Another YouTube video (or WSHH — pick your poison) has gone viral a couple days ago exposing yet another teen tragedy. Seven masked boys jumped another Asian student in some alleyway as a girl recorded what occurred on the other end. The identities of the seven boys were revealed, and it turned out to not be a racially motivated crime which I was first under the impression of. 

As I was watching this video, I cringed a little. It brought back memories of middle school where kids were bullied, jumped, and teased. I felt a deep sadness in my heart as I always worry about where my future generations would lead me. It took seven kids to jump one guy who kept getting up after blows. I saw the strength in him.

At that age, you are prideful and insecure which is why you need so many people to stand by your decision. Everyone is afraid to stand alone because deep down they are faced with their conscience which tells them that they are doing something wrong. You need that security. That back up force so whatever wrong decision you are about to make, becomes a justification due to the fact that others agree with you.

Furthermore, this case gained a lot of popularity and became a serious crime. As a result, the girl who was recording what happened posted another video explaining her point of view on this situation. After going through almost five minutes of her not being able to clarify her point or to have the ability create proper sentences, I realized she was seeking for that justification too. She wanted to feel like what occurred was okay.

She stated that this boy that they jumped was a “FOB. Fresh off the boat. Just came from China not too long ago”, and a couple of months back he had 20 people jump one of her guy friends which is why they sought revenge.

I don’t know how any of this makes sense. If a guy just came from China, and he’s supposedly fresh off the boat… how would he make 20 friends who are aggressors enough to jump one of her friends? On top of that, it was clearly shown in the video that this kid was not fighting back. He was just covering himself, and every time he got up — he was not trying to hit anybody. So you are telling me that he planned a 20 people attack on someone? 

Then she later goes on to say, “I know Jeremy. I know he had his reasons. Trust me, I know him better than any of you”.  He has his reasons? How would you feel if you were getting beat up by seven girls as someone is recording? How would you feel then if someone came out and said that you deserved this in some sick way? 

I just feel none of her responses made any sense nor justified what happened. I also believe that teenagers need to realize that there is a whole world outside of middle school and high school. That these battles they are fighting are going to be pointless and so stupid once you get into the real world. Stop the nonsense.