you dont know that...he could have been an “Honor Student” and he may have really wanted to do what we all hope our children strive for....some kids in the ghetto really want out....but how if no one believes in them.
You chose to demean the murdered boy???????????
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Great way to trash the dead kid.....utterly classless.
How do you know the kid was arrested? I have not seen ANYTHING to indicate that he was.
Classless statement.
I read that Derrion was truly an ‘honors’ student. Saw a copy of certificate that he was in the top 10%, shown by his grandpa on the news. Never in any kind of trouble, very active in church and the youth choir. He was just leaving school and got caught in some gang nonsense between two rivaling neighbor groups. In the first attack, it was one group, when he regained consciousness and tried to leave, thugs from the other group attacked him and beat him to death, even stomping on his head. Just so sad, heartbreaking.
All evidence here tells us that the victim here was a good kid, and did give a shit about his life. In the Chicago social scene that is hard work, and takes some guts. His only failure was that he didn't conform to the 'thug culture'.
Dalrymple writes of this and it's effect on English society. Everything he sees applies here, with no translation needed.