A study in outrage: the death of Dakota Deremus

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A study in outrage: the death of Dakota Deremus

12 May 2008, 07:23 PM

Over the weekend I received an e-mail from Jennifer Deremus. If the name sounds familiar it's because she is the stepmother of Dakota Deremus. Readers of this sight should know that Dakota died at the hands of Dustin Howard. To make matters worse not only was his death recorded on a cell phone by some of Howard's stupid friends but 16-year-old Howard was charged as a juvenile. By now you should know my stance on that. (For newcomers I'm always in favor of trying juveniles as adults for murder.)

Conversely take the recorded beating of Victoria Lindsay from Florida. Luckily she survived her beating that was also recorded. Her teenage assailants were charged as adults.

In the case of Victoria Lindsay there was national outrage of Biblical proportions. In the case of Dakota Deremus not so much. Mrs. Deremus asked me why that is? Unfortunately it's too simple. It all comes down to saturation.

Do a YouTube search for Victoria Lindsay and 800 videos come up. Do one for Dakota Deremus and only 3 come up and none of them show what happened to him.

Why were Victoria Lindsay's tormentors charged as adults and Dustin Howard wasn't? Dustin Howard killed Dakota Deremus, Victoria Lindsay is alive and recovering. Victoria's attackers could be jailed for life. Dustin Howard will more than likely be released at the age of 19 and have his record erased.

The saddest part is that we shouldn't need a video to be outraged by Dakota's death.

Posted by Trench Reynolds in Views From The Trench

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ZappaCrappa

Are they charging the little pieces of shit who recorded it....and did nothing....because they were recording it for their own entertainment and I'm sure preparing to get their 15 minutes of fame they would get by posting it on Youtube? Yeah...I know I'm making all kinds of leaps of logic...but I have NO doubt that is what they were doing.

As far as Dustin goes...I'm a believer in Karma. Sooner or later it will come around full circle. Hopefully sooner. Enjoy Juvie Dustin....don't drop the soap.

Monday, May 12. 2008

Endersdragon

Getting excited by the rape of a minor, damn its amazing how low you can stoop. The problem I see here is there is no way Dustin meant to kill someone. Kids get a pounding like that every day in schools across America, God knows I myself have gotten a few. Do we just try the unlucky bastards and not the normal bastards? Then what do we try them with, if the intent was not to kill you couldn't get first degree murder and would probably have a hard time getting second degree considering there wasn't much way of foreseeing death, which means manslaughter is pretty much a given. With that being said I have no problem charging Dustin with manslaughter and keeping him in jail til the age of say, 25, heck maybe even 30. The problem there is it will turn a bully into a career criminal as he will be housed in adult jail for much of that. So what do we do?

Monday, May 12. 2008

ZappaCrappa

2.1

See...there's that whole reading comprehension thing again. You obviously have the ability to read but lack the skills needed to decipher and comprehend what you've read.

Friday, May 16. 2008

I'm not usually a fan of the site but damn Trench, this is your best post EVER!

Thursday, May 15. 2008

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