People Blaming Police in Beating Death Of Derrion Albert - REALLY???
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The beating death of Derrion Albert was a senseless tragedy. The violent thugs who murdered Derrion need to be prosecuted and locked up. Good police work resulted in four of the assailants being identified already. But, wait, one mother claims her son was not involved. The latest to be charged is Eugene Bailey. The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that "Bailey's mother told reporters gathered at Fenger Monday that her son had nothing to do with the beating and was not one of the people caught on a video of the attack. . . . The policemen don't want to do their homework." Really? Was Ms. Bailey at the fight? Does she have personal knowledge? How many times have we heard "it couldn't have been my son - he never gets in trouble." Sounds very familiar. And then there is Cortez Spearman, who was quoted in Mary Mitchell's column. Spearman said "The police are out here, but they are not doing their job." Really? It's interesting - on the videotape, the woman presumably shooting the video tells the driver of the car to "pull over" when she sees the fight. She does not use her cell phone to call 911 or an ambulance. Then she proceeds to videotape the whole fight and beating of Derrion, and someone can be heard saying "zoom in." Again, no mention of calling the police or an ambulance. Hmm - police not doing their job - really? And to finish off the Sun-Times trifecta on this issue (all from today's issue alone!), in Stella's column, Stella Foster states "Where were all the police cars and security when this fight broke out? . . . And, I still say, where are the police that we pay to patrol these neighborhoods and streets?" I go back to my previous statement, can someone tell me when the police were called? The people shooting the video clearly had no interest in calling the police. And are the police supposed to be on every street corner in the City? At every public school at dismissal time? Are the police supposed to walk each kid home to his house? As our blog states, "Don't blame the Cops!"
You cannot blame the police. I don't know that you can blame anybody but something needs to be done fast, I live in Florida this kind of thing doesn't really happen with school age kids in Orlando, and I am just at awe that this even happen. I guess I am blind to these things because it's not happening directly in front of me. Wish there was something I could do, this is just soo bad and has really hurt my heart.