Society Reaches A New Low Point

Thanks to this piece of work below, our collective society has taken another backwards step or two. Yesterday I wrote that I couldn't imagine what drives some people to commit heinous crimes like the one that occurred in New Jersey the other day other than simple madness.

Or that New York crime I among countless others blogged about a while back when a lowlife attacked a 101 year old elderly woman for a few dollars, remember that one? Or the attack on this elderly Military Vet in Detroit?

This epidemic it appears is flourishing in America, the very troubling trend of displaying absolutely no respect whatsoever for the aged and elders here in this country, and this is outside of the nursing homes where we know they are shamelessly and routinely abused as well, which is also sadly under addressed ....

Now we have another one of these physical attacks taken a step lower,

Police: Man Attacks Grannies With Hammer

My Way News - "WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - A 41-year-old man stormed a beauty salon and bludgeoned four grandmothers with a hammer, fracturing one's skull, before making off with less than $90, police said. Thomas Leyshon III, of Mountain Top, was arrested after a daylong manhunt Friday.

The women, aged 56 to 76, did not resist but were beaten anyway, witnesses said. At least one required surgery. 'It takes a coward to go after some old women,' said Andy Chopka, grandson of victim Jeanna Chopka. Authorities allege Leyshon attacked a co-owner of Hairem Family Hair and Nail Care while demanding money from the register and the women's purses.

'This is a completely senseless act of brutality against women who were doing nothing more than spending a day at the beauty parlor,' prosecutor David Lupas said. 'These are ... the most vulnerable of victims.' Leyshon was being held Saturday on $100,000 bail. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer. The victims were treated at hospitals for head and facial injuries. "

At least this lowlife was caught nearly right away and will likely at the minimum receive some jailhouse justice once the guards let their roomies know what he's there for hopefully.

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