Police Decline To Charge Florida Teens Who Mocked & Video Recorded Drowning Man
Instead of calling 911, a group of Florida teens used a mobile phone to video record a man drowning to death, as they taunted him. In the video, which was posted on social media, one boy yells, “ain’t nobody fixing to help you, you dumb (expletive),” as Jamel Dunn, 32, struggled for his life in a pond near his family’s Cocoa, Florida home. Authorities declined to charge the boys, ages 14 to 16. There was no immediate evidence that the teens caused the drowning, and Florida lacks a Duty to Rescue law. Read more.
WARNING: Graphic Adult content in video
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