Derrion Albert, E-Fame, and Revenge

Posted by bakerboy on Feb 19, 2010 | 5 comments

Trading senseless beatings and revenge for e-fame and deserved family.  Welcome to America!  How may we strip you of your integrity?

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UPDATE: Four teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in Derrion Albert’s beating death.

Silvanus Shannon, 19, Eugene Riley, 18, and Eric Carson, 16, all of Chicago, were charged as adults ordered held without bond. Eugene Bailey, 18, was also charged with first-degree murder and will appear in court Tuesday.

Prosecutors declared Albert an “innocent bystander” in the fight that led to his death.

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Chicago police are still investigating the gang fight that erupted Thursday in Roseland that resulted in the death of 16-year-old Fenger High School student Derrion Albert.

Albert was killed in a melee near the school that police believe is a continuation of ongoing tensions between Fenger students that are members of rival gangs.

An amateur video of the brawl shows dozens of people punching, kicking and swinging wooden boards in the street. Albert was struck by blows from one of those boards, Fox Chicago reports, and the video obtained by Fox shows a person getting hit with a board and then stomped on after falling to the ground.

As people rush to help the injured person, a voice can be heard on the video yelling, “Derrion, get up!”

Albert’s mom said witnesses told her that her son “trying to help another student and kind of got mixed in with the crowd of the fight and he was hit.”

A memorial and march planned for Sunday was rescheduled for Monday at 1 p.m., the Tribune reports.

Police are questioning four people in connection with Albert’s death, Fox Chicago reported late Sunday night.

The student who hit Albert with a board is in custody, Fox reports, as police try to figure out why Albert, an honor student whom family and friends said was not involved with a gang, was killed.

Meanwhile, police beefed up security around Fenger Monday as students returned to school the week after the melee that led to Albert’s death.

“We want to provide reassurance to the public that there’s a police presence and they can feel safe in the neighborhood and kids can feel safe at school,” the Tribune quoted Morgan Park District Commander Michael Kuemmeth as saying. (from the Huffington Post)

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Family members of a South Side boy beaten to death a week ago and area clergy asked for calm and donations in the wake of the attack that has garnered national attention stretching all the way to the White House.

Relatives of Derrion Albert, joined by members of the violence-intervention group CeaseFire and several ministers, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., on Wednesday called for greater attention to the crime facing youths, as well as the lack of jobs available to them.

“This is a war zone,” Jackson said outside Sheldon Heights Church of Christ, 11325 S. Halsted St. “You don’t have to be guilty to be killed in a war zone, the innocent die.”

Albert, 16, a Fenger student, was fatally beaten by a group, police said.

The slaying, captured by video camera, has sent ripples across the nation. Earlier Wednesday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the video of teenagers kicking and striking another teen is among the most shocking anyone can see. He told reporters they should expect an announcement on an administration response to the “heinous crime” soon.

Albert’s great-aunt, Rose Braxton, was asked if she felt any comfort from the spotlight on the case. “There is no comfort,” she said, “but I’m just glad that it’s out there so everybody can see it.”

Derrion’s family also asked that donations be paid through a Paypal account to help the family. Donations can be paid to his family through Paypal.com using the e-mail address derrion jalbert@yahoo.com

The news conference coincided with a community meeting at the church attended by parents of Fenger students, school officials, including Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman, and police to discuss safety issues at the school.

Parent Renee Parson-Bell called the meeting productive but was skeptical that any slowdown in the violence was permanent.

“I guess no fights have broken out because there’s so much police activity around here. But … it’s going to come back up again,” she said.

wlee@tribune.com

Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune.

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Fox Video coverage of the beating and death of Darrion Albert:

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CNN video footage of the beating of Darrion Albert:

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Remember the 8 teenage cheerleaders who invited/kidnapped another cheerleader for the sole purpose of videotaping a “fannysmacking” and becoming e-famous on youtube and the rest of the video internet world?

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NAS interview regarding Darrion Albert and his death resulting from violent lyrics in Rap and the HIp-Hop industry:

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