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Five Florida Youths Charged with Dousing Teen with Alcohol and Setting Him Ablaze Because He Turned Them in for Attempting to Steal His Father’s Bicycle (w/Update)

• October 13, 2009 • 7 Comments

Posted in Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", "The South Florida Sun-Sentinel", Broward Sheriff's Office, Burns, CBS, Chicago IL, Deerfield Beach, Denver Colorado Jarvis, Derrion Albert, Florida, Induced Coma, Jeremy Jarvis, Jesus Mendez, Latinos, Low-Rider Bicycle, Malissa Durkee, Matthew Bent, Michael Brewer, Reprisal, Second Degree Murder, Set on Fire, Seventh Grade, Skin Grafts, Steven Shelton, Teen Violence, The No Snitching Rule, Torching, Valerie Brewer, Whites, Youth Violence


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