A Hard Life in Atlanta: Damon Clay, 17, is in a Medically-Induced Coma in Critical Condition, with Burns Over 70% of His Body (Doused with a Pot of Boiling Rice While He Slept); His “Friends,” Quintavious Barber, 19, and Malik Morton, 18, Arrested for Aggravated Assault and Cruelty to a Child, Among Other Charges

 

Damon Clay, in Grady Memorial Hospital on Friday 

Re-posted by Nicholas Stix

I thank A Texas Reader, who writes,

Was it white rice?

Or Mahatma brown rice?

This story reminds me of my own neighborhood, growing up, where your “friends” might try and kill you, or try to get you killed.

One of the vic’s black neighbors said, “They were friends—supposedly.”

The charge should be attempted murder, but in the spirit of the times, is aggravated assault.
 

 

Teen scalded with boiling rice; 70 percent of body burned

By The Associated Press

April 24, 2015 5:47 a.m.

AP/WTOP

ATLANTA (AP) — A teenager is hospitalized with burns covering 70 percent of his body after two other teens attacked him with a pot of boiling rice while he was sleeping.

WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/1JAp6dz) reports the 17-year-old victim is in a medically-induced coma in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta after Monday’s attack.

Officers have arrested 19-year-old Quintavious Barber and 18-year-old Malik Morton for aggravated assault and cruelty to a child, among other charges.

Relatives of the scalded victim say the two men accused him of stealing a PlayStation 3. Neighbors say the three teens were friends.

It’s unclear if Barber or Morton has a lawyer.

Information from: WSB-TV, http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html