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NEWS ABOUT: Derrion Albert

Derrion Albert stories: 6 news summaries

Chicago Teens: 'Fighting
Is What We Do'

Neighborhood rivalry blamed for teen's beating death

Oct 6, 09 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fighting is a way of life in the impoverished Chicago neighborhood where 16-year-old Derrion Albert was beaten to death in a videotaped brawl two weeks ago, local students say. "How many times you want me to walk away?" asked one teen whose brother was charged with murder after the... More »

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Chicago • high school students • beatings • videotaped beating • Derrion Albert • Eugene Riley • Eric Carson

 Teens Pummel 
 Pom Queen in 
 Facebook Vid 

Two girls busted after football game melee

Oct 2, 09 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the latest event in the season of teen violence, two Maryland girls have been busted after their videotaped beating of a student was posted on Facebook. On the tape, the two teens tackle the leader of a pom squad at a Silver Spring football game and kick and punch... More »

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football • arrest • attack • assault • taped beating • videotaped beating • Derrion Albert • teen girls • pom squad

 White House: 
 Beating Vid 
 'Chilling' 

Obama prepares to pitch Chitown Olympics as city reels from murder

Oct 1, 09 4:43 AM CDT
(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... More »

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high school • Chicago • crime • White House • murder • gang violence • videotape • beatings • teenager • videotaped beating • Derrion Albert

UPDATED

 4th Teen Charged 
 in Chicago Beating Death 

Authorities say Derrion Albert, 16, was innocent bystander

Sep 28, 09 8:14 PM CDT
(AP) - 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... More »

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Chicago • murder • videotaped beating • Derrion Albert • Eugene Riley • Eric Carson • Eugene Bailey • Silvonus Shannon

 3 Teens Charged 
 With Murder of 
 Chicago Student 

Three youths charged as adults, held without bail, for taped killing

Sep 28, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago police have charged three teens with the murder of Derrion Albert, the high school honor student whose vicious beating was captured on video and widely circulated. Silvanus Shannon, 19, Eugene Riley, 18, and Eric Carson, 16, were all charged as adults with first-degree murder and ordered held without bail.... More »

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Chicago • murder • bystanders • victim • murder charges • street gangs • honor student • Derrion Albert • Silvanus Shannon • Eugene Riley • Eric Carson

 Chicago Student's 
 Beating Death 
 Caught on Tape 

Police beef up patrols after savage gang melee

Sep 28, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago police are stepping up patrols today at a high school where a 16-year-old honor student's gruesome beating death in a gang melee was captured on video. Students scream in horror as Derrion Albert crumples to the ground and covers his head in vain as he's repeatedly pummeled with wooden... More »

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high school • Chicago • crime • murder • gangs • video • death • gangsters • honor student • Derrion Albert

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