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[@PhilipDeFranco]

WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING ANYMORE?! agh.

[@teddyswolesevelt3037]

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

[@titotitotito]

Philip DeFranco What does it matter?

[@khomu604]

Philip DeFranco my teacher at school died... that's what happened...

[@MysteryStewpot]

Philip DeFranco in the "lynch" story, no adults were present. You ARE fake news. How tf did the mom see what happened?

[@jeanettehuang5553]

Officer Juicy His sister actually saw what happened, and then told her mother later on.

[@aprilblenk]

I'm sorry but If you push someone off a table with rope around their neck AND just walk away, wouldn't that be attempted murder?

[@chazzburke9073]

Not if you're a white teen doing it to a non white child apparently.

[@BeeBumper]

Yup sure is, I remember I was 13 and the kid next door was about the same age as that child. He had tied a skipping rope around his neck and jumped off a picnic table, it was already wrapped around a swingset on the other end. I ran into their yard made sure he was okay told his parents what I witnessed and they just shrugged.

[@StefaniKaye]

aprilblenk uh...YEAH wtfh is wrong with that police officer for not arresting those juveniles

[@seigeengine]

The issue is we don't know that happened. All we know is that there are rope injuries around the kid's neck. Everything else is the testimony of him and his sister.

[@davidmarshall3683]

Tim Evans You realise you just said you hope kids are murdered right?

[@SaberOH_]

How the heck could the Quincy story be an accident. You can still debate the racial motivation behind it, but the fact that they walked away after hanging him. Shows what kind of monsters these little defects are.

[@earthcolours_]

You tell them Saber. How on earth can you just walk away and if these kids said racial comments before to him then clearly it has racial motivation. But even if it's not, these kids still tried to kill this poor little boy. it's horrible

[@carlthellama3435]

PapaSaber That's my thought, undoubtedly something happened to the kid however I am skeptical of the racial thing. I've honestly never seen whites say "you aren't white enough." I do however see it all the time in the black community. There seems to be a lot of prejudice against light skinned people.

[@SophiaAstatine]

"Ooops, I nearly hanged your son. Sorry about that." Can't wait to hear the completely stupid defence they will have in court.

[@SaunterVaguelyDown]

PapaSaber Nah, this is a cut and dry hate crime if ever there was one. I mean they bullied him with racial slurs then literally tried to lynch him. All I think you could possibly argue is whether they should be tried as adults or not.

[@MaStorm529]

PapaSaber ah, I see. No, the story about the girl in the freezer... I'm trying to sit on my hands and wait for the investigation to see what they come up with. Again, I'm leaning towards moms explanation at this point. I hope they actually find out what happened to the girl.

[@remyblas]

About the bullied kid... does it really matter if it was a hate crime or not? Some kids bullied another until almost killing him. That's insane, that has to be punished severely.

[@CapCityMover]

Remy Blas depends on the environment and people involved.

[@remyblas]

I'm not American, so I'm speaking from a very different perspective, and I don't want to offend anyone, but to me it seems that when in situations like this people start the argument of if it's a race crime or not, you just feed the racism problem. When people point their fingers yelling "white people did this" I believe it can only make things worse. In most other countries, if a couple of kids hang another kid and almost kill him, nobody would be looking at their skin color. Those kids would go to a reformatory or whatever institution for underage criminals there is. I know race is a whole issue in USA so it's not the same, but still... a crime is a crime. Trying to define if its motives are racial seems just like... escalation. Like "if white people attack black people, we'll punish white people accordingly"... then white people claim they're not all the same (obviously) and resent other races because they feel like they look at them as if they're all racist, so some of them start hating other races more, and so on, and so on...

[@sarahunderwood8952]

It DOES matter when it comes to the process of law, actually. If they can reasonably try this as a hate crime, potential punishment is different, based on standing hate crime laws.

[@Teeleesom5]

Or they were just stupid teens that picked on a younger kid and did it in a horrific way that could've killed him. Assumptions every single time someone isn't "lily white" is over the top. Do people realize exactly HOW MANY PEOPLE are of colored or mixed races? Not everything that happens in life is because someone is not white. Sometimes, it's just sheer stupidity - these teens are older and being assholes to a little boy. Jumping right on the race bandwagon automatically is assumption, which so many people are doing nowadays. I can't even tell from the pictures that this kid is mixed race myself, so I would never guess it was racially motivated. I guess that's why the police are taking the time to investigate and not just toss statements and info out there until they get to the bottom of it, which is the way it should be in every situation.

[@MrsLegitParttwo]

This is just EXTREMELY interesting to witness people attempting to diminish the issue behind this crime, which was RACE! Sure if a crime is committed, it's a crime, &!should be treated as such. However, when it comes to hate crimes, there is a STRONG & VAST historical & continuing record of Black people being targeted. Race is something that is biological & there is no choice over. If people are being targeted for that, it's important to bring it out! That is crime that wouldn't have ever happened otherwise, because race was the key factor. Why should we shy away from that!? Tell the TRUTH! Tell the reason why! As per usual, many whites don't want to address the TRUTH & REALITY of the system of racism-white supremacy. You want it swept under a rug or covered up, in order to make you feel less uncomfortable.

[@furyofbongos]

FYI, walk-in freezers have a way to open the door from inside. Just push the thingy forward. I've worked in food service before. They thought of this a long time ago. But maybe she was inebriated or whatever. Not hard for the police to provide the details on this particular freezer model. Then we could look up exactly what kind of open-door-from-the-inside safety feature it has.

[@maevetaylorreilly]

furyofbongos I'm pretty sure that walk in freezers have to have a inner opening mechanism for safety, don't they? I worked in retail/customer service and we had walk in freezers for dairy products / frozen food etc. And it had a latch to open it from the inside. Also, alcohol lowers your body temperature and would make it more likely that she could have passed out due to hypothermia if she was inebriated.

[@furyofbongos]

I don't know, but it's hard to imagine in the U.S. there not being a Federal regulation for it. I just remember that thingy mechanism in all of the walk-ins they had at my old workplace. I mean,, as you know, that's how we got out of them every day anyway! It wasn't just a safety mechanism, it's how you got out, period.

[@Deanassar]

I just watched the videos they released of her walking around extremely inebriated, stumbling into walls and such (alone btw ) and then eventually into the kitchen where the walk-in would be. check the videos out on Liveleak or just wait a few days and Im sure phil will come back to the story.

[@therisingdyingidiot8022]

Depends. If it was frozen over, which happens, then she couldn't press the button thing to open. Maybe that's why there is a cover up. The button was frozen over, and someone doesn't want to be found at fault (the hotel). I only know because it's happened to me. I got stuck in a freezer at a supermarket. No phone reception. They found me four hours later.

[@Roonasaur]

Yes, all walk-in freezers have means to open from the inside that cannot be locked out without physical tampering. Thing is though, you have to be not-passed-out to use them.

[@sparrowcunningham7637]

my friend's son is 12 and he knows that hanging someone could kill them, he knows of racism and that it's bad, etc. He would definitely know not to put a noose around a young boy's neck and hang him. I don't see why a kid two years older than him or more should get a pass on attempted murder. Who fucking cares if what they did haunts them for the rest of their lives? It should. There's too much of this "but we'll hurt the criminal!! :C" shit going around. They should also get CPS in there to make sure an abusive household isn't causing this kind of behavior. Something is seriously wrong there.

[@warmarms895]

Sparrow Cunningham ccrm

[@enablechaos6344]

This is why ya boi don't mess with no parties.

[@TbroBleet]

If I could give this two likes...

[@mindyours752]

Nothing wrong with parties. It's more of the people you surround yourself with.

[@Msawaged1]

Enable Chaos its not cuz no one invites you? Lol jk

[@kingpotato7183]

Enable Chaos This is why I don't fuck with thots

[@extremetrollface]

small hangs with close friends> parties. anyday

[@1gneel]

Even if it is not a ''hate'' crime it most definitely is a crime and demands punishment.

[@DDogg43777]

1gneel Depends on what the investigation finds :)

[@ripvanwinkle6449]

If the legal system finds that a crime was committed, then yes. Also, hate crimes aren't real. Nor is hate speech.

[@dashtheflashmma9412]

1gneel I

[@francoj803]

+Rip Van WInkle Hate crimes and hate speech are real. Killing someone for race is a hate crime. Didn't whites say that those black kids that tortured a disable white teen for being white committed a hate crime? So how is this different. Funny how white people change the narrative to suit them. If he was white they wouldnt have tried to lynch him.

[@gennaral]

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[@fatmaba8305]

Phil: I'm only gonna do one story per day!! I'm very busy!! Also Phil: *does 3 stories bc he's addicted to his job*

[@MrZaborskii]

Fatma BA ikr. Phil's commitment to one story per day ended almost as quickly as Trump's commitment to, "making Mexico pay for it"

[@LittleNemoGaming]

Haha totally!

[@nataliefehr5335]

And we love it 😍!

[@gennaral]

Fatma BA kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2fGq62Jl6iCoa8

[@ricky18redblack31]

Hate crime or not a kid almost died. For what ever reason, those teens deserves to be punish.

[@JT-dl2cc]

Arrior 115 it was a BLACK kid around other whites. I'm so sick of being white. You all disgust me

[@JT-dl2cc]

Arrior 115 you know exactly what I'm talking about. I can't wait in 10 years where the roles will be reversed. I hope those kids get sent to jail for a long time

[@ridwana4037]

Starz Found the troll. Proof? He/she liked his/her own comment. Who the fuck does that?

[@JT-dl2cc]

Arrior 115 I retracted my comment once I found out all the abusers were white :)

[@JT-dl2cc]

Arrior 115 oh, they will. Believe me on that.

[@Elizabeth67]

the hope the Jenkins family find out what really happened

[@GazMatic]

MissScribbleHeart they know.

[@eiloen]

Gaz Matic no they don't. They think they do, there is evidence yet to be found.

[@titotitotito]

MissScribbleHeart IF she was murdered

[@BRi180000]

We don't know all the evidence, but things like this happen all the time. Drunk person gets hot, wants to cool down, finds freezer, goes inside, relaxes, falls asleep, freezes to death. its a lot more common then you think.

[@Qscraps]

Never name a child anything like Kaneka. WTF kind of name is that?

[@TheSoulCollector13]

As a person who has lived near rosemont my whole life and have regularly gone to conventions at the center across the street for the past 10 years I can say that no matter why police are saying, there is a cover up. Rosemont police live in Rosemont, actually every city officail in Rosemont live in Rosemont, and those are the ONLY people who live there. It's not a normal town, all those people live in 1 gated community on the far side away from the convention center and hotels. Also, Donald E. Stevens and his family have had their hands all over that town for decades. Things happen like this all the time. It's sad and I hope this sheds light on that shady ass "town".

[@nintendude794]

Sounds like S-Town, the podcast.

[@loreaver3882]

Do you see a red laser at your window?

[@catch.22]

Im sorry to hear that

[@julietalfaro673]

TheSoulCollector13 That's very weird, bad weird. I hope someone figures it out soon.

[@djbloo8996]

Ahaha what is this a movie no it's not a cover up

[@turnerd20]

that's a straight out hate crime

[@evenfjeldvang8037]

ok

[@MJordanrocks2002]

Ciipex Good point

[@JohnDoe-gz9uy]

Stanley Yelnats holes

[@TheOzumat]

"It's not a phase, mom!" taken too far.

[@bruhmoment-jj3qp]

Stanley Yelnats Yellow spotted lizards will pick you clean!

[@user-ns3vs3bp3e]

Used racial slur then hang a black kid yeah that's a hate crime that deserves attempted murder charges because they walked away

[@WyvernWolfe]

"But they are kids being kids, they shouldn't be punished, regardless that 2 older white teens hung a 8 year old mixed race" - Law Enforcements response in a nutshell

[@wiseprophet9080]

123 456 if using slurs and LITERALLY attempting to lynch someone because of their race isn't a hate crime then nothing is

[@Sirsiryesyes]

They should release their identity so that the public takes care of this since the police won't do anything about it but they'll shot a brown kid in a heartbeat

[@tom_something]

I'm surprised this comment hasn't been visited by the "A cRiMe iS a CRiMe sO WhY dO We nEeD to cAll tHiNgS hAtE CriMeS?" brigade.

[@nathanthemoneyman9191]

Shhhhhh it's racism...

[@DemMedHornene]

There's a certain age where you can forgive mistakes (to a certain degree), but once you reach the teens, perhaps around 13-14 you are sufficiently self-aware and grown up to know right from wrong. In my country teenagers are sent to juvenile detention for something like this, so what boggles the mind is that it's being treated not as a crime, but a potential accident. If an assault, or whatever you would describe this as, is motivated by the victim's race, then it's a hate crime, it's as simple as that.

[@kaywynnyk6192]

Saturn666 kids start to learn empathy around ages 5-8. They certainly aren't perfect, but they start realizing there are consequences to their actions, especially for others, around that time. The "kids" involved in that incident absolutely knew what they were doing. It was completely malicious. Wtf.....

[@vs3900]

Exactly. A kid in my junior high (14) punched a younger 12 year old in the face and split his cheek open. The punch was random and unprovoked. That kid got expelled and sent to juvy instantly and we never saw him at school again. I don't see how those kids haven't already faced punishment yet.

[@chaywen9240]

The kid I know is Cameron, I wont say his last name. He is 16 and he was at a party at the house of this kid. They got a table and they were swinging around on it or something. They were fucking around pretending it was a noose and when they were helping the kid up, they accidentally kicked the table from under him. After this they instantly tried to get him out of the noose. The mother didnt care and out of frustration put the kids in a bad light saying they threw rocks at the kid, when in reality they were all throw shit at eachother, not just one kid. The media then took it upon themselves to make up the story that he pushed him off and walked away like they were in a movie. They spun it like a hate crime and said "after bullying a kid and hammering him with rocks, the kid then trusted them enough to allow them to put him in a noose and hang him" It sucks that I am only one person and I dont have the power of the media to get the truth out there, but this is the truth, nothing but the truth.

[@mercedesrojo3494]

Chaylen Tejeda how do you even "accidentally" kick a table over? And you know why each of them did put it around their own necks is so they show how it's not dangerous cause they're doing and trying to gain some trust from him cause he's small 8 year old. but when it came to his turn they actually did it.

[@Whofan06]

The only leniency I would give to teenagers that commit such heinous crimes is the psychological help. They need to be punished for their actions but I'd also argue that if a kid is hanging other kids or committing any particularly cruel violent crime they need help to be rehabilitated, not just punishment alone. You can't be right in the head or have had a perfect life to end up doing shit like that and think you can get away with it.

[@wely1100]

That's why I don't go to parties

[@idkman4328]

Fizz on My Jayce The introverts will survive

[@aldoparziale5669]

I would want to know if they have any clue to how long she was in freezer for cause if they can actually find out and if it turns out she was in there during the time that the friends were saying that she was with them but they had to go get keys then they're lying and probably ones that killed her

[@Deanassar]

Video was released, I just watched it. She was alone and stumbling around the hotel and eventually into what looks like an industrial kitchen that was not in use (there were no cooking supplies or machines ) Like the police said, this stuff happens. People get drunk and die.

[@fex144]

Deanassar; that is one monumentally sad way to go. What an epitaph: "Wandered into freezer. The End".

[@ElaineT223]

Deanassar I saw that video. A lot of people are saying that was the friend who had the same long hair, not Keneeka. Kinda makes sense though because I see some clothing differences between her on the elevator and "her" stumbling around.

[@godofawesum223]

I have gotten so black out drunk before in my past that I couldn't even pour a glass of water and somehow still climb up to and pass out n the roof of my house only to wake up after rolling off of my roof and falling 6 feet down and landing on trash cans. It is perfectly within the realm of possibility drunken person can wander into a kitchen and into a walk in freezer.

[@ripvanwinkle6449]

"the external handle and are often broken and dont work" Also false.

[@Luma_Bite]

Those white teenagers didn't JUST bully that little boy, they tried to straight up KILL HIM. When I was 13-14 years old I remember being taught all about slavery, every class was specifically shown images of hate crimes, such as hangings. This is a hate crime and attempted murder. Someone almost lost their child because of these kids and because of the color of his skin, and it's really disgusting to me that someone is trying to call this a mistake or accident. Who knows what other "mistakes" this group of kids will make if they get a pass on this one.

[@SinOfDisaster]

That fact that the cop said it might be a mistake means 1 of 3 things. 1 the cop is racist and doesn't want to come out as it. 2: One of the kids was his, and he will try to cover it up as much as possible. 3: one or multiple of the kids are cop kids and is trying to cover it up.

[@RobertoBlake]

Kids do stupid things, hanging someone isn't stupid, its a crime. It[s fairly black and white, pun intended.

[@Pigdogg24]

Roberto Blake Allegedly hanging someone.

[@charliemartin7266]

Totally agree

[@DamnKids10]

Roberto Blake They didn't hang him Jesus Christ I'm from the area. This has all been blow out of proportion by people not from this area. Mark Chase is a good guy and this situation is not what it seems. The kids didn't even know the kid was black. For God's sake the kid looks white.

[@badartxd]

Roberto Blake it's assault at the very least to me. Hanging someone doesn't seem like an "accidental" situation at all, and the fact that the offenders fled proves it even more to me. It's not a minor childhood mistake that is to be ignored, those teens are seriously fucked up(regardless of their motives) -.-

[@christophercookson3139]

Roberto Blake agreed. im not particularly pro-blm or pc, but this is indesputably a hate crime.

[@MrObie186]

It may not be a popular opinion but I firmly believe that at age 14 or 15 you are old enough to know that killing someone is wrong. Those shits must be tried as adults. They were fully aware of what they were doing and deserve to be punished. It doesn't matter if its a question of "It's gonna huant them. They are kids they didn't know better". If thry get off scott-free. What lesson does that teach them? That trying to kill somebody is ok people don't care? Pft. Screw that. Send them to jail for a long time I say.

[@wschippr1]

MrObie186 Nah, you just have a hunch, you need research to make those kinds of decisions. We know that teens often do not really understand what death means. There's a reason why militaries like teens.

[@IvanMartinez-qm5sn]

Bro a 5 year old knows murder is bad, if they are 14, they should be thrown in jail ASAP

[@creolebastard881]

Wade Schipprack since when do teens not know what fear really means?? Most teens have lost multiple people throughout their lives. You're dumb beyond belief if you're a teen and don't understand death.

[@creolebastard881]

So depressing that it's not a widely held belief.

[@qaziabzy8411]

Wade, I think you have child and teen confused

[@Gothmummi]

I just don't understand how someone can live in a country all their life, bar maybe their first year, be raised, educated and have family and friends AND work AND pay taxes, then all of a sudden get told they have to leave? And go to a country they have possibly never been to? I couldn't imagine being told that actually my family were illegal and therefore so am I, and I have to leave the only country I've ever known and loved and move to another one. Different language, culture, laws and regulations. Completely FULL of strangers.

[@Binxie_]

There is no question about it. It is a HATE CRIME AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. THEY NEED TO BE PUNISHED.

[@bobberry1463]

How you know its a hate crime

[@iiFallenWish]

bob berry What makes you think it's not? It very obviously is

[@jimbodawson8067]

iiFallenWish Just because hes Black doesnt make it the reason they bullied him, it could be but we really dont know

[@MrJudda1994]

DawsonAnimationStudio well seen as they've been known to call him racial slurs before and his sister was there in pretty sure they will know it's a hate crime.

[@LouisaJam]

@DawsonAnimationStudio You don't think that lynching has a history to do with black people? I don't know but the fact that he was bi-racial and was lynched by these 14 year olds says alot.

[@camiloeimbcke987]

Most used sentence in 2017: "Donald Trump tweeted..."

[@Edgar-hc7tq]

Camilo Eimbcke González more like "Jake Paul"

[@CAHPlay-ne9ci]

Excellent reporting

[@claireaudientttttt]

Wow... I’m a new subscriber & I’m very surprised to see you cover the Kenneka Jenkins story. You actually did a great job. Thank you. I’ve been very invested in this case for a long time. I’ve heard a lot of the stranger theories surrounding the case, but I think even with all the details now available on the internet, there’s a *lot* that we don’t know.

[@chickthatisnormal]

That isn't fucking bullying. That's attempted murder. Wtf.

[@ashakiwest4244]

chickthatisnormal exactly. Bullying is no where near this incident.

[@heartofdawnlight]

He said at the least, and extreme bullying. Though yes it's clearly attempted murder on one of the 3 and assistance for the other 2.

[@markadams8557]

A lot of young kids will bully someone, A LOT. Bullying happens every single day. However I have never heard a bullying story where a kid was left hanging on a rope to die. That is not a mistake that you regret from your younger years. That is attempted murder. I understand these kids were young, but as a 14 year old teenager you know what is considered attempted murder and what is considered bullying. I can not understand how the police chief seems to not at least express concern for the child. I honestly can't believe this story. Hate crime, attempted murder, bullying, whatever this is seen as there must be consequences. Otherwise, as long as your seen as a young child you can get away with whatever you want.

[@Whofan06]

You know the unfortunate thing is I have definitely heard of bullying stories like that. In middle school in an anti-bullying seminar the vice principal told the story of a kid she knew who some other kids held a plastic bag over his head and tried to suffocate him for a solid minute. The kid lived but i think he ended up committing suicide before the trial cause he was so afraid of the bullies coming after him again. Kids can be seriously fucked up, I mean its bad enough that harming people for their own amusement is a common occurrence. But teenagers can be particularly cruel cause they are psychologically immune to foresight and the concept of consequences.

[@otti2582]

I remember in school where they had a man talk about how he was bullied, it had culminated when they had kidnapped him, taken him to a barn, put a noose around his neck and pulled it up high enough that he had to stand on his toes to not suffocate, he then stayed there for hours before being found. These stories aren't that rare, you just have to look for them.

[@AntoinetteChanel]

Rest well, Kenneka.💔 Racial slurs were used? That was a hate crime. Period.

[@jaimereynolds258]

Heart goes out to Kenneka's family.

[@jorgev.8305]

I don't care how old you are 4,9,13, or 14, if you purposely attempt to kill somebody you should be charged with attempted murder. I don't care if the rest of your life is ruined. If you try to kill somebody because of their race or for any other reason you should rot in jail

[@isaacromo869]

Jorge Velez well there is thing called age of responsibility, which means for certain amount of time you cannot be charged with a crime

[@alvinandtheshitchunks5619]

Brother Ares I have replied to most of your other comments saying this but race is a factor

[@alvinandtheshitchunks5619]

Brother Ares I agree with you in general but without race the story is "a group of teens were bullying an eight year old and that resulted in the boy being hanged by the other boys" with race as a factor the story is "group of teens harassed a bi racial boy because of his race and threw rocks at him this resulted in him being hung by the other boy whilst they mentioned lynchings and white pride" the story's come off as different to me. Basically what I'm saying is context is important.

[@Crystal14351]

+Ronald Cooper I disagree. Killing someone is bad, of course. But killing someone because of the color of their skin, something they were *born* with? That's definitely worse.

[@scahsaint6249]

Brother Ares The kids race is clearly a factor here.

[@-Valyrian-]

As far as I'm concerned it's very simple. Those teens are guilty of attempted murder. I simply refuse to believe that anyone that old would not understand that literally hanging someone results in death.

[@bobberry1463]

_Valyrian_ the kid was 8 he should had known better to

[@mohamedndiaye7912]

bob berry Blaming the victim, good job.

[@jman8904]

bob berry dude, have you never been bullied?

[@FanvsantGaming]

Man! That guy got murdered! He really should've known that being stabbed kills people!

[@Tristan.211]

bob berry not really how should he know that hanging is a way to kill someone some might know but parents don't always talk to thier kids about common ways people kill themselves

[@alexismacias7983]

So I am backtracking over the vids that I've missed (just watched the Equifax one, will comment on that as well) and maaaaan, all of this stuff is so complicated. I wish I had the knowledge to really understand it all. I wish I had the time to put into this and make a difference. That leaves me super grateful for you Phillip De Franco. You help enlighten me. Because I don't know anyone who actually talks about this in their everyday life. You are schooling me and it's valuable.

[@mattmcneill3669]

I'll give you credit Phil, I really didn't think you would be good at covering news that isn't mainstream, but I'm impressed with your work. I'm subscribed now, keep up the good work

[@elliotts5574]

"One story a day." Love ya Phil.

[@itsbritney1270]

Elliot Scepter I knew he wouldn't resist doing one story a dayxD

[@XxBeyBladexX]

He would resist you mean?

[@Katastr0phic_Katicorn]

Those eyebags tho ;p

[@arreola891]

Jenna Marbles ... WTF! Get outta here Ms. "Marbles", Perv!!

[@scitechian]

I'm certainly not complaining. This is like being told everyone only gets one slice of cake and then one kid has to go home for misbehaving and your mom lets you have that kid's slice.

[@Jee0623]

"I'm only going to be covering the biggest story of the day to save time" yet continues to push out full length PDS covering many stories. God damn Phil. I love your work ethic.

[@jkl799]

PHIL - thank you for how you cover these stories.

[@astbrnrd]

You completely spun my brain. 😂

[@acetate909]

Those first two stories are just heart breaking. There's really nothing more to say.

[@joetyler835]

Evan Fields right

[@kingpotato7183]

Evan Fields Dude why do you have half a mustache in your profile pic

[@acetate909]

king potato I don't have any part of of a mustach. May be stubble. I've never had a mustache. Edit: I think it's a shadow

[@theautarch7837]

That first story happened real close to where I live. Rosemont has become something like an outdoor mall plaza with bars, hotels, restaurants, and the self-named convention center, located between a highway and the Des Plaines river, and has its own L-station leading to and from the loop/O'hare, and as such, attracts all sorts of people from within the city who want to get out and have a good time somewhere safe. This tragic event is going to leave a stain on their reputation until they review more evidence and wrap up the case. I should also note that Schiller Woods and the connected Forest Preserve area near here have a seedy reputation; Satanic cults and animal sacrifices and so forth, though I am speaking hearsay at this point. Weird shit happens in there sometimes, beyond your typical homeless shelter or shady drug deal...just saying.

[@de1ri7]

I live less than 4 miles from where that happened. 😕

[@kotalovesturtlesss9348]

Those teenagers knew what the fuck they were doing. They're not "just being kids." kids don't try and kill each other.

[@sherlywright2772]

The "friends" knew about the rape, that's a definite...but the murder was a curve ball. Either way, just like the one who just drove the car to the hold up....they are still accessories.

[@gennaral]

Kotalovesturtlesss kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2fGq62Jl6iCoa8

[@gennaral]

Sherly Wright kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2fGq62Jl6iCoa8

[@cyb0rgirl]

the teens should be charged as extensively as possible. thats not just bullying. not just a hate crime. not just attempted murder. they should fail background checks for the rest of their lives for child abuse

[@chaywen9240]

I live near the town where it happened and one of the kids involved is in my bus, this was not a hate crime, they were all friends and this was an accident. The media is swaying it like a hate crime when in reality its not. I really hope these kids arent punished for an accident just because the media want to get more views.

[@Grace-ey7pk]

Chaylen Tejeda an accident?! They pushed him off a table and walked away and not helping him? The kid almost died!

[@chaywen9240]

THATS NOT WHAT HAPPENED THOUGH THATS WHAT IM TRYING TO SAY, I know the kid involved, Ive talked to him, everyone in out school knows the story, and thats not what happened.

[@kahariereese2772]

Chaylen Tejeda nice b8 m8

[@chorosso5259]

bruh

[@ktmuller4286]

Those teenagers know better. As a 14 year old if I saw any of my peers do this I would be appalled and want them to go away for a long time.

[@thecoolguyman587]

Katie Muller I can't imagine watching someone hang from a tree like that and think "this is hilarious"

[@OneEyedSnakes]

Katie Muller the thing that threw me off was that the mother allowed the kid to play with those other kids after the fact that this wasn't a first time thing they've yelled racial slurs at him before but still those kids should get punished and so should the parents

[@SokiHime]

Bystander effect Mob mentality Shove your Holier-Than-Thou BS

[@1krani]

Domo Jax Lemme answer that with another question: are the Darwin Awards still a thing? If so, then the idiot epidemic rages on, and "idiot" is a pretty light word to use for someone who hangs a small child.

[@cosmokisses]

Please keep up with this story Phil!

[@mrosaine]

I like to pause your videos every so often just so I can laugh at funny Phil faces. Congrats on Carter. That's my sons name.

[@SiobhanMalcolm]

Whether it is a hate crime or not, it is attempted murder. Someone trying to hang another, and that should be illegal in itself

[@TheJinashura]

Siobhan Malcolm pretty sure I've seen teens tried as adults for murder. Pretty sure evil should be punished. How tf are these kids not at least in some detention center until they reach adulthood if not jail? Will take that little kid being murdered to get proper action?

[@awsambdaman]

TheJinashura you realize they're not just getting off clean right..they are being punished

[@Tiggaknock]

Those girls that pretended to play with the girl in the woods and stabbed her repeatedly in the name of "Slender Man" were both minors 12 years old, charged as adults for attempted first degree homicide, which carries a 45 year sentencing.

[@summerstar143]

lil greyboat they don't even want them to serve jail time, and since their minors it's likely that it will be wiped off their records.

[@Argos-xb8ek]

lil greyboat How? I didn't hear anything saying their being punished

[@earthcolours_]

I feel like people online just want a juicy story that's why they think her friends set her up and i can't blame them because i even thought her friends set her up before i knew anything. I think it's just human nature to think of most interesting story even though there are no facts. My thoughts go out to her mother

[@camilasuemi6850]

That Brown Guy even me, that really REALLY loves stories, can't believe in anything here till we have REAL facts. I hope everything solves quickly and finally bring peace to her family

[@airget]

Sadly the most likely scenario is kids being immature and doing something stupid. It's possible they just put her in the freezer to cool off and forgot about her. They idiots probably thought "oh someone will find her in an hour and it'll be hilarious" little did they know no one was going to check on her and she lost her life cause of it. Most likely a prank gone horrible wrong.

[@A---7]

They believe she was set up due to screenshots of others commenting about the party earlier that day, on someone's facebook. It just depends on if those screenshots of the convo were real.

[@earthcolours_]

Camila Suemi Yeah humans are strange like that but we are humans. Our minds just want to be entertained

[@earthcolours_]

airget It's possible but we just don't know. We just have to wait and see how it unfolds

[@HueMongussD]

Lijke you said about KJenneka Jenkins... police stated, she was seen on surveillance in the front lobby. That was noted in more than one document in the case files. It has been reported by several news organizations as well. So... where is that footage? it's not in any footage that was released. More over, the camera that would have recorded her entering and exiting the elevator from the main lobby was reported as inoperable. So how can the activist, Andrew Holmes report to the public that he was shown surveillance footage of Kenneka entering the elevator from the main lobby before we see her exit the elevator on the lower level? Then you wonder how people can think there is some sort of cover up going on?

[@blue3616]

Anybody else get an ad with Hank Green singing 'I love science.' Before the video? 😆

[@grantmanor6642]

That fridge thing is spooky

[@starlord796]

Grant Manor it like the Japanese one where the girl was found in the water tank

[@xstarrycity3627]

Wasn't her name Elisha Lam or am I thinking of something else

[@vhlopez0211]

She walked in by herself. The story has been updated! Look it up. They have video that she walked in by herself.

[@frostfang1]

Grant Manor I was just listening to the urban story podcast episode about hiding bodies in hotels (and that's it's not an urban story) and then this comes out, a body in a hotel freezer and it just feels so much eerier.

[@Geoffrey454]

xStarryCity Elisa Lam yeah

[@JustazagZ]

I'm pretty sure a teen is fully aware of how hanging a person like that will probably kill them. Hate crime or not, that's still attempted murder. That's obvious right?

[@Bojan_L]

But the hate crime aspect makes this even more serious.

[@JustazagZ]

I agree. But my point is how is it not obvious to sentence these teens with attempted murder? Why would someone care about "not letting a stupid mistake as kids ruin their lives" when they were literally trying to kill someone!? The potential of it being a hate crime makes it all the more disgusting, but weather that's true or not shouldn't matter for something this serious. If I were a young teen and started drowning some kid in a tub and I don't say anything racist and we have no difference in race, religion, etc. then would someone say "We don't want to ruin the rest of his life"? Probably not.

[@Ara-gp4yj]

Justazag Z definitely*

[@brycejr3283]

Bojan I fail to grasp how a hate crime is a larger offense than attempted murder?

[@Ara-gp4yj]

Bryce Jr do you know what hate crime means

[@contineus999hungry]

Bullies must be met with physical punishment. My bully met that fate and it temporarily(months) stopped him.

[@user-rx3js1no3s]

Hahahhahahahhahaha you got bullied

[@RedLoopster]

But speaking about the "physical punishment", no. It won't teach them anything, only more physical violence. Punishments to parents are better - will make them more strict against children. At best - money fee to the victim too, so that their family can transfer somewhere else and buy that kid bunch of candy

[@TiagoTiagoT]

Teach bullies that problems can be solved with physical violence? Yeah, that will work so well...

[@contineus999hungry]

TiagoTiago yeah, it worked so well in my case so what? I see no problem having physical punishment on and only bullies.

[@contineus999hungry]

EdjTheRofler nah, strict parenting should be used for improving grades. And what makes you think it won't teach them anything? They punch and kick , they get hit with a stick and cry over it. If It worked for me when a teacher did it , it can work elsewhere.

[@GramsDamon]

Cant believe Phil didn't throw in a 3 second clip of the DaRude song after he said Sandstorm. Perfect opportunity thrown away.

[@SilverGearsVII]

Teenagers or not, what they committed was a hate crime and attempted murder and they should be charged as such. Kids want to hate like adults, kids going to get tried like adults.

[@Razbeariez]

Teenagers aren't stupid. They're miniature adults that don't usually have full maturity. Those kids deserve to be punished because they understood exactly what they were doing.

[@WiseWik]

Brynley Louise and they reflect how their parents raised them.

[@xxcheesyboy-1536]

Brynley Louise they're 14 they don't know the meaning behind the racial slurs they use. While I very very much don't condone this and it's an awful thing to do. It was bullying taken too far as far as I can see

[@rustlee]

yeah they are lol

[@user-jj4nm4sl5o]

I'm a teenager and I'm always right

[@lawrenceshammas3389]

Real_Football not understanding racial slurs is one thing, forcing a child to hang them self and then leaving them for dead is attempted murder and that is a crime.

[@SandrineMH]

@Philip DeFranco I'm so curious about what the staff members will have to say after these 4 years...certainly 10 books of stories on this president for sure !

[@STSSpectre]

I was wishing you would put bender back on the shelf :( I like the old setup better but oh well still good vids tho

[@zackistheman1155]

I am 16, their age means nothing to me. That was a hate crime in all aspects, they need to be charged and the parents of them investigated

[@zackistheman1155]

Dean Connell I did not say " that is was probably" I said it was in all aspects. Read it

[@ryanwalters1682]

Zack is the man Which doesn't change the fact that your priorities are misplaced when it comes to severity of the crimes commited. Hate crime is one of the most idiotic ideas that has been enacted into law. Whether you attempt to kill someone over their skin color or you do it for any other unreasonable motive, the crime doesn't suddenly becoming more or less sever.

[@zackistheman1155]

Ryan Walters it certainly does based on what ground the death is caused, I think you need more reasoning before you question my belief

[@Bojan_L]

Dean Connell So the use of racial slurs and stating of white pride doesn't point to it being motivated by hate? Are you trying to say that motivation doesn't matter in a crime like this? Motive is part of most criminal cases.

[@zackistheman1155]

Dean Connell yes motivation does, stupid isn't a way of thinking, racism is, your argument is extremely flawed

[@robbrandhoff3]

When I was fourteen I did somedumb things. I may have accidentially kicked a football where it shouldn't go. Yes, 14 year olds are not adults, but a 14 year old sure as hell knows what happens when you hang someone. That is not an accident. That is attempted murder.

[@emmaduchac5402]

I mean, if they were playing around at hanging themselves, that adds fuel to it. It just proves even further that they knew exactly what they were doing and how it was gonna end up. You're not wrong at all.

[@robbrandhoff3]

If you mean they presented it as a "fun game" first, I agree. We played some army games as kids where we "shot" eachtother when I was young, but I knew I wouldn't actually want to shoot someone. Let alone make it seem like a game so the kid would trust me first. Being 14 is not a reasonable excuse for hanging someone while throwing racial slurs. I don't even think I even ever thought about doing that at that age.

[@Nordy4Everybody]

I live in mid New Hampshire and everyone was shocked when it happened

[@gd9279]

You're trending in Canada!

[@ryanhurley3805]

As a 15 year old boy I know what people of this age act like and most of us have been or said racist things but anyone who hangs an 8 year old from a tree should be punished to the full extent of the law

[@silentjoey1781]

Responding to 8-year-old Attack Controversy: These kids are responsible, I knew murder was bad at age...ALWAYS. Hate crime? Maybe. I would focus for about what they did and intended to do than why they did it in the first place. If there's no justice for the boy that almost died, I'm scared for my own children.

[@jinismymom7272]

Pit Bull Enthusiast hate crime, maybe??? It was definitely a racially motivated attack. They were calling him slurs and LYNCHED him. I'm pretty sure they were well aware of what they were doing.

[@silentjoey1781]

Jin is My mom I don't disagree, even kids understand that murdering someone is bad. However, kids aren't born hating other ethnic groups. This was learned from either their parents or the lack of parenting. Just because these kids were taught incorrect morals doesn't make them potential murderers. The fact that they almost lynched someone makes them murderers.

[@Dasqal]

Jin is My mom Where is the proof he was called any racial slurs? Oh that's right, baseless claims and speculations is the same as facts for you people.

[@chayden153]

It's horrible, this case does fall under the criteria for a hate crime, so I don't understand why these little shit stains aren't being charged with one.

[@brandonchandlerMGnO]

Jin is My mom It shouldn't matter if it was or wasn't a hate crime. They almost killed him on purpose, so they should be punished.

[@ashleypirhonen1954]

Does anyone know if the Sports! Shirt is still available, and if so where I can buy it?!

[@acej08]

Both side was like What?! Lol

[@DanteEsmont]

Why are we even talking about a hate crime? This kid should be jailed for a very long time for ATTEMPTED MURDER!

[@trinityjoseph5129]

You have got to be kidding me a group of teenagers used various racial slurs, hung that poor kid and left him for dead but that officer is basically saying that because they're 14 they didn't know any better and this isn't even the first time that boy was harassed which makes this so much worse especially since it took him being hanged and almost dying for anyone to even bat an eyelashe

[@maggiea5783]

Trinity Joseph agreed 100%. They definitely knew what they were doing and should definitely be charged

[@pewpewlazers5702]

Trinity Joseph What upsets me most is how kids so young are even capable of such acts!? What are the parents in their neighborhood teaching them? If that way my kid I would be absolutely appalled. It's one thing to be bullied - this was attempted murder!

[@blackheart7921]

With young children, all it takes is that they see (part of) a hanging and don't really comprehend what they're seeing in order for them to mimic it in a (for them) playful way, which would make this an accident. However, the boys at hand are clearly beyond that age and knew fully well what they were doing. In fact, they were actively manipulating the victim into putting the noose on by making it "his turn". If the scene unfolded as is being reported (and it sure sounds believable), then this was conscious and intentional murder, without doubt.

[@RockZombieIAm]

pewpewlazers LOL 14 isn't too young to be racist

[@davidmarshall3683]

Trinity Joseph Reminds me of what happened with the mentally disabled white boy and those black 18 year olds. That wasn't an attempt at what aboutry btw it's genuinely pretty much the same thing and both things that happened are disgusting crimes that deserved harsh punishment. I'm simply stating it seems to be a weird pattern that interracial crimes are being defended.

[@phillipvenango3584]

From one Phillip, to another. you might be my Batman. I can't do what you do. Thank you.

[@gagehartsell2193]

Being on the internet regularly since I was 8 or so has really made me use to seeing horrible stories and just carrying on with my day. The story about the boy being hung by the other kids in the neighborhood however has shaken me to my core. How can humans be so disgustingly cruel?

[@Ramen-fb4xr]

Why do adults think teenagers are slow? Even at the most, 11 year olds know better than to hang a child, or anyone for that matter

[@artwanderlei8466]

It was clearly wrong as all fuck, but yo. Why did this 8 year old think it was alright to slip on a noose lol

[@user-gz7yf6nq2r]

1) he saw the older kids doing it with no consequence 2) he'd been bullied before by them & probably felt some sort of peer pressure when they told him to do it as well and 3) he didn't know that they were going to push him off the fucking table…

[@8Beet]

As the older brother of three; younger children especially below 10 very much do whatever they can to fit in with the big boys with not much thought as to what they are doing.

[@MultiInko]

Cocoa ButtaLova right? I saw sOuth park at age 6 and knew what it was

[@rishabhsingh5694]

peer pressure

[@darvinray1783]

hate crime or not, the 14 year old that hanged him should be sent to jail for attempted murder. 14 is old enough for them to understand what they are doing.

[@thatonedudebutwho9919]

Darvin Ray agree

[@pinksSings]

Darvin Ray completely agree you gotta be really fucked to do that to someone and being 14 shouldn't save then from the consequences of their Actions

[@acetate909]

Darvin Ray The Slender Man stabbing girls in Wisconsin are being tried as adults even though one is a schizophrenic, 13 years old. Trying teens as adults is very controversial matter that I'm not even sure I have a opinion on either way. When themes of race are in play it makes people even more passionate on the subject. It's just a sad story all around.

[@psirenn8049]

What constitutes a hate crime is someone committing a crime because of there race. No matter what they did a crime. the tag hate crime will make it a more severe punishment

[@zachharrelson9971]

Darvin Ray agree that he should be tried for that, but 14 literally is not old enough to understand a lot of things. These are young human beings with the developing brain capacity currently at par with a crack head. Literally. Yeah, give him the time, because you cant just slap a 14 year olds wrist for hanging a child, but theres definitely a case to be made tgat they really dont understand.

[@CharlesLewis]

I have cameras recording 24 -7 at my house, you mean to tell me that a hotel doesnt have the footage

[@FREEK777ful]

is that a bottle of Jack Daniels in the background?

[@Hollyclown]

Kids should be tried for attempted murder. These kids should not be given any excuse.

[@byronmcdonald8076]

Hey you can't be a murderer if you're not human, and these kids clearly aren't.

[@MrPatrichard1996]

I think the most important thing to be learned from this video is that we need more Trump wrestling memes.

[@sorenkair]

Fight fire with fire. And furries. I mean fury.

[@jacjac_jac]

You know what else would've fit? Pelosi, Schumer, and Trump were "In the Room Where It Happened." #Hamilton

[@callies343]

Now THIS is a bipartisan movement I can get behind!

[@TheAlienFleet]

Colin English memes die when celebrities use them, and yes, trump is a celebrity

[@renragged]

8:46 LMFAO!!!

[@samanthamanon8361]

Just watched this .....lost for words.....

[@tristankb5279]

I'm a teenager and if someone my age does something like that they are not "making a mistake", they are garbage people who do not deserve to live in a community with normal people and they should be locked up for a large amount of their life.

[@KhronosTrigger]

No you do not. You know nothing of life kids.

[@tristankb5279]

KhronosTrigger these kids are monsters and giving them a little slap on the wrist does not fix the problem with their brains.

[@itscjiguess8991]

Tristan Kb People only use the they are kids arguments when it supports their agenda

[@goddessmelanisia]

My daughter is 13. She knows it's wrong to attack people for the color of their skin, their religion, their nation of origin, their gender, gender identity, or sexual identity. More than that.... she knows you don't ever lay a finger on someone in anger, unless it's to defend yourself. It's not a difficult concept. Cheating on a test is making a mistake, lynching a kid is attempted murder.

[@KhronosTrigger]

Tristan Kb I didn't say anything about the kids in the video, I said you know nothing of life kids, regarding TheWolfGames statement of "We know damn well what we are doing." And obviously I'm right from your response to me.

[@carton_of_eggs]

It's not kids being kids it's attempted murder

[@natgarbage6771]

"Political sandstorm" is a great way to describe it. Low visibility, impossible to predict what's coming, and nerve-wracking and dangerous for everyone involved

[@ZyioScalebane]

So where is this Trump wrestling clip or did DeFranco make it? XD

[@Ecto_42]

As someone who has worked in several restaurants with large freezers, I've gotten trapped myself. I'm 6'4" and 200 pounds. It's hard to open one, I have to put my full weight on them to open them externally, and have to fall into them to open them internally. I think someone could have shut her in there, but given her state I don't know she'd be able to open it herself. When I started my first job I got locked in a freezer during the first week and had to bang on the door for 5 minutes to get someone to pull it open for me, I was 6'3" and 220 pounds. It's hard to believe that she would have gotten in there herself. I may be weak and scrawny, but I think it's unlikely a drunk teenage girl would get into their herself.

[@Whofan06]

aren't freezer doors required to have safety handles on the inside to prevent people from getting locked in? All the walk-in refrigerator and freezer doors I've encountered can be locked so no one can go in but all you have to do is push the button inside to get out even if its locked. That might just be the places I've worked since they're at a university. I would think that should be a pretty universal safety measure though.

[@somestrawberry2262]

The cop is basically saying that because the kid was 14, the kid didn't know better. I'm pretty sure that a 14 year old planning out a murder and putting it into action is FAR BEYOND a mistake!

[@michaelappleseed5569]

GenieLogic white people. Clear example of subliminal racism in our country as we speak. It's sickening.

[@jaydensmith174]

GenieLogic I'm 13, and I am sure they knew what they were doing, i wouldn't just hang someone and not know what I was doing

[@jaydensmith174]

yeah, you can't just say that a whole group of people are a certain way, solely based on their skin color, and not be racist

[@jaydensmith174]

it is the literal definition of racist

[@mrb152]

That's literally the reason for the existence of the juvenile system. You're taking it out of context. They wanted to identity the kid. That's illegal.

[@matbroomfield]

Renovate that walll! Renovate that wall! Part of Trump's infamous Make America Meh Again campaign.

[@JosephineWitch]

It's such a confusion & I feel that social media isn't helping, as in these conspiracies being posted as 'real'. I really hope the truth is found, so she can rest in peace x

[@Ragd0ll1337]

Are 14 year olds capable of knowing that hanging someone can kill them? Yup. Did they entice Quincy to endanger himself and then push him, actually causing physical harm and nearly killing him? Yup. If they knew the extent of the damage they could cause, then caused it, I don't think "being a kid" is a defense.

[@therealroxy21]

Ragd0ll thank you. I don't get it.. people say they're just kids but they knew. If the tables were turned how many people would say it's "kids being kids". If my child of mixed race decided to do this to someone I wouldn't be against their punishment. I'd be concerned that they're even thinking of doing this at 14.

[@ryanthompson3737]

When does being a kid stop being a thing? 15? 17? 18?.. by 18 you know full well what you are doing and know full well that what you are doing is murder. I have a hard time believing these kids had any other intention other than to kill this kid because of his race... at 14 you know what hanging does and so to put a noose on a life neck and hang him before leaving means you probably knew he would die.

[@DalionHeartTTV]

People have been tried as an adult for far less. This was attempted murder with racism as the core motive, plain and simple.

[@austinsmith5061]

But did they know the extent of the damage they could cause? 14 year olds can be pretty stupid.

[@TheNspoon]

Austin Smith yeah I'm pretty sure they knew hanging leads to death

[@RealSykes]

When I was 14 I had a clear understanding of my actions and the consequences. Odds are these kids grew up in a racist environment and it's what they "know". They should be sent to a juvenile detention center. 18 your a legal adult.. 14 < 18 isn't a huge leap in age. The parents should also have evals done on them to determine if they're fit to take care of these 14 year olds.

[@jess-cq4sr]

I know right, like when I was 14 I understood that my actions had consequences that were either positive or negative depending on what I did. That was only 5 years ago. I hate hearing stories like this when teens get away from certain crimes because "oh their young, they don't understand what they are doing, don't ruin their lives by punishing them". Based on this story they knew what they were doing. Letting them go easy is only going to teach them that they can get away from anything, even attempted murder.

[@wwxxww6289]

Total agree Skyes. Is jail gonna REHAB them? No. Will it show that black and white kids get the same treatment at the hands of the Justice System? Yep. That's at least something, and maybe it will help drive home how shitty American incarceration is for all offenders.

[@meguibo]

When it takes you 4 minutes in to notice the background is different.... Wow.

[@stuckinmeta7142]

Phil, please mention the updates on this case. There is a lot of scary stuff going on with this story. Please.

[@minecraft3point0]

I love how this week's videos have been getting longer by each video

[@lightbreaksthrough]

How is this bullying? Those teens pushed a kid with a rope around his neck and walked away. How is that not attempted murder?

[@noworries2698]

Samantha Wilcox Their daddies had a college 5 way with the police chief.

[@lightbreaksthrough]

No Worries now that's being Phil'd in.

[@harkra]

One extremely conflicting point to throw out... why was a walk in freezer on if it is not being used in a place of the hotel that was being built? This makes 0 sense.

[@hiphopotamus69]

I will forever love the political/sports related WWE edits

[@dragondan244]

Regardless of age the perpetrators of this obvious hate crime, should be punished to the full extent of the law. Juvenile detention and a retrial as adults. Hard prison time until they rot. I don't care how old they are, I never did anything like that as a teen and no one at any school I went with did. Its inexcusable.

[@blastmasta75]

The ONLY reason why Quincy didn't die was because his sister just happened to witness it. These little shits tried to MURDER an 8 year old kid. I have absolutely zero sympathy for them and I hope it ruins the rest of their lives because they could care less about Quincy's.

[@micahvanella2938]

Can you link to the WWE clip you sampled? I want to share that.

[@nickdewerff5583]

I used to work in a restaurant with a walk-in freezer. Those things are easier to open than the mom is portraying. I think she drunkenly thought it was a door that went somewhere and then couldn't figure out how to open the door from the inside

[@Matthew_Murray]

I work with troubled teens, I was bullied by horrible teens when I was younger. I have no doubt that what they did they did deliberately.

[@enemywithbenefits]

It sounds like a case of awful parenting leading to awful kids.

[@hughmungus6190]

Acuity, thank you

[@Niom_Music]

Or no parenting at all. So the kids make their own reasoning.

[@heathercameron1485]

Acuity Who in turn grow into awful adults. Where do you draw the line? Teens are more than old enough to know what they're doing when it comes to crimes like this. This is attempted murder!

[@TheNINDLE]

Acuity thx

[@me5ng3]

I bet those kids voted for Trump

[@MidnightSunArt]

So much horrible shit is happening... I hope we can find a light here

[@Plarby]

I just live here, man...I don't even know.