I appologize, I don't know how to copy and post articles (someone clue me in please).
A couple of months ago there was an old woman in New York (I think) that was beaten in the vestibule of her apartment building. It seemed to be all over the news. The View showed the video and spoke with the woman.
About a week and a half ago, a 91 yr. old man was beaten and carjacked in Detroit and it has been all over our local news (I'm in West Michigan). Yet I haven't seen much in the national news and haven't seen a thread about it.
Please watch the video at
http://www.wxyz.com/news/story.aspx?...4-e6a4edc1f25d
This just fucking disgusts me that someone would have so little respect for an elderly person that they would use their obviously superior strength to beat the hell out of a defenceless old man. The asshole could have easily just taken the car. Instead he started punching and even took breaks between blows to remove his fucking jacket. I admit that I am normally a little desensitized to all the bad shit that we see daily, not that I don't care but because I do care and I have to preserve my sanity. Yet, this upsets me so badly that I have to look away everytime the video plays.
Watching that old man being pummeled just makes me see red. I can only picture my deceased or living grandparents, in their frail bodies, being assaulted so violently. Maybe death would be too harsh a punishment, but I'm not so sure. This type of crime is just as disgusting as elderly rape. I haven't decided in my mind what would be a fit punishment for the people just feet away that did nothing while it happened. I'm torn because in the interest of self-preservation, I probably wouldn't step in (I'm a 5' 2" female) and it happened so quickly. But it looked like at least two men were witnesses and the guy didn't seem to have a weapon.
This is mostly a rant, but what are your thoughts on crimes like this and the people (cowards) that commit them? What do you think should happen to these human slime?