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8 Teens Face Murder Charges After Fatal Beating of Las Vegas High Schooler
Daily Beast via Yahoo ^ | November 14, 2023 | AJ McDougall

Posted on 11/15/2023 3:26:03 AM PST by grundle

Eight suspects between the ages of 13 and 17 are in custody after the fatal beating of a student outside his Las Vegas high school earlier this month, local authorities said Tuesday. The teenagers will be charged with murder in connection with the death of Jonathan Lewis, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Lewis, 17, died on Nov. 7 of injuries sustained in a “physical altercation” with more than a dozen other individuals six days earlier, police previously said.

On Tuesday, a department spokesman said that 10 individuals were believed to be involved in the assault, with two suspects still unidentified and unaccounted for. The spokesman said that the fight between Lewis and the mob was over a pair of stolen wireless headphones and a vape pen.

The 17-year-old’s father told local station KLAS-TV that he hoped his son’s attackers could “find forgiveness in their heart and find a way to be able to come to terms with what they’ve done.”

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1 posted on 11/15/2023 3:26:03 AM PST by grundle
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To: grundle

Slap on the wrist because they’re black. If the tables were reversed the white kid would be placed under the jail.
Time for vigilante justice in this country.


2 posted on 11/15/2023 3:27:43 AM PST by TermLimits4All ("If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.")
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To: TermLimits4All

the person taking the video should also be charged for failure to render aid to a person in distress.


3 posted on 11/15/2023 3:45:08 AM PST by Ikeon (I stopped going to my family doctor whenever I felt sick. I've never been healthier. .)
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To: TermLimits4All

Nevada might be a bit tougher than California. 2nd degree...which I think will be the level given to the 8...means 25 years or more (with parole starting to be possible at the 10-year point).

I suspect all eight will be convicted as adults, and all eight will be out of prison by 12-year point.


4 posted on 11/15/2023 3:45:49 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

You think hate crime will be added? I don’t either .


5 posted on 11/15/2023 3:47:06 AM PST by lilypad
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To: TermLimits4All

“Time for vigilante justice in this country.”

The authorities will call that “domestic terrorism”.


6 posted on 11/15/2023 3:52:15 AM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: TermLimits4All
Time for vigilante justice in this country.

While I 100% would oppose this, I can see how we got to this point. If the police aren't going to enforce the law and if the courts don't sentence everybody evenly then it's not surprising people will reach your conclusion.

We need more law and order that is equally enforced across the board. The anti cop people both on the right (including a few here on the FR) are idiots.

7 posted on 11/15/2023 3:58:24 AM PST by Sir_Humphrey (The “only Trumpers” are just as damaging to the conservative cause as are the “never Trumpers”)
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To: Sir_Humphrey
The anti cop people both on the right (including a few here on the FR) are idiots.

That should read : The anti cop people on both the left and the right (including a few here on the FR) are idiots.

8 posted on 11/15/2023 4:00:47 AM PST by Sir_Humphrey (The “only Trumpers” are just as damaging to the conservative cause as are the “never Trumpers”)
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To: grundle

They had to be carefully taught to hate that way.


9 posted on 11/15/2023 4:01:36 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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They ARE taught that....in school.

EC


10 posted on 11/15/2023 4:04:17 AM PST by Ex-Con777
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To: lilypad

You got a fight to start with the victim (guy who was robbed)...over a vape-pipe and headphones. It may be a case where the victim was slightly ahead in this fight, and the ‘gang’ jumped in to defend their friend (no one can say if this kid was the robber or not).

Getting some hate-crime out of a robbery? I just don’t saw how you could draw this up.

One odd aspect...if the video didn’t exist...none of this would be proven in some court. In this case, video is going to wrap up the case real quick. I doubt if the case goes more than four days, and 2nd degree murder conviction for all involved.


11 posted on 11/15/2023 4:06:52 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Sir_Humphrey

That should read; the anti-cop people on the left and right, including a few here on FR, are idiots.


12 posted on 11/15/2023 4:16:34 AM PST by .44 Special (Taimid Buacharch)
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To: pepsionice; All
from the next article in that link:

His father, Jonathan Lewis Sr., says his son was defending a friend from a group of bullies, who then turned on him.
13 posted on 11/15/2023 4:17:09 AM PST by stylin19a (Back when men cursed & beat the ground with sticks, it was named witchcraft. Today it's named golf.)
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To: Ex-Con777

It starts with thier parent.
School just amplifies it.
Then the “community” cultivates it.
It’s a failed culture.


14 posted on 11/15/2023 4:25:20 AM PST by TexasM1A
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To: grundle

“find forgiveness in their heart and find a way to be able to come to terms with what they’ve done.”
I am not understanding this statement made by the victim’s father. Is he hoping the perpetrators forgive themselves for murdering his son? Shouldn’t they be asking the father for forgiveness? Shouldn’t they be on their knees repenting? Should they ever “come to terms” by what they have done? One wonders if it even matters to them.


15 posted on 11/15/2023 4:37:44 AM PST by sueuprising (The best of it is, God is with us-John Wesley)
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To: grundle

Does anyone have a link to the murderous crew’s photographs?


16 posted on 11/15/2023 4:38:29 AM PST by sueuprising (The best of it is, God is with us-John Wesley)
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Here you go. This was caught at the scene. You can see they’re wearing hoodies and you can see their afros.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/11/just-vegas-police-arrest-8-teenagers-beating-death/

Here’s the video by Jack Posobeic
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/11/white-high-school-student-beaten-death-15-thugs/


17 posted on 11/15/2023 4:45:40 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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To: sueuprising
He is under stress and you say odd things under stress. He probably does not want to but may be trying to find the emotional resources to forgive his son's killers. (Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who have trespassed against us.)

Also, who knows if he actually said this. Might be garbled slop from the reporter or editor.

18 posted on 11/15/2023 4:45:47 AM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: TermLimits4All

“Time for vigilante justice in this country.”
I usually think of the Death Wish movie when this happens.


19 posted on 11/15/2023 4:51:07 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: Ikeon
the person taking the video should also be charged for failure to render aid to a person in distress.

I totally agree. Who in there right mind could stand there filming someone getting murdered and NOT step in to help. It's insane.
20 posted on 11/15/2023 4:55:12 AM PST by Shannon
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