Girl beats 42-YO woman nearly to death in 'game'

Story here. But she wasn't alone. I wondered about posting this since it strikes me as being more about how we are producing "feral youth" now instead of children on their way to becoming adults, some of whom occasionally did something wrong that landed them in trouble. The perp in this case could have just as easily been male. Far cry from the days when the "bad kids" were just smoking cigarettes and writing beatnik poetry. Excerpt:

'Two residents of Southwest Philadelphia were injured - one of them seriously - in separate, recent attacks by youth engaging in a violent game they have dubbed "Catch and Wreck," police said tonight.

Lt. John Walker of Southwest Detectives said tonight a 12-year-old girl has been charged with aggravated assault and related offenses in connection with an attack on a 42-year-old woman Friday night, and additional arrests are expected.

In the game, a group of children between the ages of nine and 15 congregating at the Finnegan Playground at 69th Street and Grovers Avenue beat, strike and stomp adults they believe may be homeless, Walker said. He said neither victim in the two attacks was homeless.'