Philly mob beats homeless man into coma with hammer

[philosslayer]

Two people have been arrested and Philadelphia cops are searching for several more suspects in a vicious gas station beating during which a mob used a hammer, pepper spray and a piece of chair leg to put a bleeding 51-year-old man in a coma.

Shareena Joachim, 24, and Aleathea Gillard, 34, were both arrested Tuesday shortly after they fled the scene, a Sunoco gas station along North 5th St., in a minivan. But police later released horrifying video that shows as many as six different people pull up to the gas station, jump out of the car and begin the vicious assault on the victim, described by police as a homeless man.

The entire confrontation began after a 10-year-old boy, jockeying with the man over who would next pump a customer’s gas for spare change, told his mother the man had hit him, police told the Philadelphia Inquirer.

But cops, reviewing hours of footage, found no such bump or hit take place. Instead, investigators unearthed the horrifying, family beatdown on the defenseless victim.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/philly-mob-beats-man-hammer-wood-slight-cops-article-1.2183202


My faith in humanity continues to wane.

[EL34x4]

1. Good God

That video was brutal.

[geek tragedy]

2. does anyone else find it sad that when some people

decide to post about a crime story, you can guess the race of the alleged perpetrators before you even open the link?

After opening the link, this is how sad things are:

The entire confrontation began after a 10-year-old boy, jockeying with the man over who would next pump a customer’s gas for spare change, told his mother the man had hit him, police told the Philadelphia Inquirer.

A child and a homeless man fought over who would pump other people's gasoline for a few loose coins.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. Are you basing that on the poster posting it, or yourself?

Whenever the homeless are beaten, mistreated, and abused....people on DU have taken notice. I myself made no judgement as to what it was about. I wouldn't have been surprised if it was about a bunch of frat boys beating up a homeless man, but I guess it wasn't. So now we can all move on I guess? Is that what you're saying?

[geek tragedy]

5. just sayin'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026376558

[NCTraveler]

4. It appears that might be made up by the family. nt.

[RobinA]

7. This is Philadelphia

Haters come in all colors.

[Catherine Vincent]

6. This is disgusting!

What a bunch of heartless people. If this man dies, I hope they are locked forever with no chance of parole.

[rollin74]

8. senseless and disgusting

people who do things like that should be locked in prison forever

they have forfeited their right to live amongst society by those actions