Massachusetts teen indicted for attempting to drown Black boy whom he called 'George Floyd': report
A Massachusetts teenager has been charged with attempted murder for "trying to drown" a Black youth whom he and another "white boy laughed and called him 'George Floyd' because he couldn't breathe," The New York Post's Isabel Keane reports.
"John Sheeran, 14, appeared in a Boston-area court Monday after being indicted by a grand jury on charges of attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon over the alleged July 19 attack, NBC Boston reported," writes Keane. "The 15-year-old alleged victim said Sheeran and another boy — who has not been identified or charged — threw rocks at him as soon as he arrived to meet them that day at Goose Neck Pond in Chatham."
Keane continues, "When he was forced to get into the water, he wore a lifejacket because he could not swim, according to a police report also obtained by The Boston Globe. Sheeran then swam out to him — and yanked him under the water four or five times while calling him the n-word, according to the affidavit."
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Keane adds that "the other boy then 'started laughing and called me George Floyd, obviously making fun of me and showing NO remorse,' the accuser wrote in his police report."
Because of his age, Keane notes, Sheeran "has been charged as a youthful offender, meaning his court proceedings are open to the public and he can be sentenced as an adult if convicted, the reports said. He left his bail hearing with his father and a new GPS monitoring device. He did not make any comments during the hearing."
Sheeran's lawyer, Kevin Reddington, called the allegations "over the top" and claimed that "they were in the water horseplaying and it got out of control, clearly."
Keane also reveals that on the "same day, Sheeran punched an Asian boy in the face after that boy called him fat, Cape and Islands District Attorney Eileen Moriarty told the judge, according to CBS."
View Keane's scoop at this link.
