That videotaped beating of the cheerleader
Posted: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 7:04 PM by Will Femia
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That thing in the news
There isn't a whole lot of background material to be found
on
this story about the teen girls in Florida who confronted a former friend
and beat her mercilessly. This in spite of the fact that the story's origins
are in MySpace postings. Most of the girls involved have set their MySpace profiles
to private, including what is
likely that of the victim, Victoria Lindsay (who
communicates through her profile's headline that she is "just fine"
and "happy."
One MySpace page not set to private is that of
Mercades
Nichols in whose house the beating takes place and with whom Lindsay was
staying, according to the police report. Nothing new has been added to the online account since the
incident so it doesn't serve as much more than character color for the story.
It's interesting to note that the Lindsay account has left an affectionate
comment on the Nichols account as recently as March 4th.
It's Nichols' mother who is featured in the latter half of
this video. Speaking of video, the clip in the
Orlando Sentinel coverage
has clearer audio. It's mostly screaming
but you get a sense of what the beating is about.
The Ledger, whose coverage includes AP video of Lindsay's
parents, has scans of
the police affidavits which describe the attack in
greater detail. (It says 17 pages but really it's just a few pages repeated.)
