Barbarians Torch Teen

I was aghast moments ago when I heard the story of a blond Jack Armstrong-type All-American boy being doused with alcohol and set alight by a gang  of at least five, led by an Hispanic and having at least two black members, gleefully and unrepentantly,  avenging the victim's report to the police of a stolen bicycle by an act of attempted murder.  The victim was critically burned over more than sixty percent of his body. This heinous cruelty could have come straight out of South African "necklacing" but occurred in Florida. The perpetrators must be tried as adults and the full weight of justice must be brought to bear upon them. If not, similar acts that repel, that shock our very humanity, are sure to follow.