I honestly don't know how to respond to this. How can people be so heartless.

[All Tell]

LINK

 

That's unreal.

[plantmanky]

By them not calling 911 have they committed a crime?

[All Tell]

By them not calling 911 have they committed a crime?

 

Said they wouldn't face charges since they didn't actually participate in his death.

[rockmom]

I can't even express how disturbing this is, as it relates to the things it says about our society. This isn't the first time a similar incident has occurred.

[MBWC41]

I 100% understand not helping.

 

I do feel not calling 911 should be a crime.

[theguru]

From the Article:

 

COCOA, Fla. — Police said a group of teens filmed the dying moments of a 32-year-old man last week, mocking, cursing and laughing as the man drowned in a pond.

 

The Brevard County (Fla.) State Attorney's office released the video to Florida Today, a member, like USA TODAY, of the USA TODAY Network, and called the incident a "tragedy" and the said the teen's lack of action had "no moral justification."

 

The minute-long video, which police called "extremely disturbing," found its way to social media and depicts the unidentified teens — ages 14 to 16 — off-camera, laughing as the man screamed for help before going under in the murky water just after noon on July 9. There were no calls to 911 from the teens.

[THE SHERIFF]

The most concerning part is the total disregard for a human life. This is not a natural response when witnessing a person fighting to stay alive. Alarming.

[Science Friction]

Sad.... disturbing.... not surprising.

[THE SHERIFF]

Sad.... disturbing.... not surprising.

 

SF, curious as to why this is not surprising.

[hoops5]

Messed up.

[jericho]

SF, curious as to why this is not surprising.

 

I'm not surprised. American kids have become heartless and idiots with no morals.

[Hangman]

Say what you will, but I have to believe that most kids would not have had this reaction.

[THE SHERIFF]

I'm not surprised. American kids have become heartless and idiots with no morals.

 

Ref, you honestly know kids that would react this way? I know lots of kids and I would be very shocked if they responded this way.

[Science Friction]

SF, curious as to why this is not surprising.

 

Sheriff, it just seems that so many young folks nowadays have such little respect for what others are going through. I guess I've read about so many of these kind of stories that I'm no longer surprised at how little empathy some people have for others. Some kids seems to care more about what they can post on social media than how they can help a fellow human being. I wish things like this still shocked me but it doesn't.

[Science Friction]

Ref, you honestly know kids that would react this way? I know lots of kids and I would be very shocked if they responded this way.

Yes, don't get me wrong, Sheriff. There are a lot of good kids. But there seems to be a growing number of little sociopaths that parents are producing nowadays.