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I really wish Chicago would get a clue.
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+1 on that.
It's a perfect, yet very sad example.

Indeed, police say the teen had no criminal record, no gang affiliation. His family says he was well-behaved and shy, almost fearful of strangers. They had recently taken him out of school to protect him after gang members threatened him.

He was last seen May 1, leaving his girlfriend's house. His girlfriend told his family that several young men chased him and beat him with baseball bats. She didn't know why.

The first quote I took leaves me with a question: Just because he had no affliliation does not mean that he had not made enemies with them.... possibly a refusal for initiation processes? I saw this go bad in Midland in 1993-97. Funny thing about taking him out of school is that the gang members obviously know where he lives.

Second quote taken leaves me with another question: How did she [girlfriend] know about who chased him and he was beaten, but yet, did not have included in the story that she called the cops and gave descriptions of these teens who gave chase? Seriously, the desensitization is with their own people. You see it in communities with black/black crime, poor white/white crime, and hispanic/hispanic crimes (mostly gang related obviously, since it's not race related). Folks hear gunshots, and don't think a second thought about it. Allow the people of Illinois to carry and not just those who live outside Chicago, and these things will start to diminish. I strongly believe that.

--Brandon

sneedb82 wrote:How did she [girlfriend] know about who chased him and he was beaten, but yet, did not have included in the story that she called the cops and gave descriptions of these teens who gave chase?

That part confused me as well. These two sentences from the article have a HUGE amount of information missing between them:

He was last seen May 1, leaving his girlfriend's house. His girlfriend told his family that several young men chased him and beat him with baseball bats. She didn't know why.

The family found his brutalized body in an alley the next day, which at the time made Alex the 34th child slain this school year in the city, according to an unofficial tally kept by the Chicago Tribune.