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SMH @ BARACK’S TOWN…

Sooo very sad!

PLZ BLK PPL STOP THE BLK ON BLK VIOLENCE ….WE ALL WE GOT!

That just messed up. He had whole life for him, why did they had to take his life??

This was terrible, and as usual this was senseless with no reason!!

People need to take back their damn communities! This isht is ridiculous. I feel for the young man’s family and God have mercy on the souls of his attackers. There is no hiding place for evil and they will get theirs!

ANIMALS. And you people wonder why white folks hate us. So sad and unnecessary loss.

It’s sad

We as a people have NO LOVE for ourselves and as a result NO LOVE for our OWN people and/or those who share our skin tone…

Another senseless act done to us by our own… F*cking sad…

people, please train your mutha fuking children! if these kids are the future than i fear for the future of black america. we are truly in a state of emergency, but many of us are too busy “gettin mines” and spending hours on useless mind numbing ish to even give a damn.

If you are gonna have children please take the time to raise them, or don’t have them at all. enough of this bull already

if barack gave a damn-wouldn’t he say/do something??

The sad part about it is that they went back and burned up the memorial.

What, why? WTF. this is why I believe in the death penalty and no parole for dumb MFS

Chicago is the WORST! They have been off the hook all year! And it’s ALL young people! I don’t understand it. It’s so sad, and disheartening to see the way of our youth today… They need to get this city under control!

Someone knows who those young boys are and it is your responsibility to stand up and say something. This no snitching mess has got to stop. That was an honor roll student on his way to great things and these loosers who were on their way to nothing stopped it. The devil has hands on the hearts of our young men. And we have got to take it back. We have to many sociopatheic and psychopathic people walking around our neighborhoods. They have no conscious nor feelings. It’s like someone has stolen their soul.

SO SAD..:(

OMG WHAT A SHAME

I HATE to hear stories like this. I absolutely do! This is so freaking sad. I mean kids were just fighting all over the place and probably over nothing. My prayers are with this young man’s friends and family.

We talk and talk about how white folks keep us down and how the system gives us nothing, but in all reality I’m starting to feel like WE are our own worst enemy. Look at this mess. Where is the accountability? Honestly before we try to address all the problems other people have with us, we need to fix the problems in our communities.

This is horrible … Black on Black crime….this is heartbreaking Cowards!.

Lock them up and get their behinds.. beaten.

I blame some of these kids parents…. they need to be locked up to.

Parents need to remind their children everyday as they go out to school… in the community respect others as you want to be respected!..

5%NATION…..

My goodness, what is this world coming to?

co-sign @ IJM and bobby’s comments at 10:51.

Hi IJM!!!

Savages, that’s exactly what we look like and portray ourselves as and then have the nerve to be upset when we are treated as such by the greater society. Terrible tragedy

This is just terrible! I have 2 sons and this just breaks my heart. Damn, the good do die young. What in the world is going on with our young people?

*just like the family of the boy WHO was killed

This saddens me, why the f**k didn’t no one try to stop it, instead of people picking up their cameras and ish, they should’ve called 911, this is tragic and to think he could’ve been saved if someone stepped up and did the right thing…smdh i was born in chicago but after seeing this crap, i dont wanna go back there anytime soon

This is so sad…It’s really unfortunate, when someone values education and trying to get ahead, then the ghetto/ ghetto mentality in others, take his life from him…

I believe in private school education and NOT living in cities, where this type of violence, is commonplace. This is so sad. I feel sorry for the young man this happened to and his family..

May the perpetrators be caught soon. I don’t care whether they’re black like me, this cannot go unpunished. They should accept full accountability for the foolishness.

The parents of these kids need to come forth and turn them in. That child was murdered. I’m speechless.

That is awful~ I am so glad i live nowhere near Chicago, been thru there but would never want to live there! Its everywhere not only Chicago but i have heard of Fenger High School and it is a rough neighborhood there~!!

They are just some ignorant thugs.Send them straight to iraq. They went back and burned up the memorial.

From what i hear about Chicago~ they retaliate and its going to be a blood bath there, you better believe that~~!

Hi 1TruDiva!

How in the hell can Obama be blamed for this??

He might’ve lived in Chicago but while the parents of these children let them run around like the savages they are, he was protecting and raising his!

Hi Aunite!

I meant…auntie!

I remember those posters in the 80′s…Us killing Us is Genocide…It’s been 20 odd years since I’ve seen one of those…yet the anthem is still relevant…So sad and brutal what we do to one another and for what…For what…A beautiful life gone…It’s time to stand up black people…Stop letting this madness continue…..

@GODDESS1 – you know, I didn’t even think about the fact that both the most powerful black man and woman in current US, hail from this town. Why aren’t they doing more to bring attention/concern to the issues going on in their own streets, especially Oprah, since she certainly has the forum for it? Chicago has progressively gotten worse IMO, over the last yr. Someone said the gang task force was dismantled, maybe this is why?
In any case, it is so sad, on many levels (the children, our future, the families of both the victims and the perps, etc). When are we going to take back our communities and start raising our children to be held to a higher standard of accountability? It’s sad that this child’s life was worth nothing, in the eyes of the other children who took it.

AUNTIE VIV!
HEY GORGEOUS …REAL TALK! … WE HATE OUR OWN, WE READY TO THROW DOWN WHEN WE FIGHT OUR SELVES AND PUNK UP LIKE BYTCHES WHEN OTHERS ATTACK US…!

this is so damn sad
not only has this boy lost his life but the kids who did this will as well. the will spend the rest of their lives in jail all over a silly fight that turned deadly. what ever they were fighting over is stupid but some one died becuse of it….a senseless cycle I am praying for both parties and the parents do need to turn their child in

HOW CAN YOU NOT BLAME OBAMA …HE IS GOD TO SOME ..RIGHT? ..CANT HE HEAL US ?

People are saying their ignorant parents.That is the problem they are destroying their own future’s and communities along with the future’s of everyone else.The parents are the X-GANGBANGER’s. Gangbangers are raising gangbangers.It’s a cycle.All the ghetto ignorance know is KILL,KILL,KILL.I need hood respect…couldn’t tell you 12 times 9.

Real black men to to form a vigilante group in these communities to go after these thugs and I don’t care what these so-called preachers say. This mess has got to stop with the killing thugs feeding off the innocent. This young man was an honor student and there is no telling how far he could have gone in life. This is why intelligent black people don’t want to live around these thug animals and I don’t blame. Why put your children in harm’s way around ghetto thugs who don’t want to do anything in life but brutalize folks. Thugs like this is why I believe in abortion.

I do think that Obama can do something along the lines of addressing situations like this but NOT because it’s Chicago. (where he lived) Shyt like this happens all over America.

It would have to be addressed from a whole different perspective.

robert

People are saying their ignorant parents.That is the problem they are destroying their own future’s and communities along with the future’s of everyone else.The parents are the X-GANGBANGER’s. Gangbangers are raising gangbangers.It’s a cycle.All the ghetto ignorance know is KILL,KILL,KILL.I need hood respect…couldn’t tell you 12 times 9.
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Totally agree

@ mojojo–

Probably AFTER they bragged about it.

Question for the parents in this thread–

If your child witnessed this brutality and told you about it or you overheard them telling a friend about it, what would you instruct him/her to do?

Especially in these days of “no snitching?”

Be honest!!!!!!!

Some parts of chicago always remained like this. I remember my Dad saying how some areas he’ll never go to.

You have females have children & their dad either not a part of their lives or have been killed in gang violence. Mom could be on drugs, grandma could be raising kids… you never know. These kids have no direction, no beliefs, nor care of anohter human life b/c they do not value their own lives. Someone needs to tell these children, they are important, make something of yourselve, go to school & meet your future wife.

Anything so these kids will feel they have something to live for.

HEY AUNTIE V

MORNING DIVA SIS!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Thanks, Lil Sis!!

I tried calling you last night. Check your messages.
(You know where)

Does anyone know what neighborhood was this in??? South Side?

Oh snap!

Happy Birthday 1TruDiva!

@1TruDiva w/the PlatinumVocals—Pimpin, Platinum style!!! J-Hud’s concert was OFF THE MEAT RACK!!!!!!!!!

Question for the parents in this thread–

If your child witnessed this brutality and told you about it or you overheard them telling a friend about it, what would you instruct him/her to do?

Especially in these days of “no snitching?”

Be honest!!!!!!!

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No question. We would go to the police. This is not a stolen bike, or a typical school yard brawl in which I might instruct my child to stay away and stay out of. This is someone’s LIFE!
Not to mention, the type of parents who would promote “no snitching” to their child, are probably the same type of individuals whose children are perpetrating these types of crimes…

Children need Love, Guidance and Discipline! From their parents, or some other adults!

Children can not raise themselves, and they should not be expected to behave as grown-ups!!

@ glock
yea your right but it depends on how old they were and i do feel you on we are all we have but it starts @ home. we have too many parents raisng their kids based on popularity if the masses argee then they are following ….we as a people have to do better not just for your own but for other kids as well, dont just take ya child off the corner and tell him to go home clear the entire corner! we have to do more for our kids

AND WHERE IS ALL THIS “CHANGE GONNA COME” WHEN YOU SHEEP ELECTED OH BAAH MA?, IT GOT WORSE… A CHANGE DID COME AND IS GONNA COME ITS GONNA GET REAL GRIMEY FOR BLK MEN AND BLK YOUTH … SO MOTHERS AND WIVES PAY ATTENTION HEAR? !

@laverius

You sound like a damn fool!!

@1TruDiva-

“And to think, they’re trying to get the Olympics to come to Chicago.”
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This is what I mean by Obama not speaking up or drawing attention to what is obviously a problem for his city. I know he’s the POTUS and has other more pressing issues, I really do understand that, but when he can make a PERSONAL pitch to bring the 2016 Olympics to your city, but then ignore the violence that is plaguing the same streets, I have a problem with that. If he can speak personally in support of something, then surely he can speak personally and denounce this type of violence and ignorance?

Thanks, Auntie!

@ alrighty then–

Whew!!!!

I’m glad there are people out here who still have a sense of civic duty and a moral obligation to do what’s right.

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ Alrighty then—

Your making some damn good points!!!

MOJOJO!
HEY I AGREE TOTALLY ON EVERYTHING YOU SAID !

@ tru diva
honestly i really dont know what to do
one side is like go to the police
the other side is like don’t this neighborhood is heavily gang influenced and the police has little or no involement in the communtiy @ all.
what is so sad is we have this self proclaimed no snitching law in the hood but the reallity is the police wont do anything for you if you do tell. I am sorry i cant give u a clear cut answer but the right thing to do is tell but the reality is we can’t….they can get to you way quicker than the police

@ Lady J.. No need to fear sending your kids to Law school in chicago.. and what’s so safe about North Carolina (it’s ignorant people in every city/state – just looking for some mess to get into)

Downtown chicago is a pretty safe place to be, the universities here are institures of higher learning, and well protected, especially if they are downtown..

(I’m a chicagoan) and the ignant black folks know that you can pop off all the mess you want to in your own neigborhoods, but you bring that mess downtown and that’s your ass! lol…

The city is so huge you’ve got to travel at least 40 minutes by train to get from where this crime took place (south side of Chicago), to downtown chicago.

I love my city, but damnnnn i can’t stand the ghetto-thugs of the younger generation who seem to be out of control, all across the country (not just Chicago)

That laverius sounds like a witness. I hope his IP is being tracked!

@symone The 100′s didn’t use to be this bad…thanks symone! Back in the day, 63rd (wolcott) was a bad area!! Still trying to debate if I should encourage my daughters to go to Chicago…they want to continue their education up there next year. My kids are naive, never witnessed any violence, gangs/shootings etc…. Suburban America only. They want to go to school at Depaul & U of C… what do you think???

now everyone who is saying Obama isnt doing anything and not saying anything about it…give him a chance
this just happened and i didnt hear about this until today …if he doesnt say anthing by wednesday then call him all the names u want

i aint kno witness, but i dont need to see what happens to know what goes down in america day by day. all yall with your eyes closed, open em up.

I just don’t see the point in blaming Obama. Crimes like this have been going on for years!!!

What we as parents need to do is to take a PERSONAL responsibility in raising our children!!!!

Of course, there are always going to be outside influences. However–if your child is raised with STANDARDS, self respect, and respect of others, it’s no way in hell they’re going to run around committing crimes like these.

For instance–my son listens to hip hop. That doesn’t make it OK for him to emulate the people who perform it.

I wish he WOULD cross my threshold with his pants hangin’ off his ass!

I wish he WOULD start speaking of “bytches and hoes!”

I should go to his school and pop him upside his head JUST for this thread!

Lol!!!!!!!

this needs to stop there need to be an alert across america this is out of control we need to have a summit all black people need to unite to end this madness a black cease fire

@ mojojo–

I understand your point, too and I’m not knocking you. I was raised in New York under a different time and different circumstances than where I live and am in life right now so…I feel you.

It just makes me sad….ALL those people and….nothing (that I see) is done to bring the people responsible to light.

@Mizz E. Thanks for the information….I feel much better now.

@ mojojo–

LMAO!!!!!

You know we be “e-thuggin” up in here!!

Lol!!!!

@ TRU DIVA
thank you!!! it is not hip hop its not jay -z it is us!!! we have to take responsiblity for what it is we do! stop blaming the world and start handling ya handle!!

@mojojojo – no, this is just hitting the national circuit. Gang violence in Chi-town has been bad, with some even saying it’s the “worst summer in memory”. Back in May, I think, there was an article about 1 black youth per week being killed due to gang violence. One weekend in particular this summer, there were 4 killings and 2 wounded (6 shootings in one weekend), all due to gang/gun violence. Now, the world at large may not know, but I tend to think that Obama, being that it’s his hometown, would know by now.

@ alrighty then
yea i feel you this is nothing new the gang violence is off the hook up there, i cant front i was shocked when i heard Obama was trying to push for the olympics. i do agree he needs to address the gang violence there but it is everywhere! you have youths in houston, compton, jersy etc getting killed. what i would love for him to do is re vamp the gang violence unit across the country

WHO SAID GIVE OBAMA MORE TIME.10-15 KIDS A DAY GET KILLED IN CHICAGO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS NOW.HE IS IGNORING IT!

Gang violence has been in Chicago before the 1970′s….the reality is the city of Chicago is a drug cartell, with crooked police and Mayor Daley is the head of it all……these folks don’t care about black people. As long as the violence stay away from their area….they don’t give a sh*t!! I think the worst people of all are Black drug dealers…now they should be lynched bcuz, they pump these kids with drugs, and the kid’s senses are dull to emotion…..they are killing machines!

EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT THE OLYMPICS IT’S OVER WITH TICKETS ARE ALREADY ON SALE IN A COUNTRY I CAN’T EVEN PRONOUNCE I SAW IT ON THE NEWS TODAY.

Since all seem to say we cn’t count on Obama, then the people of the communities need to stick together, & fight this in their community.

Create a safe haven for these young boys. Hold group interventions. Pray. Something b/c I’m tired of reading about our young smart black men having their lives taken by ignorance.

You n*ggers are animals, you will kill yourself for foolishness.. All you should be locked away. So Ghetto..

Now we are lynching ourselves…we can’t blame the white man for anything anymore. My prayers are with the family.

@ glok—

You say that music is influential?

I can somewhat agree with that because it seems our youth tend to glorify it today. However–where is the sense of responsibility from the parents to raise their children?

OK, this thread is beginning to change up, so you guys can have it.

Peace.
I’m out!

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My heart goes out to the young man’s family. However, i’m just trying to figure out how come he didn’t just runaway from all that foolishness? Plus, i’m suprised that he died because it didn’t look like that he was beat up that bad. Even though he was hit in the head, it was with a board and not a bat.I’ve seen alot worse. Maybe it was because he was small.

I just heard on the news that he was targeted because he didn’t join a gang….Now, people who live in these gang infested areas need to get a clue! If you live in these areas and know that gangs are trying to get at your kids, you can’t let your kids walk the streets by themselves! Unfortuanetly, you must act like you are in a war zone and never leave your child unattended!!

Eh….I see the troll came out to play and sadly is getting her fix. If you don’t feed her, she’ll go away.

I’m out.

@prettywhitegirl……STFU!! I live in your f*cking area….and white kids are crazy as hell…many are on acid, weed, estacy and will come into your house and kill you, shoot up your school and kill their mama, daddy & whole family. So, stop being a dumb ass….violence is a problem in evey community.

1 TRUDIVA
VERY WELL SAID SISTA ..I AGREE TO ALL THAT !

This is very sad indeed.
@Alrighty Then…
@mojojojo

I agree with you 100% with your comments.

The dudes that did this ain’t nothing more but a bunch of cowards. Whatever happened to fighting your own battles.

@laverius
No Comment you have already proven everyone’s point. On how stupid you are.

*isnt horrific

i may be black, but i am so glad i am not african american. this is just an animalistic behvior.

@prettywhitegirl

Yeah and you all just kill for insurance policy’s. A kill is a kill right. I Mean white people will kill over some money and property quick. Go take out a insurance policy with the quickness and cry like a baby at the funeral.

Eh….I see the troll came out to play and sadly is getting her fix. If you don’t feed her, she’ll go away.

I’m out.
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Co-sign! IGNORE THE TROLLS!

Ppl please ignore the trolls and stick to the topic!!!

to the prettywhitegirl…you don’t even have the heart to say that is sad..or care the reason why they are doing this…i don’t think you got any love for anybody..just stop judging the acts of a few lunatics on the whole race….do you know that this goes on on some of the minority communities in every part of the world…england has one….france has one and so on…I’m white but some parts of european countries have that problem too but you don’t hear it but its there…also you say negative things about blacks but deep down you like that thug mentality and I bet you want to date one….a lot of white girls these days like that “thug” attitudes wtf is wrong with you people…..i just don’t get it….

and then we wonder why people call us ANIMALS… this is sad, horrific, and disgraceful.

@yoadirin
call me names i do not care, but i will never ever claim to be african american. GET THAT!!!!

@victoria…sorry, I dont dat monkeys

@ rose, your forever harassing me when I dont even say anything to your ghetto ass. STFU and join your race on the race to the grave.

My husband always say if your doing anything to help black youth then don’t complain. That’s why I don’t say $hit.

1ST AND FORE MOST …ALL PRAISE FUE TO THE MERCIFUL AND BENEFICENT CREATOR FOR WAGING WAR ON OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, IGNORANCE AND NAIVETE.SO LET US ATTEMPT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY WE CAN LEARN OUR BASIC UNDERSTANDINGS THE PLAGUE US, IT STARTS IN THE MIND AND CHARITY STARTS AT HOME!!

ALL PRAISES DUE!

That’s pretty ignorant to race-bait, everyday, all day just to increase responses..Whoever is behind this, may whatever you cast out come back to you 100 fold. You are a simple mutha–ker, to be on here talking this mess, on a thread where someone just lost their life..

I don’t like to wish bad on nobody, but I really would like for something horrible to happen to you, then maybe you’ll have some better comments to make…

Can take them out of the trailer, but can’t tale the trailer of them pink folks…Go get a bag of meth from your mom and fins something else to do..

Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!

“take”- excuse typo

Real talk, its not too far fetch to believe the kid that was killed wasn’t involved or affiliated with a gang himself. It happens all the time, good boy persona for the parents and teachers, but on the outsided thugged up. Seriously!!!!!!!!

@ HOMIE
DADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ BKDavis

Yeah, i grew up in the 100′s too. This type of fighting been going on since the 80′s. It’s sad to know that it has gotten worse out there. I was at the crib for the 4 of July, I heard it was over 100 shootings that weekend and close to 20 homicides.

@ Mojo

Hey mama, I’m on the site too!!!!!!!

when*-typo

Only time I ever went to Chicago, was to go to the Michael Jordan restaurant, late 97 and shopping. I will NEVER ever go back there. Barack has gt to be a fool to try to have the Olympics held there…

Way to much violence, they can’t even let the kids go to school, how the heck are they supposed to have tourists and others, there?Clearly, They don’t know how to act. Every day something foul is going on in that city…

PLEASE STOP THE VIOLENCE. I WORRY ABOUT MY 12YR OLD SON WHO IS GETTING OLDER AND FRNAKLY IM TERRIFIED FOR HIS SAFETY. YOU ARE KILLING DREAMS AS WELL AS PEOPLE. AS A CHICAGO SOUTH SIDE RESIDENT BORN AND RAISED, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS KIND OF BRUTAL NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE BEFORE IN MY 36 YEARS OF LIVING. GOD PLEASE HEAR MY PRAYER AND THE PRAYERS OF SO MANY OTHERS AND STOP THIS VIOLENCE!!!

I always said Chicago will never get the Olympics once the world truly find out how dangerous that place is.

What effects one, effects us all people. This is a pure case of where our society is headed if we as individuls don’t come together and each of us do our small part to touch one heart. Ask yourselves, what have you done to make our society better? Don’t blame Oprah, Obama, the police, etc. Blame us. And Hannibal, stop disrespecting out First Lady. Show us your face so we can know who would be so blantantly disrespectful to display such an image of a graceful and successful woman. Just why?

i dont even know what to say about this shit!

AS FAR AS HANNIBLE GOES HE LIKES NEGATIVE ATTENTION
HE LOOKS LIKE TREY SONGZ AND HE IS A COOL CAT HE JUST LOVES TO GET UNDER PEOPLE SKIN

@laverius
Why are you “reppin” the thug life on the internet? Boy please.

@prettywhite girl
I know you ain’t talking about what black people are doing to each other, all them crazy white folk you got kidnapping girls and keeping them in fake arse tents in your backyard for years. Or how about those Chicken Coop murders? The Manson family? Insanity unfortunately touches all races.

And they want to have the Olympics there? GTFOH. This seems like some third world country type shit.

Barack shouldn’t endorse this city for shit.

SMMFH.

By the way, nobody is targeted for not joining gangs in Chicago, my guess is that young boy had some type of involvement with a gang.

@prettywhitegirl

i see you’re taking a break from banging your father and blowing your brother to check this site. you know how you dirty white crackers do…

WELL EVEN THOUGH JUDGEMENT DAY IS BEING JUDGED BY THE ALMGHTY ,WHO IS THE MASTER OF THIS JUDGEMENT, THE SMALLER JUDGEMENTS CAN BE JUDGED BY US PPL…WE CAN DETERMINE A MEASURE OF OUR OWN FATE ..PLUS WE CAN DETERMINE A “HEAVEN” OR “HELL” FOR OUR OWN SELVES DEPENDING UPON JUDGEMENTS WE MAKE WHICH IS ACTUALLY MAKING “DECISIONS”!!!

@dayg715… oh, you really hurt my feelings, I just got back from a meeting. we are in the process of building more jails to lock away the monkeys..

@sasha… shouldnt you be in a Beywolf post Or Jail

@prettywhitegirl

Okay, what’s your deal? How are you going to re-post something written (most likely by a black person) to condone what they’re saying, but write “n*****s” fail?

You must be a black person trying reverse psychology. I’m going to assume this. Either way, you’re more twisted than the ignorant fools who killed the poor child…

@prettywhite

shouldn’t you be in a strip club somewhere? oh, that’s right. your grandfather didn’t get his turn yet. he wants to know what’s taking so long for you to finish with his horse.

Im sorry but some admendment rights needs to be revised in this new society of ours. When there were restrictions on things, problems like this didnt occur. We all need to stop focusing on what these white people SAY about us. WE need to start doing something because as much as it may hurt, alot of what they say is true. We need to start doing something and stop talking about changing shit. When white ppl act up and black folks raise hell about it, THINGS GET DONE. Why cant we do the same with our own ppl?? Im ready yall. Lets come up with some solutions because I hate to see what the future holds for my beautiful black kids if the majority of us act like this.

Jul 31, 2009 … Blacks were three times more likely than Hispanics and five times more …. Beck, Allen J. “An Overview of National Jail Statistics

HEY RE! HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

I can’t believe this! I’m so upset, about this incident and blk on blk crime in general…

According to 2005 Census Bureau statistics, the male African-American population of the United States aged between 18 and 24 numbered 1,896,000. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 106,000 African-Americans in this age group were in federal or state prisons at the end of 2005. See table 10 of this report. If you add the numbers in local jail (measured in mid-2006), you arrive at a grand total of 193,000 incarcerated young Black males, or slightly over 10 percent.

@always knew
Hey girl…yeah this whole situation is sad I wish there was something I could do…

The idea that we can keep incarcerating and keep incarcerating — pretty soon we’re not going to have a young African-American male population in America. They’re all going to be in prison or dead. One of the two.”
–John Edwards, MTV political forum, September 27, 2007

Everybody acknowledges that incarceration rates among young black males are much higher than among whites or Hispanics. An August 2003 Bureau of Justice Statistics analysis shows that 32 percent of black males born in 2001 can expect to spend time in prison over the course of their lifetime. That is up from 13.4 percent in 1974 and 29.4 percent in 1991. By contrast, 17.2 percent of Hispanics and 5.9 percent of whites born in 2001 are likely to end up in prison.

As for violent deaths, we asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a list of the ten leading causes of death for black males, aged 18 to 24, in 2004. The top three causes of death in this age group were (1) homicide (2,140 deaths), unintentional injury (948 deaths), and suicide (332 deaths). Deaths from HIV AIDS ranked sixth (67 deaths.) If we add the homicide, suicide, and HIV deaths together, we get 2,539 deaths. That is a combined death rate from violent causes or AIDS of around 0.13 percent for this segment of the population. Hardly an epidemic.

Black people get involved in your community TODAY! Get involved in your children’s education an TODAY!
Start talking to your children instead of yelling at them to TODAY!
Black men & women start uniting for our children’s sake!
Black people quit downing and as you say “HATING” on each other learn to LOVE each other!
Ignore ignorant people that talk trash about our race, their not worth the air you breathe. Let them waist them breath and time focusing on our community.
ALL THE HATE TALKED ABOUT THE BLACK COMMUNITY BY OTHER RACES, WHY DON’T YOU BE PART THE SOLUTION AND NOT THE PROBLEM?

Those Columbine kids, wouldn’t have stood a chance in a Chicago Public School.

Dammit! Come on black people! This makes no sense

@always knew

Don’t go arguing with pwg about who’s crimes are worse…”she” (which I’m inclined to believe is not white, but that’s just me) is trying hard, coming with stats and whatnot, to rile us up…

plz. you wish I were black. Not hardly. I just speak the truth, and you cant handle the truth!

THE FAT AZZ MAYOR IS BUSY IN COPENHAGEN TRYNA BRING THE OLYMPICS TO CHICAGO…..GIMME A FREAKING BREAK……..WHY WON’T THAT ENERGY BE PUT INTO MAKING IT SAFER FOR THESE STUDENTS TO MAKE IT HOME FROM SCHOOL….JUST A THOUGHT………

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The idea that we can keep incarcerating and keep incarcerating — pretty soon we’re not going to have a young African-American male population in America. They’re all going to be in prison or dead. One of the two.”
–John Edwards, MTV political forum, September 27, 2007
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WHAT A TRUSTED SOURCE. MTV. SHOWS EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN ABOUT WHT AMERICA. YOU HAVE BEEN DUMBED DOWN YOURSELF AND DON’T KNOW IT OR ACKNOWLEDGE IT…

WHAT ABOUT THE STATISTICS FOR BLK MALES BEING LOCKED UP FALSELY FOR CRIMES THEY DIDN’T COMMIT.

WHY IS THE INNOCENCE PROJECT GETTING SO MANY BLK MALES FREE? BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE PROBLEMS, BUT THE SYSTEMIC RACISM MAKES IT HARD FOR WHT PEOPLE TO THINK ANYONE WITHOUT THEIR WHT SKIN, THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY GUILTY. THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS TO BE FIXED. YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN BLKS.

I STILL DON’T SEE THE STATS ON WHT RAPIST MEN WITH THEIR OWN CHILDREN…ORTHE STATS OF THE KIDS THAT THEY PRODUED WITH THEIR OWN CHILDREN…

WHT RACE= FAIL. TO HAVE BEEN IN POWER FOR SO LONG, USING ALL KINDS OF DISHONEST AND SNEAKY METHODS TO HURT DIFFERENT RACES, OF COURSE, THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME ANGER AND VIOLENCE. I JUST WISH THAT WE WOULDN’T TURN IT INWARD, TO HURT OURSELVES…

btw: didn’t john edwards cheat on his wife, during the campaign and had a bastard child, out of it, that he tried to cover up? Interesting that you would quote him. Go any quotes from Palin? Can you see Russia from your house? How about Moose? How about a 6 pack, so you can go play pokey with your dad and brothers?

@re- your right,but I am already pissed about this. it doesn’t help with someone making fun and no respect for the individual, that lost his life.. Pisses me off… but you’re right…

I wish there wa something that I could do, I want to effect change for all of our kids…This is so upsetting and depressing, all at the same time..

If you don’t fit in, they kill you? WTF? Senseless.

Teaching starts at home. A lot of mothers are either crack heads themselves or working long hours so they can get their hair did and party on weekends….People just don’t care about their children…. I’m the product of a single mom who raised 6 kids…. 4 out of 6 kids GRADUATED from college with one currently in college….my mom controlled her household…my brothers weren’t in gangs nor wore earrings, ect….No excuses people!!

My mother used to tell me,”If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything at all.”

Because I don;t have anything positive to say, I;m out. I am angry and simply can’t deal with this situation, right now. Mentoring is not going to help, when the people that have thse kids, don’t give a damn…Volunteering isn’t going to help unless we start caring about ourselves and I just don’t think that we are there, yet…

Everybody, have a good day and I’m out…I need to go spend some time with my kids, so I can appreciate the time that I do have, with them..

@ Tatumeffbaby

Be careful!!!!

when darrien 1st got hit with the board why didnt someone come help him up and take him away. They are cowards they had to gang up on him and beat him when he is down ..I got chills up my spine seeing this its disgusting . I hope the people who did that 2 him go 2 prison not juve prison for a long long time ..r.i.p darrien

What is going on in Chicago with all this violence against these children?

I am 100% involved in my children’s lives and involved in my community as well. This black on black crime and hate is getting outrageous and ridiculous! People need to wake up and tell that inner hate that I will not let you win today or any other day! What is so hard about complimenting another black person, instead of judging them because of their hair, shoes, clothes etc… I tell you life is to short to waste, when you have a long prosperous road ahead of you. I come in peace to all my brother’s and sister’s. I’m not here to judge or put anybody down. But lord knows we need a world peace day amongst blacks! Our ancestors are turning over in their graves, because of the ignorance of today’s adults & youths. Just encouraging someone will go a long ways, than saying negative remarks to someone. I hardly ever come to this blog and rarely comment. I knew this story would be on this blog and I decided to comment today. It hurts me as a mother to see a child being beat with 2by 4r’s and stump down to the ground by multiple kids and adults. Its sad and this gang crap and violence need to end TODAY! I feel for his family and loved ones!

BLACK PEOPLE…

@ we look…I did a background check, it came back clean. Now can you say the same. I said I was going to the hood to give your people food. I think I’ll organize a charity for Young black N*gger boys and help get them off the street.

@prettywhitegirl- Thank you for all your love and support, but make sure you take your meds before you go to charity event full of black people. We are trying to stop the violence and increase the peace.

I forgot they don’t care as long as our young people continue to kill each other, sell drugs, drop out of school, that’s fine with them, but the minute a person of another race looks at a black person the wrong way or says something negative, then it’s war. Jessie Jackson & Al Sharpton are two of the worst people in the black community. Let’s stop this non-sense people & get our young men on the right track because as long as you are being brainwashed by Heckel & Jeckel this kind of violence among our people & especially young people will continue. It’s sad when a black person that lives in a jungle has a better chance of survival than our young men in America. Wake up people before there will be no old black men because all of them will either be dead or incarcerated young. Really sad people, pray & let’s do something about it NOW.

@alrighty then… she is in the kardashin post flirty with daywalker

this kind of reminds me of the Jena 6 beat down

I don’t believe in the death penalty HOWEVER, in this case, every one of those IGNORANT B***tards need to be stoned to death along with their sorry a** parents. Looking at this made me sick to my stomach. I don’t have children; however, I have nieces and nephews and I fear greatly for their lives. This is ridiculous. Blacks have got to start raising their children to want more out of life. A senseless killing for what?-bragging rights. These useless fools have no place on this earth.

they burned down the memorial too, I wonder what this was about

They Should Put The Guy With The Piece Of Wood On Death Row. Use Him As An Example To Get A Message Across That This Non Sense Has To Stop Here. I Know It Sounds Harsh But Sometimes Harsh Measures Has To Be Taken To Get A Message Across. It’s Time That We Send A Message To These Gangs That We Will Do What Ever It Takes To Get Rid Of Them. My Prayers Go Out To The Victim’s Family.

those monkey has everything EVERYTHING they have clothes they can go to school and study and be something but they have to act like monkeys americans always making the black race look bad im sorry but its the truth

Why can’t blks admit,that young black ppl are mentally retarted 1

CAN’T BLAME WHITE PPL.

THINK

PSA – Top Places Black Men Get Killed

http://bornunknown.blogspot.com/2009/07/psa-1-
top-places-black-men-get-killed.html

So sorry for this young man and his family. I’m in Chicago and young ppl are dying daily. It’s really sad…

@WHITE MALE..YEA..I WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING…THERES MORE TO THE STORY..ATLEAST TO WHAT THE PARENTS BELIEVE..BUT SO F**KING WHAT,,,THERE’S NO EXUSE NONE WHAT SO WHATEVER!!!

I’m so royally pissed about this. Who cares about the Olympics in Chicago for 2016? How about ridding the city of ingrades like this first.

PSA – Top Places Black Men Get Killed

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shame shame man luv n prayers fo da fam

This brought tears to my eyes, I’m sick and tired of reading stories like this. This has to end, Life is more than what block you rep or what colors you wear. When I read stories like this, it makes me NOT want to bring kids into this hateful world. I will keep that child family in my prayers.

[...] has hit the blogs regarding the 16 year-old honor student that was beaten and killed. The youth really should take heed to this message: Dear Young Warriors [...]

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this hurts me so much. i have a 5 year old son. we are raising him well – to think that some evil bastards can come and just take away all of our hard work. people really need to train their kids. how can you give birth to someone capable of this type of shit? they need to start arresting the parents too. this is THEIR fault.

“My people shall perish for lack of knowledge”

For those who said this why white people hate….wrong, this what they want….they hate because they want to be us….It time for “us” to return to the glory that GOD made us.

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HUmanely Put them down…
OUR Elders.
Typing too fast got me in trouble

Lavarius, go back to school and learn how to speak and write English, you comment is unintelligible and you sound ridiculous whatever it is you are trying to say. Its a doggone disgrace!

Take hold of your kids Black women and stop laying with men who are not cut out to be fathers for its your Thug kids who are killing our innocent kids, yes even babies! Many of us think its time the news started showing the faces of these Black women who are responsible for leashing these thug animals onto the world! You should not be able to hide behind your 4 walls as you and you alone are responsble for how your child is raised as we are all a product of our environment! The media should show your faces for All the World to See! You let your children hang out on street corners, hang out in front of storefronts, roam the streets all hours of the night etc. Who are you people, because many of us want to see your faces. Its time that you as parents come off the Jerry Springer and Maury Povich shows of the world and be held accountable for the violence that your thug child perpetrates against the innocent. Many of us feel you, and you alone need to be held responsible as Black women who raise these thugs who act like animals! For those Black women who we know have not had an easy life in this country, who’ve struggled and fought to keep your children in school, who’ve raised your children to have respect for others, who’ve taught your children to do whats right rather than whats wrong, who raised your young to have respect for theirselves and others, we know your struggle, God knows your struggle, your reward is going to come. Stay strong, the highest respect goes out to you as a Black woman, as a Black Queen! F

And for all you rappers out there, you just don’t get, you yourselves are nothing more than a puppet on a string. For rappers like Naz who comments on national TV that his music is not inciting violence in Black youth, you say you are just speaking the cold reality of street life, many of us would damn sure like to know, if as you state, your lyrics have not been instrumental in creating a more violent youth as you and other rappers claim. Many of us would challenge you to name any “1″ group of kids in any state, for that matter, in any country that your violent rap lyrics have had a positive effect on and produced a positive change in their lives! Because from where many of us sit, we have yet to see it! You and others like you, might think you have control, but you have Nothing, You Own Nothing, and You have No Real Power! You are mere puppets on a string! but many of you are too full of yourselves to even see the writing on the wall! What you own and flaunt to the world is nothing more than what those in real power have allowed you to have until you cease to be an asset! Its time for you idiots to wake up, as we are all our brothers keeper! Naz and other rappers like you have it within yourselves to be great role models to our dying Black youth today, don’t take what you have been allowed to have for granted, because no matter how high you might be flying right now with all of your bling and expensive cars, in the real world, the wise understand that what goes up eventually must to come down! Every Black rapper, singer, actor has it within them to do something positive for our black youth, to show them theres an alternate way of life, to help those very same young ones who you claim are your brothers in the hood, your brothers of the brown race! If all of you rappers got together and pooled some of your benjamins, you could move mountains for this lost generatin of Black youth today! A wise old man once said, its not what you say, its not the trash you talk, its what you do thats really counts in the end! Its the positive things that you do, which really leaves your mark in he world as a Man!

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SAD!!!!!!!!!!!