Arrest made in viral video that showed a 75 year old man being brutally beaten in a nursing home.

A screen capture of the attack. Twitter. 

An arrest has been made after a video showing a 75 year old man being brutally beaten in a nursing home went viral. Fox News. The video shows a 20 year old man, who was also a patient at the same facility in Michigan, punching the man dozens of times. Detroit police say the attack happened on the 15th of May. The 20 year old has not been identified but was arrested and the 75 year old was brought to the hospital and treated for non-critical injuries. The video caused massive outrage on social media and many people tried to contact police in Michigan to ensure the case was looked into. Even President Trump weighed in on the brutal attack. 

Is this even possible to believe? Can this be for real? Where is this nursing home, how is the victim doing?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020

 My Comment:
I'm going to post the video below but I have to say that it is very violent and has bad language and you probably shouldn't watch it if you are sensitive to such things.

This is a nursing home. Please someone explain why this is happening and unreported. pic.twitter.com/Dzs8QYykIv

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) May 21, 2020

I think this is one of the few times where the internet mob actually did some good. Had this video not gone viral the attacker in this case would be out there free and possibly doing this to other people. Instead of ruining a random persons life, in this case it seems like the mob could have saved someone.

The actions in the video are disgusting to say the least. The 75 year old is in no condition to defend himself and is no match for the much younger and stronger 20 year old. And it seems to have been done for no reason. The audio isn't clear but it sounds like the incident happened because the 20 year old was upset about a bed of all things. I am glad that this guy is off the streets.

I also wonder if there is a racial angle to this. After all the victim was white and the attacker was black and we just had a huge racial news story in the Ahmaud Arabery case. However, we probably shouldn't assume motivation here as I didn't hear anything that indicated that racism was a motive. Indeed, my guess is that this guy was just a psychopath that wanted to beat someone up who was weaker than him.

I do think that this incident, and the horrible decision that many governors made to house Coronavirus patients in nursing homes, just shows how poorly we treat older people in this country. Though many nursing homes have dedicated staff and help their patients, we need to do more to protect some of our most vulnerable citizens.

Yesterday I said I was thankful for stupid terrorists and today I am going to say that I am thankful for stupid criminals. This case never would have been solved and the 75 year old would have never gotten justice if the 20 year old hadn't been a total moron who recorded himself and presumably shared it to social media or sent it to someone who did. Beating someone senseless who has no ability to defend himself is already a terrible idea. But filming yourself doing so? Absolute stupidity and I am glad that this guy took himself off the streets so effectively.