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Oct 1, 2009 4:43 AM CDT

White House: Beating Vid 'Chilling'

Obama prepares to pitch Chitown Olympics as city reels from murder

(Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares to make a pitch to hold the Olympics in his hometown, the White House is decrying a "chilling" videotaped beating death of a teenager in the same city. It's one of the most shocking things "you can ever see," White House spokesman Robert...

4th Teen Charged
in Chicago Beating Death

UPDATED

Sep 28, 2009 8:14 PM CDT

4th Teen Charged in Chicago Beating Death

Authorities say Derrion Albert, 16, was innocent bystander

(Newser) - A fourth teenager has been charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a Chicago student who was walking home from school. Prosecutors announced charges tonight against 18-year-old Eugene Bailey, whose aunt has said her nephew didn't have anything to do with the beating that killed 16-year Derrion Albert...

Drudge's Play of Bus
Beating Draws Critics

Sep 15, 2009 4:24 PM CDT

Drudge's Play of Bus Beating Draws Critics

(Newser) - A fight on a school bus in Illinois is generating lots of attention across the country. A videotape of the incident shows black teens beating a white classmate while some onlookers cheer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Police are investigating but have backed off an initial statement that the attack...

Torture Video Derails
US-Emirates Nuke Deal

May 1, 2009 3:45 PM CDT

Torture Video Derails US-Emirates Nuke Deal

(Newser) - Video of a member of the UAE’s royal family brutally torturing an Afghan salesman threatens to sink a nuclear trade deal between the UAE and the US, the Times of London reports. Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a brother of the UAE president, is shown beating the trader and...

Cop Stomp Video
'Worse Than
Rodney King'

May 9, 2008 8:22 AM CDT

Cop Stomp Video 'Worse Than Rodney King'

Philly officers ordered off streets amid furor

(Newser) - Authorities have ordered 13 Philadelphia police officers involved in the videotaped beating of three black suspects off the streets, AP reports. The video shows the suspects being kicked, punched, and hit with nightsticks while appearing to offer no resistance. Rev. Al Sharpton compared the incident with the videotaped beating of...