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More Arrests Made in Videotaped Beating Death of Honor Student
KTLA NewsCHICAGO -- Eighteen-year-old Eugene Bailey was denied bail today after prosecutors said he threw the "knockout punch" at Derrion Albert, the 16-year-old who was beaten to death last week on his way home from Fenger High School. Three other teens,...Tags: Assault, Roseland, Lawyers, Juvenile Delinquency, Crime, Law and Justice
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Chicago's Very Own: Project Tiers
Rising crime in Chicago made him stand up to create some change. Now Dorian Myrickes says he is finding hope in our Chicago youth. You won't find Dorian Myrickes rapping in south shore with the neighborhood kids—but you will find him helping...
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Johannes Deyoung, Steffani Jemison, Phil Lique, Laura Marsh At Real Art Ways
The Hartford Courant'Visualize and Achieve" With these words, the first video in Johannes Deyoung's art installation "Ego Loser" begins. An animated papier-mâché head, its eye sockets empty and its mouth grossly distorted, spouts self-help mantras and go-getter bromides...Tags: Artists, Arts and Culture, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Fine Artists, Real Art Ways
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Scholarship program offers more than money
The first time an interviewer asked bubbly 23-year-old Noor Shaba why she wanted to be a pharmacist, her answer lasted nearly a minute. She tried to pack in her life story: How she was born in Baghdad and lived for five years as a refugee in Jordan...Tags: Diabetes, Colleges and Universities, Investments, Rahm Emanuel, Science and Technology
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Beating of Chicago teen filmed, posted online
CHICAGO (AP) — Six teenagers were being questioned by Chicago police Tuesday after a video was posted online showing the brutal beating of a 17-year-old by unknown assailants who can be heard repeating racial slurs and making derogatory comments...Tags: Eric Holder, Arne Duncan, Racism, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Fenger coach charged in attack
Tribune reporterThe head varsity football coach at Fenger High School was charged last week with misdemeanor simple assault for allegedly threatening a student who was accused by one of the coach’s players of stealing a pair of Nike flip flops, Chicago police...Tags: Theft, Juvenile Delinquency, Trials, Fenger High School, Nike, Inc.
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'Hoop Dreams' director and Alex Kotlowitz examine Chicago violence prevention in new doc
For RedEyeSteve James and Alex Kotlowitz have made names for themselves by exploring the darker sides of the city they love, Chicago. James is the director of the critically acclaimed and iconic documentary “Hoop Dreams,” while Kotlowitz is the author...Tags: Murder, Philosophy, Arne Duncan, Documentary (genre), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Last defendant in Derrion Albert beating death gets 32 years
Tribune reporterA Cook County judge today sentenced a man to 32 years in prison in the 2009 videotaped beating death of Fenger High School sophomore Derrion Albert, marking a legal end to the case that made worldwide news after the brutal video went viral on the...Tags: Murder, Juvenile Delinquency, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Prosecution
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Final defendant guilty in fatal Fenger beating
Tribune reporterShortly after watching a jury convict the final defendant Wednesday in the videotaped beating death of her son outside Fenger High School, Anjanette Albert was asked whether the grieving process might get easier with the trials now behind her. She...Tags: Assault, Murder, Prisons, Crimes, Criminals
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NY at-risk child plan comes to Far South Side
Tribune reporterAfter he arrived Saturday for a visit from New York City, renowned educator Geoffrey Canada saw hope in the broken blocks of Roseland and in the South Side school near where 16-year-old Derrion Albert was beaten to death less than two years ago. The...Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Roseland, South Side, New York, Juvenile Delinquency
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Prosecutors: Man delivered final blow to Derrion Albert
In the last seconds of the grainy video of the beating death of Fenger High School sophomore Derrion Albert, a teen in black-and-yellow gym shoes leaped into the air and stomped with both feet at Albert's head as he lay prone on the pavement....Tags: Lawyers, Juvenile Delinquency, Trials, Witnesses, Crime, Law and Justice
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Teen gets 26 years in Fenger fatal beating
Tribune reporterA teen charged in the videotaped beating death of Fenger High School sophomore Derrion Albert wept in court today as he said goodbye to his mother and sisters after being sentenced to 26 years in prison. Eric Carson, 17, pleaded guilty to one count of...Tags: Assault, Murder, Lawyers, Trials, Juvenile Delinquency
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