Boy, 15, kills himself after facing being put on sex offender registry, for streaking

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LegendKiller

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But he's not suddenly a pariah, at least not among people he knew. His schoolmates all apparently worshiped him for having the balls to streak across the football field. Just because the word "sex offender" was getting thrown around doesn't mean that all of the people at his school and neighborhood suddenly assumed that he was raping little girls or something. They knew what it was all about. There's no way he would have been shunned or anything, at least not among people who knew him. Sure, being registered as a sex offender would cause problems later in life, but it hadn't even got to that point yet. No, his reaction is out of place.

It would cause problems later in life? Later?

Dude, look up what happens to sex offenders. You are fucked for life. You suddenly go from being a pretty normal person to being an outcast. People look you up online, see you are around, and stalk you. Sure, if he had stayed in his home town he might be OK, but what about college? What about any normal paying successful career? I can understand for a lot of people that's probably warranted, but for a prank, certainly not.

And criminal charges? Ever have a job do a background check on you?

This principal was effectively going to end any hope he had of having a good career and family life. As a young kid you look up that stuff online and you suddenly realize how bad it can get. You aren't thinking that a lawyer will get you out or bargain down the sentence or a judge will see through the sham, nope, you are fucked for life.

That's a huge mind fuck.
 
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Don't you have to be 18 to be put on the sex offender list?

If it's true that he was to be put on the list that is completely fucked up. I have to say, I would slit my wrists too... you're basically fucked as your name is on a public list. No one will hire you. Hell, college might not accept you..

Typical liberal actions of today What happened to spanking the shit out of someone with a belt?
 

SlitheryDee

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Feb 2, 2005
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It would cause problems later in life? Later?

Dude, look up what happens to sex offenders. You are fucked for life. You suddenly go from being a pretty normal person to being an outcast. People look you up online, see you are around, and stalk you. Sure, if he had stayed in his home town he might be OK, but what about college? What about any normal paying successful career? I can understand for a lot of people that's probably warranted, but for a prank, certainly not.

And criminal charges? Ever have a job do a background check on you?

This principal was effectively going to end any hope he had of having a good career and family life. As a young kid you look up that stuff online and you suddenly realize how bad it can get. You aren't thinking that a lawyer will get you out or bargain down the sentence or a judge will see through the sham, nope, you are fucked for life.

That's a huge mind fuck.

Yeah it would have scared the shit out of me too. It wouldn't have been enough to make me suicidal though. Not even close, and it sounds like he had a better support system than I ever had. I still feel like his reaction was extreme.
 

akugami

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Feb 14, 2005
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The sex offender list is a life sentence. Look, we all know it's illegal but if you do stuff like go get your nob polished by a hooker, you're on the sex offender's list with people like child molesters and rapists. That's some serious shit there.

Streaking was bad. Funny depending on when/how it is done but bad. Give him a month's detention, make him do community service, case closed. Even threatening to get the kid on the sex offenders list is wrong.
 
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Wreckem

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Sep 23, 2006
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Y'all act like this kid would have gone to trial been found guilty and placed on the sex offender list.

No what would have happened, if anything, would have been he would have pled to lesser charges as a juvenile that would have been sealed, no sex offender status and all he would have had to do was pay a fine and/or perform community service.

Instead the kid pulled a darwin award before any formal charges were ever fired.
 
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Wreckem

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The sex offender list is a life sentence. Look, we all know it's illegal but if you do stuff like go get your nob polished by a hooker, you're on the sex offender's list with people like child molesters and rapists. That's some serious shit there.

Streaking was bad. Funny depending on when/how it is done but bad. Give him a month's detention, make him do community service, case closed. Even threatening to get the kid on the sex offenders list is wrong.

Johns arent put on sex offender lists unless they are doing something else(having sex with a minor prostitute, having sex in open public in front of people).
 

yhelothar

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Dec 11, 2002
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But he's not suddenly a pariah, at least not among people he knew. His schoolmates all apparently worshiped him for having the balls to streak across the football field. Just because the word "sex offender" was getting thrown around doesn't mean that all of the people at his school and neighborhood suddenly assumed that he was raping little girls or something. They knew what it was all about. There's no way he would have been shunned, at least not among people who knew him. Sure, being registered as a sex offender would cause problems later in life, but it hadn't even got to that point yet. No, his reaction is out of place.
I'm going with this as well. If you explain your situation, people will often put things into perspective for you. Perhaps not the moronic school administrators, but most people aren't moronic school admins.
 

GagHalfrunt

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Apr 19, 2001
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The sex offender list is a life sentence. Look, we all know it's illegal but if you do stuff like go get your nob polished by a hooker, you're on the sex offender's list with people like child molesters and rapists. That's some serious shit there.

Streaking was bad. Funny depending on when/how it is done but bad. Give him a month's detention, make him do community service, case closed. Even threatening to get the kid on the sex offenders list is wrong.

Neither the school board nor the principal have the power to put anyone on the sex offenders list and anyone with an IQ over 1 (that eliminates about 80% of the people in this thread) would know that any threats they make about it are completely meaningless. They RECOMMENDED a court hearing to let the state of Alabama handle it, which is probably all they could do and probably what they were required to do. If you don't like the law, fine. If you think Alabama is a backwards hick state, I won't argue and if you think the principal is a douche you're probably right. But the actions of the school officials were completely reasonable. They have to protect the school and cover their own asses and doing nothing would likely have opened them up to suits from the idiots who scream "get a lawyer!!" over everything by allowing students to streak at school events without punishment. The parents of a 14 year old girl would have seen a potential payday and sued over her trauma at being exposed to male genitals at a football game. So they merely said they were going to pass the case to a court to let them decide what to do so that the school was covered AND the student would get the due process of law he was entitled to BEFORE any punishment was meted out.

So please explain how the school was wrong and explain why the world is not better off without this asshole kid who thought the only way out of a situation in which he had been convicted of nothing was suicide. Christ, if the kid thought that was the proper response to the situation he was a tragedy waiting to happen and if it didn't happen now something else would have triggered it.
 

Jeff7

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Jan 4, 2001
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Kids in NY can't play ball @ recess. Kids in Alabama can't streak across the field w/o being put on the sex offender registry.

<conan>
in the year 2000...
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And in some jurisdictions, public urination can earn you a spot on the sex offender registry.



On the list for anyone who's headed back in time: Sink the ships of any Puritans headed for the US.

Defend the right of our UPS workers to pee where they see fit!
 

mugs

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The kid hadn't even been charged yet, it's a bit of a stretch to say he "faced being put on the sex offender registry." If that is actually the reason he killed himself, then he's pretty stupid. He could have waited to be charged. He could have waited to be convicted. He could have waited to see if he actually would have to register as a sex offender.


The sex offender list is a life sentence.

Not always. Depends on the state and the offense, but some sex offenders only have to register for 10 years.
 
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sandorski

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The Sex Offenders registry should be abolished. At least until lawmakers can pull their heads out of their asses long enough to prioritize properly.
 

Jaskalas

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I present to you the first comment.

America has imprisoned more people for smaller offenses than any other nation in the history of the world including modern day Russia China North Korea Iran Libia and Iraq. This is a fact. Intolerance of this kind on the part of Americas prudish and out of control “Authorities”. thier abject fear of the slightest sign of descent is reminiscent of the inquisition, of Communism and of Fascism, Its horrifying to behold.. Trying to turn this humerouse prankster into a sexual offender should have been the only criminal offense involved, Shame on the officials responsible, they are school bullies of the very worst kind, those who are empowered with mandates and badges. I ask that they be fired.

Something has to be said that our brutality, illegal or otherwise, against each other rivals that of the worst regimes in history. We ruin lives by design and then pat ourselves on the back for a job well done.

The streaking was indecent, but no one was harmed and he was just a kid. The "sex offender" list is an abomination against human rights, against humanity. It is our people and our representatives who uphold this barbarism, who enable such cruel and unusual punishment. If you think the Bill of Rights protects you - think again.

This nation has fallen far from what it once strived to be. Stories like these should bring shame to Americans. So long as we continue to ignore it, we need to keep being reminded of our shame.

R.I.P. the innocent victims of our crimes. :'(
 

Arkaign

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Oct 27, 2006
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Not sure if someone 'streaking' with underwear on actually qualifies as streaking. If that's 'indecent', then how are those toddler & tiara shows tolerated? A pair of 'tighty whiteys' are far more decent than what they put those kids through.
 

Arkaign

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Oct 27, 2006
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The Sex Offenders registry should be abolished. At least until lawmakers can pull their heads out of their asses long enough to prioritize properly.

Lawmakers are tied to :

(1)- 'Christian' conservatives, whom overwhelmingly support utterly insane nonsense. Ironic considering Jesus own words relating to prostitutes, tax collectors, and so forth.

and

(2)- The self-sustaining bureaucracy of the legal system at large, now with MORE added BS thanks to privatization (thanks, bad conservatives!), the decisions made are constantly those that bloat the system artificially to siphon more money and power to themselves.

With that setup, you're guaranteed a continual destruction of liberty, economy, and common sense.
 

Broheim

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The Sex Offenders registry should be abolished. At least until lawmakers can pull their heads out of their asses long enough to prioritize properly.

the idea of a sex offenders registry just seems like cruel and unusual punishment to me. If we're dealing with some kind of monster that isn't going to be rehabilitated then don't let him out, let the rest get on with their lives once they've served their time. The only actual purpose it serves seems to be to destroy the lives of anyone that has slightly offended 'murica's morality on sex, because it sure as fuck isn't going to stop the real monsters from recommitting whatever awful crimes they did in the first place.
 

JEDIYoda

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Jul 13, 2005
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School officials followed Alabama law. I hope the family takes a good hard look in the mirror over raising a dumbass and for not doing more to help him through it. Kid had NOT been expelled, kid had NOT been categorized as a sex offender, kid offed himself anyway. 100% of the blame lies with the kid and kids family.
I already knew what you had to before reading your response....but then again you can pretend to be a tough guy all you want on the internet!!
 

sandorski

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Oct 10, 1999
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the idea of a sex offenders registry just seems like cruel and unusual punishment to me. If we're dealing with some kind of monster that isn't going to be rehabilitated then don't let him out, let the rest get on with their lives once they've served their time. The only actual purpose it serves seems to be to destroy the lives of anyone that has slightly offended 'murica's morality on sex, because it sure as fuck isn't going to stop the real monsters from recommitting whatever awful crimes they did in the first place.

Agreed.
 

Meghan54

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Oct 18, 2009
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school bureaucracy = libtards at work


Sorry, dude, but that comment just shows you have no earthly idea what Alabama schools and their school boards are like. Just like in darned near all the Southern tier of states, the school board there is populated by very conservative Christian members and reflects the population in general in those states. Liberals will never sit on those or darned near anything else.

Thanks for playing, though.
 

yhelothar

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Dec 11, 2002
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Apparently, there's a lot of versions of the story going around. According to someone on reddit who claims he knows the kid personally, the kid wasn't even being charged to be put on the sex offender list. He also was not wearing tightie whities, but rather a sock on the cock.

http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1o6p7t/boy_15_kills_himself_after_facing_expulsion_and/

I knew this boy personally. I have known the family for several years, and go to school with him. I also know his sister very well. I have heard what happened from what the family told me. I was at the hospital with him, when he died. I have heard so many wrong versions of this story. So here is what happened.
On september 27th, we had a home football game versus a pretty big team. Shortly after half-time, he ran out of the bathroom by the concession stand and onto the field. This was about a 25 yard run. Once on the field, nobody knew what to do. He had a ski mask on, and a tube sock covering his junk. He had some illegible writing on his butt(we would later find out that he had someone jokingly write on his butt asking someone to homecoming). After he ran the distance of the field, he jumped a 4 foot chain link fence, followed shortly there after by an 8 foot tall chain link fence. After he had done all that running, he got winded and was worried he might pass out, so he sat down in the woods where he was found by police. He was promptly reclothed and was put in a cop car. I was with his sister when she saw him put in a cop car. He spent a few hours at the police station before he was picked up by his father. The following monday they had a meeting with our head principal and two assistant principals(we have a total of 5 assistant principals). It is not up to the principals to make the decision of expulsion, only the school board can do that. At said meeting though, one certain principal threw out a lot of scare tactics. She called him a terrorist, and a sex offender and everything else under the sun. After the meeting on monday, they were to reconvene on wednesday to further the discussion. He was never facing any sort of legal troubles at all, and I want to make that clear. All this talk of legal trouble, was from scare tactics. After the meeting on wednesday, they were leaning towards expulsion. After the meeting, he and his dad had a big fight. After which his dad went out side for 20 minutes to cool down and collect his thoughts. He left his son asleep on the couch, and when he came back, he wasn't there. He finally found him hanging in the garage. He called the ambulance as soon as he saw it. He had been hanging for awhile at this point. The ambulance took him to a hospital where they got a pulse on him and got him breathing. All of this was done medically, and was due to medicine. They soon sent him to another hospital that had the right staff and equipment to treat him. After two brain scans, it was decided that there was no activity and the family decided to stop all medicine and take him off the respirator. I was with them the entire time at the hospital up until they took him off of it. They say that while his body left the house, he as a person, a soul, never left the house. He died on october 3rd, and was buried october 7th. I know this might get downvoted, and I apologize for any errors or wrongdoings by posting this. This is my first post, and I felt this just needed to be said. So much is being said that is wrong and I just want the truth at there. If you have any questions, pm me.
edit: I just wanted to say that this article makes our principal out to be some demon. This is first year at the school and he couldn't be doing a better job. He is just taking the front of all this. He genuinely cares about his students and is worried for the family. He and I have personally talked about this together, with him showing great remorse and concern over the loss. He even went to the memorial, along with a few other assistant principals. I also know that the family loves him, and are extremely happy with how he has been handling this.
 
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