Five Teens Accused of Beating Man to Death on a Dare in Philly Subway Attack

AP ^ | Thursday, June 12, 2008

[Joiseydude]

PHILADELPHIA — Five teenagers fatally beat a man on a subway platform after a friend dared them to hit someone, saying "next person we see we're going to hit," one of the defendants allegedly told police.

"We all didn't want to seem like no punk," Ameer Best, 17, told police in a written statement read at a preliminary hearing Wednesday for Best and four co-defendants.

Best and the other teens, Kinta Stanton, Arthur Alston, Rasheem Bell and Nashir Fisher, all 16, will be tried as adults on charges of third-degree murder and conspiracy for the March 26 beating, Municipal Court Judge James DeLeon ruled.

[2nd amendment mama]

Philly’s version of Mugabe’s thugs! They should be put down - they’re just rabid animals.

[Tribune7]

ping

[A_perfect_lady]

The difference between this guy and Bernard Goetz is this: one had a weapon, and lived. One did not, and died. And that’s how it works.

[isrul]

I fear that many are. But I refuse to be intimidated by any knuckle draggin’ sub human. Regardless of their race. And I will continue to identify such as knuckle draggin’ sub human simian regardless of their race. And I don't care what vermin may be offended.