snake that was manually twisted many times, and had to be surgically removed at the hospital. I am so sick about this, I can't think of anything else. Plus, I know one of the attackers. I am a school nurse, and I knew the boy in 7th and 8th grade. He was always nice and polite and now I find out he is a sick animal. I have so much sadness and so much rage inside me right now, I am heartbroken and sickened, and angry. Part of me feels like these 2 boys should be stripped, impaled on poles in the center of town and people should throw rocks at them. Another part of me knows they are sick, sick, sick, but I can't get it out of my mind.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

Oh my gosh, this is just horrible. I can never understand how people can be so brutal and cruel.

[Barbeque Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Barbeque]

For these individuals life in prison or the death penalty is appropriate.
Life in prison costs society a ton of money.
The death penalty should not, but this kind of scum gets attorneys to challenge rulings and run up the legal bills on both sides that unfortunately the taxpayers pay for.
Hang um

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

An acquaintance of mine (he works in my school district and we've spoken a few times) has a 21 year old developmentally delayed son. The son was brutally attacked by 2 teenagers in the bowling alley restroom, where he was sodomized with a plumber's snake that was manually twisted many times, and had to be surgically removed at the hospital. I am so sick about this, I can't think of anything else. Plus, I know one of the attackers. I am a school nurse, and I knew the boy in 7th and 8th grade. He was always nice and polite and now I find out he is a sick animal. I have so much sadness and so much rage inside me right now, I am heartbroken and sickened, and angry. Part of me feels like these 2 boys should be stripped, impaled on poles in the center of town and people should throw rocks at them. Another part of me knows they are sick, sick, sick, but I can't get it out of my mind.

jacki -

my heart goes out as well. I have a son who has some development disabilities, and bullying and abuse have been among our biggest fears.

I read the Newsday article.

It's so common that developmentally disabled people get housed in the same facilities as the emotionally disturbed. And apparently the situation here may have it's origins in that type of setting. The disturbed kids are bigger, stronger, and meaner, and they prey on the development disabled.

When our son was younger he was placed in special ed classrooms that had kids with impulsive, uncontrollable anger. There were too many times when my son was found cowering in a playground or in the corner of a room. Fortunately, to the best of our knowledge, he has never been sexually assaulted.

When he was in high school I was often torn with fears. I knew how much he longed for "normal" friends. Kids like that just go crazy with delight when a "normal" person pays any kind of attention to them. And they are so naive and so lacking in social cognition that they can't tell when they're really being accepted or being made fun of. And I spent enough time in juvenile locker rooms to know that even "nice" kids are often not really very nice.

I never wanted to get in the way if someone was truly being nice to him. It's just so important to those kids when they have a chance to be "normal" on their own. But in my heart I was left wondering.

I think we made it through OK; I know too many others who did not.

But then there are the unspeakable horrors .....

[nursetanya1973 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close nursetanya1973]

The sickness of society

Where were their consciences? Especially with 2 of them, why did neither one of them say "stop"? And you would think that with teenage boys and their aversion to anyone thinking them "weird", that doing anything with another boy's private areas would be out of the question.

What in these boys' lives lead to this?

[Nancy Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Nancy]

I didn't reply to this originally because I also have a mentally challenged son and was sickened by this. Steve Nelson's response is right on.

Nancy

[Sydney Contributor - Bronze Find all posts View Profile Close Sydney]

Sick, sick, sick!

Jackio, it's so sad and heartbreaking how people can be so evil. That poor boy - how horrific for him. I hope that justice will prevail and the punishment will fit the crime! They should really be locked up for life.

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This is just aughful... May they both spend the rest of their years in cages where they can be the entertainment for the other animals....

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

I heard this on 1010 wins this morning and my son brought this up at dinner tonight. This will be embedded in that boys mind for a long time. I hope the kid can get over this and realize that not all people are like this.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

I just saw this on ABC news. They did not use a Plumbers plunger as I heard this moring. They used a Plumbers Snake. I hope they get the max.

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

This is very disturbing and depressing. I cannot understand how anyone can do such a thing. I hope the victim recovers mentally and physically to this outrageous attack. I will save my rage for the two scumbags for later.

[mav Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mav]

This makes me sick also. No punishment is too severe for those two. God help that poor boy !

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[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Sick......sick.......sick!

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Heard this driving home last night.

There had been an on-going history of the 19 year old with the 21 year old for years. Sincewhen they both went to a special school.

My heart bleeds for the boy and his family. I hope that he will be OK and can comprehend that not all people are such monsters.

As for the offenders, I hope they get the book thrown at them.