I know what a lot of you are thinking just from reading the title: who uses Facebook anymore? On top of the surprising fact that people still use Facebook, it is quite astonishing that someone could get killed over a few comments they made. Unfortunately, this happened to a 14-year old girl In Birmingham, Alabama.
The people who the victim quarreled with over Facebook was planning to address their problems in a public park physically and on video tape so that they can later post it on Facebook. After the fight had already started, two male teenagers started shooting at the group of fighting teenage girls, killing the fourteen year old. Although no names are being released at this time, the Birmingham police department do have two suspects, a 17 and 19 year old male, in custody. Hopefully the police can label this case as closed after talking to the two suspects.
Link to article:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/01/us/alabama-facebook-teen-girl-killed/index.html
The people who the victim quarreled with over Facebook was planning to address their problems in a public park physically and on video tape so that they can later post it on Facebook. After the fight had already started, two male teenagers started shooting at the group of fighting teenage girls, killing the fourteen year old. Although no names are being released at this time, the Birmingham police department do have two suspects, a 17 and 19 year old male, in custody. Hopefully the police can label this case as closed after talking to the two suspects.
Link to article:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/01/us/alabama-facebook-teen-girl-killed/index.html
Wow. I can kind of grasp why they'd continue to argue and dispute the point of their comments, at least online, but to take it out in a physical setting and actually fight for the sake of a point or a few comments is just astonishing to me.
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I agree with you there, Hannah. I can't believe how far some things that are taken from online into real life go.
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