NEWS: 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT BEATEN TO DEATH (AND CAUGHT ON TAPE)
Monday, September 28, 2009
Derrion Albert, a 16-year-old honors student at Fenger High School in Chicago, was beaten to death during a fight between two gangs that broke out on the street as he walked home from school last Thursday, and it was caught on tape.
Silvonus Shannon, 19, Eugene Riley, 18, and Eric Carson, 16, have been charged as adults of first-degree murder and were held without bail on Monday afternoon.
Albert was beaten to death with long planks of wood and when he fell to the ground, he was stomped in the head. Prosecutors say Albert was “merely a bystander” as two groups of students from different neighborhoods fought.
Mary Washington, who lives in the neighborhood, said it has long been plagued by gang violence. “They’re killing our children, our hope for the future. When will it stop?”
Police said that an amateur video helped detectives identify the participants in the melee outside the Agape Community Center. The video shows dozens of people punching, kicking and swinging wooden planks in a melee next to the community center and the adjacent street. At one point, four or five males — including one wielding a two-by-four — can be seen beating and stomping another person, believed to be Albert, who had fallen to the ground.
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» AWARENESS: STOP THE VIOLENCE! + AN UPDATE ON THE DERRION ALBERT TRAGEDY // 'CONCRETELOOP.COM' - QUALITY NOT QUANTITY
Thursday, October 1, 2009 /
[...] once read somewhere that “The Death of Violence is the Birth of Hope”. In light of the tragic death of 16 year-old Derrion Albert, here are a few organizations throughout the nation that you can check out to STOP THE VIOLENCE [...]
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dala
Saturday, October 3, 2009 /
i seen video…sad aint the word…so many thoughts question run thru my head..
.how much of a p***y are ppl…r.i.p
wheres the love…teach ur children better
they have no feelings to do something like that
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shay
Sunday, October 4, 2009 /
WHY? Everyone asks, why is this happening. why are so many children dying, why are so many innocent people being malled, shot down in the street or even in the privacy of their own homes, babies being killed all over everywhere that you havent heard or read about. All you have to do is read your Bible and you will see why all this is happening. satan is so busy in the lives of Our Brothers and Sisters. I am a widow of 5 and 6 grands. I am a child of God, I love the Lord with all my heart. It hearts my heart to see or hear about the death of a child . I want to grab them all and keep them safe, but thats not possible for me to do, but you can. Men and Woman, Mothers and Fathers, Grab hold to your babies be it girls, boys, nieces, nephews, all family and pray, pray, pray, pray.
Peace to you all
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Sydney Williams
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 /
This is just sad……… first off the boy who got beat to death had a bright future ahead of him. His future was ruined because of a group of gangbangers who thought it was okay to beat somebody to death. What did he do to y’all??? That’s what I want to know. And why didn’t the person recording the fight drop the camera and help the boy????? He could’ve saved someone’s life! He could’ve been a hero! I’m 14 yrs old and I’ve seen people get jumped and beat up plenty of times; but not anything like this. This makes you realize that the world isn’t safe. You realize things happen to you that you never thought would happen. Now I see I have to watch my back everywhere I go because I never know what can happen when I’m not looking.
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