Posted on 12/22/2009 4:57:41 PM PST by SkyPilot
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (CBS) ― Click to enlarge1 of 1 David Muneton, an eighth grade honor student, needed reconstructive facial surgery after being savagely beaten by a gang of 11 students on Dec. 18, 2009, in Engelwood, N.J.
David Muneton, an eighth grade honor student, needed reconstructive facial surgery after being savagely beaten by a gang of 11 students on Dec. 18, 2009, in Engelwood, N.J.
Police said as many as 11 students beat up the eighth-grader leaving him severely injured, and he may even lose his sight.
CBS 2 HD spoke with some of his friends about what led to the brutal attack.
The incident near a school soccer field was so violent that 13-year-old David Muneton needed reconstructive surgery to his face to correct several broken bones.
His friends at the Janis Dismus Middle School in Englewood are stunned.
"It's so hard. … I'm his best friend," Denise Melendez said before breaking down in tears.
Police have arrested seven students from both the middle school and high school, charging them with aggravated assault. The youngest one is just 12 years old.
Investigators said the teenagers jumped Muneton on Friday as he walked home from school to get back at him for an earlier incident during which the eighth-grader accidentally hit a girl with a basketball.
The superintendent said the girl, who has also been charged, led the boys to Muneton, saying "He's the one."
"We do know that after the girl made the comment one of the people, the boys, who was with him immediately punched him," Superintendent Dr. Richard Segall said.
Students at the middle school have made a get well card for the 13-year-old -- all of them outraged over what happened.
"He really didn't deserve to get beat up like that because he really didn't do anything and it wasn't intentional that he hit her with a ball," student Michael Bailey said.
"If I was there Ii would have told someone," student Emanuel Doughtery added.
"I wrote I hope he gets better soon," said student Katherine Saldarriga.
Muneton is recovering at Englewood Hospital. His brother told CBS 2 HD his condition is improving. The assistant principal said the youngster is a model student.
"He is a wonderful young man, actually one of our students who made the honor roll this quarter," Daniella Bailey said.
As these kids try to make sense of what happened all seven students arrested have been suspended. This coming as police was looking to charge four more teenagers.
Three of the students charged remain at the juvenile detention center in Paramus, while the rest have been released to their parents -- two of them required to wear ankle bracelets.
The reporterette interned at the freakin UN! What does that tell you?-——>>>>
http://wcbstv.com/bios/WCBS.WCBS.TV.9.8583.html
Sloan has also interned for the United Nations and speaks several different languages, including Farsi. She graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a degree in political science. She also holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Sloan lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter.
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BatJack is still in the news down here from time to time
Not all are sympathetic to the victim or express outrage over the attack.
Like this one (pasted verbatim):
By Mr. X posted 1 hr(s) 40 minutes and 57 seconds ago
If you think this is bad, you have seen nothing yet! You white people are so easy to beat up. Guess it comes from having little tiny pale peckers. Hahahaha. Tiny little pale white peckers. Your bit_ch loved my big black @!$#. Who's the man now, you pale no sack little @!$# white men? Most of you are gay @!$#. Dont forget to vote democrat! BLACK POWER = OBAMA. Its our time, and payback is a bit_h!!!!!!
Sadly, I think this is one of those cases where if you feel the need to ask the question, you already know the answer.
All true. And if you see a "beat down" in progress, and you have a weapon, you should know someone is being maimed or killed, and "deadly force is authorized."
They did everything but douse him in barbeque lighter and set him on fire.
Oh, they did that to another white kid in Florida.
Some areas will be worse than others. In my region, the predominant "gang colors" are Advantage, Realtree and Mossy Oak. The boyz in the hood are terrified of that gang, which is usually hanging large mammals up by their ankles from trees and gutting them this time of year. After shooting them with high powered rifles.
I don’t know if they know, but under “survival tips” I’d put this one at #1:
“Move your family far away from ethnic fault lines now!”
Yes indeed.
ANother useful tidbit of info is that the slugs from high velocity hollowpoint varmint rounds (22-250, 243 etc) literally disintigrate on impact. Gone to shreds.
They won’t because they can’t.
I can personally attest to what Chill is saying is absolute truth. I have worked in predominately black neighborhoods for 15 years and I can count on two hands how many married, as in cohabitating, sharing last names, etc. black citizens I have encountered.
Marrying and raising kids is a big no-no to nearly all black males that I have encountered and that has been thousands of contacts. Your schools and the media are desperately trying to keep the truth about how deep the rabbit hole goes, but it’s coming out anyway, and thanks to the internet, people all over are seeing the truth.
One the saddest days I had in law enforcement was when a white teacher was beaten up by her students, and right in front of me, as she complained to the school administration, was told that she lacked the personal life experience to connect with these kids. She burst into tears again and resigned immediately. Teaching career over in that school district because of thugs and uncaring administration. Her story is not unique.
I urge every one of you to either home school or put your child in parochial or private school. Take a second job to afford it. The public school system in cities are disasters. Your child will thank you later and will definitely have less physical and mental scars from the experience. That extra job will be worth it when you don’t have to look at your child in a hospital bed with ruptured organs from being kicked a hundred times.
I personally left a high school because of the DAILY beatings that white students where getting.
It does make you ask questions in this day and age, doesn’t it.
That black power guy is just trolling...Anyways he is outnumbered on the comments. But I remember 30 years ago the stupid “Muhammad Speaks” newspaper predicting and wanting a race war. That was a Nation of Islam newspaper
The American people need to find a way to stop using the public schools system.
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It’s right there for anyone that’s not too lazy or afraid. Homeschool your kids. I trust you.
The comments are, well... long low whistle.
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What comments are you guys referring to?
Your entire reply is a nonsequitur.
Closing your eyes,
Plugging your ears,
And screaming La, La, La, La, La
You reject all that we know of human behavior.
“Throw a rock over the fence and the dog that yelps is the one that got hit.”
Yep, we all hear him yelping, and he knows it, but he can’t quit ‘til momma licks it better.
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