The underage assailants stomped on 64-year-old Reggie Brown's head on Oct. 17 of 2023 in the nation's capital, Blaze Media reported. One of the girls recorded the beating on her cellphone, a video that was played in court when the girls were tried as juveniles, not adults.
Investigators say Brown died of blunt force trauma to the head. One of the girls testified in court the group did it because they were bored. 
If convicted, the two girls at trial could face a maximum sentence of detainment at a juvenile facility until they turn 18, according to Washington, D.C. law, Blaze Media reported.
Linda Harvey is President of Mission: America.
She said influences kids get are a big part of this, not only through consumption of media but also with society’s failure to protect the unborn.
"Well, there's no question that America is in a very bad place when teens need actual -- and not just virtual -- violence as entertainment. Crimes like this committed by youth have to be influenced by violent video games and movies and our dehumanization of people through even the widespread acceptance of abortion, even late term abortion."
Lacking sufficient entertainment
The facts seem to support the claim of boredom as a prime motivator.
Investigators confirmed a man in his early twenties started the attack by throwing Brown against a wall by his shirt collar, according to the New York Post. The girls were walking by and one asked if she could fight the stranger's victim. The stranger said yes.
Harvey said this is the beginning of barbarism in America that many other countries and cultures are familiar with, but because of our Judeo-Christian background, she thinks we've been spared from this largely. That time may be coming to a close.
"I think it's coming, even among our most vulnerable kids where people don't see the humanity of others, and sometimes not even themselves,” Harvey said.
Home life shapes outcomes
The girls left him in the alleyway where he succumbed to his injuries. Harvey said one can only wonder at the home life of these young people.
“Ask the big, big question of, 'are these young people who have ever heard about the Lord?’ Belief in Jesus and then the work of the Holy Spirit in a young person's heart would go a long way toward developing empathy toward others, and you also have to wonder about the quality of education these teens have received."
Blaze Media reports one of the girls was shot in the leg at her apartment just a few hours after the beating. She was rushed to the hospital and treated.
