Friday, July 21, 2017

No charges for teens who police say recorded man's drowning


Adults help to create the culture for this, producing and giving an giving an audience to shows like the Sopranos and Game of Thrones, electing and defending someone like Trump as president of our country, expressing disdain and lack of caringness to others.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/charges-teens-police-recorded-mans-drowning/story?id=48769120

By EMILY SHAPIRO
Jul 21, 2017,

Five teenagers won’t face criminal charges after they recorded video of a man’s drowning and didn't intervene, a Florida police chief said.

The video, taken earlier this month in Cocoa, Florida, about 45 miles east of Orlando, shows a person's head bobbing up and down in a pond. The unidentified teenagers are laughing and joking in the video, with one of them appearing to laugh and say, "He just died!"

Cocoa Police Chief Mike Cantaloupe said in a statement Thursday the police department learned of the recording last weekend and reviewed it. Police identified and interviewed the five teens, he said.

Police have not named the juveniles.

"The State Attorney’s Office was consulted regarding what, if any criminal charges could be applied in this incident," Cantaloupe said, adding, "As horrible as this video is the laws in the State of Florida do not obligate citizens to render aid or call someone to render aid to a person in distress."

The victim, 31-year-old Jamel Dunn of Cocoa, died of drowning, the medical examiner ruled, police said, adding that they recovered his body July 14.

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