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| Stanton Demaret of Skokie Charged in Black Mob Attack |
According to WLS radio news, seven black teenagers have been charged with mob action for beating and robbing a 17-year-old boy late Friday in a brutal attack outside the Cermak-Chinatown CTA station.
Chicago Police and WLS declined to report the race of the 17 year old victim, who was "stomped on" by the mob which stole his cell phone and debit card and pummelled him with their fists and feet. The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was reported in serious condition. He is expected to survive.
Chicago news media have adopted an almost universal policy of refusing to identify the race of the mob attackers and victims although WLS radio has in the past deviated from this policy.
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| Olagbegi |
Two of the attackers were not identified by Chicago police spokesmen because they were 16. One of the five identified assailants was from Skokie and the other four were from Rogers Park.
Charged with one count each of felony robbery, mob action and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm were, Fimi Adedokun, of the 6100 block of North Damen Avenue; Stanton Demaret, of the 8100 block of Knox Avenue in Skokie; Devin Mossiah, of the 6600 block of North Ashland Avenue; Denzel Olagbegi, of the 1400 block of West Pratt Boulevard; and Duwon Polk, of the 1700 block of West Pratt Boulevard.
Police said that the attack which was captured on CTA surveillance cameras, showed several of the thugs making a running leap and pouncing on the victim's head.
The seven black suspects are expected to appear in bond court Saturday.
All they're doing is not mentioning the elephant in the room. Everyone sees what it is and knows what it is, and the press isn't doing anyone any favors - least of all themselves and the accused - by not mentioning the simple fact of race.
ReplyDeleteWhen cops get a BOLO, race is part of the description. It's one of the ways we identify one another.
These kids are out of control now. It's pathetic.
Tuesday the Tribune did a little blurb on a home invasion in Wilmette and didn't give any description of the at large criminals. They also reported on a hit and run killing of a bicyclist in heavily Latino Little Village. They said police had apprehended a suspect, but didn't print the name.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who still bothers to read the Tribune will just automatically assume now that the home invaders were black and the hit and run killer was Latino.
It's like papers in the old Soviet Union, you can only figure out what's really going on by reading between the lines and guessing. What's the point of reporting then?