After four teen bullies were captured on camera brutally assaulting a 21-year-old lady with an intellectual impairment in a tiny Hawaiian village, the locals became enraged and pursued the young criminals until they were taken into custody.
At a bus stop in Wahiawa, which is roughly 20 miles north of Honolulu, the victim, who has only been known as Carly, is surrounded and taunted by two of the bullies at the beginning of the terrible film.
Then, 18-year-old Jasmine Keola, one of the bullies, demands that Carly remove her backpack before violently tossing it on the ground. Keola slaps her spectacles off her face fiercely after that.
The brutal slapping goes on while Carly screams and drops to the ground.
“This is why I don’t want to take the bus anymore, because I don’t want to mess with you,” Carly said despairingly, the footage shows before Carly manages to get 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 attempts to walk away.
When Carly crosses the street, the girls are still teasing and laughing at her.
When Carly is on the ground once more, the attack intensifies. She is powerless to defend herself as the girls hit and kick her in the head.
“Now what are you going to do? F–king dumb c–t,” one of the girls is heard screaming.
“She’s knocked out,” another said, sounding proud.
The neighborhood is incensed by the violent attack.
“This was absolutely cruel. It was more than bullying … it was a senseless, cruel assault and simply pure evil. The girls involved in this should be absolutely ashamed of themselves,” said Honolulu resident Michael Kitchens, who runs Stolen Stuff Hawaii, an anti-crime group.
“It was one of the worst actions you can take against someone who is unwilling, defenseless, and unfortunately, one who suffers with disabilities. I do not have sympathy for them.”
Some locals used social media to webcast their hunt for the attackers. When footage of community members scaling buildings to confront the bullies appeared on Instagram Live, 11,000 people were watching the drama play out.
“It’s not right. We’re not bullies ourselves. You shouldn’t bully nobody else, especially someone that can’t stand up for themselves,” Leilehua High School senior Journey Emond told Hawaii News.
Police in Honolulu detained three girls, ages fourteen, sixteen, and eighteen. Also taken into custody was a 13-year-old kid. However, the case against the suspects was dropped, and they were all freed from custody.
After court, Keola expressed regret.
