Helpless victim attacked by 7 others.

[howag]

i saw this every week at my school.... its nothing new and theres really not much you can do to stop it

No offence mate but you went to a pretty lousy school if beatings like this were a weekly occurrence.

 

[Banjo]

No offence mate but you went to a pretty lousy school if beatings like this were a weekly occurrence.

Agreed. Never had anything like this happen at my high school in the past. Never. The worst that would happen was a little scuffle between two students and that wasn't common to see as well.

 

[rockin'robin]

That's terrible, you would think on an overcrowded bus that someone would do something.

My guess was that the other kids were reluctant to help, because they themselves would get beat up!....Still, the school bus door was open, and some of those kids could have gotten out and pleaded for help before they beat that girl so badly!...Some of the kids were jumping over the seats, trying to distance themselves away from the fight, as the girl was on the floor of the bus being kicked and punched....

Also seems that some schools have cut having bus monitors due to the economy....I feel there should be a Male bus monitor on all the buses, especially in middle and high schools....Being a school bus driver is very dangerous...having to monitor all those kids on a bus, 30 to 50 of them.....

 

[DeafTim]

Saw on the news last night about a 13 yr. old girl that was beaten very badly on the school bus by about 8 other students, ...and not one kid helped her. Think it was in Michigan....The girl could not walk and had to be taken to the hospital in a stretcher......They said it was an "overcrowded" bus....and the driver was not there at the time.....

I saw the video on the news before I went to bed. They said it was her first day on the bus and she was unconcious. She had to stand up b/c the seats were full. I was disgusted.

 

[Jiro]

Saw on the news last night about a 13 yr. old girl that was beaten very badly on the school bus by about 8 other students, ...and not one kid helped her. Think it was in Michigan....The girl could not walk and had to be taken to the hospital in a stretcher......They said it was an "overcrowded" bus....and the driver was not there at the time.....

trying to find a video.... *preparing myself*

 

[Jiro]

Justice Served!

Chicago Teen Beating: 7 Charged In Brutal Attack Caught On Video (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

Seven teens were charged early Wednesday in connection with the brutal beating, captured on video and posted on YouTube, of a 17-year-old boy in an alley in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood.

Raymond Palomino, 17, of the 3500 block of South Hoyne Avenue, is the only one of the seven being charged as an adult in the attack, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. He faces charges of robbery and aggravated battery, both felonies. His bail was set at $100,000 Wednesday, an amount his attorney, Ilia Usharovich, called a "spit in the face," NBC Chicago reports.

The rest of the youths, including two 16-year-old boys, three 15-year-old boys and one 15-year-old girl, have all been cited on the same charges and turned over to the juvenile detention center, the Chicago Tribune reports. Due to their age, their identities have not been made public and all but one of them live in Chicago -- the other is from Arlington Heights.

The attack took place around 4 p.m. Sunday in an alley behind James Ward Elementary School, located at 28th and Princeton.

(Click here to view the original YouTube video, which contains graphic violence and language that may be unsuitable for some audiences, of the attack. Scroll down to watch Mayor Emanuel comment on the beating.)

The YouTube video shows the 17-year-old victim, a Curie High School senior, being punched in the face and kicked repeatedly by a group of attackers while being taunted with racial slurs over the course of more than three minutes. His attackers also robbed the victim of $180 in cash, in addition to his sneakers.

The beating victim ran away, shoeless, was taken to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center and was released, according to the Tribune.

Authorities do not believe the beating was racially motivated.

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy told CBS Chicago that the attack was not an isolated situation, though it appeared to be retaliation for an earlier incident where the victim, allegedly, participated in a separate attack where some 20 teens jumped on two others last fall.

"This is a dynamic that has been going on for a while," McCarthy told CBS.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel weighed in on the beating on Tuesday and said that it should serve as "a wake-up call to all of us," NBC Chicago reports.

"Those kids doing that to another child is wrong. It is not tolerable and it does not represent what this city's values are and the good people of this city," Emanuel continued.

Area resident Carl Segvich commented to ABC Chicago that he was "outraged" by the attack.

"We have war in our cities right now, and if they would have had a gun, they would have probably shot the poor kid," Segvich told ABC.

 

[DeafTim]

Oh, I thought maybe the victim was attacked b/c of his color... Maybe the victim deserve that ass-beatin?

I remember I had to deal a group of bullies when I was a teen. Called me a pussy and a faggot. They would see me drivin and walkin. Get this, yrs go by and I saw my biggest bully inside a bank. He was all by himself and he was so terrified when he saw me. I made sure he saw my face and when he did, he hid his face,quickly. The bank cashier knew exactly what was goin on. What a fookin bitch. I dont know how I walked away. I would've killed the S.O.B. His friend also did the same thing before that.

 

[Cheetah]

Oh, I thought maybe the victim was attacked b/c of his color... Maybe the victim deserve that ass-beatin?

I remember I had to deal a group of bullies when I was a teen. Called me a pussy and a faggot. They would see me drivin and walkin. Get this, yrs go by and I saw my biggest bully inside a bank. He was all by himself and he was so terrified when he saw me. I made sure he saw my face and when he did, he hid his face,quickly. The bank cashier knew exactly what was goin on. What a fookin bitch. I dont know how I walked away. I would've killed the S.O.B. His friend also did the same thing before that.

So, you are really saying that behind that Mr. Tough Guy facad is really a gentle soul? Who knew?!?!