A Florida student who was accused of assaulting a school employee after she confiscated his Nintendo Switch was sentenced to five years in prison. WESH’s Paola Tristan Arruda reports.
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Mommy dearest is part of the problem.
Wait what? Consequences for his actions? Nooooo…..
So was it worth it? This kid probably doesn’t think so but the damage has been done bud
People in the comments do not know the backstory of this case. It’s not cut and dry!!! His paperwork said do not snatch electronics out of his hand and get someone with experience. The teacher didn’t have the authority she reacted out of emotion
17 cocktails of medication…
Obviously not fit for public education.
They can’t do that!
Was is he allowed to bring his Switch to school? Was he actually doing well at school or did his mother dump him there because she didn’t want to put him in a care facility? I think the whole thing could’ve been prevented if he wasn’t there to begin with
SHOCKING!
Only 5 years????
I’m sorry but that’s not a functioning person in society
If not jail then a loonie bin does not need to be in public
That’s normal human behavior
That mom should homeschool him and see whats gonna happen to her when she tells him to do his exercises!
This dude needs help like I can’t understand why this happened this type of mental illness needs to be studied before he hurts himself and others i pray for everyone involved i know its not easy when growing up with family members with mental illness
If he is not responsible for his actions, send the mother to jail for 5 years.
When this happened, I argued for 10 years. My reason is because we need teachers and they need a guarantee of safety. Clearly this young man has problems, none of which are an excuse. I think this is fair and I hope he gets the treatment he needs. Best wishes to the teacher and may she find peace and forgiveness.
Looks like crazy Stephanie boyfriend
Lol 1:29
If he has a mental problem then he doesn’t belong in the regular prison system.
Cmon people this is Florida now.
We know their racist track record.
🤡🤡🤡🤡
Yayyyy
@@Peterpickle2009 what are u yaying for?😭
15 years of probation 🤦🏽♂️
Definitely another case of brainwashing by the Catholic Church.
Black cowards.
WTH…he is austistic and might not know what remorse is. These types of kids are supposed to have specialized plans..like an isp or something to help people deal with them. He might not appropriate for that school setting with that type of behavior documented and displayed.
Hes obviously mentally not all there…5 years is alot for someone with a mental disability or a special student!
5 years in prison 15 years probation
And then we wonder why we stereotype this color
The school’s name is Matanzas. Isn’t that the Spanish word for “mass killings”.
As a black woman he deserves to be in prison. His mother needs to be locked up too. Tired of the race card when it’s obvious the person is dangerous & caught red handed doing something they shouldn’t have.
The video footage clearly wasn’t racist look at how he attacked I think some type of fault is clear
Nintendo needs to ban him for life
Playstation and Xbox fans being Sweaty ahh
Nintendo fans being Beaty ahh
💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
They should put his white mom in prison too while we’re at it…..she enabled this behavior
Ok now i have to know did she even tell the school about this? If he really had a medical problem and other issues did she really send him to school without even telling them about it? I’m happy he’s paying for what he did but i really have to know.
Should be life. The mom Should be jailed too
He is NOT the victim. In now way shape or form. He almost killed that lady.
Shoulda been locked up years ago
15yrs probation Goodluck on that
Nintendo??
He’s being punished for unprovoked violence.
If she died should he not get prison time. Half the country has mental health issues and more than half are in prison
Now he won’t have any electronics to distract him
When he gets out he’s going to be even worse of a menace. It’s sad that our justice system plays these race games.
He should definitely be held accountable, but I can’t help but feel like 5 years is only going to make things worse long term.
What did the dad have to say?
All these kids need special special help so whether they doing letting them playing with video games like this kids’s mom is so weak that she let him take her video games to school with his parents and is the kids fault because he started beating her like crazy like 30 years
Should have been 25 years in jail. Pos. It doesn’t matter why he did it. He’s DANGEROUS. Shame on her and no update on the victim. “Numerous previous batteries.” When do the victims get real justice? More race baiting and no accountability.
It’s a big difference between mental illness and malicious acts. What he did was wrong and he should be punished but prison is going to make him a killer. He need help and a straight jacket & the right ppl. His mom isn’t 1 of them. If it was a white boy he wudve been got help before all this
Just five years, really🤷🏻♂️
I work with special needs kids and they are aggressive especially if you take something that’s there’s, the medication they take sure does a number on their mental state as well when they’re off of it. He shouldn’t have been at school with electronics if that was his trigger smh. L parent
If you felt or knew “the deck was stacked against him”then you should have homeschooled him tell you as a parent felt otherwise.
Being autisic isn’t an excuse. Having mental health doesn’t excuse you from being violent to others. The judge has it right.
Why would the school even accept him or not have the proper staff (men) to deal with this
Glad more explanation was given the judge said was recurring n wasn’t the usual racist in a robe white kids get juicy u black no
He needs consequences for his actions. I wasn’t special for 12+ years just because you’re special doesn’t mean you can hit people.
And his mother is messed up because she’s trying to justify it
He attacked a woman over a video game. He should of gotten 10yrs.
It’s amazing , even though he was raised by white parents he still messed up and ended up in jail
Disturbing video says it all. This person is a danger to society and should be either monitored at all times or put away in prison until he reforms if ever..
Look like he about flip on that lady next to him .
As soon as she said it was cause he’s black I no longer cared. Pulling the race card is why people are sick of minorities.
I seriously hate the people who don’t help defend in these situations. What a cowardly soft group
Democratic thinking
He deserves to be prison and im black
Should be 10 year’s and im black
God knows what that black baby had to endure in that white family. That mom is an enabler and probably turns a blind eye to corruption. They should investigate her household especially the men in that family,
I wonder if this comment will get deleted also. He needs to be held accountable for his crime.
He needs 10 years at least!
No, he should not be in public schools if he has that many problems with his brain. The regular school system cannot take care of this many kids with problems, especially ones as violent as that that you refuse to punish. They still have to follow rules
A betting man says he learns nothing and comes out worse
Did his mom not see the video? He rushed her, and while she was knocked over he pummeled her leaving permanent injuries. Oh okay I guess we just let that go. Don’t want to be racist now 😑
Michael myers probably went undiagnosed then. 😂
This is why Deinstitutionalization never worked. Bring mental asylums back
If his disorder was so severe they have facilities for him that’s funded by the state not public school. No way shape or form should he had that Nintendo in school. His actions has consequences. Race and his size doesn’t matter.
Stop trying to make people feel bad for him.
His actions has consequences
Yuck.. Mom you failed this kid..
Why would you let your kid be on 17 different meds??? You know who else did that, the owner of Travis the chimp and look how that turned out. Starting to see the relevance here…
No apology, no remorse, no freedom.
As it should be.
This is what happens when you raise a spoiled little brat without boundaries & constantly tell him how oppressed & special he is.
The enabling mother is mostly to blame.
#FREEBRANDON
#LOCKHIMUP
Dude clearly needs help don’t think being trailed as an adult was correct thing to do, kid was clearly way too much too handle for mother but seeing the attack and finding out he has history he needs more specialized help.
Mom should go to prison too
He is dangerous he almost snap when the judge is talking about him
If he’s not in handcuffs he will probably attack the judge
He should have been charged with attempted murder. To say that he is being punished for being black is insane, just watch the video of him brutalizing that poor woman. This teen is an animal that needs locked up
The school should be able to sue the parents. Especially if the parents did not disclose his prior violent behaviors.
Get out and go to prison forever
It’s a good thing to discipline children or teens if they act evil.. If not you may turn into this mom, who is obvious Evil, to not FIRST say sorry to the teacher that got hurt.. Moms like this, are going to end this nation, they raise adults thinking they are little Gods, that can hurt who ever and take whatever, have no control even of their primal emotions and only care about their comforts.. They are creating “CAIN” all over again.. Cain, in the story of the first human murder, cares only for himself. Could not control his emotions, when his brother Able bested him.. But even before that, he thinks of himself higher than God, and sacrifices subpar things to God, while Abel gave his best offering.. Best thing for this Teen, is to stay away from his mom.. But I already see in his eyes, that see his mom as his servant – to give him whatever he wants..
You being a bad mother led to this. His trigger is his electronics? That’s your fault for not teaching him boundaries
Having a disability does not make you immune to punishment. I have ADHD, anxiety, OCD, and depression (yes, all diagnosed), but my mental health issues are not an excuse for poor behavior. Thankfully I am on meds that work wonders for me but still.
Enabler Mom
For those that don’t know the back story, his mom said that living at home was too much of a danger for her family and because of this, he had to placed in a mental health facility and then a group home. So the kid that she said was too dangerous to live in her home, she allowed to be at a public high school, and now she blames racism as the reason for his sentencing. This lady is beyond delusional.
Send him to prison, like what she said, he’s “large”, I’m sure he can defend himself in there
This judge did what his mother apparently never did…set boundaries, and accountability.
This will be a turning point for this teen for the better.
17 meds…
Methinks he is a LOT moredangerous than foster (adopter) mom lets on.
yes if your big u are even a more danger to cause more damage , there for u should have self control
I don’t care what he has.. there’s no excuse for his actions and he belongs in prison for more than 5 years
This bum should be jailed. Rwgardless if he has psycological issues.
As a floridian, i can confirm this isn’t a race thing
I have seen people road rage because going 70 in a 50 zone is still too slow to them
Argue over 50 cents change at walmart
And try to steal food from a marshalls n say it is theirs with no receipt and the footage showing they grabbed it off the shelf n just started eating.
We are truly the worse here
Now he bout to Be on a different type of switch
Mental health can’t be an excuse every time! Off to jail when you Scott Steven’s blind side body check a woman
No its not that he’s black, its that he attacked a member of the school
Even white chicks try to play the race card😂😂😂😂😂.
You can tell that kid definitely runs all over his mother. She needs to realise he is basically and adult and hold him accountable.
Next time dont take my mans stuff
Moms delusional. Sons unsafe for public. Jail is the only way for crimes his committed.
The outcome of weak parenting