NCJ Number
54969
Date Published
Unknown
Length
0 pages
Annotation
EMPHASIZING HOW A LACK OF CITIZEN AND STUDENT COOPERATION CAN HAVE A DELETERIOUS EFFECT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, THIS FILM FOR JUVENILE AUDIENCES FOCUSES ON A SMALL ANTISOCIAL GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO INTIMIDATE THOSE AROUND THEM.
Abstract
TWO MALE STUDENTS LED BY AN OLDER THIRD STUDENT THREATEN A CLASSMATE WITH A KNIFE, BUT ARE INTERRUPTED BY A PASSING TEACHER. LATER, THE THREE HIJACK A BUS AND ROB THE PASSSENGERS, ONE OF WHOM SUFFERS A HEART ATTACK. THE SISTER OF ONE OF THE THREE STUDENTS IS ON THE BUS AND OBSERVES THE ENTIRE INCIDENT, BUT OUT OF LOYALTY DOES NOT INFORM THE POLICE. HER BROTHER LATER VISITS HER AT WORK, RETURNS THE MONEY STOLEN FROM HER DURING THE ROBBERY, BUT IGNORES HER WARNINGS TO CHANGE HIS BEHAVIOR. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE THREE ASSAULT THE CLASSMATE THEY HAD EARLIER THREATENED. THE BEATING IS WITNESSED BY THE SISTER AND THE TEACHER, AND THIS TIME, WHEN THE POLICE ARE CALLED TO THE SCENE, THE SISTER COOPERATES. THE THREE STUDENTS BROUGHT BEFORE THE JUVENILE COURT AND ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT AND ROBBERY ARE FILED. ALTHOUGH THE TEACHER HAS AGREED TO TESTIFY, THE RECURRING DELAYS IN THE CASE, COUPLED WITH VEILED THREATS BY THE JUVENILE RINGLEADER, FINALLY UNNERVE HER AND SHE LEAVES BEFORE TESTIFYING. THE COURT SUBSEQUENTLY PLACES THE BOYS ON PROBATION. IN RETALIATION FOR HER COOPERATION, THE RINGLEADER WAYLAYS THE SISTER AS SHE LEAVES WORK ONE EVENING AND ASSAULTS HER. ARRESTED, THE BOY IS CERTIFIED AN ADULT BECAUSE OF HIS PAST RECORD AND IS TRIED AND CONVICTED IN ADULT COURT. (KBL)