This should never happen to anyone…..
John Sheeran, the 15-year-old white youth who tried to drown a black teen in a Cape Cod pond while a friend labeled the victim “George Floyd,” entered a guilty plea to the crime, The New York Post reported.
Sheeran pleaded guilty to attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon charges at Barnstable Juvenile Court in Massachusetts after a judge decided to try him as an adult. The judge charged the alleged accomplice with harassment for laughing and jeering at the victim while he begged for his life, but will be charged as a juvenile.
The accuser alleges Sheeran called him the n-word, while the friend “started laughing and called me George Floyd, obviously making fun of me and showing no remorse.”
A witness told police he heard the victim telling Sheeran “to please not splash or push him because of his inability to swim,” but the pair kept “pushing [the victim’s] head underwater” while he was “screaming for help. “When I finally got to them, they were smirking,” the witness, also a minor, said in a statement.
According to The Cape Cod Times, the names of the juveniles accused were not released, but due to the severity of the charges, the case is public based on Sheeran’s status as a “youthful offender” and will be tried in juvenile court.
While appearing in court, Sheeran’s lawyer says his client “had absolutely no intent to murder his friend.”
At the time of the incident, the news shook the Chatham community, causing the town’s select board and the Monomoy Regional School District to release a statement denouncing the crime and reinforcing their stand for diversity and inclusion.
“We are disturbed and saddened to learn of the event that occurred earlier this summer between juveniles,” the select board said in a statement.
“We do not believe that it reflects the true nature of our community, which is diverse and inclusive. We condemn all acts of violence, particularly those directed at children.”
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Source: Black Enterprise
