Update on Bilal Berreni death at Brewster Projects

[night-timer]

Judgment will be made today on the trigger man in French artist Bilal Berreni's 2013 death at the Brewster Projects. Just seems a whole bunch of young lives were ruined in one moment of gross stupidity: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...rawl/77439750/

[Vic01]

from the article-

A brawl broke out in a Detroit courtroom Wednesday after a guilty verdict was announced against a 15-year-old defendant in the robbery and murder of French artist Bilal Berreni.
The juvenile, with his hands cuffed behind his back, ran toward his pregnant sister sitting in a Wayne County Juvenile courtroom to say goodbye when a brawl ensued between his family members and deputies.
“I just want to say goodbye,” the young defendant said during the incident.
The juvenile, the youngest of four defendants convicted in the July 2013 murder of Berreni, was convicted by Wayne County Judge Christopher Dingell just minutes before he made a startling jump to the back of the small courtroom.
The incident brought other deputies in the four-story courthouse flying into Dingell’s courtroom. The fight spilled out from Dingell’s courtroom into the third floor hallway as deputies escorted the emotionally charged family members out of the courthouse.
“I pushed the button,” said Dingell, referring to a security alert, after the melee.
The fight happened just after Dingell told the youngster he believed the teen knew his three other co-defendants, Drequone Rich and Dionte Travis, both 21, and Jasin Curtis, 19, were looking for someone to rob and murder and therefore he is guilty of the charges against him.
Authorities say the four saw Berreni around 4 a.m. on the basketball court of the abandoned Brewster Douglass housing projects when they targeted him for the attack. They robbed the Paris native of $300 and then shot him.

[lpg]

Anyone want to bet this kid ends up like Nathaniel Abraham ??

[Honky Tonk]

Reminds me of the TV show title "All In The Family".

[Hypestyles]

horrible behavior on the part of the perpetrators of the robbery/killing. Young people have got to be taught better from an early age. The lure of the streets must not be an option for any young person, regardless of family background or economic status. Horrible tragedy for the deceased's family; a sobering reality check for the family of the perpetrators. It's not a game.

[night-timer]

these young guys who committed the murder were part of the YBN gang [[Young Brewster Niggaz, as they call themselves) because they are kids whose parents grew up in the Brewster Projects. But the YBN gang also had a name for their musical output: PBS [[Paper Boyzs Stackin'). If you type "YBN PBS" into Youtube, you will find a lot of their video clips and songs glorifying the street.

[Bobl]

"The juvenile, with his hands cuffed behind his back, ran toward his pregnant sister sitting in a Wayne County Juvenile courtroom to say goodbye when a brawl ensued between his family members and deputies..."
Just guessing, perhaps I am wrong, but this seems to indicate one very dysfunctional family. It doesn't look good for the future child of the pregnant sister, or the City, does it?
It is a mean little town.

[detroitsgwenivere]

The way I see it, the victim didn't get a chance to say goodbyes to his family before these 4 perps decided to take his life, so I don't feel that the boy and his family are entitled to theirs. Should have thought about that before.

[Danny]

Bilal Berreni was killed by two gang cliques affiliated Detroit black males wearning hoodies. It was their crime of opportunity. Now they are spending permanent retirement in prison.

[lpg]

Time to discuss capital punishment ?