this **** saddens me because it hits close to home. being from chicago i look back at the city like where has the pride and safety gone. i currently live in ATL and at least one story a day on the news down here is violence back in chicago. Chicago, the best city IMO, who has a chance to host the olympics may lose out on the bid because of foolish acts of violence like this. i know about the violence at fenger and pray for the family and those involved with this matter!!

@73..just realize with the good theres the bad. MLK, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Obama and so forth had to experience some form of drama trauma and pain before they became whom they are recoginized for today. How esle can you relate to those around you that went trhough the fire or still going through the fire if you never experienece what its like?? How can you relate, how can you help??? Jesus himself went through the pain and in sheddin blood for us to know he too, even though he lived a perfect life had to experience some form of pain to relate back to what he knew we would have to eventually go through today. But also note, wheres he now..sittin on the right throne of God, ABOVE… Were we will be as well if we never give up on God or hope.

The video made me sick to my stomach. RIP

This is just really sad. This is the reality we face living in Chicago daily , this just happened to be caught on video. We have to do something as a society and culture of African Americans. My prayers go out to his family. LORD have mercy on them boys who beat him

I never understood, in grade school, why watching a fight was so intriguing to some people(most, actually). And especially recording it at that. Like wtf? And this isn’t just blacks who do this, it’s kids of every race. STOP THE BULLYING! hundreds of teens commit suicided every year. It’s so sad! Accept and love one another.

R.I.P to this 16 year old. Feel so sad for his family.

I wish I could put this is big bold letters.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE CLASS OF NOT SHOWING THAT HORRIBLE VIDEO.

Behaviour like this sickens me- we should be sticking together and giving each other a helping hand, not killing each other off. I actually wanted to cry for him when I saw the video. I can’t even imagine how his family must be feeling.

oops i meant, suicide*

wow he was an honor student too? It’s kinda ironic how the smart one is dead and these useless bastards(excuse me for my language) who probably fail every class, smoke week, do drugs, etc are still alive. crazy.

:cry:

Where are the parents?

If more parents (mother and father) were involved in their children’s lives some of the violence that goes on could be prevented. Know what your children are doing before school, during school, and after school. Be involved in your child’s life and future. RIP

Too sad. RIP Derrion. Condolenscences to his family and friends.. I ddnt watch the video, I can only imagine.
It’s a daily struggle in a lot inner cities around the world with the youth of today. And unfortunately, the senseless, mindless actions of a few overshadows the good that a lot of youths accomplish and demonises ALL children as a result. For the best part of a year, there were daily reports of stabbings and shooting in inner cities in Ldn, Manny , Bolton, Nottingham etc for some unimportant reason or no reason at all and a lot of those close to the gangs are so desensitised by it it’s scary. No fear of the police, jail ( cos chances are nothing much will happen) . The bystander culture is really worrying as well, Of course you shouldn’t attempt to be a have a go hero but turning a blind eye to me makes you complicit in a way. Things need to be done at the earliest level with cohesion between different instituions ( schools, social services, the police, local & national government and mainly the family) although I do genuinely believe that some kids are really lost causes and beyond help so their ass beleongs in prison. The judiciary system in this country needs major reform cos it’s ri-damn- diculous

As a person that lives in chicago I am not at all suprised at this. This has been goin on for a while now and black people as a whole should be ashamed that we are viewed this way. I coluldnt even bring myself to look at that video WILL be punished

Omg…Words can not express how sad and sick I feel after watching this! I don’t understand whats wrong with kids these days, Im only 24 and I grew up in Minneapols aka Murderapolis in the 90’s and I’ve never seen anything so heartless and brutal in my life. My thoughts and Prayers go out to his family. Something needs to seriously change our youth need to stop dying so young!

MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILY

My heart aches this is why I moved away from the madness..My kids were mad but now they love watching Ducks swim across the pond in No where ville.

My prayers in heart go out to the mother the family. Please dont lose your faith. Your precious child is in a far better place. I know you had plans for him but God has a better plan. Ok with that being said people I keep watching this it hurts my heart my soul my being as a human. How could you I keep trying to zoom in on what makes a human do what all those children were doing in watching what was going on. Where is all this evil in meaness just plan old not caring about another human life coming from. Parents we need help we are losing these children. I think maybe the ones that want to act like animals once they are drifting away fron school parents need to start turning there own kids in if they can see that they are heading down the wrong path. We need to take those monsters send them to third world countries let them eat dirt in fen for themselves bring those from the third world country over here in give them a chance to try in live the america dream because clearly we have a bunch of heartless human beings here in america. No one help that baby thats sad for america in shame on black america. We need to step up people in call a spade a spade we are losing. We need to own that. We need to have a super round table in thw WHITE HOUSE with President Obama we need a plan take back our homes our neighborhoods or streets take charge of these kids come on people we have to get it together stop looking the other way its at our front door in our homes please people no more own it. GOD BLESS US ALL

Why did you all even have the audacity to post the video CL? As if reporting the story wasn’t enough?!?!? SMGDH…

never be embarassed to be black..if anything now is the time that you try to understand what is going wrong in order to help those who obviosly cannot help themselves (excuse the misspellings)

that video made me cry. i’ve never cried so hard!

So sad. RIP.

This is the same exact energy that the youth can use towards the Revolution that needs to happen..

I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE MAD AT CL FOR POSTING THIS STORY..I UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENT AGAINST POSTING THE VIDEO, BUT ISNT THIS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD KNOW?
WHY ARE PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY WANT “GOOD NEWS”? THAT’S A REASON TO SMH! WHAT? YOU WANNA FUCKING READ ABOUT RIHANNA AND BEYONE AND JAY Z ..TALK ABOUT THEM? YOU FUCKING PARASITES…
THIS IS WHY THIS CONTINUES. EVERYONE LIKES TO LIKES TO LIVE IN AN IGNORANT OBLIVION!
NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR THE TRUTH..THIS IS REAL AND IT HAPPENED NOTHING CAN CHANGE THAT. BUT WE CAN CHANGE THAT!

You guys have to understand that this video will hopefully help us to stop this shit. I read that Derrion Albert’s family wanted it to be publicized? Nonetheless, this is happening in our backyards, we need to stop ignoring it.

Rest in peace Derrion Albert, this is terrible and I’m so sick of things like this happening. And I’m so sorry, your life should not have ended in this way.

To Derrion’s family, may you all somehow recover and may this tragic happening change our ways.

THATS HOW IT IS IN THE MIDWEST WE DONT PLAY SO I ADVISE U NON MIDWESTERNS NOT TO COME UP HERE …. R.I.P DERRION ALBERT

I’m trying to put the pieces to this hard puzzle together. This boy never hurt a soul and yet he’s the one that suffered from this tragedy? That makes NO SENSE! RIP Derrion!!!!!

sad day….where is al sharpton and every other leader who will march for every other cause but when its us acting a fool against us, i never see them. this is why people like bill cosby say the things he said a few years ago. we can blame mr white man all day but looking at that video, how many white men you see running around with boards attacking people? is the system jacked up yes, we all know this but this is a sad day when we in the streets acting this way and for another black male to lose his life for nonsense. i had a white man ask me a while ago “what happened to you all (blacks) you used to have so much pride and morals and values, what happened? grant it i defended my race by saying all black men arent in jail and etc…but how did he even get to the point to notice that something changed with us. people thru bill cosby under the bus for saying the same thing your grandmother and mine would say about youth of today. we have to wake up and stop blaming mess on white folks. its hard enough having them against us but when its us vs. us, we will forever be in the hole…thoughts???????

Those involved should get the death penalty. I do not want to pay for them to remain alive through my taxes, knowing that they’ll be of no good use to society.

Plus, the message needs to be clear.

i’m so sad to hear this happened!

THE PEOPLE INVOLVED NEED TO GET THE DEATH PENALTY. THIS IS NOT DIFFICULT. You have the video, and these guys will most likely plead guilty. Prosecutors will not have to bargain with the defendants due to the video taped evidence, so give them the death penalty and lets be done with this.

@97, thats the best you could say? i mean really…”THATS HOW IT IS IN THE MIDWEST WE DONT PLAY SO I ADVISE U NON MIDWESTERNS NOT TO COME UP HERE”

YEAH. FOR FUCKING REAL?…@ 97 PLEASE GIMMIE A BREAK!

hell yea like i said @103 and @104 stupid ass

i agree with @97 socincinnati

midwest baby …… yurrrrrrr

o my goodness why. even though i feel for him & his fam i think he should have been well out of the way. you see a big fight going on or something is about to go down why would you even walk near it? idk that’s just me but this is sad ..

shut up socincinatti you are a true coon and your ignorance does nothing but makes us sick. go get shot or something.

I can’t watch it, I’m sorry, just too much! This makes me so upset, I can’t take it.

So Sad! I pray that God stays with his family and may he R.I.P.

@Jen

It is never okay to tell someone to go get shot. You are being just as immature, negative, and ignorant as he is. Is that not evil to you? Goodness gracious..stay in Church my darling.

jen @109 go suck a dick i know how yo ppl get down u piece of trash ane your not no better then the kids that killed that boy you telling me to go get show how bout this tell yo mother to shoot herself

jen @109 go suck a dick i know how yo ppl get down u piece of trash ane your not no better then the kids that killed that boy you telling me to go get show how bout this tell yo mother to shoot herself

jen @ 109 go suck a dick i know how yo kind get down trash and your not no better than the kids thats killed this dude you telling me to go get shot so how bout this tramp mother to shoot herself you lame

This poor child probably woke up that morning not knowing that he was going to get beaten to death. I think all the people that were involved need to be beaten to death so they can go and burn in hell. My thoughts go out to this child’s family. A mother finding out that her son is dead is not something to swallow.

OMG MAY GOD B WiT HiM DUH FAMiLY LOST A REAL NiCE YUNG MAN…WE HAV TA STOP DiS FA REAL WE DNT LiL WiTE KiDS GOiN ROUND KiLLiN ONE ANOTHA LYK DiS. WE SHULD STAND TAGETHA U GUYS DERES NO NEED FA ViOLENCE BCUZ WEN ViOLENCE ENTERS PRECiOUS YUNG LiVES R LOST. R.i.P BAE GOD BLESS U WEA EVA U R ND UR FAMiLY

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CL I applaud you for removing the tape.

We are living in a world where people have no regard for human life. And prison doesn’t scare people anymore, just a place they can go and continue to live and complain. Its sad the way society is, and no one is willing to help anyone anymore, but I guess they fear for their own lives. And someone posted blame the parents, but parents can do all they can to raise their kids the right way, and they can still go astray, so in most cases its not on the parent. We need to get a better legal system, and stop letting people sit on death row for so long.

I’m truly disturbed by what I saw on the video to say the least. This young, innocent teenager was beaten to death for nothing. An honor student that was quiet and definitely not involved in a gang had to die of foolishness. Now, that they have the three guys who beat him in custody, I hope they beat them like they did to Derrion and bury them under the prison.

my sister live somewhere close to this school and i dont want my neices and nephews to really even be outside when dumb asses like them kids in the video are out with them (my neices and nephew)

the person who filmed it is just as stupid as the guys fighting he seeing someone getting killed and he just video taping it like its just two kids fighting. the only good that came out the video was that the police sees some of the people who were invovled

its ashamed them kids dont have enough sense to stay out of trouble and they 16-18 im 13 and no better than this .

Wow!!! i thought evilness only perpetrated only the hearts and spirits of the youths in london and not nowhere else until this story came up. This is absolutely sadingly shocking. I mean yes i will blame the parents, such a shame. RIP

This was a post I found on the internet last year. It is highly applicable today, particularly to this incident because it is at the root…

“MEN WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BOYS!! THEY WILL NOT RUN THE STREET IF WE ARE THERE TO LOVE AND NUTURE THEM. WE ALSO HAVE TO BE THERE TO PUT A FOOT IN THERE A$$ IF THEY GET OUTTA LINE. THAT IS THE PROBLEM, NO DADS AT HOME. SO LADIES, STOP HAVING BABIES WITH LOW LIFES. QUIT GIVING YOUR BODY TO LOW LIFES JUST BECAUSE YOUR HORNY. YOU HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR BOYS TO. QUIT SPOILING GROWN A$$ MEN LIKE BABIES. WHETHER IT’S YOUR SON OR YOUR MAN. AN IMMATURE MAN IS DANGEROUS, LOOK AT ALL THE BROTHAS IN PRISON. THE LAST PLACE A MATURE MAN WANTS TO BE IS IN PRISON AROUND A BUNCH OF FUNKY A$$ MEN. YES RACISM IS A PROBLEM. ALSO I REALIZE THE POWERS AT BE WANT TO ELIMINATE THE BLACK MAN. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE CAN’T TAKE CARE OF OUR BOYS. ALL MEN THAT DON’T PLAN ON TAKING CARE OF THERE CHILDREN SHOULD BE LINED UP AND SHOT. RUBBERS ARE FREE IN SOME CASES, SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE. “

This poor dude was killed by one man. The bastard with the plank who struck him twice while he was on the ground…those two blows were extremely fatal.

R.I.P Son

this is just so sad. my heart goes out to his family in prayer and empathy. this isnt right.

I tried to watch it on CNN but I couldn’t get past the first 3 (not 5) seconds of it! What the hell are these fools thinking about!? I kind of hate to say this but I wouldn’t be mad at all if the cops took a detour on the way to taking them to jail.

THAT iS MESSED UP..I’M 16 AND IT’S CRAZY HOW ALL OF US YOUNG TEENS ARE DYING 2 DAY..WE CANT LOOK AT SOMEBODY WRONG WAY WITHOUT GETTING ATTACKED OR KILLED FOR IT..THE SOCIETY AND THE WORLD IS SO MESSED UP TODAY..THE STATE DONT KNO WHO TO BLAME.BUT ALL I CAN SAY IS I FEEL REAL BAD FOR HIS FAMILY..AND I KEEP THEM CLOSE TO MY HEART IN PRAYER. BECAUSE DONT NO MOTHER OR FATHER DESERVES TO LOSE THEIR CHILD.

This make me sad may he rest in peace. Po baby did not deserve this,

I am from chicago and they say detroit and st. louis is the murder capital, but I’m here to tell you that chicago is the biggest murder capital of them all and I think it should be demolished if you ask me. We are having funerals back to back. Everyday you have to pull over to the side of the street or stop for another funeral passing buy. The police is crooked and some of the parents are crooked. A lot of parents dont care if their children stay out until 7am in the morning dealing drugs or robbing, as long as they bring home the money. Some of the parents will defend their children when they know that they are stone cold murderers. There is a church on almost every corner and a liqour store right next door. Its sad and I am very angry with this disfunctional city. I know that everyoine is not bad but you can count the ones that are not on one hand probably. Its all about violence here and most of the children are taught from toddlers to kill or be killed. There is always a parent who says” if someone looks like they will hit you then pick up something and knock their ass out, and I got your back and if the mama got something to say then I will beat that hoe down to.” This is the mentality of the some of the parents in chicago. Wrong guidance and council if you ask me. I went to elementary school and highschool here and I had to fight my way out only by self defense. You can be the quietest student and they still dont care. They will follow you home from school if you look like you dont want to fight. At the end of the day you will fight and hope that the parents are not one of the ones thats walking with their children instigating. This makes me so sick to my stomach everytime I see something like this. I cry for the innocent. You can live here and make it but you will encounter some type of problem with ignorant people at some point. You cant even go to the store without someone mean mugging you and if you think to look like you have a problem with it then there is trouble for the girls as well as the guys. The females fight like men and are in just as many gangs as the boys. Just because youre from the ghetto does not mean you have to act like it. There have been many successful people that made it here but only by the grace of God. Violence like this happens almost everyday rather its the westside, southside, eastside or northside, it happens and anyone from chicago can agree. We as a people need to change quickly because we are dying like flies.

This is sad people

It’s a sad story, but aleast someone sent the tape to the police

WAITING FOR MODERATION? YEAH OKAY CL..BUT YOU POSTED SOCCIANTO OR WHATEVER ITS NAME IS POST 3 TIMES…KICK ROCKS!

I watched this video and I could not believe my eyes. My heart hurt for the young man and his family. He was a son, brother, and a friend. I grew up not having my mother around and my dad on drugs. I did not grow up with the latest fashions. Kicked out the foster system when I turned 18. Grew up in what many would call the projects. This did not make me want to go out and steal or hurt anyone. They are fighting for what, a street corner that will never be belong to them. I remember hearing on the radio about a letter from KKK about how they just laugh at the way our race is killing each other. There comes a time in life when you know right from wrong. You can’t blame rap music or hip hop videos. These cowards knew what they were doing was wrong. This makes me so sick……..

this is just too sad, i don’t even know what to say right now.

The reason why this society does not have the death penalty has nothing to do with leniency or compassion for human life. It is to feed the white man’s prison industrial complex, which is interconnected with all his other systems. Once in the prison system, that entity becomes a commodity, and essentially a slave, which is why he is relegated to a number. It’s more lucrative to keep the black man barely alive, which is why this society is inundated with anti-black male propaganda, and is why the black male is given so few opportunities. Mind you, we are in captivity, so the white man is supposed to do these things. In rulership, why would one give their enemy the opportunity to attain power and potentially overthrow him? It wouldn’t make sense. That’s how one knows that the “civil rights movement” was a facade and a smokescreen, but that’s another topic. The point is to steer the black man towards negativity, and hopefully prison, so that he can resume his role as slave. There is a serious issue when the same mentality that previous generations of blacks had is naturally imbued in children. That should show the attentive observer that this is a spiritual issue.

@MYTHOUGHTS

The root of the problem has little to do with that pro-black woman/anti-black male letter that you regurgitated. One can easily say that black men need to stop impregnating low-life black women that want to go back to being whores once the child is born. A child that may not even be the man’s that she claims it is. The issue is that black people have forsaken the laws of the Mos High, which is why the majority of these children are pure devils. As “Leon” said, these children in particular, and many of these children in general need to be put to death in public as an example to the rest, and the Bible tells us that (Deuteronomy 21:18-21, II Kings 2:23,24, Proverbs 30:11,17).

This has angered to the highest power. I live in chicago and I am sick and tired of seeing this *ish everyday. These fools out here trying to get the Olympics here but can not put an effort into stopping the mayhem taking over our city. You can not tell me nothing can’t be done, legal or illegal. BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!!!!!!!

My heart and prayers go out to this family as well as anyone who were affected with this tragedy. I pray they seek comfort, guidance and strength from God.

I also prayer that everyone see or hear of this story and take note…we need start reaching out to others. There are a lot of people out there hurting, misguided and loss; they don’t what to do and have nowhere to turn. So they do whatever to survive. And even if that means doing wrong, following the crowd and going against what they know is not cool…it doesn’t matter to them because it all they know. This misfortune is a reality check for all of us.

We need to stop with this “eye for an eye” mentality and start showing concern for each other. You don’t have to be a parent or a relative to make a positive affect on someone else. We never know what people are going through and just a simple prayer, greeting or being an example in standing out and doing positive can help. We can do better than this. I wish someone would encourage those children, adults and community in that area.

This is so sad…Yet I’m so ANGRY!!! Why is this shit going on? What is wrong with my black people? Is this what our children have to grow up to? This is heart breaking… I pray for this boy’s family and friends. May God be with them…

I don’t live in the US, so this is not something I’m used to seeing. I feel like parents needs to save up enough money to move out of those neighborhoods by the time their children reach the age of 12.

@JUDAH

“…The root of the problem has little to do with that pro-black woman/anti-black male letter that you regurgitated. One can easily say that black men need to stop impregnating low-life black women that want to go back to being whores once the child is born. A child that may not even be the man’s that she claims it is. The issue is that black people have forsaken the laws of the Mos High, which is why the majority of these children are pure devils. As “Leon” said, these children in particular, and many of these children in general need to be put to death in public as an example to the rest, and the Bible tells us that (Deuteronomy 21:18-21, II Kings 2:23,24, Proverbs 30:11,17).”

I think you and I largely agree, but I have not indicated partiality toward black women. I castigate them as well in the statement “just because you are horny”. I think that statement is a strong statement to the morality of women who have unprotected sex with men because they submitted to their sexual impulses. Thinking with your crotch is half headed and the women who do so are being called out with that statement. So they are not left out. In fact, they are the gatekeepers, which is why the door must be closed there.

@ So Cinnattii I have Seen Thugs like you walk into Maximum Security where I have worked 15 years hard headed and ready to buck In about 5 flat your either someone’s B**tch, soft as kitten, A cell Warrior loosing your mind, A lost Soul with cell side Psych, or worse What ever the case may be you will break.. sooner or later. I have seen the Hardest Thug Admin Seg ” KILLER” cry like a fucking baby when those wall start closing in on him..

CL, removing the video was the most respectful thing you could have done. Thank you.

When I watched this video I began to cry… What in the hell is going on in this world???!!! My heart aches for this innocent boy’s family. What a terrible way to lose child… I hope the people responsible rot in jail and that maybe someone in jail beats their asses to death. I have no remorse for those young men and I could care less is what kind of pain they will be in. When you kill someone you don’t know, especially someone who is completely innocent, I really wish death upon you. I hope this young boy’s spirit is kept alive through his family and friends and that something good can come out of this. Stop black on black crime…Latinos you too! We are killing eachother while the white man sits back and observes how ignorant some people are. Rest in peace Derrion Albert… My heart goes out to your loved ones.

this is so ridiculous, i am 16 and in high school, and i see fights all the time, and see gang fights, but ive never seen anything so stupid, like non of that was remotly nessacary. beating someone to DEATH! like honestly wtf is goin on now adays

Rest in Peace young man!

Hint to the Wise, the END is HERE!

I SAW THE VIDEO AND IT ANGERS ME THAT NO ONE INTERVENED AND HELPED THE DUDE, ONLY WHEN THEY REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HIM. THANK YOU CL FOR TAKING IT DOWN (UNLIKE SOME OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS)..EXTREMELY DISTURBING, R.I.P. DERRION..

I watched this and cried, thinkin, “what is wrog with people these days?” I just lost someone really close to me the same exact way. Why people behave this way I will never understand.

man!! this is sooo sad and F***ed up!!!! i cried as i saw the news and saw the video because my brother got beaten to death also and as i think about this boy and his family it really really hurts!! i dont understand how people can be soo heartless and do something like this its inhumane!! i feel for the family and my heart goes out to them. the part that really bothers me is that we say things will hopefullly change and people will learn from what happened but its just going to keep happening because people dont care and will never change

I can only imagine what his family is feeling. I pray that God gives them strength and comfort them thru this painful time in their lives. This act of evilness needs to come to a stop. No one should ever die by the hands of another man. Especially by another young person’s hands over a senseless situation. We need to pray for our children’s future and pray that these younger kids gets direction from the lord. We do not need to loose focus of GOD in our lives. He should be consistently in our lives everyday! May this child rest in peace and may the lord GOD continues to watch over all those that serves him!!!