Gothamist: 13-Year-Old Arrested in Columbia Student's Death

Amanda Harlech

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:45:09 -0500

there is a mistaken sense of power through violence in MANY POOR comunities! Adults do not guide, or work as any sort of role model for the MANY MANY MANY kids they poop out to then neglect! These kids recieve either violence or total neglect by adults: a cycle of misery that end up involving others many times! Stop pooping out babies!

tcstudent

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:39:05 -0500

In reply to this ignorant message... Why are blacks so violent? At only 13 years old, we can all agree that this kid is going to be a career criminal/murderer. Do you remember who shot up columbine highschool? not a black kid. who shot up virginia tech? not a black kid. so obviously, it is ignorant and rash for you to ask why blacks are so violent!!! violence goes across all races, ethnicities, etc. stop trying to blame the black race... and if blacks are so violent, maybe its from who knows, years of being held in captivity, raped, lynched, etc. just maybe..... question: why do all white people smell like wet dogs?

kimchi lover

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:34:56 -0500

Maybe if you got your asses off the internet and had real friends you would realize that... blacks aren't all thugs asians aren't all career mongers jews aren't all career mongers and insidious whites aren't all racist klansman

stagnant

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:03:34 -0500

"Oh just because black teens committing the crime, doesn't reflect on the black community as a whole" So, how many times have we heard that line before? Actually, if you look at the numbers by statistics, more than half of the black male population commit a crime/go to jail in their lifetime. That's more than enough for me to generalize. Sure, there are a couple good ones who "make it out," and I know them in school, then again, how many? 1 out of 10? 2 out of 10? Exactly.. Oh and, how many times have you heard on the news that another Columbia (or non Columbia) student (or non student) getting killed by YET ANOTHER group of blacks? Hahaha, ask yourself that, then tell me this is an isolated case again.

pug_ster

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:57:08 -0500

Obama just care about their own anyways. If wants to find the next racists, they don't have to do anything but to look in their own backyards.

sakebalboa

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:22:06 -0500

holy crap you guys are racist.

RoDogg

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:48:40 -0500

The sad thing about this post is that if this student was black there wouldn't be 60+ responses. But let the victim be white, Asian, etc., that is when everyone and their momma want to come out and start blaming blacks this and black that. Violence is everywhere people, it comes in many different shapes, forms, and COLORS. America was founded on violence! Another stat for all you who are quick to blame blacks for everything from the Titanic sinking to JFK assassination, the majority of crimes committed in this country is done by whites. The media fools you to believe blacks do more crimes because black crimes are broadcast more over the news and newspapers then white crimes so every time you turn on your news you'll see black faces because that is what they want you to see while white crimes go unheard of. BLACKS DO NOT THINK VIOLENCE IS COOL, IMMATURE UNEDUCATED LACKING DISCIPLINE AND GOOD HOME TRAINING AND PARENTING PEOPLE ONLY THINK IT'S COOL!

rob chapman

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:35:59 -0500

Ming-Hui Yu's death is tragedy. My condolences to his friends and family. Even if one lived in New York for 80 years and saw crimes everyday and all of them were committed by blacks, this does mean that African Americans are criminals or that they have a proclivity to crime. This is because there are dozens upon dozens of good, upstanding, dependable and humane black boys for every one of the hoodlums like the ones in this story and those that other commentors have seen. It is unfair to slander kids who keep their noses clean, work hard and try to live decent lives because they happen to be the same color as low-life like the kids who attacked Ming-Hui. Maybe we should start listening to some of the kids who grow up right and helping them to figure how to assure that all the other kids share those experiences and attitudes. Such action may not be the end all solution, but it is something we can all do and it shows respect and support for the vast silent majority of our African American fellow citizens who stand tall and do the right thing.

Jerky

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:18:38 -0500

Yeah, we'll pray for the little bastard....pray that him and his little gangsta buddies are eliminated from the gene pool before they begin to breed!

JacqueMehoff

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:51:15 -0500

you're damned if you do and damned it you don't, excuse me while I download more porn from the internets.

jibbly

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:12:45 -0500

Wow babyhitler, thanks for the awesome description! Excuse me while I do the robot dance, study math, then go to law school, all without smiling or crying!

jaja007

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:15:06 -0500

yeah. its a great idea to make generalizations about how asians are robots/unfeeling/not emotional http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seung-Hui_Cho

babyhitler

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:32:01 -0500

#61- not only do asian kids have to deal with growing up in the hood in poverty but they have to deal with white kids making t-shirts like busted tees with "where my dog's at" chinese food, black kids robbing their asses and beating them up, spanish kids calling them "chino" every 5 seconds and yet they still come out getting good jobs. Asians are weird. They are like robots. not totally unfeeling but not very emotional. they are like the borg. not overly happy not overly sad. Just living each day to make a buck and that's it. They are like jews without the insidiousness.

poopmast

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:00:33 -0500

#47 They resent that fact that asians invalidate the that growing up in the "hood," "single mother," and "hip hop" excuses. There are plenty of asians who grew up in the hood to single parent households, listening to hip hop who go on to become doctors, lawyers, business analysts, investment bankers, and hedge fund managers.

Snoopy

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:52:01 -0500

Reason probably being because they seem to be doing a lot of stupid things to other races. It's not a condemnation of an entire race so get over that bullshit. Buy a scanner and listen to it. 70% of the descriptions for a perp reads male black wearing all black with a hoodie. And that's in neighborhoods where very few blacks live. I can't imagine what the percentage is in the black neighborhoods. Castrate the thugs and plug up the women until they get their shit together. One of the biggest tragedies during the slavery days was that families were torn apart. WTF? That more or less ended nearly 150 years ago. Are they trying to keep it real by keeping that situation going independent of slave holders? Why is it that so many black men can't get their shit together and marry the mother of their child, and stay with her for more than a month?

AvenueHebrew

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:53:12 -0500

I'd like to know why it's necessary to take this incident between a handful of individuals and turn it into a blanket condemnation of an entire race.

Whammo

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:46:11 -0500

"Yu had just walked his girlfriend home to her 123rd Street and Broadway apartment" I don't see how he can protect his girlfriend when he lets a 13 year old chase him into traffic. No mention of the race of the perps, interesting. No bias crime here?

femiredwood

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:51:43 -0500

Whats really tragic is all the racism on this board. You guys sicken me. Violence is not exclusive of African Americans. What do you call what we are doing in Iraq? Oh yeah, freedom. Right. What principles do you think this country was founded on? Do you think Native Americans said "Here, take my land and rape my women". No, violence was used. And last time I checked, the pilgrims were white.

altrent

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:38:08 -0500

Within their own culture of hip-hop-endorsed thuggery, giving a sh1t about no one but themselves, and a complete lack of respect for anyone or anything other than perhaps the closest members of their own posse, these two are pretty much right at the age to start fathering their own hopelessly cast-off spawn to begin the cycle anew, are they not? Props to Nivek: I was born dirt-poor, but nothing in anything that I was ever exposed to even *hinted* that this meant I was free to visit violence upon others as a means to, what is it, "relieve the boredom", or whatever is the excuse-du-jour typically offered on behalf of this type of human waste? Spear Chucker: one could suggest that the tone of many of your posts is almost always the same as race-baiting trollism...except for the fact that your main question is *always valid*: WHERE'S AL SHARPTON? As someone else wrote about Bill Cosby's no-nonsense opinions being shunned, seriously, where the f*ck is Al Sharpton? Except, of course, that he'd be pretty busy, since it's mostly the blacks committing the senseless acts of violence in all the headlines so he'd have a lot to talk about. 'Course, he doesn't even bother to address black-on-black violence, which must be under-reported like you wouldn't believe. Charlatan, plain and simple. I'm white. I wonder what the opinion is on stuff like this of the 99.99% of black folks who are non-insane, non-criminal, non-thug wastes of carbon and oxygen who, despite having likely faced injustices in possibly every facet of their lives, have sought to overcome them and to cope and exist and succeed and attain just like everyone else. How bad does something like this make them feel, knowing how it reinforces stereotypes for so many and how it will make things harder for them to face because of any possible backlash, or strengthened lingering resentment? Didn't the criminal element interpret Dinkins' mayoral election as a signal to tee off on whitey? The ONE thing that worries me about an Obama presidency -- because it sure as hell isn't anything about his qualifications, or background, or intelligence, or apparent will to do things differently than Gummint Inc. -- is what the stupidest of the stupid ne'er-do-wells will interpret that to mean, in terms of never having to face up to their own internally-created problems of overpopulation, lack of focus in education, blaming problems on others, perpetuating the psychology of entitlement, and resorting to crime to right perceived wrongs, if not simply for fun. You know what, man? I hate to say it, but if "spokespeople" such as rappers are going to continue to promote violence (inter- AND intra-race) as a way to succeed, "crusaders" such as Al Sharpton are going to continue to cherry-pick opportunities to play the race card, and straight-talkers such as Cosby are going to continue to be ignored, then sadly the best way to avoid being brutalized or killed by one of these savages for no reason whatsoever is to move oneself as far away from them as possible. By that I definitely mean non-whites who also do not wish to die for no reason. Then stand back, let the cities self-destruct, and watch the gene pool improve. ENOUGH OF THIS F*CKING BULLSH1T ALREADY, FOR CHRISSAKE.

Snoopy

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:49:39 -0500

Bob the answer is, NO. This ain't English 101 here.

bobchadwick99

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:46:45 -0500

has anyone else noticed an increase in the number of semicolons gothamist uses since they talked about that ny times story about the semicolon in the MTA anti-littering ad?

Snoopy

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:42:39 -0500

Hmmm? A white Al Sharpton? Good idea. Can you imagine how many individuals of color would come down on this person as a racist? Zhou Changyia, one of Yu's roommates told the Post, "They're just kids. It's hard to say what to do with them." I have a simple idea. Cufflink and chain them to their mother for several years until they turn 21 and see what she thinks of her spawn. When he takes a crap she follows. When he does drugs and weird shit she follows. When she is getting laid by some crack addict he is there. I would say the father should be the one cufflinked but seeing it's difficult to find out who he was I defer to the mother's presence. This way it will free up the jail population and teach him some manners. Where is Bernie Goetz now that we need him?

Albert Sharpton

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:21:51 -0500

#49, go f' yourself. I'm got bigger titties to lick right now.

Eoin MacNeill

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:53:01 -0500

JMH, The violence would only occur once. And would serve as a message to others. I was assaulted on the subway by someone who called me a "cracker." I was in fear for my life. Shooting him to death would put a full stop to his racist aggression. I don't support the illegal possession of firearms, but would fervently endorse a rational concealed carry policy in NYC. How many muggers/thugs would chance it when every citizen could legitimately end his or her reign of terror?

JacqueMehoff

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:41:39 -0500

true for the young, male and in a group theory. any parents out there see who the bullies in the playground are, UWS, UES, Village, see how young males interact. skateboarders, bmx'ers coming in from NJ and in a group seem to have this mindset, I've seen it.

ping

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:39:28 -0500

Another broken record here: Calling Rev. Al Sharpton. Sharpton, any comments?

JMH

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:32:56 -0500

#20 wrote:Everyone should carry side arms like in the old west. There would be a lot less violence and a lot more dead assholes.How does a big pile of dead assholes equal "less violence"?

telomere88

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:22:44 -0500

A friend in the NYPD told me that the 13-year old is still proud the "chinese fuck is dead." I don't get this shit at all. What do black people have against Asians and why? This is clearly a hate crime and needs to be handled as such. Belonging to a victimized minority doesn't somehow exempt you from being a racist. And if this bit of hearsay is in fact true, the kid should be tried as an adult and sent away for a long time. There's no rehabilitating people like that. The total absence of remorse shows he's a psychopath to the core. And if a single Columbia student avoids crossing at an intersection with anyone black loitering in the median, they'll still be called racists. The issue for me when getting anywhere near people on the street is not whether they're black or whatever, but whether they're young, male, in a group, and obviously looking for trouble. It's been my experience that those are far more reliable predictors of violence and/or trouble than race. I'd cross the street next to a lone black woman in her forties over a group of drunken white frat boys any day of the week. And yes, I'm a Columbia student.

Rocknrope

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:19:03 -0500

It's pretty clear that the kids targeted Asian men because they believed that "type" of target would not be a threat. I'm sure this will continue, but I'm hoping that one time they mess with the wrong asian dude, the kind that carries a knife or studies martial arts - there are plenty of them around.

west side Michael

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:28:55 -0500

Terrible this could have happened to anyone. China has state mandated Abortion usually of girl babies,That's horrible too but they will put on a good face at the Olympics.let's not even go to their records of execution of dissidents. I was mugged at gunpoint but was to terrified to run. If this happens release all your property and follow the perp's instructions. Don't get possessive it could cost you your life. In any event I hope with Buddhas Birthday coming up this family finds peace again.

TKaisen

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:28:10 -0500

PS: Can't wait for the Law & Order dramatization of this incident where the black youths will be magically turned into white neo-nazis. Winner!

JacqueMehoff

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:22:14 -0500

I hope this is a wake up call. anything can happen to anyone. for all you students from out of state go home and get what you need to get to protect yourself. Better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six. From my cold dead hands.

Armchair_warrior

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:53:58 -0500

these kids are racist. i'm sure they don't go out and beat blacks for the hell out of it. i been beaten by racist kids just for kicks before. anyway there is no white al sharpton or asian al sharpton too bad.

stereotypical

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:11:44 -0500

No excuses are made for those poor white kids though.

virgil

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:04:20 -0500

It's thoughtful commentary like this that makes me think Gothamist should just make it easier on Babyhitler, Spearchucker, et al, and add Racist to their "Istaverse". Of course it's because they're black. Everyone knows that the poor white teens living in the slums of Ireland, Serbia, Poland, Austria, Russia, Scotland, England and Germany, etc., are peaceable, gentle youths who would weep at the thought of violence.

babyhitler

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:58:54 -0500

#37 - You should watch Lars Von Trier's "DOGVILLE' - It's about an idealistic young woman who suffers from cruelty at the hands of the people she tries to help. Central themes are "should poor and desperate people be held to the same standards of human decency as everyone else?" and "are you yourself patronizing the people you help?". Also by helping others you are also violating the Prime Directive of star trek: no interference with the internal affairs of others. Now, everyone knows that Gene Roddenberry was a pioneer in civil rights so if he's telling us not fuck around with the lives of others then it's good enough for me.

matty

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:45:11 -0500

ok, fine, you're not racist you're a neurotic who needs professional help. better?

matty

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:41:21 -0500

Yes I have considered that #35. That's not mutually exclusive to what I am trying to say. These kids aren't victims, Yu was the victim, but change comes with dialogue, mentoring and learning by example. Before you just discount this as a black and white or asian thing, you should consider that it's a matter of right and wrong first and foremost, not race. These kids didn't know the difference between right and wrong. I don't know who's fault that is, but it is not the fault of them being black. Change comes from helping kids understand right and wrong. Not trolling on gothamist.

babyhitler

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:34:21 -0500

#33 - I don't understand why you are implying what I am saying is racist. There is no racism on the internet cause everyone is the same race. ANONYMOUS! How do you know I'm not black or asian or jewish and what I am saying is just a social experiment where i play devil's advocate a la BORAT and say something offensive just to get dialogue? everyone is fucking a little racist inside. There was a study on eyewitness news that said black people were more subconsciously racist themselves than whites. They would show various pictures of white people and black people and you had to rate them as being friendly or unfriendly within a few milliseconds. Obviously whites were biased against blacks, even though many said they weren't but blacks even were racist against blacks and thought white people's faces were friendlier. I believe the best line was from a david chappelle comedy routine were he says he doesn't believe in racism he believes in percentages of racism. When he goes into a chinese conveniece store and they watch him 9/10 times. that means those chinese are 90% racist against his ass. Think about your own id and think what percentage of racism your own heart holds. I doubt it's 0.

nivek

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:30:33 -0500

matty, Did you ever consider that these people actually have outs? I grew up in a shitty neighborhood and I didn't go around trying to rob people.

babyhitler

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:21:41 -0500

#29 - My actual intent is to get more people to vote for Obama. I'm in his Dark Ops campaign team. His first campaign team tries to get people to vote for obama the old fashioned way by canvassing and shit. The dark ops campaign tries to be obnoxious and subtle yet overtly racist against obama and tell people to vote for hilary in a reverse psychology marketing ploy. I tell people something racist, say "vote for Hilary" and that will get people up in arms against hilary and vote for Obama. so far it's working. that's how politics is played my friend. It's sort of like how the black Columbia professor knew she would be in trouble for plagiarizing works and hung a noose in her office and screamed "racist" to get people to rally for her.

matty

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:21:20 -0500

And babyhitler, have you ever done anything to help these kids become better people? Have you ever considered becoming a big brother? Maybe if you put your money where your mouth is you could have a direct affect on the life of a kid and show him a path that doesn't involve jumping people. Alternatively you can post racist flame bait on a news site but I don't think that will have the same effect.

stereotypical

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:18:58 -0500

Ha, I've found that being gangsta has nothing to do with race. Its all about not giving a shit about anyone but yourself. I remember listening to Biggie for the first time and thinking to myself "Why does he keep talking about robbing black people? Shouldn't he be rapping about robbing whites?"

matty

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:17:01 -0500

I hate it when white people quote Chris Rock. Sorry man, that show was not intended to validate your own racism.

babyhitler

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:13:20 -0500

27- is that the one where CR talks about putting your money in books? that shit is hilarious! Notice that all the prominent blacks are educated in white schools? chris rock, p diddy, Kanye west, colin powell, and Oprah all were bused to white schools. People should listen to Bill Cosby but they shun him. They listen to Jay-Z. And what does Jay-z do? he makes all this money selling crime, drugs, misogyny, and violence fantasies to his people and then uses that money to get married in a tribeca loft where not one gangsta was invited and almost everyone was white and chris martin from coldplay sang at his wedding. LOL! that's mad gangsta,

bklynd

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:09:48 -0500

"These kids need to sit back and think WWBOD - What would Barack Obama Do?" You know, Babyhitler, for once, you are on to something. Even though your intent is to somehow hang this incident around Obama's neck as though he is responsible for all black people everywhere, these kids would indeed do well to see Obama as a role model. Obama actually attended Columbia, of course, and he would have seen Yu as a peer. Although he was a very active politico and debater, he was reportedly excellent at viewing his opponents sympathetically and coming up with arguments that somehow validated their right to exist. If only all the kids in New York wanted to be like Obama, this world would indeed be a much, much better place. Racists suck. Obama '08!

gimme

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:08:07 -0500

seems like some posters here will enjoy this book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Camp_of_the_Saints http://www.amazon.com/Camp-Saints-Jean-Raspail/dp/1881780074 albeit this is set on an international scope pow! i just got hit in the face by a darky for referencing something he don't know, pow!

nivek

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:04:22 -0500

If there's anyone who thinks this is race baiting, that person needs to go watch that Chris Rock sketch from Bring the Pain on HBO again.

JacqueMehoff

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:01:56 -0500

we should do to them what they do to criminals in China. and as some people like to say, charge their parents with the cost of the bullet.

stereotypical

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:59:45 -0500

Word

matty

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:56:25 -0500

That book is about as close to embracing eugenics as any I have read that is not from the 19th century. It's a small wonder how it was not deemed sociological garbage in this day and age.

stereotypical

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:53:24 -0500

Everyone should read freakanomics. The author presents a very interesting set of evidence. He basically says that the reason crime has gone down in the past 15 years is because people were allowed to have abortions. Thanks to that lots of single mothers in the inner city didn't have as many kids. Therefore there are way less fuckos than there could have been. Abortion is sick but very necessary for this reason. Some kids should just never come into this world.

matty

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:46:45 -0500

This is not a tragedy all around. It's a tragedy for Yu and his family not for the kid involved. This kid is going to go to juvie then around 25 he'll realize the error of his ways and do something extremely mediocre with his life to make up for it. In the meantime Yu is still dead. If anything there it's no tragedy for this kid, only for Yu.

stereotypical

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:46:25 -0500

I was about to say that I wished all Asians knew kung-fu. Isn't kung-fu cool or something in "hip-hop" culture? I would have loved to hear how Ming-Hui Yu instead of being killed kicked the shit out of the pieces of shit and left them paralyzed for the rest of their lives. Hopefully they get raped in prison and have horrible hemorrhoids for a long time.

stereotypical

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:42:24 -0500

Everyone should carry side arms like in the old west. There would be a lot less violence and a lot more dead assholes.

babyhitler

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:39:28 -0500

I don't think asians are unmasculine cause all we get in movies and televison are them doing kung fu. these kids are criminals cause society doesn't give a fuck about them. They were probably born to lower income welfare recipients who curse everyone who has a better life than them. when they try to get a better life for themselves they are probably turned away because they don't have the education, ambition, or will to succeed. then they have kids, not for the sake of family but for revenge. this isn't social darwinism, it's genetic darwinism. They know that their kids will be the scourge of society, the society that spurned them. It's genetics as retribution. at the end of the day Old moneybags whitey will have one child who they put through harvard and a poor disenfranchised african will have 4-8 kids, all unruly and angry and one day that african kid will put a bullet through the head of the white harvard kid and go to jail. that leaves 7 of his brothers left in the world to take over while whitey perishes. Europe and Japan have a negative population rate and declining birth rates among them because they are focused on careers and making money and living life and use birth control. poor countries like mexico and africa just breed like crazy. They will wait you out. once you die and your children die who gets your stuff? the kids of poor people.

thefacts

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:38:22 -0500

#16 Bernie, Ever notice how all the criminals in advertisements (for home alarms or car insurance or whatever) are white?)

stereotypical

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:37:31 -0500

The little fuckers should be drowned.

berniegoetz

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:26:12 -0500

PS: Can't wait for the Law & Order dramatization of this incident where the black youths will be magically turned into white neo-nazis.

berniegoetz

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:37:35 -0500

And if a single Columbia student avoids crossing at an intersection with anyone black loitering in the median, they'll still be called racists.

Spear_Chucker

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:33:20 -0500

Does this kid now qualify for a loan from Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network? Or perhaps a grant? Where's Al Sharpton?

Peter

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:26:55 -0500

The Bell Curve in action.

freddyhere

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:20:40 -0500

The real tragedy here is that this kid will probably spend only a year or two in juvie hall...

Gina Gemini

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:18:55 -0500

This is just tragic all around. You have these teen aggressors who are likely submerged in a hip-hop subculture in which thuggishness and hyper-machismo are valued, but they've also absorbed the beliefs of mainstream society, which sees Asian men as being unmasculine, and therefore are easy targets for these black male teens to prove their (distorted view of) manhood (which involves dominance, often by violent means) to themselves and to their peers. I'm sure none of them expected Yu to run out into traffic and get struck and killed by a motorist. And I can't imagine what must be going through the mind of the driver of the vehicle. The family of the teens are either in a state of denial (the "not my kid" mind-set) or have admitted their helplessness and that only a Higher Power can help them now ("Pray for him"). And what about the teens' parents? In many cases, the parents do all they can to raise their kids right, but their kids still end up defying them and doing wrong. In this particular case, I feel that the teen boys should be locked up or otherwise penalized in a way that will hopefully scare them straight. As far as the family of Yu, I can't imagine what it must be like to get news from American that your only son has been killed. Horrible. This is just a tragedy all around.

Spear_Chucker

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:13:41 -0500

Why are blacks so violent? At only 13 years old, we can all agree that this kid is going to be a career criminal/murderer. The other night this week, after having dinner I saw two black kids on East Broadway in chinatown wrecking havoc. They found three of those long fluorescent light tubes and they decided to throw them at store windows. After the last tube, one of them tried to trip an old chinese lady as she was closing up shop. This is all I've witnessed as I walked out of the restaurant. Who knows what else they've done before and after. They're simply animals. Blacks should have a permit before they are allowed to have children. They must prove that they are able to properly raise a child and pronounce the word "ask". To endorce this all black women should be forced on birth control and all black men should have their tubes tied (it can be untied, yes?). The black violence is just ridiculous.

babyhitler

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:08:49 -0500

these kids need to sit back and think WWBOD - What would Barack Obama Do? Obama 08

Steven

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:03:04 -0500

Where is Al Sharpton now? 13 years old and kids thinking living the gangsta life is cool and the right think to do because they don't know any better. The black community needs to wake up and realize violence is not "cool".

fakenewyorker

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:00:14 -0500

The kid crawls to the top of the pile in China to get killed by a bunch of deadenders.

edgar

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:52:49 -0500

A friend in the NYPD told me that the 13-year old is still proud the "chinese fuck is dead."

lower manhattan

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:41:53 -0500

My Asian husband was punched in the face after being taunted by a pack of punks on the E train at Spring Street at 7 in the evening. I suspected then and even more now that Asian males are a targeted class in New York.

smitty

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:38:48 -0500

Horrible.

Eoin MacNeill

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:34:07 -0500

Same thing, up to the running into the street, happened to a friend of mine, who is Asian. My buildings cameras recorded the battery: 5-6 black teens sneak up behind him while he is walking and talking on his phone and one punched him in the side of the face. He chases them, they scatter. There was no hint of robbery, just violence for violence's sake. These kids are not Jean Valjean. The only solution seems to be locking extremely violent youths up for life. Past a certain point, there is no hope of rehabilitation.

VanessaNYC

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:19:13 -0500

What a shame. I feel for Yu's friends and family.

nivek

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:17:47 -0500

"They're just kids. It's hard to say what to do with them." I don't know, raise them? Teach them not to do stupid shit like this? Oh wait, the parents are retards too.