Teenager Tries To Hire Hitman Via Facebook

An anonymous reader writes "Hiring a hitman can cost a pretty penny these days. Why buy an ad in the classifieds section when you can simply use Facebook? Of course, you may end up having to face 11 to 22 years in prison, but that's worth the risk, right? That's what happened to 19-year-old Corey C. Adams of Pennsylvania. Last June, Adams' 20-year-old victim said after she left a party, he jumped into her car and raped her. She went to police. He went to Facebook. Specifically, his status update read: 'I got 500 on a girls head who wants that bread? Hit me up anyway possible.'"

Comments

What a shitbag...

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

I wonder how much amusement his fellow inmates will have with the phrase "hit me up anyway possible"?

Re:What a shitbag...

[bluefoxlucid]

This is why I am a proponent of everybody studying martial arts. He raped her 'cause he's bigger and stronger. If you are going to go after someone who knows Judo or, god forbid, Silat, you're going to get hurt. You might WIN (if they don't study Pentjak Silat-- sorry but those people kill first, ask questions later), and rape them, but you are going to get hurt. If you intend to take this out too far, expect to have a lot of angry friends show up at your house to talk about the cast (or body); and that falls under "premeditated" when the cops show up.

One way or another, these people will get off the street.

Also important, a lot of emotional damage from rape comes from the girl feeling hopeless and defenseless. If she kicks the shit out of you and still gets raped, the only thing she is going to feel is "When is round two you motherfucker?!" We like to arrest people for assault; but the truth is people inherently know that other people shouldn't have to suffer because you're a dick, and so they punch you in the face. When they don't feel so defenseless, they're less inclined to blame themselves for shit other people do to them.

Re:What a shitbag...

[PrescriptionWarning]

but then if _everybody_ knew martial arts, including the attacker, the benefit to the victim is completely lost

Re:What a shitbag...

[tverbeek]

Next you'll be arguing that giving everybody firearms wouldn't solve everything, which is just... well, OK, it's true.

Re:What a shitbag...

[Anonymous Coward]

Because only people with good intentions learn martial arts.

Re:What a shitbag...

[niado]

This post (though raising some interesting points) highlights some common misconceptions about martial arts. Martial arts (and fighting in general) are not magical. Just because you have "studied" some martial arts - fighting styles, techniques, conditioning, whatever - does not mean you will be equipped to defend yourself in a real-life scenario. Martial arts training is especially weak in situations where the victim has an extreme disadvantage, and when life is on the line. Most martial arts (including Judo, mentioned above) are primarily only valid in sport situations, where ground rules are laid out and the combatants know (at least roughly) what the other person is capable of doing/allowed to do.

If a 120 pound woman who has trained in some kind of standard martial arts (let's say jiu-jitsu and kickboxing) consistently for 10 years (a LONG TIME) is attacked by a 220 pound potential rapist who has no martial arts training outside of the occasional bar fight, my money is going on the rapist. Maybe she punches or kicks him in the face and leaves a bruise or knocks a few teeth out...and maybe he retaliates by beating her senseless with a few clumsy blows that she doesn't have the physical strength to block. Maybe she is able to break his arm, and maybe he retaliates by lifting her bodily and putting her head through a windshield. Maybe he catches her unawares and injures her so badly she is unable to put up any kind of effective defense. Maybe she is able to fight him off without being raped/killed/hospitalized, but I do not like her chances. Rapists are not known for fighting fair.

This is not to say that martial arts training is not good or useful. Martial arts training can be used to build confidence, make people aware of potential violence, help people remain calm in violent situations, and sometimes give people the tools that they do need to actually defend themselves - but it is definitely not some magical rape-prevention tactic.

Re:What a shitbag...

[bluefoxlucid]

Prohibitively time consuming like learning to bounce a ball off a wall, playing "baseball" or "soccer" with minimal rules, and otherwise just taking "Physical Education" classes that don't actually teach a sportsman game or anything but instead just keep the kids busy for a while as a form of recreation? Oh, wait, that's school.

In my school, we spent an entire year where "phys ed" == "wrestling." I keep forgetting I have those moves in reserve if I need them; it just so happens that if I need to restrain someone I'll lock their arm behind their back or throw them in a headlock or whatever if it becomes obvious and convenient, a reflex I learned in high school. There is no slapping each other around like angry retards. As soon as you pass me, your arm's in reach, you don't have 5 other friends helping kick my ass, and I need you stopped, my hands go right where they belong and your arm is now in a position that's very painful for you if you don't cooperate. That's how a martial art works. (headlocks are kind of fancy; arm locks are an opportunity every three seconds).

In Japan, Judo is compulsory public school education. Wrestling was here; I'm not the greatest wrestler, but if you don't guard your nuts you're getting kneed in the groin. Fights are about stamina, in many ways; and as we know from Go, when you are on the winning end you can go easy, but when you are behind you must take bigger risks and make more aggressive plays. Do you really want to fight a Judoka or Wrestler who you can beat, but is now very desperate and does have fighting capability?

What's "time consuming" first off can be somewhat merged into general education, or your fitness program (wait, what? Your whole life is sitting on your ass? Fail.); and second off can save your life.

Re:What a shitbag...

[Zironic]

The problem would be that you don't know /how/ he would freak out, for all you know he might respond by beating you to death.

Why the fuck is this on Slashdot?

[BitHive]

Because a rapist used Facebook, it's news for computer geeks? I'm actually kind of offended.

Seriously?

[Sedated2000]

Are people taking his post seriously because he is accused of raping the girl first? For this to have been legit he'd first need to have hitmen as friends on Facebook, and second he'd have to have pursued it. There are millions of people who say stupid things on Facebook that aren't taken in the same context. I have seen many more explicit posts on Facebook and not one was taken seriously by anyone.

Re:Or a guy just got owned

[dkleinsc]

Or alternately, it's exactly what she said happened. Her story is perfectly plausible, and her behavior afterwords totally consistent with being raped, and then freaking out because it appeared as though her rapist just threatened her life.

Although women are (rightly) encouraged to seek medical aid after being raped and get a rape kit, it's not at all uncommon for a woman who's just been raped to want to go home, take a shower, and do her best to forget the trauma of what just happened. And she might have gotten over it and not pressed charges, except that this moron then posted something up making it appear that he wanted her dead, at which point she very correctly went to the police.

She should have gone to an ER to get a rape kit right away. She should have gone to the police the next morning rather than 2 days later. But there's nothing in her story that remotely suggests she's lying. And frankly, that you would immediately assume that she's making this up in order to ruin this guy's life is offensive to anyone who has or is a friend or relative of anyone who has been raped.

Re:A hooker

[Anonymous Psychopath]

Would have probably been cheaper than a $500 hitman and would have had fewer legal entanglements than sexual assault.

Rape isn't about sex.