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WASHINGTON — The White House says cell phone video showing the fatal beating of a 16-year-old honors student in Chicago is “chilling.” It came up at President Barack Obama’s morning meeting in the Oval Office.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Wednesday said the video of teens viciously kicking and striking another teen with splintered railroad ties is among the most shocking anyone can see. He told reporters they should expect an announcement on an administration response to the “heinous crime” soon.

Gibbs says, though, that government cannot regulate what’s in people’s hearts. He says the White House believes such crimes call for community involvement.

Prosecutors in Chicago have charged four teenagers with fatally beating Derrion Albert, a sophomore honor roll student. Officials say Albert was walking to a bus stop when he got caught up in the mob’s street fighting.

Tags: Barack Obama, Chicago, Violence
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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/makincheddah/ makincheddah

    AWW POOR BABY I SAW THAT VIDEO I ALMOST WANTED TO CRY

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sade2100/ sade2100

    THIS IS SAD WHEN I SAW THIS I JUST KEEP CRYING.WHAT KIND OF COWARDS WE HAVE IN ARE COMMUNITY THIS REAL BAD AND I SEE IF THIS KIND SELF HATE KEEPS GOING WE WANT HAVE A BLACK COMMUNITY WE HAVE MONSTERS.OR COMMUNITY IS SICK
    SICK.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Blackknight2k9/ Blackknight2k9

    humanity is at a sad state and you got a president and a mayor fighting for Olympic money …. im sick and appalled by the presidents indecision to do something about the crime and murders in chicago …. simple common f**king sense tells you that if there are 9 million people fighting for resources in an area where resources are limited there will be conflict …. its simple f**king intro collegiate sociology … Change we can believe in “right” … the only change that i can see is the push for the democratic agenda … people are starving, killing children, …. and our next generation is sad… children are dying and people are tuning it out and tuning into shows like Frankie and Neffe …… as a child i held my head proud of my black heritage now i hold my head in shame …. and i think about it now … WTF does an ivy league black man know about the struggle of growing up black …. no college or university can fathom some of the messed up s**t ive seen as a child …… Ive found my purpose in life …. is to offer the truth to those who need to see it … it is to offer hope to those who are hopeless …. I am a disciple of Hunter S. Thompson …. and this is the Rebirth of Gonzo Journalism

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PutneySwope76/ PutneySwope76

    Well said Blackknight2k9

  • http://newsone.com/nation/opinion-derrion-albert-is-the-emmit-till-of-black-on-black-crime/ OPINION: Derrion Albert Is The Emmit Till Of Black On Black Crime | NewsOne

    [...] do the same. Politicians and community activists should also address the issue. I am glad the the White House has addressed this issue and has sent Eric Holder to investigate the problem. Still the White House and entertainers alone [...]

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blackrg32/ blackrg32

    It is not the “Presidents” job to monitor community law enforcement problems. It is the state and community job to turn our communities around. If you’ve got people living in a community that don’t care about there community, you will have this type of violence. The “President” is trying to stay alive himself. He’s got a lot of hater, just because he is a black president. Parent need to know where there children are, and the activities they are involved in. The “President” did his job by encouraging our families, children, parents, teachers, and everyone to live and do the best (good) they can. I never once heard him say attack another child. It’s going to take parents to clean up these communities. It’s also going to take the police men to help. The police always show up after something has happened. There has to be away for police to be involved, as well as parents before something happens. I don’t need the police after I am knock out, and dead. I need a doctor and coroner. We have got to stop this beginning with our parents. We also need to put active leaders in our community (police, teachers, law makers). Many of our leaders get a position, and just sit and wait for something to happen, and then they try to respond.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ImptheDemp/ ImptheDemp

    STOP SNITCHING is the rule in black community & when some1 comes forth either the cops or news media identifies them & makes them targets. WE need 2 take matters into our OWN hands & do like charles bronson did – start f**kin them up. WE NEED A VIGILANTE or VIGILANTIES 2 clean up all of societies waste……….YES u heard it right a DEATH WISH SQUAD 2 even up the odds……….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cwm299/ cwm299

    As I have said before gangs are just one of the Man’s tools to destroy our communities. Those Oreos should be tried under hate crime laws and put away till they are as dead as that boy.

  • http://newsone.com/nation/jesse-jackson-louis-farrakhan-call-for-end-to-chicago-youth-violence/ Jackson And Farrakhan Call For End To Chicago Youth Violence | NewsOne

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  • http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/derrion-albert-is-the-emmet-till-of-black-on-black-crime/ Derrion Albert Is The Emmet Till Of Black On Black Crime – Jack & Jill Politics

    [...] do the same. Politicians and community activists should also address the issue. I am glad the the White House has addressed this issue and has sent Eric Holder to investigate the problem. Still the White House and entertainers alone [...]

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