This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.What the Crimeni family is going through is the darkest of parental places. Fourteen-year-old Carson died earlier this month, the victim of an apparent overdose of ecstasy, which prompted him to act out in intoxication in bizarre ways at a suburban Langley skate park.
We know this because other teens at the park that night filmed it, laughing, catcalling and turning the video of the sweating, swaying boy into memes. Ambulance attendants arrived long after the videos were shot, called by another teen who found Carson breathing raggedly. They could not save the boy.reports this week, the tragic story has raised, once again, disturbing questions about the effects of bullying and the startling capacity for some people so young to behave with such savagery.
But placing an emphasis on the ill effects of social media doesn’t offer much comfort: As heart-breaking as Carson’s story is, British Columbians have heard similar before. Twenty-two years ago, long before meme meant anything other than the Oxford English dictionary definition, Canadians were shaken by the story of Reena Virk.
Reena was beaten and later drowned after a night-time gathering of teens in the Victoria area in November, 1997. Reena, like Carson, was 14, desperate to fit in and viciously bullied by people she thought were her friends. Charges were laid in that case. Two were convicted of second-degree murder and sent to prison. Awareness of bullying became a rallying point.to speculate whether charges will be laid in Carson’s death. RCMP say they are investigating and have pleaded for calm.This is the weekly Western Canada newsletter written by B.C. Editor
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