Nine accused of mob attack on disabled teen

Source: Boston Globe

Nine accused of mob attack on disabled teen
By David Abel
Globe Staff / May 12, 2010

The seven of them stood behind the security glass in the defendants’ dock at Dorchester Municipal Court, wearing hoodies and sweatshirts, expressionless as a prosecutor described the accusation: The young men and two juveniles, whom authorities described as a mob of nine, were accused of beating and kicking a developmentally disabled teenager in broad daylight on a busy street in Dorchester.

They left him bloodied and screaming for help, the prosecutor said.

“A crime like this just shocks the conscience,’’ Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said in a statement. “It’s obscene.’’ Each of the defendants denied having anything to do with the alleged attack, pleading not guilty yesterday as they were arraigned on charges of assaulting a disabled person. Some even suggested they had tried to help the victim, a 19-year-old from Mattapan whom they knew. He was treated on the scene for minor injuries.

A man who called police as he witnessed the incident shortly before 5 p.m. Monday on Parkman Street said he was working in his backyard when he heard a “God-awful scream.’’

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And it's kind of merged in with the Phoebe Prince coverage. As sad as all this is, I keep reminding myself that juvenile crime rates are at 30-year lows.

The news coverage of youth crime has increased to compensate for the loss.

Kids were killing each other left and right in the 80s and early 90s. Nobody batted an eye.

K&R

http://www.facebook.com/jahsia.solomon

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000390904924&ref=ts

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000038450166

Wondering if they'll post incriminating messages to their wall.

but, sadly, is legally defined as such hardly anywhere. :grr: