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Teh One Who Knocks
07-21-2017, 10:50 AM
FOX News


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This undated image shows Jamel Dunn, who drowned in a retention pond July 9 as a group of teenagers watched and filmed it.

Authorities in Florida say that a group of teenagers recorded the drowning of a disabled man last week — and did nothing to help as they made fun of his struggles.

WARNING: AUDIO CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE

Jamel Dunn, 32, of Cocoa, drowned in a retention pond July 9. His body was recovered July 14, two days after his fiancee reported him missing. Late last week, a friend of Dunn's family came across the video on social media and forwarded it to authorities in Brevard County.

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In the video, which was published by the Florida Today newspaper Thursday, the teens can be heard laughing at Dunn as he splashes futilely in the water and screams for help.

"Get out the water, you gonna die," yells one, while another yells, "ain’t nobody fixing to help you, you dumb (expletive)." As Dunn disappears under the water, one of the teens says, "Oh, he just died."

Investigators say none of the teens — all between 14 and 16 years old — called 911 to report Dunn's drowning or tried to help the man.

"They just laughed the whole time," Cocoa Police Department spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez told Florida Today. "He was just screaming ... for someone to help him.”

Police said the teens were identified and questioned by detectives, but it's unlikely they will face charges, since they were not directly involved in Dunn's death.

The Brevard County State Attorney's Office called the video a "tragedy" and said the teens had "no moral justification" for not attempting to help Dunn.

Goofy
07-21-2017, 12:23 PM
Wow....... some kids really are just complete waste of space cunts :|

Teh One Who Knocks
07-21-2017, 12:25 PM
I can't believe there isn't SOMETHING they can charge them with for just standing there and watching him die...while filming the whole thing FFS :|

deebakes
07-21-2017, 12:57 PM
people are assholes :shrug:

Godfather
07-21-2017, 02:20 PM
I don't understand how this isn't a crime? What'd the Seinfeld crew get sent to prison for in the finale, charge them with whatever crime that was called

RBP
07-21-2017, 03:20 PM
It's not illegal to be a dick and they have no legal obligation to put themselves at risk to help. There was no crime being committed to report. Hmmm... I am not sure if gross indifference is a crime or not.

Godfather
07-21-2017, 03:32 PM
I remember now, Duty to Rescue is what we call it here, but it's a Tort/civil law meaning these folks could be potentially be sued (at least in common law countries) but not criminally tried I don't think.

DemonGeminiX
07-21-2017, 04:56 PM
It's required by law to notify the police in some states, but unfortunately, Florida isn't one of them. It probably will become law in Florida in light of this. They tend to pass laws down there in a kneejerk fashion.

redred
07-21-2017, 06:42 PM
hope karma comes into play soon

Griffin
07-21-2017, 10:43 PM
Wow....... some kids really are just complete waste of cunt space :|

Reworded to say they should have been aborted.