September 27th, 2009
Stop The Madness: A Chicago Honor Roll Student Is Beaten Death While Leaving School
This is truly a disturbing story, unbelievable to see how crazy and heartless these kids can be.
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September 27th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
This is some Bullshit!!.. I’m A African American Male from Chicago Not too far from where this tragedy happened and All I have to Say Is this only sets our Race Of Young Men Back Even Further… I am 23yrs Old and is tired of hearing News Like this every other Day.. We Have To Do Better….
September 27th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
kid died for making honour roll?
September 27th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
first off President obama isnt from chicago he only worked here and in regards to this incident i am embarassed that this shit still goes on. Im glad i moved out of Chicago to the suburbs. this is nothing new all the fights that happen in school there was bound to be one that got out of control and happen right outside of school. Here are some ground rules when attending school in Chicago Dont talk shit, dont steal or talk to another mans girls, Shut the fuck up you do any onf these your likely to end up dead or in a hospital now thats real talk
September 27th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
dats why me mek sure ave allo my gun dem. mi nuh inna di fuckery
September 27th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
White folkz will never understand how hard it is out her for the black man, we have to fight our own just as well as everybody else. Me against the world – R*I*P (You have to be upest with the camera man/woman in this case also)
September 27th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
yeah this shit crazy… when the fuck chicago gone stop all this killin!!!!!!! lil kids dyin all the time, that dont make sense… thats fucked up!!!!!
September 27th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
@8 Huh?
This story is so sad, it sickens me that we live in a cruel world like this.
These kids of this generation needs to stop with the “GANGSTA” bullshit.
September 27th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
2 E$
WE THE ONLY THINK WE DONT UNDERSTAND IZ WHY DA FUCK YALL ACT LIKE THIS IS IRAK
September 27th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
black people…..yall need to stop that bullshit!! yall making the rest of us look real bad
September 27th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
@E$ thats the problem with blacks, you guys really think your the only ones who struggling and having bad life trust me as i am white dude from Brooklyn, New York life ain’t sweet for any color of skin person when he/she struggling when struggle hits that shit hits hard ain’t no matter if you black.
September 28th, 2009 at 12:19 am
These kids need parent’s in their lives because they obviously don’t have any.
What a fuckin’ shame.
Stop being followers and become leaders.
September 28th, 2009 at 1:06 am
This terrible a disgrace to not only black people but to people period. Its a shame I’m from Chicago things like this do happen everyday here its ruthless. yeah fenger is known to be a bad school but.My brother knew the boy who died Aunt. This kid didn’t deserve this just terrible but who to blame? Parents? Who knows but its bad out here I dont even know what to say Rest in peace Homie…
September 28th, 2009 at 2:20 am
Yeah this madness is getting out of control.. it seems to me that its only getting worse..im 30 years old and afraid to have kids because I don’t want them going through the shit that’s going on now a days.. we need to unite aand rebel against these kind of acts.. everybosy worried about gas prices, terror alerts, and health care. shit its so bad out here cats aint makikn it to the hospital no more straight to the cemetary.. it needs to be a stimulus package for this shit…..wtf
September 28th, 2009 at 2:58 am
is it me or does larry king have a hunch back?
September 28th, 2009 at 3:34 am
yaadman, hop off a nigga dick
September 28th, 2009 at 3:37 am
gary..this isn’t a time to be playin’.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:38 am
Word 2 me if it wasn’t any weapons or gangs or groups of people backing some people up shyt like this wouldn’t happen so often as it does! BULL SHYT LIKE DIS ALWAYS START CAUSE A PUSSY FEEL TOUGH!!! Bitch niggaz always act up when they got back up! Feel they tough & got sumthin to prove when they people around! I bet u if weapons was off the street & everybody had to shoot fair ones ALOT of these niggaz would be in school gettin A’s cause they scared to fight 1 on 1’s because if they get they ass beat it would hurt their ego & pride & wit no weapons around they would have to DEAL WIT IT or continue to fight!! But ain’t no fair 1’s!! SMH at Bitch Niggaz! Can’t be a man until you stand on ya own 2 feet!!!! SMHH ANY WAY R.I.P & Stop the SENSELESS VIOLIENCE!!!!
September 28th, 2009 at 9:05 am
well dont the rap artists that you guys constantly exhibit here promote this kind of violence through their music realtalk? Think about it.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:15 am
allnightALLDAY, you mean with exception to Soulja Boy?? Yeah
September 28th, 2009 at 10:33 am
SAD WHEN U SEE A FEW TRYIN TO BREAK IT UP. BUT THEY DID SAY IT WAS A GANG AND THERE SEEMED LIKE A HUNDRED KIDS. PAC SD IT BEST CUZ U AIN’T SHIT WITH OUT YA HOMEBOYS. AND THIS IS THAT EXAMPLE. HOW KEEPIN IT REAL GOES TO FAR. NOW THEM SAME KIDS THAT DID THAT TO HIM ABOUT 5 GET LOCKED UP & THE REST KEEP ON TERRORIZING OTHERS… THE COPS SHOT 2 FEW PPL IN A HOUSE, WHEN A KID WHO THROUGH UP A GANG SIGN WENT IN THE PPL’S HOUSE HE DIDN’T KNOW, & THE COPS OPENED FIRE. THATS HOW OUR JUSTICE IS. SHOOT FIRST ASK LAST BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY A DOWNFALL 4 CHI-TOWN COMMUNITY.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:59 am
START SNITCHING CAMPAIGN! Lets Go!
September 28th, 2009 at 11:12 am
How can police say being at a community center is the wrong place at the wrong time???
And the adults at the center are teaching what by the way???
And the adults couldn’t take 1 stick at a time or pulling kids inside for safety??? Where’s the logic in this one???
September 28th, 2009 at 11:16 am
The sad part is that all of those mothafuckas loved what was going on. Even the dude with the camera thought everything was hilarious. I watched the whole tape on another site and dude holding the camera had a blast SMH.
September 28th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Alot of the time it’s the parents but alot of the time the kids are just retarted and look up to rappers and drug dealers cuz they making alot of money while talking about breaking the law… I heard Chicago is mad bad with the crime… I’m happy I live in a less violent part of Brooklyn… sure there are some druggies and dealers hanging around and alot of idiots but we don’t have much of that here…. no excuses listen to Bill Cosby he’s the man and every mature minded person will agree with him
September 28th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
R.I.P to the guy who died for this bullshit
September 28th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
this is going on everywhere in the U.S. Chicago,Newark,Oakland..etc….this wont stop because it has been systematically put in place to be this way…not 100% sure of the reason…but its obvious that in my 29 yearz of living on this earth…we are just lab ratz while somebody is playing us like sim world…realtalk
September 28th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
U CAN BLAME IT ON WHUT EVER U WANT TO, BUT U JUST GOT TO REALIZE THAT BAD SHIT GONE HAPPEN. DONT FORGET THAT ITS EVIL IN THIS WORLD, THERE WILL NEVER BE PEACE WE ALL WANT GOOD SHIT TO HAPPEN EVERY DAY BUT ITS TWO SIDES TO EVERY THING AND WE JUST THINK ABOUT THE GOOD. THERE IS A GOD AND A DEVIL AND THEY BOTH TRY TO GET U TO DO THINGS. ONE WANT U TO DO GOOD AND ONE WANT U TO DO BAD SO ITS UP TO U. FREE WILL
September 28th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
OH YEAH FREE WILL IS NOT A SHOT OUT,
September 28th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
@noelle
Soulja Boy talking bout guns and gangs and shooting folks in his music too
So stop the bullshit
Soulja Boy wanna rap like he gettin it in the streets too
September 28th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
I understand what everybody on the page is talking about especially number 27. But that kid got pulled in that bullshit for no reason cuz those other kids wanted to be ignorant. I say everyone one is to blame parents, the rappers, and the kids themselves.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Hate the Game
Boys claimin’ they’re men, fast track to the grave
Thinkin’ they’re players, all the time bein’ played
Babies have babies, mamas pass blame
Sisters and daughters don’t know their real name
Rappers proclaim, we just showin’ what’s real
Children then copy till the day that they’re killed
A system designed to imprison our youth
Embellishing lies, disguising the truth
Sisters disrobing on video screens
Renouncing their rights as African queens
Brothers gone wild with lascivious acts
Minds chained to slavery, that’s just the facts
I’m not hatin’ the players, I’m hatin’ the game
Dollars and cents got a lock on their brains
Hi tech plantations raping our village
Corporate execs continue to pillage
Movies corrupting with negative themes
Drugs, sex and crime, a genocidal scheme
Influencing children, repeating the hooks
Keeping them down, re-writing the books
Plantations ain’t changed in four hundred years
Still whippin’ and beatin’ slaves into fear
Fear of lovin’ yourself, men, women and kids
Fear of planning a future, educatin’ your peers
Fear of seein’ the truth, fear of havin’ respect
Fear of claiming a culture of wealth, not neglect
I’m not hatin’ the players, I’m hatin’ the game
Dollars and cents padlocking their brains
Thugs grinnin’ and smilin’ with chains ‘round their neck
Gold ‘stead of iron has the same slave effect
House negroes happy they don’t have to go
Massa he love us, let us sell all his dope
We better off now, we got bling, we got flash
Fat pockets with cash and the massa just laughs
I’m not hatin’ the players, I’m hatin’ the game
Dollars and cents got a lock on their brains
The dogs in the yard used to keep us at bay
Now we callin’ our brothers by the same canine name
The underground railroad once used to escape
Gotta be resurrected to end this slave rape
Young poets and writers, rappers too
Gotta build new tracks preparing our youth
‘Stead of hatin’ on players who’s tryin’ to stand tall
Pick up the challenge, pick up the ball
Read ‘tween the lines, ‘cause that’s where truth lies
Break out of the box, start savin’ lives
Don’t be a slave with a house, car and boat
Grinning and shuffling, refusing to vote
I’m not hatin’ the players, I’m hatin’ the game
Dollars and cents padlocking their brains
Ancestors suffered, robbed of their name
Raped of their heritage; think this is a game?
Strung up and hung from the tallest tree
Whipped and tortured in their fight to be free
All this abuse to liberate you
Give you a chance to start out anew
To resurrect families, fulfilling your dreams
With culture and values, silencing screams
Erasing the nightmare of horrendous attacks
Bringing back life with courageous acts
Become heroes and heroines to ones you hold dear
Leave legacies of love, not those of fear
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