There comes a time when a man has to step up and be a Man!
I don’t blame John White for protecting his family against a group of drunken teenage boys who wanted to do harm to his son.
What is a father supposed to do?
However, I do fault the parents of the boys who showed up at the White’s home, at night, acting like a mob wanting to inflict mob justice over an internet rumor.
What kind of parenting did these hoodlums receive in their home that taught them that violence is the solution to any problem?
That night wasn’t the first time those teens acted out and they ended up terrorizing the wrong house.
If we took better care of our children and taught them moral values and respect for others, John White would be a free man and Daniel Ciciaro would still be alive today.
But, it’s always easier to point fingers at others for our mistakes than to look in the mirror and accept blame.
The victim's mother, Joanne Cicciaro said the passage of four years had not blunted her anger towards White.
"I thank God that the appellate courts understood and knew the truth," Cicciaro said. "My son was a good boy; he was sticking up for his friend."
Before entering court, White said he wanted to thank all the people who "supported me in my effort for justice."
White claimed he shot Cicciaro Jr. accidentally after the teen and four buddies descended on his home and wrongly accused his son of threatening online to rape a friend of theirs.
White, a construction foreman, shot Cicciaro Jr. in August 2006 after he and four friends descended on White's suburban Miller Place home to confront his teenage son, Aaron.
The group, which defense attorneys labeled a slur-spewing "lynch mob," wrongly believed that he had threatened to rape their friend during an online chat session.
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Cicciaro Jr. and four friends approached White's home to confront his teenage son, Aaron, believing he had threatened a friend with rape in an online chat room. The girl later recanted the claim.
