Posted on 03/29/2024 12:01:57 PM PDT by Morgana
The family of an elderly man beaten to death with a traffic cone have expressed outrage after charges against one of the accused teens were dropped.
James Lambert Jr., 73, was killed after being fatally struck with the object as he walked down a Philadelphia road in 2022.
Gamara Mosley and Richard Jones, both then aged 14, were among the gang of seven teens involved and were initially charged with his murder.
However, charges against Jones have been dropped, after his lawyer successfully argued there is not enough evidence to prove his blow contributed to Lambert's death.
'I think it's a slap in my family's face and every other family who is a victim of crime,' Tania Stephens, Lambert's niece, told the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The horrific incident was caught on video and showed Lambert being chased by the group, before they hurled a traffic cone at his head.
He suffered several injuries to the head and was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
However, Jones' lawyer Jason Bologna, successfully argued that it was impossible to prove the blow delivered when his client threw the cone contributed to his death.
He pointed out that Lambert was able to immediately get up and walk away, indicating that he was not concussed or severely injured.
Prosecutors had argued that Jones' actions had encouraged Mosley to strike Lambert twice after he did.
But Bologna argued argued that their was no conspiracy among the children on that night, meaning his client was not responsible for Mosley's actions.
Common Pleas Court Judge Barbara McDermott agreed with his case and threw out all charges against Jones, now 16.
The District Attorney said it intends to appeal the decision, but it was defended by Bologna.
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Subhumans.
The Subhumans are the courts and their enablers
If you didn't pull the trigger, but were involved in the act, you are just as guilty as the killer.
Of course, the victim was black, as were the perps and in the leftist hierarchy of victimhood and intersectionality, so this murder is a wash.
James Byrd was the opposite situation, and the white perp were justly put to death.
Well it’s too late now, but one wishes that Mr. Lambert could have done something to make them stop, with prejudice.
If that’s still an acceptable term to use...
Wood chipper, Now.
Pennsylvania has the felony murder rule. All perps involved should be charged accordingly.
Murdering Negros are Above The Law.
Then charge all seven.
Not I, since I follow his advice and own his books.
Having gone to public school outside Philly, I didn’t require his stay away from negroes advice.
There’s two reasons I switched to co-ed volleyball from men’s basketball.
1. Stay away from blacks
2. Interact with white chicks
I don’t have an answer. The globalists are beating us to death, both literally and figuratively.
Make vigilante justice great again.
Where’s Paul Kersey when you need him?
Family needs to step up to the plate and take care of business. We no longer have a justice system in some areas.
Paul Kerseys will be around sooner than later. People are going to snap.
Just wait until the economic crash.
Only a lad
You really can’t blame him
Only a lad
Society made him
Only a lad
He’s our responsibility
Oh, oh-woah-woah
Only a lad
He really couldn’t help it
Only a lad
He didn’t wanna do it
Only a lad
He’s underprivileged and abused
Perhaps a little bit confused
Oh-oh-oh, oh-woah-woah-woah
Woah-woah-woah
Ohh, woah-woah-woah
-Oingo Boingo
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