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Illinois family outraged at no murder charge in teen’s death due to ‘mutual combat’
The Grio via Yahoo ^ | 10/01/21 | Biba Adams

Posted on 10/01/2021 5:36:17 PM PDT by Libloather

“How is it mutual combat when my son didn’t have anything to combat with?” asks Manuel Porties of the state’s attorney’s office decision.

An Illinois family mourning the death of their 18-year-old son is outraged that no murder charges will be filed in conjunction with his death due to what prosecutors are calling “mutual combat.”

Manuel Porties, Jr. was killed Tuesday after being stabbed to death during a recorded, planned fight in Schaumburg, a town located 30 miles east of Chicago.

According to WGN 9, video of the fight shows Porties Jr. being punched in the face by a 17-year-old, who then stabs him in the neck as he lies on the ground.

The younger teenager has not been identified but has been charged with misdemeanor unlawful use of a weapon.

“They’re saying that it’s mutual combat,” said the slain man’s father, Manuel Porties. “How is it mutual combat when my son didn’t have anything to combat with? The only thing he had was his two hands.”

“He stood over my son and finished him,” he added, “and that’s not murder?”

In a statement, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office said, “After an extensive review of the available information presented to us, including a discussion with the Schaumburg Police Department, we determined that the evidence was insufficient to meet our burden of proof to file murder charges.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: chicago; combat; cookcounty; death; demagogicparty; illinois; manuelporties; manuelportiesjr; mexico; murder; mutual; mutualcombat; schaumburg
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To: Libloather

Sure sounds like murder to me.


21 posted on 10/01/2021 6:04:50 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin
"Lets meet and fight and may the best man win".....

Here's the loser.


22 posted on 10/01/2021 6:05:52 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: Libloather

He probably voted for it.

No sympathy


23 posted on 10/01/2021 6:09:31 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Libloather
westsidestory196103

Mutual combat

24 posted on 10/01/2021 6:28:46 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Libloather

So....in Illinois a fight-to-the-death is only a misdemeanor. Check.


25 posted on 10/01/2021 6:35:39 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: Libloather

What is Chicago’s definition of murder?


26 posted on 10/01/2021 6:41:29 PM PDT by Salvavida (Win the COUNTY fight first.)
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To: Libloather

Black on black. That life does not matter, apparently.


27 posted on 10/01/2021 6:56:38 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Libloather

Setting aside the details of this case, I’m afraid the future is going to feature a lot of vigilante justice and revenge killing. The legal system is brewing up a toxic concoction.


28 posted on 10/01/2021 7:08:43 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Diogenesis

Schaumberg has a bad mayor and AG and is bad city?

Could be, but I’m thinkin’ that’s not what you meant...


29 posted on 10/01/2021 7:12:37 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Libloather

Without reading further, the whole thing sounds sick.

And that means sounds like the “victim” was in on it, and just as well could’ve been the “winner”/perp.

Sounds like human-fighting, as opposed to dog-fighting and cock-fighting.


30 posted on 10/01/2021 7:15:39 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Libloather

Looks like Manuel Porties, Sr. will have to take care of it himself. That’s what happens when there is no judicial system.


31 posted on 10/01/2021 7:25:08 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: PCPOET7

I hate to say it, but if he’s black, that may be the reason.


32 posted on 10/01/2021 7:38:15 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: NonValueAdded
They called it a planned fight.

Meet me at the flag pole at 3:30. No friends!

33 posted on 10/01/2021 10:15:50 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
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stabbed to death during a recorded, planned fight in Schaumburg

34 posted on 10/01/2021 10:50:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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