[silverleaf]

Yo, Al Sharpton....

how ‘bout taking on a little black on black violence for a change

[Altura Ct.]

Call for Mr Holder.

[Travis McGee]

The old “lock in a sock.” Very dangerous improvised weapon, easily fatal if delivered by surprise with a full swing.

In my new book, an improvised weapon is a big steel hex nut on a yard of paracord. Fatal.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I guess I’m a bad person.

I didn’t really need to read the article to know the gist of the story.

I guess that makes me a bad person. That’s what they would say, those who are trying to blind us to reality.

[TSgt]

Having attended an all black public high school I can tell you first hand that fights are not boys will be boys type of events. They are brutal gang assaults that often lead to serious long term injury or death.

I narrowly escaped such a gang style beating in an area of the school where no staff was present to help me.

They are feral youth with zero respect for life. You can’t reason with them, they only understand violence.

[who knows what evil?]

McLaurin loves singing so much that she once auditioned for the "American Idol" TV show.

Great way to draw attention to a run-of-the-mill assault story...who hasn't auditioned for 'American Idol' at some point?

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Crabs in a bucket!

[FourPeas]

Given what’s listed in the “Popular Pix” box to the right of the story, who can be surprised? Morality and ethics have long since become a very small portion of American culture.

[mickie]

Poor Shacara, looks like a decent young lady with some talent.
That trash was just too jealous to let her get ahead.
Get well soon girl, and prove them wrong.

[DJ Frisat]

Yet another example of shoddy journalism, as the headline hype reads 'American Idol Contestant Brutally Beaten', yet there is no mention of the program until the article's last sentence, which states: "McLaurin loves singing so much that she once auditioned for the "American Idol" TV show."

Perhaps I'm putting too fine a point on it, but I think an audition is a far cry from what the sensationalize headline suggests...

Mainstream journalism is truly dead in this country.

[bert]

For the Idol thread group. The video is worth the minute to view it

[oh8eleven]

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, N.Y.
My German ancestors moved near Bed-Sty in 1890, and my Irish ancestors moved out of the same house 75 years later ... for obvious reasons.

[LibWhacker]

Police from the 79th Precinct have arrested five female students... All of the students were released without bail.

Gee, I wonder what brings out all this yute violence in people? Guess we'll never know.

[winner3000]

The most horrible message from the adults was delivered when the cowardly gang of girls was released without bail. THAT in the long run is more terrible than the crime. It teaches people in the inner city that there are no consequences to bad behavior, and makes it dangerous for the people who are law abiding.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Everyone’s a music critic these days.

[Texas Eagle]

Damned Tea Partiers no doubt.

[freebilly]

Future Obama voters....

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Change.

[wizr]

You know, the weakest characters get really tough when surrounded by other idiots. I bet that attacker could not stand alone.

This is exactly what the KKK did, gang up and put down others to make themselves big in the own minds.

[newzjunkey]

Are you really a contestant if you once auditioned? Seems like an attempt to hype this story on the theory that some victims are more equal than others.