I pit asshole St. Louisians picking on kids

The BBQ Pit
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Nothing like life in the St. Louis metropolitan area:

Seven year old beaten to a pulp by 17 year-old. Warning - story features a pic of this poor kid, face ‘unrecognizable’ to his mother.

Eighth-grade girl sexually assaults six-year old On the bus, of course. What the hell is happening?

And the story that seems to have instigated this wave of absolute stupidity:
Ten first and second-grade boys accused in playground sexual assault on girl, age 8. One teacher/playground supervisor already fired; another suspended I believe.

This is my first time posting in The Pit, but this didn’t seem to belong anywhere else. The first story just absolutely maddens me - this kid has ‘no idea’ why he beat the hell out of that boy. The print edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an even more disturbing picture of the boy, heart-breaking as it is posted side-by-side w a ‘before’ shot. If anyone bails this loon out (bail set at $100,000) he’s gonna get jumped for sure.

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Maybe the sun was in his eyes. He sounds like someone right out of philosophical literature.

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The 17-year-old is damned lucky our justice system won’t let him undergo the ending of The Stranger.

I was impressed with how calm and level-headed the response from the 8-year-old girl’s family was. Had I been in their shoes, I would have wanted the teachers involved fired, no matter what it did to their careers.

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I think vigilante justice is wrong. I don’t support the death penalty. And I think there must be something seriously messed up in the lives of the offenders that turn them into such heartless monsters. However as in the case of the 17-year-old beating the little kid, sometimes I’m willing to look the other way when others–especially if they’re family of the victims–don’t share my views on the matter.

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Well, Pacific, East St. Louis, and Columbia. I wouldn’t exactly call that the metro area.

More like two asshole Missourians and one asshole Illinoisan.