jessie lane said...
Riley Clark is my childhood best friend, I have known him my whole life and I am the first to say what he did was wrong... but you people should also be ashamed of yourselves for putting up his address... I can not vouch for the other kid but riley has never done anything like this in his life. He has been going through a hard time recently and got drunk and did something incredibly stupid. But he's a kid, and he made a mistake... so please give him a break... and don't insult his parents, they are the ones who are suffering the most in this situation.
-Jessie Lane
I just couldn't resist saying the following.
"But he's a kid, and he made a mistake... so please give him a break." NO! Absolutely NOT! First of all, he's NOT a kid, he's an adult. Secondly, tell the Judge to give him a break, not the victims of his crimes! Are you just stupid, or what?
"and don't insult his parents, they are the ones who are suffering the most in this situation."
O M G! You just answered my question when it comes to stupidity! His parents are suffering more than anyone else? Try the property owners, (16 OF THEM) who are suffering! Try the young couple with young children explaining to their little ones why there's an 8 foot long 4x4 lying on the floor and yelling at your children to stay OFF the broken glass! Try explaining to your BOSS that you can't be at work today because some a$$hole slashed all the tires on your car!
Not a smart move Jessie.
DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
24 comments:
Your right Joe. This Jessie person just doesn't understand what maliciousness and property damage these two hoods did to several innocent people. Your also right, whether these two are children, which they are not, makes no difference at all. You ruin peoples property, your going to pay a big price. Surely, whatever judge they get will surely put them away so they can understand exactly what thaves done. Also, there isn't much of an excuse for public drunkeness, so Jessie, best you tell all your friends like these guys to slow down on the partying and drinking!
A. Goetz
Is this person also mad at the Daily Times for publishing his picture? Anyone with a phone book or computer could find his address after all. Hopefully any "discomfort" that is experienced by the two adult men and their families will deter other persons from repeating this type of behaviour. It does some unfair that two local boys that committed the same offenses are able to graduate from Parkside and have their college careers unblemished, as well as several girls from 2007 Stephen Decatur Lacrosse team go unpunished for far worse--but it helps to have your uncle be the arresting state police officer. Bottom line--LIFE ISN"T FAIR so don't screw up if you can't pay the price.
GET THEM JOE. THOSE SOB'S.
Yeah I wish the hard times I am going through allowed me to sleep all day, party all night, and have mommy and daddy pay for it....wait until your childhood friend is bald, fat, divorced and pushing 40 with a below average career that doesn't allow him enough money to fix his tv because some schmuck can handle his booze. You should probably tell the rest of your peers to shut up, tuck your tails between your legs, and head back to Dundalk.
Joe,
You are exactly right about your response to Jessie, however I do believe his parents are innocent. They did nothing wrong and you continue to blame them. They were home in bed when their son decided to act like an asshole. Leave the parents out of it. Remember when you were offended when people attacked YOUR family??? How soon you forget.
Yes Joe. Thank you for telling poor Jessie the real facts - I cannot believe she would even write a letter/commenting about poor little boy - Riley Clark.
She obviously does not have her facts straight.
This kid is a lowlife. He terrorized elderly people. Does he have grandparents? What would they say? He must have felt full of himself that night vandalizing property. What a tough customer. Wow. I am impressed. Good job. That is something to be proud of. Just a nice boy who got out of control. This boy has not uttered on word of regret, and if he did, it would be palpably insincere. I live in the neighborhood the tough guys terrorized. Hey Riley, there are plenty of tough cookies waiting for you in the state pen. Keep going, and you will be terrorized, too...by prizefighters, street fighters and toughs who could care less whether you wielded a lacrosse stick...they won't be elderly and vulnerable, tough guy.
Jessie, I know you mean well but you will see it different when you mature. You will see it way different when you have children and you will see it completely different when some little SOB throws a piece of timber through your living room window in the middle of the night then slithers down the street to do it again and again just because they were "going through something" and got drunk. What I do understand is how an immature young girl like you can not see the gravity of this because he is "your friend". He may be your friend and has never done anything to you, but your friend is a looser and standing by him out of loyalty won't change that.
Kids! At ages 21 and 22, I would not consider them KIDS! What a laugh Jessie. You are out in left field.
How would you like a 4x4 coming through your window at 230AM!!!!!! Or your tires slashed on your new vehicle that you worked so hard for? Jessie - you have a lot of growing up to do!
Jessie, I am sorry you have a very poor choice of friends my advice to you is to dump this a-- hole ASAP. Until he gets treatment for his addiction and repay all of the folks he has harmed I would stay as far away from him as possible so you don't end up in the same THUG part of life as he is in now. As far as he is concerned they should make an example out of him. A very nice older customer of mine was one of his targets and they are terrified now thanks to his rampage. Don't try to use alcohol as an excuse either this was just plain city a-- hole coming out to play terrorist. Now all of his friends want to try and talk about this like it was nothing. Truth is we in the Salisbury area have endured this kind of behavior for too long and it is time for something serious to be done about it. If I had my way we'd bring back the whipping post and he could wear scars for the rest of his life for his act of terrorism. When in the world are people like you going to understand this type of actions take a toll on the elderly that can never be replaced.
ive known Riley and the Clark family high school. Ive known all the family members and have played sports with Riley.
This seems like a typical situation for the Clark family men to be involved with.
Having being involved wth lax teams with Riley numerous years, i can tell you, he is weasel.
In HS, he put a crow bar through the windshield of a guy who had been "seeing" his older sister.
His father, while intoxicated, once went to the house of a member of our lax team, to start a fight with his father.
I could go on, but you get the point. dont try to justify what this kid did.
ya, hes sorry, he made a mistake, all true. but hes done this before, and he'll probably do something like this again.
So please, dont try to defend him.
I think hes having enough trouble defending balls gfrom going into the net.
If I'm inferring correctly I believe the underlying insight and argument that Jessie and maybe a few other have pointed out is how we should and ought to respond.
Is what they did egregious and horrendous? YES!
They are both fully culpable and responsible for their actions.
Should they pay a high retributive price? YES! Absolutely they showed that they do not deserve to play at Su or attend it. They simply forfeited their opportunity and practically I do not think it would be wise for them to stay if they could. The legal ramifications, from what has been reported of exactly what they did, should be proportional to their crimes and not lessened in this instance.
I think the question is what restraints we should use while implementing public shame. Public shame can be a proper and effective way in retributive justice as well as to show the displeasure of the community in responding to the act as horrendously wrong.
Think about all the public shame which they have receive, the legal implications that they are going to incur, and the un-erasable past which they cannot get rid of ever! It is a lot and hard for anyone to face and actively live with.
The victims (those who had their property destroyed) are not only the only victims but the perpetrators are victims because they victimize themselves, through their action, which they are completely responsible for and have to live with. They are suffering too, but in a different way.
Cutting to the chase I think that it is important to see both sides of the equation and realize that public shame should not lead to a lynching mob with torches and pitchforks throughout the streets. Should the victims be justly upset, absolutely. But as a community we should handle our comments and thoughts which should not be orientated as doing something wrong; being hateful as being hateful in wanting to do harm rather than seek justice in the matter.
I wish all the best for these two young individuals to get their acts together and atone for what they have done!
I sympathize will the residents; I too, as a student, had been vandalized!
Joe,
OMG, I usually agree with you and was 100% all for your defense when people were posting these kinds of ridiculous comments on the Daily Times story chat about you. However at this time I would like to ask you " how would you like people to still be posting negative comments about you and no one stepping up to your defense"?
I know that when I and others posted comments similar to Jessie's about you, your response was positive, and you were not quick to criticize us for defending you!
The same goes for when people were posting negative comments about Ruark, even though I didn't like what he did amongst other things, I still stepped up to his defense. I remember him apologizing for his mistakes, and most of us understood and we have all moved on, He also placed people in harms way, what’s the difference?
At one point or another in our life’s we have made a little or big mistake, some more severe then others, some as simple as failing test because we partied all night, some out of poor judgment like when someone runs a red light because they are running late and gets caught.
By no means I liked what they did, it was wrong, but come on give me a break, lets let it go, it is time to move on.
Hopefully you appreciate that fact that Jessie is just trying to do what we did for others when they made mistakes.
I hope you understand and we can still be blog friends.
Why is it that there is always an excuse for one's bad behavior? Riley has been going through some rough times lately, so he gets drunk and victimizes 16 families? Haven't we all gone through "rough times" at some point in our lives?
I don't know his parents, so I'll just have to take your word that they are suffering. However, just where do you think Riley learned this behavior? A person who has proper rearing will rarely do something as egregious as he did. I wonder: Has he been coddled most of his life? Has he been brought up to feel that he's God's gift to lacrosse and that he can do no wrong? Has he been bailed out previous trouble by his parents, who thought they were doing right?
Every action has its consequences. Ultimately, one is responsible for his own behavior. At 20, Riley is not a "kid." Heis going to pay adult penalties for his night of fun.
I think the only thing they are sorry about is that they got caught.
Everyone needs to get off there high horse and let the courts decide their punishment... Yes we all know they are guilty but everyone posting nasty comments doesn't make the situation any better. Everyone has done something stupid in there life (if you don't think you have then quit lying to yourself). Do I think they should get off without a fair punishment. Hell no because if that was my house I probably would of still been awake and been hurt by the wood coming through the window. But we all know what they did was wrong but just let it go.... there is nothing that you can say or do to change it... let the courts do their job and move on... I am willing to bet half the assholes commenting did something in their lifetime only difference is they got away with it. Don't be so quick to bash other people because odds are you have done something in your life that you regret.And if most people would knew about it they would bash the sh*t out of you to... so grow the f**k up and leave the situation alone its done and over with.
For the third time,idiots,this was NOT a mistake!
If the Wicomico States Attorney Office pursues the matter like it should all the charges from 2003 stet docket should be brought period.
Another example that we are raising and enduring the ONLY generation, in schools and in society. He's ONLY in fourth grade so he shouldn't know not to steal. He's ONLY in eleventh grade so he shouldn't know not to fight and curse teachers. He's ONLY 22 so he shouldn't know not to throw huge timbers into someone's house. I for one am sick of it.
I hope that the discussion will move to the broader issue of the SU Administration, Board of Regents, and law enforcement. This type of behavior has flourished and increased for about 20 years. The lawless behavior needs to stop. If it weren't for the blogs this would have been swept under the rug like these things have been for years and the general public would have no idea.
its funny, when local kids get in trouble there is only a little fuss about about it and their addresses dont get posted.
the second its an SU student, there is a lynch mob.
I am sure that people would not have continued talking about it had their "friends" not posted such stupid comments. That is what really pi$$ed people off. To actually defend these guys and suggest that all th dumba$$ hicks around here dont have a life and are making a big deal out of nothing.
"For the third time,idiots,this was NOT a mistake!"
6:38 AM:
No this was willful, malicious destruction and then some. I agree completely with you...Or did you mean something else?
Please clarify.
thanx.
i think all this is butter scotch and you need to stop being mean to jessie and take what everyones saying into concideration
Post a Comment