Small Town Values

This is where I graduated from high school:

HUDSON FALLS -- Numerous teens face criminal charges after a series of incidents in which they lured victims to places where they beat them and videotaped the attacks as they occurred, police said.

One of the victims later brought a knife to school to protect himself from further attacks, according to Hudson Falls Police.

Hudson Falls Police investigated three incidents in a matter of weeks involving different groups of teens, charging several people with conspiracy to commit assault and endangering the welfare of a child for incidents that happened at a home, in a convenience store parking lot and at Hudson Falls High School.

No serious injuries were reported.

The motive seemed to be the perceived thrill of assaulting other people, videotaping it and sharing the videos through electronic devices, Police Chief Randy Diamond said.

In a previous post I said my friends and I were no strangers to the police. That was true, but we never did anything like this. We never hurt anyone.

2 thoughts on “Small Town Values

  1. ChrisR

    That’s so sad. I laughed at your story the other day because we always got in trouble as well and met the police now and then. But it was never for things like this. I wonder WTF happened to those kids that they behave this way.

  2. Rob Caldecott

    This craze – “happy slapping” it was dubbed here – swept the UK when video-capable phones first became available, but I haven’t heard of it for a long time.

    No idea what makes kids want to do this but I’m sure someone will blame TV, the Internet or video games.

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