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On June 20, 18-year-old Carter Strange hurried home to make his curfew. Little did he know, his race against the clock soon would be the least of his worries.
As Strange headed toward his house in Columbia, S.C., a group of eight teens, ranging in age from 13 to 19, viciously attacked him, fracturing his skull. When Strange didn't show up at home, his parents, John and Vicki Strange began to monitor his cell phone use online, "Today" reports.
When they began seeing suspicious activity, they went into a panic mode. And, after a long time of not knowing where Carter was, his parents were finally called to the hospital.
Upon arrival, Vicki Strange recalls feeling sorry for an injured man on a gurney.
"I saw his hands and realized that was Carter; I didn't recognize him," she tells "Today."
Police say surveillance cameras captured the teens before the attack attempting to capture and rob four others earlier that night.
And, although none of the suspects have made a plea yet, the defense is saying they are "basically good kids who did a very bad thing," according to "Today."
Carter's father disagrees. This isn't the first time several of the suspects have been in trouble, and John Strange claims they are just making excuses. During a court appearance, he says forgiveness may be in the future, but "I don't have that in my heart right now."
As he appeared on "Today" wounded and bandaged, Carter expressed that he does his best to not think about his attackers.
"I don't know about forgiveness, but I don't really think about it that much," he tells the news show.
The city of Columbia is now considering a new curfew for teens 17 and younger.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
6-28-2011 @ 1:00PM
krs said...Cut off their junk and make them eat it.
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6-28-2011 @ 1:29PM
Squally said...Why is this boy even being asked about forgiveness? I have some better questions in mind:
Where is the justice? Where is the discipline and punishment for those who harmed this man? Where are, and were, the police? How is "curfew" going to stop these incidents?
What a horrible incident.
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6-28-2011 @ 1:30PM
CanadianGirl said...Newsflash to the defense: Good kids don't fracture other people's skulls.
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6-28-2011 @ 4:44PM
adam t. said...Can't wait for the day when Jim Crow drops by and brings back peace, order and safety to our communities. The fifty years of desegregation have been an abject failure and the situation is only getting worse. Extrapolate this crisis by another 10-20 years and we'll be looking at a wholesale slaughter of white folk by these humanoids.
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6-29-2011 @ 2:50PM
Char said...What the heck does race have to do with this? Some kid got brutally attacked, and you throw in an attack on an entire segment of the US population? FYI, Jim Crow laws encouraged people to bash in the skulls of the minorities. Basically, you are advocating for more violence.
And before you say anything, yes, I am white. And a Catholic.
6-29-2011 @ 4:54PM
Kelly said...Your comment is more than disturbing. Humanoids? People like you disgust me.
7-03-2011 @ 9:49AM
Heather said...I love how the defence is trying to put these kids off as good kids. Good kids don't do things like this. Good kids don't just decied to attack someone. This is escalted behaviour. We have a couple of hoodlums ( both black and white) in our area that started out playing with fire, then cause damage to buildings, then they started breaking into grages, Now they are also mugging people. Just a couple days ago the cops were at our building again because they mugged a kid. They keep getting away with it because there are sappy people out there who won't lay charges. I nearly lost it when I heard the victims mom say to the police " if they give back the money we won't lay charges" . These kids won't stop til someone makes them take responsibilty for what they do. Or they hit 18 and are no longer young offenders.
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