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Evan Sapio, the 18-year-old native of Queens who turned himself in to Albany Police after they released still images captured from the various YouTube videos posted online, is the son of a media bigwig.
His father, Bob Sapio, is a senior executive news editor for The New York Daily News.
It brings about an added dimension to the story not touched upon: the embarrassment and shame these individuals bring to their parents.
I can already see the comments calling Sapio a “bad father” and that something he did must have somehow contributed to his son’s behavior. But that’s bollocks. Everybody knows that kids make mistakes or sometimes do terrible things despite having good or even great parents and upbringings. Anybody who’d even suggest otherwise is either living in a deluded fantasy world of their own construction or transposing their own guilt over poor parenting onto the parents of Sapio and other students.
It gets particularly embarrassing in light of an editorial that appeared in the New York Daily News that partially blamed parents for the incident.
Bob Sapio’s comment to the paper pretty much sums it up.
“I’m gonna kill him,” the elder Sapio told the Times Union.
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Good for him! He should give his son hell for this. At least his son turned himself in, that shows how his parents brought him up. Agreed that him wrecking a car or launching a fridge doesn’t prove his father to be a bad father. He will be an even better father by teaching his son a big lesson.
As a punishment, Sapio should be forced to work as a reporter for the Daily News. That might qualify as “cruel and unusual punishment”, however.
Hal – There are worse fates (being forced to work as a “reporter” for the New York Post).
I think this is called irony.
Dad is doing the right thing! Sounds like he’ll make sure sonny boy takes responsibility. And good for him for turning himself in.
Hopeful - makes me wonder if he turned himself in or if he turned himself in with Dad pulling him by the ear.
“These were your young charges, Ms. Chancellor, Mr. President, Mr. and Mrs. Parents. This is the culture you let sprout into criminal proceedings.”
Kevin, Mr. Sapio is squarely placing the blame on the parents as well as SUNY admin. He’s blaming the parents for their children’s criminal behavior. He is explicitly calling them bad parents. The irony is that he had no idea he was writing about himself. It is perfectly fair of your readers to call him a bad parent.
Bob - Sapio did not author that piece.
Regardless, it actually wouldn’t. A hypocrite in this instance he might be, but a bad parent is still a big (and ignorant) leap for someone to make.
Hey Evan! Type your name into google and see what pops up…I already tried it, and sure most of your future employers will do the same. Good luck kid…wow, 18 years old and already screwed for the rest of your life. So many are sure to follow as the APD keeps this investigation rolling…
Another Italian celebrating the Irish holiday.
Kevin, thanks for pointing that out. For some reason I assumed it was Sapio who authored the editorial.
That would have been too rich, too convenient.
Kevin–
I applied for a job at the Post once. The application involved filling out a few “Mad Libs.” They threw mine in the trash because I used a few words with more than one syllable.
I blame Mr. Manson for Little Charlie’s crimes too…