Beating Death Of Derrion Albert, 16, Caught On Video (Warning Graphic Video)

[democracy1st]

Chicago police are still investigating the gang fight that erupted Thursday in Roseland that resulted in the death of 16-year-old Fenger High School student Derrion Albert.

Albert was killed in a melee near the school that police believe is a continuation of ongoing tensions between Fenger students that are members of rival gangs.

An amateur video of the brawl shows dozens of people punching, kicking and swinging wooden boards in the street. Albert was struck by blows from one of those boards, Fox Chicago reports, and the video obtained by Fox shows a person getting hit with a board and then stomped on after falling to the ground.

As people rush to help the injured person, a voice can be heard on the video yelling, "Derrion, get up!"



Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/27/beating-death-of-derrien_n_301319.html


Albert's mom said witnesses told her that her son "trying to help another student and kind of got mixed in with the crowd of the fight and he was hit."

A memorial and march planned for Sunday was rescheduled for Monday at 1 p.m., the Tribune reports.


A bunch uncivilized bs

[Echo In Light]

1. "A bunch uncivilized bs" = Corporate Culture makes it COOL to be of a 'gang' mentality

Now, of course I acknowledge the various socio-economic factors that create the various worlds of crime/violence that have been a sad reality for the inner city's poorest for many, many decades, and who benefits, and why ... but I've also seen over the yrs, many idiot suburban, small town kids get hooked into this gang bullshit simply b/c it's so widely promoted within the mainstream media they routinely consume. It isn't necessity, it's a choice for a particular affectation.

[Ron Green]

2. Fear is easy. Love is hard.

That's why the corporatists use fear to control the messages that permeate the youth culture. Love takes time, takes work and there's no immediate payoff in consumption and addiction.
Gang warfare is just one of the most egregious examples.

[ORDagnabbit]

3. very little sympathy for any one involved..the mom is clueless

gang members = animals and should be treated as such...

we have way too much coddling of violent criminals in this society.

grab them as soon as they become identified as violent, get them the mental help they need to steer them in the right direction and if they dont change get them out of the gene pool after the 3rd human on human violent act. I'd rather the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on these wastes of carbon in prison be spent on hundreds of children to help them grow up right.

[mudplanet]

4. What a bunch of bullshit

These are children.

Personally, I believe that nazi's (people that believe in eugenics) should themselves be eliminated from the gene pool.

[ORDagnabbit]

6. these are children????? who rape, murder and brutalize others again and again and again.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Derrieon was an honor student. Hardly an animal. n/t.

[ecstatic]

8. Very little sympathy for a bystander who tried to help out?

Or his mom? Wow!

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. I confess to seeing much in our world through the lens of gender.

Would you feel the same way if it had been a girl killed in this melee?

Or are only young male gang members who should be treated as the animals they are?

[izzybeans]

12. you know this honor student is a gang member how?

Interesting assumption.

[TransitJohn]

5. Gang fight? Not hardly.

It was a rat pack.

[Amaya]

9. Hey we should NOT be discussing this!

Who cares about a kid from Chicago that was murdered !! There are WAAAAYY more important issues at hand, damnit!
Like for instances.......... Roman ( fucking ) Polanski... !!!!!









in case you wonder : :sarcasm:

[ET Racer]

10. Exactly

We should be spending all that corporate money and influence to bring the Olympics to Chicago.
Get this off the front page now! It's bad for our image.
It's all about priorities people, focus please.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Why is it that we're not "allowed" to participate in more than one debate

at a time on DU. I don't know about you, but I really don't like the idea of a rapist getting away with rape.