On Thursday, November 5, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed multiple times in the chest with a kitchen knife in the parking lot of Sachem High School East in Farmingville, Long Island. It happened at dismissal, in front of a crowd of students.
He was rushed into emergency surgery. Police arrested a 15-year-old student at the scene, and he pleaded not guilty to assault and weapons charges. My heart goes out to that boy and his family.
The sound of that crowd made me sick. A boy is being stabbed right in front of them, phones are out, and some of these kids are laughing.
What the hell has happened to our humanity? Those kids are going to be adults in a few years. If somebody else’s pain is entertainment to them now, what exactly do we have to look forward to?