Posted on 12/09/2024 11:02:29 PM PST by Morgana
WASHINGTON - A young teenager will spend the next seven years behind bars for her role in the beating death of a frail D.C. man on a street in Northwest last year.
The 13-year-old was sentenced Wednesday. In court, she apologized before she was ordered held until her 21st birthday.
All five girls involved in the beating death of 64-year-old Reggie Brown, a D.C. man who family says suffered from multiple disabilities and was battling to beat cancer, were between the ages of 12 and 15 when they committed the crime in October 2023.
Despite their age, the girls are all being held accountable for the shocking and brutal crime. Two of them were found guilty of second-degree murder by a judge last month.
The attack happened near Georgia Ave., NW, around 1 a.m. on Oct. 17, 2023. Prosecutors said the five teen girls targeted Brown at random, punching and kicking him to death as he was walking home.
According to evidence, Brown was left lying on his back with multiple lacerations and contusions. His pants were pulled off, and his shoes were removed. The medical examiner ruled that his death was due to blunt force trauma.
Two of the murder victim's sisters, Nasia Israel and Malda Brown, spoke after the 13-year-old was sentenced Wednesday.
"It saddens me that these young girls could be so brutal and do something so severe," Malda Brown said. "I’m just grateful that the judge did give them the time that D.C. commits until to 21, so we are grateful for that. It’ll make my mom feel so much better once we get home to let her know that that did take place."
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I bet this brood carries around more apostrophes than Merriam-Webster.
Despite their age...
They are lucky they aren’t executed. They knew what they were doing. Premeditated. Picked a weak target to gang up on. Vile disgusting filth.
And also this is how women are, they aren’t any different than the worst men. The myth is they are the fairer sex.
No just the weaker sex and we’d do well to stop promulgating the lie. They can and do bully solo on other women and children, but just have to team up to go after a weaker man. They won’t attack a normal or strong man for fear of not winning that scenario.
Minimum sentence should have been the amount of years those beasts stole from that man. At least 15 years. Plus a 1 million dollar fine, payable over 50 years to the mans family.
Seven years??? That’s all??? 🙄
Well, from their sentence, there’s one thing I know for sure; their victim wasn’t the CEO of a major health insurance company.
Send them to Afghanistan and buy popcorn sit back for the show
Heathens.
🔝🔝
Very sad story.
[They are lucky they aren’t executed. They knew what they were doing. Premeditated. Picked a weak target to gang up on. Vile disgusting filth.]
This needs to be repeated.
I must have missed the details. Was this the one where 5 black girls murdered an elderly black man?
1 AM... not one “parent” should have let their teen even be out that late.
Their identities are still protected.
This thing where kids that commit crimes have their names protected is insane. When did that start?
Just like chimpanzees.
> Seven years??? That’s all??? <
Given the girl’s age (13), that was the absolute maximum allowed by DC law. So it looks like the judge in the case did his best.
I worked in that area and many others in DC for decades. Bad enough when I was a teenager, by the time I retired at 64, it was scary. I love DC, it’s my second home. I would love to see it restored and safe. Beautiful city that needs real help.
What about the parents allowing them on the streets at 1am?
I would love to see it restored and safe.
See if Putan can help.
She’s an aspiring Squad member.
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