Students Force Homeless Man To Stand Naked In School

[The Straight Story]

Students Force Homeless Man To Stand Naked In School
5 Students Suspended Over Prank

POSTED: 9:47 am EDT May 10, 2006
UPDATED: 10:04 am EDT May 10, 2006

A group of five Huntsville, Ala., students were suspended for allegedly forcing a homeless man to disrobe and walk naked through school hallways as part of a prank, according to a report.

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Four Huntsville High School seniors and one junior student reportedly forced Jim Shields, 53, to stand naked in the school. The report said Shields remained in the hallway naked.

Shield said the teens pulled his pants off.

http://www.local6.com/news/9190070/detail.html

What the hell is wrong with people? I do hope - and I am sure I am right - that there are many more teens out there helping the homeless and being kind to them (but they won't get any press). These teens in this story need to do some community service and not just get 5 days suspension.

[More Than A Feeling]

1. Not cool.

Of course, the attitude those teens exhibited comes straight from the top.

[wtmusic]

2. Think their parents are Republicans?

Just a hunch.

[ThomCat]

11. It's probaby a good hunch.

It's obvious that their parents never taught them an empathy or compassion. Probably neo-cons.

[acmavm]

3. Okay, this is one case where I do believe that the punishment

should be 'an eye for an eye' type of thing. Don't ground them, don't suspend them, don't fail them UNLESS they refuse to do the same thing that they forced this guy to do.

[babylonsister]

4. Disgusting and demoralizing for that poor man.

What were they thinking? :cry:

[Ezlivin]

He may be a Veteran

And if he is, the only reasonable course of action would be for each of the students to enlist.

[ThomCat]

12. That would be sweet.

[tanyev]

5. When did forcing someone to take off their clothes become a "prank"?

Before Abu Ghraib, or because of Abu Ghraib?

[niyad]

6. this is NOT a prank-this is assault and should be treated accordingly.

and I agree, the same should be done to them, and they should have to enlist.

where the HELL was the school administration????

[TahitiNut]

7. If done to a POW, it's a war crime.

I'd call it kidnapping and sexual assault. These "kids" deserve hard time.

[kestrel91316]

19. The administration was busy hatching plans to sneak the teaching of

creationism and abstinence into the classroom, of course. They have their priorities straight, you see.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Geez, Huntsville, Ala....right in the heart of the Bible belt.

[MadHound]

9. Suspended? Banned from participating in graduation?

Hell, how about a real punishment, arrest and trial for assault! Anything else is simply a mockery of justice. Frankly, if I were the homeless man, I'd be suing their goddamn asses off, and not be homeless anymore.

[fishwax]

21. i completely agree

it's assault, period.

[Bandit]

23. Not just assault but sexual assault and they must file as a sexual

pervert for the rest of their lives and have local neighbors picket their homes and hurl insults at them for the rest of their lives...or maybe Bush* could give them all the Medal of Freedom.:shrug: it is a tossup.

[niyad]

10. I would say make them work at a homeless shelter, but those people

have been through enough.

by the way, did anybody read the headlines under that story, "most popular stories" ALL of them sexual abuse crimes of one sort or another. yayyyy bible belt.

[The Straight Story]

16. 12 Boys Accused In Sexual Assault Of 2nd-Grader listed there

Sick Sick Sick people in this world.

Boys from 6-8 yrs old were involved. What the hell is going on in the world??

[Missy M]

13. The teens in this story also need better parenting....

the school superintendnet said they are youngsters and used poor judgement. They are high school seniors ready to go out in the big grown up world, I would hardly call that being youngsters. Instead of poor judgement I would call it cruelty.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

14. My nephew spent his summer vacation

building homes for Habitat for Humanity one year when he was a teen. But then he's from Illinois, and has Democratic parents. Too bad the teens in Alabama haven't been nurtured in the same way.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. Well consider the role models they have

at abu ghraib and Guatanemo. If it's okay for the military, no surprise that we see this kind of behavior out of our teens.

[AllieB]

17. I bet those boys go to Church every Sunday too

:eyes:

[abluelady]

18. No doubt. eom

[genie_weenie]

20. "When children learn to devalue others,

they can devalue anyone -- including their parents." Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard, ST TNG.

I, however, do not hope these children put their parents in nursing homes and ignore them until their deaths.

[pushycat]

22. Children learn cruelty from watching others do it. Just like Gitmo,

Abu Ghraib, Camp Bucca, etc... They are just emulating what they've seen our best and brightest doing to the bad guys in the Middle East and elsewhere. Shouldn't wonder they've started doing things like this. Our leaders have failed us in so many ways, we now have this kind of behavior from our kids. absolutely sick