This story is incredibly sad.

A "smaller friend" was being tormented by a group of 15 bullies down the street from a Vegas high school — literally having been placed in a trash can — when Jonathan Lewis, a now deceased 17-year-old, came to the rescue and started throwing punches in defense of his little buddy. Unfortunately, and this is hard to put on paper, Lewis was beaten so severely by that same mob of 15 kids that he ended up succumbing to his injuries and sadly passed away less than two weeks later.

This is a serious matter and I honestly hope there is a judge somewhere who will make an example out of these bullies. I know if it was my kid doing the bullying in this situation I'd want full consequences — no questions asked. You get what you deserve, and when you kill someone the punishment should fit the crime.

Here's a very lite version of the tape, as I don't want to even search the internet for much more than this:

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That kid in the middle of that mob is Jonathan Lewis, who ended up dying as a result of this wicked beating.

Jonathan Lewis, a 17-year-old student at Rancho High School, died last Tuesday — less than two weeks after he was savagely beaten by a mob of 15 kids, his father, also named Jonathan Lewis, confirmed to 8 News Now on Thursday.

"One of his smaller friends had something stolen by this group of 15, and they threw the small boy in the trash can, and our son confronted them and he was attacked," according to a GoFundMe page set up by his family …

Following the attack, police officers found Jonathan bleeding from the head.

Paramedics rushed to his aid, performing chest compressions on Lewis before transporting him to the hospital …

The teen was put on life support at University Medical Center, where he died last Tuesday.

I don't even want to get into the race factor here, as we all know how this would be depicted in the media had the roles been reversed. It's not about race, really. It's about kids not having a purpose. They don't have jobs, after school activities, or even a simple hobby. So they turn to bullying because they're bored.

As for the punishment:

The father also shared that the family was told by investigators they plan to charge several students with murder in Jonathan's death.

The Las Vegas Metro Police Department's homicide unit is investigating the incident, but so far no arrests have been made, the outlet reported.

Honestly, make an example out of these kids. There's no excuse for this. They killed a kid.

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