Va. man brutally beaten 10 years ago dies from his injuries - what now?

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Anonymous wrote:Try it in the court of public opinion so their lives are ruined. Every time someone googles their names, their victim’s picture and story should be the first thing that pops. For the rest of their lives.

Is that not harassment?
You got to let go.
Law doesn't always work out right. We cannot prosecute every one who was in a fight 10 years ago. The cause of death could be anything, people grow old and die, make poor health and diet decisions, have undiagnosed medical conditions

Let it go. Revenge is futile

Especially when it's revenge on behalf of strangers because people don't know how to deal with their own rage issues in a more constructive way.

Isn't it just a natural consequence that when you violently beat another human being into a vegetative state, and your victim dies, your name will always and forever associated with his death? How is that not 100% predictable?

You would still struggle with rage issues even if this incident never happened, you'd just find something else to project them onto.

Well, gee, I am not the one who punted another human being's head like a football. Would I want a person like that coaching my child in little league? No freakin' way. The person with the rage issue is not me.

No, you just like to toss out that phrase over and over again to attention whore off another family's tragedy. It's so gross.

What phrase would that be? "Vegetative state", "Punting" his head like a football? Do tell me what you find so inaccurate about my word choice.

[Anonymous]

No. The phase “punted his head like a football.”

You could just say “kicked him in the head” but you keep choosing that phrase.

I get it. It was brutal. It was inhumane. It is horrifically depraved and something is wrong with him.

But this is not YOUR tragedy, presumably you do not know the family or the boy who was injured and subsequently died. I get that you think it’s a miscarriage of justice, but your suggestions that this get brought up over and over I. The press, that the prosecutor be harassed at work to bring new charges etc. seem more like vengeance than justice. It is not a good look, particularly for someone who does not have a personal connection to the case. For a person who doesn’t have a personal connection, it just looks like glomming onto someone else’s tragedy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. The phase “punted his head like a football.”

You could just say “kicked him in the head” but you keep choosing that phrase.

I get it. It was brutal. It was inhumane. It is horrifically depraved and something is wrong with him.

But this is not YOUR tragedy, presumably you do not know the family or the boy who was injured and subsequently died. I get that you think it’s a miscarriage of justice, but your suggestions that this get brought up over and over I. The press, that the prosecutor be harassed at work to bring new charges etc. seem more like vengeance than justice. It is not a good look, particularly for someone who does not have a personal connection to the case. For a person who doesn’t have a personal connection, it just looks like glomming onto someone else’s tragedy.

Uh huh and what about the family that does have a personal connection? They've called for justice since the day their son was put into a coma.

Five years after beating, Ryan Diviney’s family holds out hope
http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2014/11/ryan-diviney-anniversary/#1

Skull surgery needed for former WVU student Ryan Diviney
http://wvmetronews.com/2014/05/30/skull-surgery-needed-for-former-wvu-student-ryan-diviney/

Ryan Diviney’s legacy lives on
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/ryan-diviney-s-legacy-lives-on/article_4d5777f6-453f-11e4-afd7-001a4bcf6878.html

Ride for Ryan to raise funds for beating victim in minimally conscious state
https://archive.triblive.com/news/ride-for-ryan-to-raise-funds-for-beating-victim-in-minimally-conscious-state/

Family of beating victim files lawsuit against 3 Newark-area residents
https://www.newarkpostonline.com/news/local/family-of-beating-victim-files-lawsuit-against-newark-area-residents/article_5387e9f9-f2e4-58bc-baf8-0fe60ba513e6.html

[Anonymous]

The most recent of those articles is four years old. In the interviews they gave after his death, his parents didn’t call for vengeance or renewed prosecution. Perhaps you shouldn’t keep assuming you know what they should want and inserting yourself into their grief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. The phase “punted his head like a football.”

You could just say “kicked him in the head” but you keep choosing that phrase.

I get it. It was brutal. It was inhumane. It is horrifically depraved and something is wrong with him.

But this is not YOUR tragedy, presumably you do not know the family or the boy who was injured and subsequently died. I get that you think it’s a miscarriage of justice, but your suggestions that this get brought up over and over I. The press, that the prosecutor be harassed at work to bring new charges etc. seem more like vengeance than justice. It is not a good look, particularly for someone who does not have a personal connection to the case. For a person who doesn’t have a personal connection, it just looks like glomming onto someone else’s tragedy.

Dp. The punted term comes from a witness description, I think.

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Anonymous wrote:The most recent of those articles is four years old. In the interviews they gave after his death, his parents didn’t call for vengeance or renewed prosecution. Perhaps you shouldn’t keep assuming you know what they should want and inserting yourself into their grief.

Um, read a description of what the father said at sentencing.

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Anonymous wrote:No. The phase “punted his head like a football.”

You could just say “kicked him in the head” but you keep choosing that phrase.

I get it. It was brutal. It was inhumane. It is horrifically depraved and something is wrong with him.

But this is not YOUR tragedy, presumably you do not know the family or the boy who was injured and subsequently died. I get that you think it’s a miscarriage of justice, but your suggestions that this get brought up over and over I. The press, that the prosecutor be harassed at work to bring new charges etc. seem more like vengeance than justice. It is not a good look, particularly for someone who does not have a personal connection to the case. For a person who doesn’t have a personal connection, it just looks like glomming onto someone else’s tragedy.

Dp. The punted term comes from a witness description, I think.

And it’s a nonsensical one if you have any idea how a football is actually punted. It was said for effect then, and you’re doing the same now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The most recent of those articles is four years old. In the interviews they gave after his death, his parents didn’t call for vengeance or renewed prosecution. Perhaps you shouldn’t keep assuming you know what they should want and inserting yourself into their grief.

Um, read a description of what the father said at sentencing.

That was nine years ago. And it still doesn’t change the fact that you’re making assumptions about what they should want today and are using their grief for your own purposes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The most recent of those articles is four years old. In the interviews they gave after his death, his parents didn’t call for vengeance or renewed prosecution. Perhaps you shouldn’t keep assuming you know what they should want and inserting yourself into their grief.

Um, read a description of what the father said at sentencing.

That was nine years ago. And it still doesn’t change the fact that you’re making assumptions about what they should want today and are using their grief for your own purposes.

Not me. I’m a different poster. What some people want is what they think justice should provide. But obviously that’s up to the parents and prosecutor. You seem overinvested in your position.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:No. The phase “punted his head like a football.”

You could just say “kicked him in the head” but you keep choosing that phrase.

I get it. It was brutal. It was inhumane. It is horrifically depraved and something is wrong with him.

But this is not YOUR tragedy, presumably you do not know the family or the boy who was injured and subsequently died. I get that you think it’s a miscarriage of justice, but your suggestions that this get brought up over and over I. The press, that the prosecutor be harassed at work to bring new charges etc. seem more like vengeance than justice. It is not a good look, particularly for someone who does not have a personal connection to the case. For a person who doesn’t have a personal connection, it just looks like glomming onto someone else’s tragedy.

Dp. The punted term comes from a witness description, I think.

And it’s a nonsensical one if you have any idea how a football is actually punted. It was said for effect then, and you’re doing the same now.

Again: witness description. What’s your angle here?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. The phase “punted his head like a football.”

You could just say “kicked him in the head” but you keep choosing that phrase.

I get it. It was brutal. It was inhumane. It is horrifically depraved and something is wrong with him.

But this is not YOUR tragedy, presumably you do not know the family or the boy who was injured and subsequently died. I get that you think it’s a miscarriage of justice, but your suggestions that this get brought up over and over I. The press, that the prosecutor be harassed at work to bring new charges etc. seem more like vengeance than justice. It is not a good look, particularly for someone who does not have a personal connection to the case. For a person who doesn’t have a personal connection, it just looks like glomming onto someone else’s tragedy.

Dp. The punted term comes from a witness description, I think.

And it’s a nonsensical one if you have any idea how a football is actually punted. It was said for effect then, and you’re doing the same now.

Again: witness description. What’s your angle here?

My “angle” is you’re a grief groupie who’s playing on the Divineys’ tragedy for your own purposes. It’s disrespectful to the them, and just gross. Be better than that.

[Anonymous]

A statement for the family indicated that they are dealing with waves of unimaginable sadness, anger, and appreciation. It further said the sadness will be coped with over time and the anger will be directed where it is appropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. The phase “punted his head like a football.”

You could just say “kicked him in the head” but you keep choosing that phrase.

I get it. It was brutal. It was inhumane. It is horrifically depraved and something is wrong with him.

But this is not YOUR tragedy, presumably you do not know the family or the boy who was injured and subsequently died. I get that you think it’s a miscarriage of justice, but your suggestions that this get brought up over and over I. The press, that the prosecutor be harassed at work to bring new charges etc. seem more like vengeance than justice. It is not a good look, particularly for someone who does not have a personal connection to the case. For a person who doesn’t have a personal connection, it just looks like glomming onto someone else’s tragedy.

Dp. The punted term comes from a witness description, I think.

And it’s a nonsensical one if you have any idea how a football is actually punted. It was said for effect then, and you’re doing the same now.

Again: witness description. What’s your angle here?

My “angle” is you’re a grief groupie who’s playing on the Divineys’ tragedy for your own purposes. It’s disrespectful to the them, and just gross. Be better than that.

No one is a groupie here, but your take is bizarre seeming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:No. The phase “punted his head like a football.”

You could just say “kicked him in the head” but you keep choosing that phrase.

I get it. It was brutal. It was inhumane. It is horrifically depraved and something is wrong with him.

But this is not YOUR tragedy, presumably you do not know the family or the boy who was injured and subsequently died. I get that you think it’s a miscarriage of justice, but your suggestions that this get brought up over and over I. The press, that the prosecutor be harassed at work to bring new charges etc. seem more like vengeance than justice. It is not a good look, particularly for someone who does not have a personal connection to the case. For a person who doesn’t have a personal connection, it just looks like glomming onto someone else’s tragedy.

Dp. The punted term comes from a witness description, I think.

And it’s a nonsensical one if you have any idea how a football is actually punted. It was said for effect then, and you’re doing the same now.

Said for effect? How do you know?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:“I can’t make any arguments based in actual law, so I’m going to keep repeating the same thing in increasing hysterical and inflammatory fashion.”

DP. If he died from an infection (I haven't seen anything that specific), then it was a complication of his original injuries sustained in the assault.

Unless something else caused it. People get infections (and die from them) all the time due to things like hospital exposure and improper hand washing, even when they’re not in permanent vegetative states. It’s not something unique to that condition.

Walking down that street was the last decision that Ryan made for himself. After his assault he was rendered completely helpless, immobile, unconscious, unaware. That is no life. His body is now dead but he lost his life 10 years ago.

The last decision Ryan made for himself was taunting a bunch of people he thought wouldn't respond. Not that their response was okay, but he was not just walking down the street minding his own business when two guys jumped him out of the blue.

Is that what you’d say if this had happened to your kid?