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Middle-School Girls Arrested After Posting Fight on YouTube

by Caleb Johnson on December 1, 2009 at 06:30 PM

Remember the good ol' days when YouTube was a haven for cute videos of cats and nerds playing with lightsabers? Those were simpler times. Now it seems like the site is full of controversial and disturbing material, like the proliferation of videos showing kids fighting each other. Unfortunately, the trend doesn't seem to be slowing.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that two female students from Benicia Middle School were arrested Monday after they beat a 13-year-old classmate on two separate occasions on last Wednesday and Saturday. Both beatings were recorded by somebody with a cell phone and posted on YouTube, but they have since been removed. Police Lt. Mike Daley said the girls, ages 12 and 14, lured the victim to an empty field by telling her they had something that belonged to her, and then accused her of making negative comments about them and beat her -- hitting her in the head, knocking her onto the ground and pulling her hair. Reports are unclear as to why the girl returned again on Saturday.

Luckily, the unnamed victim only has minor injuries to her head and neck and the video will serve as evidence. However, we wonder what it'll take to make teens realize this behavior is disgusting. Maybe subjecting them to hours of LOLcat videos would help; we dare anybody to throw a punch after watching Surprised Kitty. [From: The San Francisco Chronicle]

Tags: cellphone, crime, fighting, kids, police, top, video, web, youtube

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