Teens who taunted a disabled man as he drowned and filmed his death were under no legal obligation to help him, experts say

They could sue for intentional infliction of emotional distress though. I'm glad we don't live in Europe where you can go to jail for not risking your life to save others

Now they could be charged with something like withholding evidence to a police officer.If you record something that turns into a police investigation and fail to turn it over at the scene.

You have no right to withhold evidence of a police investigation for personal interest like posting it later.

Its the same as somebody picking up your knife and killing somebody then you grab it off the ground and leave the scene.

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They already had a cell phone...that's how they filmed it.

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The fudge bunnies are too stupid to turn the camera to wide view.

You can not write a law that knowingly would require a person to break the law or overwhelm the 911 system was my point.

You can not regulate morality.What happens to personal responsibility of the individual?

Same as bad parents wanting to blame others when their kid drowns in a riverbed.

lol wow. That was the case a few hundrit yeara ago.

Depraved Indifference

In United States law, depraved-heart murder, also known as depraved-indifference murder, is an action where a defendant acts with a "depraved indifference" to human life and where such act results in a death. ...

If the risk of death or bodily harm is great enough, ignoring it demonstrates a "depraved indifference" to human life and the resulting death is considered to have been committed with malice aforethought.[1][2] In some states, depraved-heart killings constitute second-degree murder,[3] while in others, the act would be charged with varying degrees of manslaughter.[4]

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What happens in Europe when you risk your life to save a rape victim from a migrant refugee by cutting his head off with a shovel?

Seems those a-holes have a few problems ,they are the a-holes that write laws for a persons denial of hoax events.

Let's face it. They would had drowned as well.

Exactly!

FUCK EM ALL!

So basically a Parent has depraved indifference because they knowingly bring a life into the world knowing it will sufferer death. This is done out a a selfish heartless action for self worth.

You never had to die.Your parents are basically selfish murdering bastards.

The kids would have needed to do something that resulted in a death for the "depraved indifference" law to apply. If they had pushed the guy into the water, or prevented him from leaving, or had done anything else that would have potentially caused him to die, then the "depraved indifference" thing applies. Since all they did was to watch and record, I doubt it could be used, but a really good prosecutor might be able to argue that their continued presence and laughing and videoing in an obvious way would be a contributing factor in the death. If so, he could be charged and possibly convicted, especially if a jury of decent citizens was hearing the case.

What part of "no service" on their phone don't you understand?!?!

In most cases, swimming rescues are a last resort. Ideally he can be reached with a branch or some other thing, otherwise find anything that floats and toss it to him. Swimming rescues are possible if you're a strong swimmer and you know how to avoid and escape a death clutch by the victim. If you're not sure you can make such a rescue, you're ill advised to even try. Just do the other things and call 911 or other rescue service.

That's why OJ Simpson moved there.

Look. This seems reprehensible at first glance. Because it is. These kids should have called 911 instead of filming it like the idiots that they are. BUT! There's no way the authorities would have made it there on time to save the idiot who drowned. I'm pretty sure these black teens didn't know how to swim. They're black. Plus Florida swamps are infested with Gators. Can you imagine being a teenager and watching some guy just jump in a swamp while you're smoking some reefer? They're pieces of shit for laughing the guy, but they committed no crime here. Back before Smart phones this retard who drowned himself still would have died. The guy drowned in less than 3 minutes. Sad all around, and these punks should not have been laughing, but if you would have been the hero here good on you.

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Hope you're right it could be used in a prosecution....does watching and recording without actually doing anything, not constitute "ignoring it"?

'If the risk of death or bodily harm is great enough, ignoring it demonstrates a "depraved indifference" to human life'

Yep Smart

Google the number of people drowned by rescuing others drowning

Anyone that tries to rescue a drowning victim without a floatation devide is a Darwin Award Winner

Those 3 digits would be for corpse removal

Not sure if many of you know this, but most blacks can't swim. What makes you think some high as fuck black kids are going to jump in a swamp to save some retard who just threw himself into gator infested waters? By the time they realized the guy was drowning he was already dead. There's no way they would or could have saved him.

Now if this was some toddler playing by the bank, I would hope to God these kids would have had some sense to react appropriately. But to see a grown man jump in??

Had this been a white community......possibly different outcome.

Last Edited by Magnum44 on 07/22/2017 02:12 AM

I saw nowhere in the article any mention of "no service" on their phones.

Again, read how many PROFESSIONALS even have been dragged down by people panicking while drowning

Lets get some common sense here people

I would not jump in and save him either unless I had a flotation device

Te proper answer here is, if you see someone drowning and can't help.. so e it. Not criminal. Even if you tell them to fuck off. If there are three of you and you have a cell phone, let's assume without service, and you video tape the drowning and mock the person and have no way of saving them, so what doesn't matter.

The question is, could they have done something with the time they had AND were aware they could do something and chose not to.

One step further:

There is a chance these kids forced this guy into the water somehow, then fake being innocent to that.

fucking NIQQERZ

Far more relevant than their not being able to swim is the fact they come from a culture which is more libtarded than any other large group of people in America.

The mindless liberalism of a overwhelming number of black people and pathetic situations like this one - of both the face-tatooed victim and the kids laughing at him as he drowns - are like the ultimate example of libtardism at its logical, exhausted conclusion.

Liberalism sure as hell doesn't make for a smarter, kinder, nicer, more honest, more humane, more ethical society.

Thanks, libtards.


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Too bad the flight attendant with those ninja wine bottle moves wasn't around. They would have helped the guy out. We need more people like that.
This story is so sad. I'm not making light of it, if you can save a life, you do it. It's so weird to me that someone would avoid helping this man, law or no law. And taunting. Disturbing.

Maybe they didn't feel like getting eaten by an alligator. Could've at least called somebody but..... it wouldn't have mattered.

If those were my children I would be asking some pretty searching questions