Bad behavior, but this is RIDICULOUS.
Standard 16 yo bad behavior.
Huck Finn today would be on 3 medications and locked away forever in some facility.
This is wrong and it’s why there aren’t white kids anymore.
And that’s another part of it —the story wouldn’t work at all if the perp were, say, black:
“Too mean to ruin his whole life for just ONE slip-up...”
Ah, but for honkies it’s standard, now.
He makes a great candidate for ritualized diversity sacrifice.
You can plunder a hedge fund, wage secret wars and attempt to steal an election —total impunity.
But ONE snapshot by a 16 yo and all the torches and nooses come out.
Like the son of a former co-worker. 16 year old kid "mooned" a passing school bus on a dare. He is now has a criminal record and is a registered sex offender for life. A life ruined over a moment of stupidity. It is never too early for a child to learn accountability
I have seven.