Teen Voices: Stand Strong Against Injustice
Our first new Teen Voice weighs in on the Ohio rape of a 16-year-old girl, the video and audio leaked documenting it and how we all need to take a strong stand for what is right.
By Carolyn Angiolo Palatine Patch Teen Voice A little over a week ago, a cell phone video was leaked by a group of hackers called Anonymous. Though the video itself was very poor quality, the audio truly told the story. A group of high school boys from Steubenville, Ohio are heard laughing about a 16-year-old-girl being raped in a room nearby. They joked, saying she was “deader than Caylee Anthony” and “deader than O.J.’s wife”, among others. The girl was actually not dead, but was intoxicated, and throughout the course of the night was in and out of consciousness. Obviously, the intelligence these boys possessed is somewhat lacking, because “deader” isn’t even a word. More importantly, these not-so-gentlemen-like young men are under the…
Craig Apelbaum
12:32 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
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