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| Thugs beat teen with pal's leg |
| 2006-07-15 |
| Fifteen-year-old D.J. Choate and his buddies were concerned Monday night when a car full of men raced down a suburban side street and nearly hit a young boy. Their concern turned to outrage when the men got out of the car, took D.J.'s prosthetic left leg and used it to beat D.J.'s friend unconscious. "I think they're sick and twisted in the head," D.J. said Thursday. The men left Kyle Keene, 19, of Oak Lawn, in a bloody heap and D.J.'s $15,000 fake leg in pieces. The slight boy, who police say lost his leg at the calf in a railroad accident, is now left to hop or crawl around his Burbank apartment as he waits for repairs. He has a wheelchair, but it's cumbersome in his family's second-floor home. It all started around 11:30 p.m. Monday outside D.J.'s apartment building at 79th and Natchez. D.J., Keene and friend Mike Manley, 16, were headed inside when a Jetta zoomed south on Natchez -- close to the curb -- and almost clipped a 13-year-old boy, they said. Manley said he went up to the car when it stopped and asked: "Why are you driving like that late at night? There's kids out here." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 "Railroad accident? " Most likely the poor soul lost his leg while attempting to liberate some consumer goods from a freight train. Vandalizing/pilfering freight trains is very popular in certain segments of the population. And the poor misguided yoots get hurt on a regular basis. So sad! -M |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-07-15 11:39 |
| #3 Railroad accident? Was him holding the mule? |
| Posted by: W Faulkner 2006-07-15 07:05 |
| #2 Not that obscure. |
| Posted by: Flannery O Connor 2006-07-15 01:34 |
| #1 Good Country People? /Very obscure literary reference |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2006-07-15 01:01 |