Teen Turns Herself In After "Self Defense" Stabbing

The 16-year-old girl implicated in the fatal stabbing of a man who allegedly tried to force himself upon her is scheduled to appear before a police line-up today, according to the Post. The lawyer representing high school sophomore Cyan Brown told the tabloid the teen is "very upset" but maintains she has "a legitimate defense" in the stabbing death of 29-year-old Thomas "Black Box" Winston, who reportedly confronted the teen on Christmas Eve alongside a group of five to seven other men near the 21st Street-Queensbridge F train station.

"Miss Brown surrendered as she said she would at the time we were asked to by the precinct," said her lawyer, Samuel Gregory, who told the paper he expected that his client would be charged, but he wasn't sure what the charge would be. "We think she’ll be exonerated at the end of this case." Brown's family has said that she stabbed Winston only because she feared she would be raped, but relatives of the deceased claim that the altercation began when a boy who was with Brown bumped into the Winston.

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By Ben Muessig in News on December 29, 2009 6:11 PM

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NannyState

"Get Stabby Love" starring Cyan "Foxy" Brown.

kazubes

guilty or innocent, lets get that street sign renaming started!

sexisicilian

ha! thanx for the chuckle:))

pinball29

This story has SO much more than whats being put out there: innocent victim attacked by pack of men. Of course, everyone involved is lowlife, w/ NO social skills and only violence as a solution to ANY confrontation, but the girl is DEFINITELY in that category. She aint no 'honor student' good girl either They are all scumbags, she just surprised the boyz because she fought back. They are not used to that. Now she'll be a hero, in 5 years shell live in those same projects w/ 4 kids by one of her 'attackers'.

HBHB

Exhibit A - "Black Box".

homeopt

Hilarious. Turns out the lil 'victim' was actually just a ghetto hoodrat who was the aggressor. Been very interesting to read all the comments on these stories. Lotz of repressed racial animosity simmering in NYC lol.

robingee

And who said she was the aggressor? The family of the deceased. Who weren't even there.

homeopt

If you read the news, you'd know that the Police made that determination from an independent witness.

Funny thing is nobody from Gothamist was there either. But the racially insecure segment sure jumped on the bandwagon.

licqueen

Lets get all the scumbags who attacked her in a lineup and let everyone who they harassed go after them. She performed a public service we ahould have a parade and give her a medal.