Four adolescent bullies were caught on film beating up a 21-year-old lady with an intellectual impairment in a savage attack in a small Hawaiian village, inciting outrage among residents who pursued the young thugs until they were jailed.
The distressing video begins with two bullies crowding and taunting the victim, named only as Carly, at a bus stop in Wahiawa, some 20 miles north of Honolulu.
Then one of the bullies, 18-year-old Jasmine Keola, demands Carly to remove her rucksack before forcibly throwing it on the ground. Keola then forcefully slaps her spectacles from her face.
Carly screams and crouches down, where the vicious slapping continues.
“You dumb f-k,” Keola shouts.
“This is why I don’t want to take the bus anymore, because I don’t want to mess with you,” Carly says despairingly, as the video reveals before she gets back up on her feet.
“What are you going to do?” The other girls mock.
“I’m going to leave my everything… right now,” she says as she tries to depart.
Carly makes it to the opposite side of the street, where the girls keep hitting and laughing at her.
When Carly is back on the ground, the onslaught becomes more intense. The girls kick and punch her in the head, leaving her powerless to fight back.
“Now, what are you going to do?” “F-king dumb c-t,” one of the girls screams.
“She’s knocked out,” another said, proudly.
The horrific attack enraged the community.
“This was quite cruel. It was more than bullying; it was a mindless, vicious assault, and pure evil. “The girls involved in this should be extremely ashamed of themselves,” said Honolulu resident Michael Kitchens, who runs Stolen Stuff Hawaii, an anti-crime organization.
“It was one of the worst actions you could ever perform against someone who is unwilling, defenseless, and, sadly, disabled. I don’t feel sympathy for them.”
Some people livestreamed their search for the perpetrators on social media. At one point, 11,000 people were watching the action develop on Instagram Live, with footage showing community members ascending buildings to confront the attackers.
“This is not right. We are not bullies ourselves. You shouldn’t bully anyone else, especially someone that can’t stand up for themselves,” Leilehua High School senior Journey Emond told Hawaii News.
Honolulu police detained three girls ages 14, 16, and 18. A thirteen-year-old boy was also arrested. However, the suspects were all released from jail, and the case against them was dismissed.
Keola apologized after court.
“I was coerced into fighting the female. I did not want to fight her. However, I did it anyhow. “I apologize for what I did; I did not intend to do it,” Keola told KHON.
Her mother also expressed regret.
“I did not intend for it to go this far. But I apologize for my children’s conduct, and I hope you may forgive them,” she explained.
