Chicago man killed 2 teens after they
asked how tall he was, police say
Fox News,
by
David Aaro
Original Article
Posted By: JunkYardDog,
6/29/2020 7:45:18 AM
A Chicago man is accused of killing two teenagers at a convenience store this month after they asked how tall he was, authorities said on Thursday. Laroy Battle, 19, reportedly opened fire on Jasean Francis, 17, and Charles Riley, 16, in a back ally around 5 p.m. on June 20 after they and a friend walked home from buying candy at the store -- following a brief encounter with the suspect. "The victims commented, because, since Battle is quite tall, and they asked him how tall he was and you know, hoped to be that tall someday," Deputy Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan told Chicago's WLS-TV.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
jjs 6/29/2020 7:49:56 AM (No. 460508)
Battle I'm sure doesn't even know who his dad is. That is the injustice in the black communities.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
franq 6/29/2020 7:55:33 AM (No. 460515)
Need laws to make Chicago a gun-free zone. /s
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
moebellini3 6/29/2020 8:05:22 AM (No. 460530)
Shameful, this is the real social injustice that people refuse to talk about. These kids are gone because of a pathetic thug that should have been in jail. This thug, already arrested for carrying a weapon and he's still walking the streets, you guessed it, with a weapon. But this he kills two innocent kids. This is your sick democratic process at work. These thugs are never sentenced. George Floyd was milked for all he was worth, this is reality, this is what happens every week in black communities. This is what Colin K, LeBron James, the NFL and the NBA are afraid to talk about. Fact is, these kids like all being killed every weekend are nothing more than collateral damage to these scum bags. These kids don't fit their political agenda. Wake up. Got it...
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
IowaDad 6/29/2020 8:05:39 AM (No. 460531)
If he has a history of petty acts of cruelty, I would wonder if the perp is a psychopath. The fact that he is tall and careless with his manners makes one wonder if he has more than one Y chromosome, XYY or XYYY. Living with these two biological abnormalities (neither of which are treatable) carries a high risk of criminality and a violent death at an early age.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Highlander 6/29/2020 8:09:55 AM (No. 460538)
A bit touchy there. The one thing these street thugs have in common is overreaction to perceived disrespect.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
jntsrgn 6/29/2020 8:13:14 AM (No. 460543)
So 19 is a man with a gun but 17 and 16 are children sent by their mother to buy candy. Riiiiight.
If the two “children” are dead, how do they know what was said?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
lakerman1 6/29/2020 8:38:39 AM (No. 460578)
Kids today! All the two youngsters would have had to do was to watch Laroy as he exited the store, and he would have passed a measuring stick to show how tall he was. Stores put those sticks up to help clerks id robbers - or would that be considered racist?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 6/29/2020 8:47:50 AM (No. 460587)
'Hands up, don't shoot'.
'I can't breathe.'
'How tall are...' Oh, wait. sorry. Wrong narrative.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 6/29/2020 9:00:00 AM (No. 460600)
Kinda get that strange feeling in one's gut there is more to this story. Of course one doesn't expect the truth or any investigation by the Kneepad media (Yes, Fox has slipped to the Dark Side).
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
hisself 6/29/2020 9:03:07 AM (No. 460605)
Hey #6: Read the article again. There were three of them, the third wasn't hit. Perhaps he told the police what was said.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 6/29/2020 9:29:37 AM (No. 460636)
Going with the narrative of #6 being in Chicago how many of you would fear being accosted by three teens at a store. The candy purchased could well have been cigarettes they don't enforce laws against murder so sales of tobacco to teens goes out the door too. There's more to this story but Laroy Battle might have sensed something else just like I would have.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
TLCary 6/29/2020 9:29:38 AM (No. 460637)
“very good kids from really excellent families,” 16, 17 years old Humm. Where have I heard that before?
Ghetto Translator: "going to the store the buy candy" --> any guesses??
The third "candy shopper" told the story about 'how tall?' And the shooter ain't say'n Nutt'n.
Let's use Occam's razor:
a: yet another drug deal gone bad in Chicago
b: the ridiculous, irrational, senseless story one guy (that was in an alteration that left two of his cohorts dead) is peddling. Note: that one requires a suspension of disbelief, (and maybe an extra Y chromosome).
We still that gullible?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
msjena 6/29/2020 9:33:09 AM (No. 460639)
More people murdered in Chicago yesterday than died (statewide) from the coronavirus.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
HotRod 6/29/2020 9:35:40 AM (No. 460640)
Try to find a democrat in Chicago that cares. Black lives don't matter. There will be no marches, or demands for some wacky response or other. Just more of the same. Lightfoot has her armed security to protect her, and doesn't spend much time with the people in those neighborhoods.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Ribicon 6/29/2020 10:04:48 AM (No. 460682)
Picture it now: The Community paints the streets with HOW TALL AM I?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 6/29/2020 10:04:50 AM (No. 460683)
FTA:
"The suspect – who had three previous arrests and one previous conviction for unlawful use of a weapon..."
Two things first, if he had been in jail for his 'unlawful use of a weapon", then he wouldn't be out killing people, and second.....while the media reports that "Floyd was murdered by police", they are all nice and polite about this "suspect".
Enemedia, they are against all that makes the country good, safe, stable and successful.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 6/29/2020 10:18:25 AM (No. 460702)
I can sympathize with Battle.
The last time someone asked me how tall I was - - I took hot pokers and jabbed them into their eyes. The very idea of asking someone how tall they are - - is infuriating!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Hard Nard 6/29/2020 10:49:34 AM (No. 460737)
Two kids sent by their mother to buy candy. Was it the "nose" candy variety?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
qr4j 6/29/2020 11:00:05 AM (No. 460757)
How very sad. Tragic. Over a question about a person's height. God must weep over this.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 6/29/2020 11:01:36 AM (No. 460758)
Drug dealer fed up with late payments from his buyers could be the issue here. Something doesn't sound quite right. That third kid might be making all that up. Meeting at the "candy store" is no doubt a nice drop off point for drugs.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
qr4j 6/29/2020 11:05:38 AM (No. 460766)
I don't care what these kids were sent to buy. They should not be shot for asking about a man's height. Even if they were rude about it, they should not be shot. For generations, mothers taught their children: "Sticks and stones . . ."
Why do we assume the worst of the victims? What if they were buying drugs? So what? Does that mean they deserve to be shot by this thug?
What if they really were good kids? Why do we question that?
I don't mean to be rude. But even if these kids were t-total brats, they do not deserve to be shot. Period.
You spank brats. You don't shoot them.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Norway 6/29/2020 11:23:04 AM (No. 460789)
The race of the victims was not specified. Therefore, I'll bet my last dollar that they were white.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
mc squared 6/29/2020 1:19:08 PM (No. 460886)
St. Travon was eating candy when he encountered George Zimmermann. Hmmmm? Maybe candy isn't what it was when I was a kid.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
DVC 6/29/2020 2:46:35 PM (No. 460993)
Statistically, you are probably wrong, #22. The overwhelming majority of black murder victims are killed by other blacks. Very likely these victims were black, too.
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Black Lives don't matter to Laroy Battle. He shot two kids in the back because they asked him how tall he was? When BLM talks about how many blacks are killed by cops, stories like this drown out their narrative. How about how many cops are killed by blacks every year? Or how many blacks are killed by Planned Parenthood? If BLM really cared about black lives they should be focusing on PP. How come the percentage of blacks in the general population has been almost stagnant for the last 50-odd years? Hint: most were aborted.