Jackson, Farrakhan at beaten Ill. teen's funeral (both calling for an end to youth violence)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 10/3/09 | Caryn Rousseau - ap

[NormsRevenge]

CHICAGO – The funeral of a Chicago teen who was beaten to death on his way home from school drew civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan on Saturday, both calling for an end to youth violence.

Farrakhan said he came to the funeral because he was "deeply pained" by the death of 16-year-old honor roll student Derrion Albert. The boy was walking to a bus stop after school when a group of teens attacked him during a street fight late last month.

"Naturally, we wonder why such a beautiful life? Such a future we thought was waiting for this young man," Farrakhan said. "This was a special young man of righteous bearing who God took from us so young."

Cell phone video footage shows Albert being kicked and hit with splintered railroad ties. Four teens are charged in his death.

[Mark was here]

Jackson and Farrakhan knew the cameras would be there.

[NormsRevenge]

There are some events so horrible, they cry out for justice.

These four, if convicted, will likely die of old age, if gangs don’t kill them in prison first.

Something makes them this way, a society a culture, a life style that robs and murders for a pittance oft times.

Thanks for showing up at the funeral, Boys. Sadly it won’t be the last.

[Winstons Julia]

Yup.

[PalmettoMason]

"This was a special young man of righteous bearing who God took from us so young."

Sooooo... when there is videotape evidence that there is no way to lay the blame on whitey, you put the responsibility on "God", huh?

Well alrighty, then.

[elizabethgrace]

I heard that Fr. Phelgar was also there. Have no idea what he said, and wouldn’t venture a guess.

[JoSixChip]

Media whores have no shame.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

both calling for an end to youth violence

While villifying as a racist anyone who would actually take any effective steps to curb it.

[uncbob]

I thought Midnight Basketball and the Million Man March ended the problem

[fish hawk]

Damn! Why didn’t we think of that. Calling for an end to youth violence. Everything will be just fine now. Did they mention that this was Black on Black violence?

[fish hawk]

I thought installing a black president was going to end racism.

[pnh102]

LOL... do they genuinely wonder why? The answer is right in the mirror. People in inner cities tolerate and accept these things. They vote for governments that are lenient on crime, and this behavior continues unabated.

[ALPAPilot]

There will be no end to the violence unless children are raised by BOTH mothers and fathers. Sadly, the liberals and the laws they enact make that a more remote possibility as each day passes.

[kromike]

Gee, I thought that the election of Barry Preparation H...aka..."The Ointment One" was going to wash away all the troubles in the world.

Guess not.

[Slings and Arrows]

For a moment I misread the title as “Jackson, Farrakhan beaten at Ill. teen’s funeral.” It was so sweet...

[Brilliant]

They are just now calling for an end to violence? Shouldn’t they have done that earlier?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yea, that ought to do it.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Something makes them this way, a society a culture, a life style that robs and murders for a pittance oft times.

It is a culture created by the 'Rats for the purpose of ensuring generation after generation of government dependent 'Rat voters. They don't give a tinker's damned if the people in da hood ever make it out.

[BlueStateBlues]

Dumb and dumber

[zimfam007]

If they REALLY wanted to curb/end youth violence...then they would support people/policy which rewards responsible behavior and keeps the family intact. If anything, these two men, along with other “prominent” black figureheads in the demonRats party, are partially responsible for these unfortunate circumstances....