Post by FaithWalker on Oct 1, 2008 7:12:09 GMT -6
Jeering onlookers goaded a teenager in Britain to jump to his death, undermining police efforts to talk him down, and then took pictures of the body.
Tuesday as 17-year-old Shaun d**es prepared to jump from the top of a multi-storey carpark in Derby, northern England, spectators allegedly shouted to him: "How far can you bounce?," the U.K.'s MailOnline reported.
As d**es hesitated for three hours on the ledge while police unsuccessfully tried to reason him out of taking his life, teenagers who had gathered below shouted "Jump" and "Get on with it," according to police and witnesses.
Then after d**es lay in a crumpled heap on the pavement the same hecklers rushed out from behind the police cordon to take photos of the body.
"When he (d**es) fell, lots of people were screaming and crying but there were several groups of youths who ran from behind the cordon and looked like they were taking pictures with their mobile phones," a local shopkeeper was quoted as telling the MailOnline.
"I found that sickening -- why would anyone want to take pictures of something like that?"
d**es was believed to have been suffering from depression and struggling to overcome a relationship breakdown.
Superintendent Andy Hough, of Derbyshire police, said he was disappointed and disturbed by the people heard encouraging d**es to jump.
"I find it a disturbing and shocking reflection on society when people feel inclined to do that," Supt Hough told the MailOnline.
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Mathew 24:10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
Tuesday as 17-year-old Shaun d**es prepared to jump from the top of a multi-storey carpark in Derby, northern England, spectators allegedly shouted to him: "How far can you bounce?," the U.K.'s MailOnline reported.
As d**es hesitated for three hours on the ledge while police unsuccessfully tried to reason him out of taking his life, teenagers who had gathered below shouted "Jump" and "Get on with it," according to police and witnesses.
Then after d**es lay in a crumpled heap on the pavement the same hecklers rushed out from behind the police cordon to take photos of the body.
"When he (d**es) fell, lots of people were screaming and crying but there were several groups of youths who ran from behind the cordon and looked like they were taking pictures with their mobile phones," a local shopkeeper was quoted as telling the MailOnline.
"I found that sickening -- why would anyone want to take pictures of something like that?"
d**es was believed to have been suffering from depression and struggling to overcome a relationship breakdown.
Superintendent Andy Hough, of Derbyshire police, said he was disappointed and disturbed by the people heard encouraging d**es to jump.
"I find it a disturbing and shocking reflection on society when people feel inclined to do that," Supt Hough told the MailOnline.
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Mathew 24:10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.