Jury Selection Begins For Guards Accused In Teen's Death

[Anonymous]

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/14190491/detail.html

PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Jury selection is under way in the manslaughter trial of seven Bay County, Florida, juvenile boot camp guards and a nurse charged with the boy's death.

Potential jurors were greeted this morning by chanting protesters carrying photographs of the slain teenager outside a government center in Panama City.

More than 1,400 Bay County residents are being summoned to appear for jury selection over the next few days. That is one of every 90 adults in the Florida Panhandle county.

Martin Anderson walked onto the exercise yard of the Panama City military-style boot camp for troubled teens nearly two years ago. Within hours, a grainy camp surveillance tape showed him being struck repeatedly by guards and collapsing as a nurse watched. The 14-year-old was carried off on a stretcher and died the next day.

[Che Gookin]

This no doubt will be an interesting case to follow.

[Anonymous]

Potential jurors were greeted this morning by chanting protesters carrying photographs of the slain teenager outside a government center in Panama City.

The pressure the black community kept up, I think, is the only reason anything as done about this incident. The videotape turned it into a national issue, CNN, FOX and all that. I'm glad at least in this case this boy's death will not be in vain and I hope these people are brought to justice. I am curious if they feel bad for murdering that poor kid or if they still think they were doing the right thing. If I was the judge I would want to know the answer to that.