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Related: About this forumHospitalized for 9 days, teen charged with assault after 4 anti-gay students beat him
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/hospitalized_9_days_teen_charged_with_assault_after_4_anti_gay_students_beat_him_videoA Virginia teenager is being charged with assault and banned from school after being beaten so badly by four students he was hospitalized for nine days in an anti-gay attack.
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Hospitalized for 9 days, teen charged with assault after 4 anti-gay students beat him (Original Post)
WillParkinson
Oct 2014
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,298 posts)1. That is just sickening.
The four teens who beat him should be charged. NOT him.
So, OK, he threw the first physical punch. This was after he'd been bullied. I stand with him and his mom against this outrageous charge.
Disgusting.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)2. First punch is always assault
However in this case the DA should have looked closely as why. I am sure the Grand Jury is going to let this go.
iandhr
(6,852 posts)3. Is there an article that comes with this?
WillParkinson
(16,862 posts)6. Yes. At the link.
Beneath the video.
I didn't see it when I first clicked on the link
JDDavis
(725 posts)4. YEAH, right! Because every 14 year old is charged
with assault in VA for throwing a punch?
NO?
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)5. If only he had used a gun
he would have just been "standing his ground". Instead, he made the mistake of defending himself with his body.