Snitch Culture Claims Another Victim

October 14, 2009 by blackgirlgrown
Filed under engage

I’m left speechless by this story reported out of Florida (CNN):

From what the suspects and witnesses have told police, the suspect yelled, “He’s a snitch, he’s a snitch” and “pour it on him.” Another juvenile threw what police believe was rubbing alcohol on Brewer from a plastic jug and used a lighter to set him on fire, he said.

Witness Provindencia Maldenero told CNN affiliate WPLG, “I saw a kid throwing something at the other kid, and next thing you know, the kid was on fire. He was up in fire.”

A resident used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames, and Brewer jumped into the complex’s swimming pool, WPLG reported.

Malissa Durkee, the teen’s sister, told WPLG on Monday night that her brother was in critical condition. Lamberti said Brewer is expected to be hospitalized for five months.

Even worse still, one of the suspects was laughing about the incident the next day. Pure evil.

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http://www.fbceny.org Joseph Krygier

You go girl. I guess I’ll break the mold here. White guy, 59, married, grown boy, Baptist pastor who has worked in the inner city of Buffalo NY for 25 years, including 20 years on staff at the Rescue Mission (you name it, we dealt with it one way or another), conservative and concerned about social justice in an amoral society. No excuse for ultimate choices. BINGO! . One problem is our societal culture(s)are devoid of moral absolutes. When our philosophies, for the most part, are void of moral-spiritual(in the most generic sense) components, they become nothing but artifacts. Schools, as an example, fail etc, because possibly more often than not, the administrators, teachers etc. (despite all the hype in the teacher’s unions newspapers) are really not concerned with the students but their careers, paychecks and benefits. Cover ups about everything occur just like in the world of politics, big business…you name it. BASIC PROBLEM…a belief in the inherent and intrinsic goodness of man. See it differently as just the opposite, and though things are horrible, they are not shocking but understandable but not acceptable. If all the bad people in the world are good folk gone wrong, there is no comfort. If all the bad people never become as bad as they could and God alone keeps it that way, do we get a clearer understanding? As an outsider, your piece on the Black Families decline is very good, however, I have pastored a multi ethnic church with 1/3 of the congregation being Black so I guess I have had one foot in the door.
blackgirlgrown

Joseph – Thanks for stopping by. I’m not sure where the answer lies but I do know that a central part of it is prayer.