Four teenage bullies were caught on video beating up a 21-year-old woman with an intellectual disability in a barbaric attack in a small Hawaiian town, inciting outrage among residents who pursued the young thugs until they were arrested.
The heartbreaking video begins with two bullies surrounding and taunting the victim, identified only as Carly, at a bus stop in Wahiawa, about 20 miles north of Honolulu.
Then one of the bullies, 18-year-old Jasmine Keola, asks Carly to remove her backpack before aggressively throwing it on the ground. Keola then violently slaps her glasses from her face.
Carly screams and crouches down, where the violent slapping continues.
“You dumb f-k,” Keola yells.
“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 shows 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 leave.
Carly makes it to the other side of the street, where the girls keep hitting and laughing at her.
When Carly is back on the ground, the assault becomes more intense. The girls kick and punch her in the head, leaving her unable 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 vicious attack enraged the community.
“This was extremely cruel. It was more than bullying; it was a senseless, cruel 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 possibly take against someone who is unwilling, defenseless, and, unfortunately, disabled. I don’t feel sympathy for them.”
Some residents livestreamed their search for the attackers on social media. At one point, 11,000 people were watching the drama unfold on Instagram Live, with footage showing community members scaling buildings to confront the bullies.
“This is not right. We are not bullies ourselves. “You should not bully anyone else, especially someone who is unable to stand up for themselves,” Leilehua High School senior Journey Emond told Hawaii News.
Honolulu police arrested 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 pressured into fighting the girl. I did not want to fight her. However, I did it anyway. “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 actions, and I hope you can forgive them,” she explained.
