Submitted by thenewyorktimes t3_118dfxq in nyc
NetQuarterLatte t1_j9gjzan wrote
>Jon, a 15-year-old boy from Queens who asked to be identified by only his first name out of concern for potential legal repercussions, said he got caught surfing on the back of the No. 5 train by the police in early 2022, but got off with a warning.
The warning should ideally be like those anti-smoking warnings and show them some graphic image of what has happened to other teens in the past.
pseudochef93 t1_j9gunya wrote
Show them the kid that lost his arm at Jackson Heights doing this dumb shit. Tell them what their life prospects are missing a limb.
Edit: this section made me shake my head
> Rey was surfing almost every day back then, he said. After his friend fell and he heard of Ka’Von’s death, Rey now surfs only once every couple weeks. In early January, Rey and the friend he saved from falling attended a memorial for Ka’Von, where they laid flowers and lit candles outside the Manhattan station where he had died. Later that day, Rey’s friend went surfing on the J train. He hit his head on the roof of the tunnel and had to be pulled off the train, not far from the spot where Ka’Von’s memorial had been held, Rey said. He was swarmed by police officers and paramedics who worked to stop the bleeding from his head. This time, the boy survived.
You dense little edgelords, how do you not see the problem? Mama ought to show some tough love so she doesn’t have to have a funeral for her son.
monica702f t1_j9jft5f wrote
Maybe if Rey had seen what Ka'Von looked like after he fell to his death? The train shoved him face first into the third rail while severing his right arm. The latest kids photos I refused to see when I heard he was disemboweled.
TheNormalAlternative t1_j9glutb wrote
Once upon a time, warning a kid about the dangers of their actions might mean bringing the kid to the morgue to see dead bodies or to jail to see inmates from a safe distance. You can't do things like that anymore.
ngroot t1_j9icns4 wrote
That's because we figured out that it didn't work. Go look at the effectiveness of Scared Straight.
ThreepointerFTW t1_j9hjif9 wrote
If you did that, you get blame for scarring them to life.
TheNormalAlternative t1_j9hwa8t wrote
Which is kinda the whole point. Scar em for life so they don't do stupid things to lose their life
cmmgreene t1_j9jcg81 wrote
As others have mentioned that doesn't work, check out the news archives and kids were subway surfing in NYC one locomotives ran on El Tracks. They didn't scare those kids either, pretty hard to scare a kid that seen more death and poverty at 10. What we're witnessing is society repeating itself and not learning any lessons. Kids left to their own devices do dumb shit, somebody didn't think a swath of kids was worth it, now that their acting out is getting attention, so now let's do something about it. But no really wants to make the major shift to society that would lead to lasting change.
Coconuts_Migrate t1_j9npi1b wrote
But what is that necessary change in society, specifically?
ELONGATEDSNAIL t1_j9gvfxd wrote
Not a bad idea. I believe they do this to people who get caught drunk driving.
BoredGuy2007 t1_j9iblnp wrote
Roads would be a lot safer if we aired out 60 seconds of what EMS sees rolling up to motor vehicle accident
“I thought they were wearing a bracelet but it was their spine wrapped around their neck”
RichardSaunders t1_j9ivc1d wrote
streets would be even safer without any personal cars
IIAOPSW t1_j9iq33i wrote
The warning should be showing them the reddit thread on the news article where everyone sneers at the incredibly stupid dead kid.
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