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2 Charged In Brutal Attack On Wall, N.J. Homeless Man After Video Posted On YouTube

Police: Suspects Did This For Nothing More Than Their Own Savage Amusement

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An image of the victim taken from YouTube video of a Wall homeless man who was allegedly beaten up by Taylor Giresi and a 17-year-old accomplice.. (credit: YouTube/APP)

An image of the victim taken from YouTube video of a Wall homeless man who was allegedly beaten up by Taylor Giresi and a 17-year-old accomplice.. (credit: YouTube/APP)

WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Police say two young men have been charged in connection with an assault of a homeless man after videos of the attacks were posted on YouTube.

The videos, which have since been taken down, show a young man walking into a wooded area in Wall Township.

The homeless victim is 50-year-old David Ivins, who was attacked, police said, by two young people, one armed with a camera.

“What we’re gonna do is attack this bum,” one of the alleged attackers is heard saying on the video.

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Wall Township Police arrested 20-year-old Taylor Giresi of Belmar, and a 17-year-old from Lake Como, who allegedly recorded the blood sport, reports CBS 2′s John Slattery.

The victim is also seen on tape being tackled, punched, pushed, kicked, kneed and mocked by his assailants.

EXTRA: Watch The Video Here (WARNING – Graphic Language And Content) 

“Just dive on him! Dive on him!” the cameraman says.

The two then say they are going to steal the homeless man’s bike.

“No, I need my bike!” the victim says back.

Smiling at the camera, the young man is seen running off with the bike as the cameraman says “Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah or whatever the (expletive) you are.”

A second video posted on YouTube, which has also been removed, seems to show a different attack in which the same man is seen punching, kicking and knocking the same homeless man to the ground.

The video shows the homeless man as he slowly gets up with a bloody nose, struggling to regain balance.

“Oh, my God, you’re bleeding!” says the cameraman. “We didn’t mean to do that. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Wipe off the blood.”

The video then shows the young man go to hug the homeless man but then knees him in the stomach.

That’s when the victim screams and the two decide to leave.

“Alright, he’s screaming, he’s drawing attention. We’re out,” one of them says.

But not before the young man is seen running up and kicking the victim in the head.

“You gave him the big boot!” the cameraman says. “The big boot!”

In a statement on its website, Wall Township Police said they became aware of the video on Sunday and said an investigation determined that the victim is a Wall resident “who often finds himself homeless.”

“The video showed that the subjects involved took advantage of the victim’s unfortunate circumstance and targeted him on two separate occasions due to his financially destitute situation,” said police in the statement.

“It was overactive, aggressive, for no reason other than for their amusement,” Det. William Bono later told CBS 2′s Slattery.

Both suspects face aggravated assault, conspiracy, robbery and theft charges. The one charged as an adult is being held on $111,000 bail. The 17-year-old is being held as a juvenile.

Giresi’s mother said the boy’s father died just a week ago.

“It’s wrong what he did. I can’t believe my son would do something like that,” Joanne Jost said.

Slattery spoke to another homeless man who knows the victim.

“All he’s got is a bike, the clothes on his back and a book bag with a little radio on it. And that’s all he has,” Jack Uhden said.

As if the victim didn’t have enough to worry about, being homeless and destitute, he’s suddenly become a punching bag.

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  • Olga

    Hope They Stay In Jail For A Really Long Time Kids Now A Day Dont Think How They Might Be Good Today But Tomorrow Might Not They Could Be Homeless Just Like Them No One Knows Whats To Be Homeless Unless You Live It.Poor Man Sleeping In The Woods Not Eating Well Ect For Some Pretty Rich Boys To Go And Bother Them Worst Abuse Them Hope They Do The Same Thing They Did To The Poor Homeless Guy To Them In Jail. Just Because They Got There Mommy & Daddy To Give Them Everything Doesnt Mean You Get To Disrespect People Thats Not Messing With You. Morons Should Stay in JAIL For 10 Yearssss! Oo & By The Way Just Because One Of The Boys Kids Died That Doesnt Mean He Could Go Beat Up Anybody In There Way They Should Try Beating Up Someone Like Them See How It Goes.

  • rappin in the ghetto

    forth comment down had it right. These kids are sociopaths.

  • Angela Depelsmaeker

    So sad, Hope the homeless man gets home,food and everything great from here on!

  • Hmmm

    Now if the homeless man had pulled out a .44 Magnum, I wonder if the situation would have been any different? Hmmm.

  • Eddie B

    I would hold the parents accountable.

    • I, the Jury

      F that. These sociopaths are 17 & 20 – charge them with attempted murder as adults.

  • Tom Rivers

    This sort of thing is what CITIES are for. Suburbs are supposed to be peaceful and quiet and quaint. Crime belongs in cities. New York City owes us big time.

    • Phil

      I made a account just to let you know that your comment is false and ignorant , Many suburbs have high crime rates and homeless people , just because these kids live in a suburb dosent mean that they can hurt other people cause they arent as well off as they are , and bringing NYC into this makes no sense , what about Newark and other cities in Jersey. I dont see how NYC owes you anything .

      • Tom Rivers

        Suburbs are supposed to have ZERO crime rates and ZERO homeless, because REAL Americans live in them. And yes, Newark should count as a suburb because it’s outside of NYC.

        • Naryaquid

          “Suburbs are supposed to have ZERO crime rates….” because REAL Americans live in them”?….

          Who are “real” Americans, Tom?.

          What a blatantly ignorant individual you are.

          • Tom Rivers

            REAL Americans are suburbanites.

            • naryaquid

              Could you explain WHY, in your view, only suburbanites qualify as “real” Americans?.

      • Craftyb

        I also guarantee for the MOST part if these kids committed this act in the city someone would see and someone would have either called the cops or stepped in. Little punks need to catch a beat down.

    • Craftyb

      Having lived in both NYC and Edgewater, NJ I have to tell you I feel MUCH safer raising my kids in the city. I live in Astoria Queens my daughter is an honor role student with access to many after school activities. The kids here focus on getting into the specialized high schools so they really do work hard to keep grades up. I also grew up partially in Napa California and partially in Brooklyn. I hate to tell you this, but most of the kids I knew in Napa were doing hard drugs and involved in gangs by high school because they had money, time and it was accessabe. Living in NYC it was much more densly populated and while you have your average day to day crap that goes on with kids, I didnt know ONE kid doing the crapload of drugs those kids in the suburbs were doing because we saw crackhead homeless people every day and knew that was the result. So, yeay, go enjoy the burbs and sheltering your family, dude!

  • xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    I bet these two get a reality TV show after all they did do this at the NJ Shore

  • jonathan

    if this was two mexicans or any other hispanics the police wouldnt think twice to put them in jsil for years!!!!

    • Jason D

      sounds like you have experience in committing crimes.

      • jonathan

        your funny but isnt it tru???

  • anti-discrimination_and racism

    wow what the hell is this two stupid kids doing they need to learn a lesson in jail this guy is gonna pay for it i hope they get hurt bad worst than they hurt this poor guy they are lucky they dont live were i live beacuse if we saw doing what they did we would of maken shir that they will never do that again not even live to see something like it happen again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • bubba

      I agree with you but damn dude proof read before posting.

  • ace11

    I wish I had been driving by and saw this

    I would have pulled over and split these guys behinds…..

    Throw these losers in jail

    • xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

      how long have you be into mens rectums?

  • Mel Ahka

    Used to be drinking and driving didn’t mix. Now it seems like youth and modern technology really don’t mix.

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