Derrion Albert Beating

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Teens Charged In Derrion Albert Beating Death Plead Not Guilty

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

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Three young men accused of beating a Chicago Public School student to death in a high profile case have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them...

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Derrion Albert Beating Death: 14-Year-Old Is 4th Teen Charged

AP | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month. The 14-year-old's name...

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Derrion Albert Beating Video: Fox Explains Why It Bought And Aired The Footage

Fox Chicago | Carol Fowler | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

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No one thought this television report would be any different than the countless other similar stories, usually highlighted by grieving classmates and ...

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Family Of Teen Exonerated In Derrion Albert Death Won't Be Kicked Out Of Home After All

Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2009 | Chicago

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The teen who was exonerated of murdering classmate Derrion Albert will not return to the troubled school, the Sun-Times reports. Eugene Bailey won't ...

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One Teen Cleared In Derrion Albert Beating Death

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — First-degree murder charges were dropped Monday against one of four teens accused in the brutal beating of a Chicago honor student tha...

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Today's Derrion Albert Wholly Different From 1977 Predecessor

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago

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Back in 1977, I was Derrion Albert. But today, sadly, I shudder and cringe at the thought of trying to wade through life as a 16-year-old African-American Chicago public school student.

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Mom Of Derrion Albert Murder Suspect: They Have The Wrong Kid

Chicago Sun-Times | ROSALIND ROSSI | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

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Ava Greyer insisted witnesses have said her son, Eugene Bailey, 17, was not the teen depicted on a cell phone video striking Derrion....

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An Open Letter to Mayor Daley and the Olympic Team

Hermene Hartman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

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Maybe we should look within and rather than attract international visitors, let's look into our own backyards and communities and teach our youth how to be Olympians and how to compete.

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Duncan: Teen Deaths Not Caused By School Reform

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday pledged federal support to fight a surge in youth v...

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We Are the Obama Effect

Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

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Derrion Albert's death should resonate from coast to coast, because his early departure represents a lost opportunity; a life that could have given back has been taken.

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Chicago Teen Deaths, Violence Tied To School Reform Plan?

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Even in the cold rain, Danielle Jones would rather stand on the street and wait for her father to pick her up from her high school on ...

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Daley Holds Violence Meeting In Wake of Derrion Albert Beating Death

Chicago Sun-Times | MAUREEN O'DONNELL AND FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

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On his first day back at work after the Olympics debacle, Mayor Daley called a high-level meeting Monday with city and school officials to seek an ans...

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Fatally Beaten Teen Derrion Albert Mourned At Funeral: 'The Eyes Of The World Are Watching'

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 12.03.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The funeral of a Chicago teen who was beaten to death on his way home from school drew civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and ...

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Chicago Beating Death Shocks White House -- But Now What?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago

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In the past year more than 40 young persons have been murdered in Chicago, many within a stone's throw of the president's home.

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Obama Sending Cabinet Members To Chicago Over Derrion Albert's Fatal Beating

AP | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Chicago next week to discuss ...

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Another Teen Critically Beaten In Chicago

CBS 2 | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

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A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition after police say he was chased down and beaten by a mob of other teens in the Edgewater neighborhood, in an...

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White House: Derrion Albert Beating Death Video 'Chilling'

Huffington Post | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago

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White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the beating death of 16-year-old honor student Derrion Albert was discussed at President Obama's morning meeti...

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Derrion Albert Beating Death: 4 Teens Charged With Murder

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.28.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Cell phone footage showing a group of teens viciously kicking and striking a 16-year-old honors student with splintered railroad ties ...

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Beating Death Of Derrion Albert, 16, Caught On Video

Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2009 | Chicago

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UPDATE: Four teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in Derrion Albert's beating death. Silvanus Shannon, 19, Eugene Riley, 18, and Eric...

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