Historians R Us

This blog is the property of the AP US History class at Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA, USA. Here students explore current events in America, while seeking to understand the historical roots of those events. At the same time, students are able to carry on classroom discussions in the cyber world.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Teenagers and the Internet

In Miami, Florida, eight teenagers were charged with the assault of another teen, Victoria Lindsay who is 16, and recording it. Six teenage girls were accused of actually harassing the
victim, while two boys were charged of kidnapping. In response to this incident, six out of the twenty most viewed You-Tube videos have been responses, parodies, interviews with the parents, and news segments. The responses have attracted thousands of comments and over 700,00 views.
The Country Sheriff, Grady Judd, said that the attack could have been in retaliation for a comment that Victoria posted on her Myspace page about the other girls. You-Tube has said that they would remove any video that is inappropriate, however there are many videos with this same concept. Each of the teens are set on a $30,000 bail and no contact with one another.
The Scottsboro Trials in the 1930s focused on a group of nine African American boys, ages 12-19, who were accused of raping a white woman,Victoria Price. The Trials lasted about seven years and slowly each of the convicted were either released in time, or released when Price finally said none of it happened.

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