Justice For Victoria Lindsay
April 10th, 2008Justice For Victoria Lindsay
A Cheerleader In Need
We’ve all seen it. We’ve all heard about it. The taped beating of 16 year-old Victoria Lindsay, a cheerleader from Lakeland, Florida. So, there’s no need for a back story here. Everyone knows the details, and everyone knows where to find the video clips.
Since the arrest of the 8 pigs who ganged up and beat Victoria, the first great news regarding this incident was released to the public by the state attorney’s office in Polk County, just a short while ago…
All 8 of these assholes are being charged as adults.
Say goodbye to your future, dumbasses:
From what I’ve seen of the families involved, they would have all ended up in jail sooner or later anyhow. Best to just get it out of the way and let society move on.
The details, as reported by the Tampa Tribune:
A Tribune staff report
Published: April 10, 2008
LAKELAND - Eight teenagers will be tried as adults on charges including kidnapping in a beating that was videotaped for posting on YouTube and MySpace, according to the state attorney’s office in Polk County.
All eight face charges of kidnapping, which carries a penalty of up to life in prison, and misdemeanor battery, said Chip Thullbery, spokesman for the state attorney’s office.
Three also face a felony charge of witness tampering. They are Brittni Hardcastle, Brittany Mayes and Mercades Nichols, all 17.
The other defendants are April Cooper, 14; Kayla Hassell, 15; Cara Murphy, 16; and Stephen Shumaker and Zachary Ashley, both 18.
The eight are scheduled for a first court appearance tomorrow in Bartow, Thullbery said.
On Sunday, the sheriff’s office arrested and charged the teenagers in an attack on Victoria Lindsay, 16. The six girls, all students at Mulberry High School, took turns beating Lindsay, and the two men acted as lookouts, investigators said.
On Monday, the sheriff’s office released a three-minute clip of the video.
The girls had gathered at a Lakeland house to confront Lindsay about trash-talking them online, investigators said. The incident was recorded because the teens planned to post the video on MySpace and YouTube as retaliation, investigators said.
Today, a spokesman for YouTube said the company is removing copies of the beating video from the Web site, as well as any videos that provide personal information about anyone involved in the case.
Darlene Ashley, a Lakeland woman, said Wednesday that she’d received a number of threatening phone calls from people who mistakenly thought she was the mother of Zachary Ashley, one of the boys charged in the case.
Darlene Ashley’s phone number and address, along with those of the defendants in the case, had been posted on YouTube.
The beating video and the posting of any personal information both violate YouTube’s terms of service, according to a company e-mail.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
This is absurd!!! It doesnt matter at all what that girl did, she didnt do anything to deserve a beating like that. Those kids really should be ashamed of themselves. I really dont understand how cruel some people could be. Ill be praying for allt he families. I know that it brings shame tot he families of the convicted ones. And also for the victim.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
I think that the Mother of Mercedes should be charged as well. The beating took place at her house and the mom said ” if she can’t back up what she said then she shouldn’t talk crap” What kind of adult would say that?!?!?!? One more thing… why were the girls talking about Tori’s boyfriend cheating on her with another girl… Is that the REAL reason they chose to “beat her sensless” but wanted to say that she was talking crap. I think that if someone is going to talk crap and threaten people… they would fight back but Tori did not… HMMMMMM Seems like the thirsty tricks got caught up in their own lies…… I hope they go to jail and I really hope a real “THUG” beats the crap out of them. They have no idea what it is like to live day to day worrying about your life whether you will die today… Now they will when they go to jail cuz no one will back them up or have their backs in jail. As for those guys, bring them to East Oakland and we will have our own look outs while they get “talked to”.