Wrong or Right Father?

A father’s attempt to teach his son a lesson for taking his truck without permission ended in tragedy Monday after a local police officer shot the teenager dead.

James Comstock told the Des Moines Register he called the police on his son Tyler after the latter took the former’s truck in retaliation for refusing to buy him cigarettes.

Ames Police Officer Adam McPherson reportedly spotted the lawn care company vehicle and pursued it onto the Iowa State University campus, where a brief standoff ensued after Tyler allegedly refused orders to turn off the engine.

McPherson eventually fired six shots into the truck, two of which struck Tyler who was later pronounced dead.

The official report claims the action was necessary in order “to stop the ongoing threat to the public and the officers.”

Tyler’s dad says he was unarmed at the time.

“So he didn’t shut the damn truck off, so let’s fire six rounds at him?” exclaimed Gary Shepley, Tyler’s step-grandfather. “We’re confused, and we don’t understand.”

James said his son had his fair share of minor troubles with the law, and was distraught over a recent breakup with his girlfriend, but was in the process of turning his life around, and was working on obtaining his GED at Des Moines Area Community College.

“He was a smart kid. He made his own computers. He was interested in IT,” James told the Register.

The family’s demands for answers got even louder following the revelation that a member of the Ames police department suggested twice that officers call off the chase.

“He took off with my truck. I call the police, and they kill him,” James said. “”It was over a damn pack of cigarettes.”

McPherson is currently on paid leave pending the results of his department’s investigation.

-I believe this is a tragic event in which the father of a young man was trying to teach his son a lesson.It makes me believe that even the smallest things people argue about can actually bring life changing consequences. This young man was looking forward in fixing up his education and  was going through a rough time in which he Had a break up with someone. At the same time i do not think its very right to call the police on your own child just because they wanted to buy some cigarettes.However, bringing a threat to people around him can give a reason to call the authorities.

A new form of bullying?

There has currently been a great use of a website called Ask.fm. Ask.fm allows people to create a profile with their picture and information about themselves. Any person or a current user can access the profiles of other users and can choose to ask a them any question anonymously or to identify their user information along with the question they ask.Many believe it's a great way to compliment people or to simply ask positive questions. Sounds fun right? Well, there has been many problems dealing with his website. Although Ask.fm has a positive purpose, many teenagers are using the website as a way to insult and harass their peers. There are several users of Ask.fm  that are being bullied by anonymous people and such actions can create negative thoughts to young people.As users can anonymously say whatever they want to others, these type of sites have led to cyberbullying and even suicides.

Therefore, there are many parents taking action concerning this website. Parents fear that their child may be using this site and may even be either a victim or a bully using Ask.fm.According to Joan Early, Teens flock to Ask.fm but is the social media site dangerous?, suicides of nine teenagers have been linked to Ask.fm this year alone. Jessica Laney hung herself after she was bullied relentlessly through her Ask.fm account, according to her family.  Anonymous users called Jessica "fat" and "a slut." One post read, "Can you kill yourself already?" The harassment proved to be too much for the Florida teen to take. I believe this website should be taken down as it can cause conflicts upon teenagers. Many people encourage us to stop bullying right? So there should be action taken against Ask.fm.