Approximately 1 in 12 teens has forwarded sexual content to others without the consent of the sexual partners involved, the study added. The recording and transfer of sexual content between teens have become more common as more teens own smartphones, the journal Pediatrics reported in May 2019.Īt least 1 in 4 teens has received sexually explicit texts or emails, according to an April 2018 study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. In this photo illustration, the silhouette of a male and female kiss in an empty and dimly lit school hallway. Newsweek contacted the Baltimore County Police Department for comment.Ī social media video clip reportedly showing two students having sex in a Maryland high school classroom is under investigation by school and legal officials. The school has reportedly declined to comment on the case beyond acknowledging the existence of the principal's letter. The principal's letter did state, however, that students could be subject to possible disciplinary action if their behavior was found to be "inappropriate for the school environment." It's also unclear if the alleged sex act or the reposting of the video constituted crimes.
A student is believed to have recorded the incident, the aforementioned news outlet noted. Jernigan's letter didn't specify how many students were involved, their ages or the date of the incident. "An investigation is underway with school administration, our safety manager and the Baltimore County Police Department," the letter continued. "I was recently made aware of a social media post of a video involving Woodlawn High School students engaged in highly inappropriate behavior while in class," the letter said, according to WJZ-TV. The letter has only recently been reported by local media. Upon learning of the video, Principal Jamel Jernigan alerted parents in an October 8 letter. The incident occurred in a classroom within Woodlawn High School, a school in the Baltimore County town of Gwynn Oak. “Brazil is in reality an extremely violent country for the black population.A social media video clip reportedly showing two students having sex in a Maryland high school classroom is under investigation by school officials and legal authorities. We need to debate colonialism in Brazil,” she said. “Brazil is still a country with slavery mentality, a colonial country. In 2017, 75% of Brazil’s 65,000 homicide victims were black or mixed race. That guards filmed the torture showed how sure they were they would not get caught, Adami said: “All this is connected to the slavery past in Brazil where blacks were whipped night and day.”ĭjamila Ribeiro, a black writer, philosopher and television presenter, said the video showed how institutionally racist Brazil was. But it was filmed,” said Humberto Adami, a black lawyer from Rio de Janeiro and president of the Brazilian bar association’s Black Slavery Truth Commission. It was “like the gates of hell had been opened and the demons of Hades come to parade in public. “We will give all the support needed.”īlack Brazilians said the scene in the video demonstrated how deeply rooted racism is in Brazil, where more than half of the population identify as black or mixed race. “We were shocked by the gratuitous and meaningless torture on a teenage victim,” it said.
In a statement, Ricoy said the two security guards from a subcontracted company were no longer working at the supermarket. “They said if I spoke to anyone, they would kill me,” he said, adding it was the third time he had been assaulted by the same two security guards after stealing from the supermarket.
The youth, who has not been named, told TV Globo the guards threatened him. “They tied him up and whipped him until he promised to not do it again,” de Souza said, adding that the crime of torture carries a prison sentence of up to eight years. The youth said he was stopped after leaving the supermarket by guards who found he had stolen chocolate. He began an inquiry, interviewed the victim and identified the two security guards. Scenes of thieves – often young black men and teenagers – being tied up, tortured and even murdered are common in Brazil.Įven so, de Souza said he was “extremely shocked” when a journalist sent him the video on Monday afternoon.