Posted on 11/24/2009 2:40:28 PM PST by Bob017
KENT, Ohio - Fox 8 News has learned that a Kent State student who had been hospitalized in critical condition after a brutal attack, has died.
According to the Kent State Police Department, Chris Kernich passed away around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, at Akron City Hospital.
Police say the 23-year-old the was walking home on East Main Street with two friends early Sunday morning, when they were nearly run over by a car.
Witnesses say one of the students yelled to the driver "watch what you're doing".
Police say the car then pulled ahead of Chris Kernich and his friends, and two men, 20-year-old Ronald Kelly and 21-year-old Adrian Barker jumped out and began beating the three students.
Members of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity saw what was happening and tried to help Kernich and his friends.
Kent State Senior Shawn Mullins says "this kid ended up getting beaten up and then they started stomping him in the street and he was by himself really."
By the time the members of the fraternity got to Chris Kernich's side, he was laying in the street.
Mullins says "it didn't look like he was breathing whatsoever and his body was like limp so we had to physically pick up out of the street."
While a couple of the fraternity brothers summoned medical attention for Chris Kernich, the others kept Ronald Kelly and Adrian Barker from fleeing until Kent Police arrived.
But they almost ended up being victims themselves.
Shawn Mullins says "when we chased the kid off, they tried to hit us, the guy, he came out from a driveway over here somewhere and he tried to hit us with the car too."
On a Facebook page created for Chris Kernich, hundreds of his friends and relatives have sent messages of support.
Friends say Chris suffered a severe head injury from a kick to the head, resulting in swelling on his brain.
His fellow students at Kent State say the attack on Kernich was a complete overreaction, and in their minds unprovoked.
Shawn Mullins says, "Just to make a comment like that which most people would overlook but to have somebody that's that aggressive, that's just going to jump out and try to do something that's that serious to you, it's I don't know, it's kind of scary."
Kent Police say Kelly and Barker have been charged with felonious assault. They are being held in the Portage County Jail.
No other information is being released at this time.
Kent State University President Lester A. Lefton has issued a statement regarding Kernich's death. It reads:
"The university community is deeply saddened to learn about the untimely death of one of our students. Christopher Kernich, a junior studying pre-business management, has died at the age of 23. The entire Kent State community sends our heartfelt condolences to Chris family. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Losing a loved one is never easy, particularly if it is a result of a senseless tragedy.Chris death is a tragic reminder that violence, whether provoked or unprovoked-regardless of the reason, is never the answer. May we learn something from this incident, for our own sake and in Chris memory."
I haven’t been able to find any mention of this being a called a possible “HATE CRIME”... I wonder had the suspects been white and the victim had been black if it would have been reported any differently?
Is that a rhetorical question?
Me too. Too bad the scumbags were not gutshot. Same for the ones out in Colorado who beat up men just because thery are white.
Hmm. I think over this long weekend I might take the .357 to the range and get in some practice. You’re right, it’s getting bad.
“Driving While Black”
meets
“Walking While White.”
I friend of mine who is from Ohio acutally is a good friend of the Kernich family. He’d put out a Facebook prayer request for this young man, and then his family.
Such violence as this should not be tolerated in our nation, but all too often, our system will “incarcerate” the guilty, feed them 3 squares and even educate them at taxpayer expense in order to “rehabilitate” them, and then turn them lose befire they’ve even finished 1/3rd of their term.
Is it any wonder the recetivism rate is 80%? Anymore in our nation, one must wonder if true justice comes from a judges court bench or a citizens gun barrel...
I am sorry Pastor, in a real brawl a kick to the head is mandatory. In some instances it is you or them, in those cases it is better to be giving than receiving.
Nothing "human" killed this poor kid.
ANOTHER Hate Crime that the Obama/Holder Reich WILL NOT prosecute!
It isn’t their fault, they’re discriminated against. >S<
***Better to explain why two punks have big bullet holes in them, or else runaway like the devil himself is after you***
Yes, I’ve read elsewhere that they were snuck up on & sucker punched but it hard to find clear details.
I’m waiting for Obama to say the “white kid acted stupidly”.
This white guy ain't going to go quietly.
This would probably more accurately be described as what is known as “curb stomping”.
I’m venturing a guess, but I’d say that Kernich was probably in no position to defend himself, nor that he was even conscious when the death blow was delivered.
These people are animals!
“Your death shall be in vain, the country will not know your name”
God knows. That’s all that matters in the end. He knows and He will punish the thugs that did this.
“Your death shall be in vain, the country will not know your name”
God knows. That’s all that matters in the end. He knows and He will punish the thugs that did this. God remembers in Heaven what we forget on Earth.
SUPRISE - they were on their way to Wal Mart!
An armed society is a polite society.
Which is why violence must be applied in a specific, strategic manner rather than just going out guns blasting.
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