Student attacked and beaten by 7 other on video

[classicman]

WTF do you do with people who act this way?

Apparently some of them were arrested.

[classicman]

Police were questioning six teens about the beating and kicking of a 17-year-old high school senior in a Bridgeport alley that was captured on video and posted on the Internet.

In a brief statement, police said the attack did not appear to be racially motivated and that no charges have been filed.

The video -- posted on You Tube -- shows the 17-year-old victim coiled on the ground in the alley, pleading in vain for the youths to stop.

In the attack, which lasted for several minutes Sunday afternoon, the boy covers his face as the other youths surround him and push him into the snow while kicking and punching his head, his legs, his back.

The attackers yell that the boy had "(expletive) up."

"Hold on," the teen says as he pulls himself to his feet and tries to talk them into stopping.

But one of the attackers, wearing gray sweats, asks: "Do you (expletive) understand?" He then punches the boy in the face and knocks him to the ground, then kicks him in the face, sending the boy sprawling on the snow-covered ground.

One of the youths took shoes out of the victim's backpack, dangling one of them in front of his face in a taunt. They also took his wallet and $180 in cash, police said.

The boy was taken to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, where he was treated for a laceration to his lip, bruises and abrasions, police said.

The boy is a senior at Curie High School on the Southwest Side, according to a Chicago Public Schools spokesman.

[zippyt]

i would hunt them down individually and HURT them

[piercehawkeye45]

Those seven would get eaten alive in jail. Bring them there for a while.

[monster]

Um.... it's a fake.

maybe it went too far and the kid needed stitches, but how in the hell does a 7 -on-1last over three minutes and get such good video coverage? they were posturing. They were youtubing.

No wonder no charges so far.

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by monster

Um.... it's a fake.

I don't think so. This is a local story. The word is that the person taking the video was part of the group doing the attack.

[classicman]

I disagree (shock)

We'll see. I appears that names, numbers and addresses are being posted on the attackers now.
It is also being reported that most of the assailants were Asian as well; ruling out a racially motivated crime.

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by classicman

It is also being reported that most of the assailants were Asian as well; ruling out a racially motivated crime.

No necessarily. "Asian" is very broad. Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans are quite capable of mutual racism.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

No necessarily. "Asian" is very broad. Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans are quite capable of mutual racism.

I agree - I was paraphrasing the articles as I was reading them.
I think the implication was that it wasn't a black/white/asian/red/gold/star/ type of racism

[bluecuracao]

That really doesn't look fake. Fights like that happen around here all the time, and are routinely video'd by their friends or bystanders.

[classicman]

better article with more info here

“We’re pretty confident that we’ve got the makings of wrapping this thing up,” McCarthy said. “We’ve got six people in custody. We’ve got two more people identified, who we’re out looking for right now.”

McCarthy said the attack was not racially motivated, but was in retaliation for an earlier incident, in which 20 people attacked two teens.

“It appears to be retaliation for a previous assault. We’re confident that we’ve got the right people in custody. We think that we’ll be charging them very shortly.”

“This isn’t new, unfortunately. This is a dynamic that’s been going on for a while,” McCarthy said. “Almost common, let’s put it that way. We just had an incident with a homeless getting man knocked out on a train platform, right? We were able to make arrests on that very quickly, but it’s the same exact thing. They did it on purpose, they taped it on purpose and then they put it up on YouTube.”

Asked if that’s just an invitation taunting police to find the suspects, McCarthy said, “I don’t think they think in those terms, I don’t. I think they’re thinking, you know, ‘Let’s brag about this crazy stupid thing that we’re doing.’”

“Looking at these kids, you think they know what consequence means, quite frankly?” McCarthy added. “I don’t think they know what consequences are.”

McCarthy said charges will come shortly against the six suspects now being held, and the other two wanted people are expected to surrender.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by zippyt

i would hunt them down individually and HURT them

Originally Posted by classicman

better article with more info

Sounds like they were following Zip's advice.

[Spexxvet]

I don't get the whole gang beating metality. It used to be people would fight one on one. There's no honor any more.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I don't get the whole gang beating metality. It used to be people would fight one on one. There's no honor any more.

You haven't seen West Side Story have you? Or Braveheart for that matter.

[bluecuracao]

We just had this happen in our neighborhood last weekend. And last month a few blocks away, another beating took place with 6 guys on one. No deaths that time, though.