Posted on 01/30/2006 7:57:09 PM PST by zaxxon
(CBS) BELLWOOD A UPS driver was savagely beaten by middle school students while delivering packages in the western suburbs.
The attack happened in Bellwood along the 3200 block of St. Charles.
In a CBS 2 excusive, Joanie Lum talked to the man who was savagely beaten just trying to do his job.
UPS driver Thomas Murphy says he was beaten by a group of school kids on busy St. Charles Road in Bellwood, the route he has driven for 12 years.
He says a teenager walked out in front of his delivery truck Friday at about 3 p.m. When he stopped the truck, 15 to 20 youths surrounded him.
"Somebody clocked me with a pipe. I took kicks from my right. My eyes caked over. I tried to get up and defend myself as best I could," Murphy said.
He was beaten from his head to his ankles.
Thomas murphy: "I remember being down on one knee, falling to the ground with kids on top of me," Murphy said.
He thinks a passing motorist called for help.
The Bellwood police believe the attackers came from Roosevelt Middle School, located a couple of blocks away. They have stepped up patrols in the area.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbs2chicago.com ...
WTF?!
Who are these savages?
Yet another reason to be armed while working a delivery route...
Prayers for this man and his family.
A posse should be formed to round up the thugs.
No doubt!!!
They're referring to these barbarians as "people," as in several people have been identified as being involved ... that's curious on several levels.
Just Damn!
Probably done by a group of French exchange students, you know, youths.
Education. Just need more money for education.
I was thinking the same thing. Good grief!
Had the driver been found to be armed he would have been charged and convicted of a felony whether he used the gun or not. - Illinois
There's a price to pay when Santa Claus doesn't deliver.
The war zone BY THE "CHILDREN" in our American schools is worse than you czn imagine. If you haven't been inside one lately, you need to see for yourself.
It will be a cold day in hell before: A)Daley releases his curropt stranglehold over chicago
B)Concealed-carry will be allowed in Chicago
C)Concealed-carry will be allowed in IL
Plus the people running UPS probably have a no gun policy for its drivers. Its no skin off their back if a driver dies.
Thank you chicago for removing concealed carry. A move that has proven to not only be worthless, but detrimental to its citzens. Chicago still had the most murders in '04 20 years after the handgun ban.
Looks to be spreading from Milwaukee
Life imitates 'art'
New movie out about white 'suburban' yute gangsters...
Bellwood was a pit when I was much younger. It appears that it has only gotten worse.
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