88yr. old WWII vet, beaten by teens outside Eagles Lodge, dies

[sh00ter]

I don't understand why we aren't marching in the streets?

Because of political correctness...we are too scared to stand up...just like the Republicans in congress...scared to be labeled...as long as "we" are scared, the enemy will just keep on gaining ground and it won't ever change...the Borg is running things now.

Conan! What is best in life?

Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

 

[pinkhamr]

Heck, where the hell are Sharpton and Jackson ?????

 

[Tyson C.]

story:

By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News

A second teenager was arrested Monday in the beating death of an 88-year-old World War II veteran in Spokane, Wash., and the people who helped him hide out were also busted.

Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, was charged with first-degree murder for the slaying of 88-year-old Delbert Belton, a crime that horrified people across the country. Another 16-year-old, Demetruis Glenn, was arrested last week and charged as an adult.


The great nephew of a World War II veteran who was killed outside a lodge in Spokane, Wash., speaks out about his great uncle. KHQ's Dylan Wohlenhaus reports.

"They did a horrendous thing and they need to pay the consequences," said the victim's daughter-in-law, Barbara Belton.

"They just kept hitting and hitting him," she said. "He was an 88-year-old man. Even if they wanted his money and he didn't want to give it to them, they didn't need to do that."

Belton, who survived being shot in Okinawa during the war, was in his car in the parking lot outside his Eagles Lodge when he was attacked on Wednesday night.

He was found wedged between the two front seats, and doctors told his family he lost too much blood to survive.

Glenn turned himself in, but Adams-Kinard remained in hiding for four days until "dozens of tips" led cops to his hideout, Spokane police said.

"Several other people with him have been arrested for rendering criminal assistance," police said in a statement.


http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...beating-death-of-wwii-vet-delbert-belton?lite

 

[TedKennedy]

Check out the Miley Cyrus MTV video. Animals being animals.
http://buchanan.org/blog/category/columns

Pat has it figured out.

 

[cjjtulsa]

"Several other people with him have been arrested for rendering criminal assistance," police said in a statement.

Ridiculous. And yes, Ted - I really like reading his columns; the guy is usually spot-on.

 

[Tyson C.]

NO EYEWITNESSES :finger::finger::finger::finger::finger::finger:

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...vidence-tying-suspect-to-wwii-vets-death?lite


By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News

The lawyer for one of the 16-year-olds charged with fatally beating World War II veteran Delbert Belton said there's scant evidence against his client.

"There are no eyewitnesses and no forensic evidence that links either of the kids to the crime," said Christian Phelps, who is representing Demetruis Glenn.

Glenn and buddy Kenan Adams-Kinard are charged with first-degree murder and robbery in the slaying of the 88-year-old grandfather, who was found bloodied in his car outside the Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge in Spokane, Wash, last week.

Adams-Kinard will make his first court appearance Tuesday, and police have said they expect he will be charged as an adult. Glenn was charged as an adult, and his lawyer said he plans to plead not guilty.






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Both teens were captured on security cameras near the lodge around the time Belton was killed, and police said Glenn had cuts on his hand. Phelps would not say what his client was doing in the area.


The Spokesman-Review via AP


Demetruis Glenn, 16, listens to his lawyer, Christian J. Phelps, before a first appearance in District Court in Spokane, Wash., on Monday.

"A lot of folks just want to throw these kids away and the key - or worse," the attorney told NBC News. "I would urge people to wait for the facts to develop."

Glenn surrendered the day after the attack, but Adams-Kinard spent four days on the run before police caught up to him Monday. His family said he does not yet have a lawyer.

"He'd fallen in with the wrong crowd," said his uncle, Odell Kinard. "It's the summer and ain't nothing to do here.

"He has to take responsibility," he added. "But the family is praying he gets 10 years or less."

Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub has described the teens - who have prior convictions for assault - as "two young men who just spun out of control."

He said the motive was robbery and Belton was beaten to a pulp when he put up a fight.

The veteran's death drew national attention because of his age and the fact that he survived being shot during the Battle of Okinawa only to be randomly killed on his way to shoot some pool.


Handout / Reuters


Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, will make his first court appearance Tuesday in the beating death of 88-year-old World War II vet Delbert Belton.

Some commentators also seized on the fact that the suspects are black and Belton was white, though Straub said unequivocally that race was not an issue.

The police chief said the tragedy of Belton's murder was compounded by the age of the suspects - and issued a call to action for programs to help troubled youth.

"He came close to losing his life in service to this country in Okinawa and then he gets killed needlessly in the parking lot while he’s waiting for a friend. That’s the tragedy of this thing," Straub said of the victim.

"The second piece is two young men whose lives and the lives of their families are ruined by criminal activity."

He said he planned to institute a mentoring program to ensure the city's youth have good role models.

"We have a collective responsibility to make sure these types of events don’t happen and that our children don’t wind up in these situations," he said.

"We have to wrap our arms around our children," he said. "Where families can't get it together, the community has to."

The victim's daughter-in-law said the suspects "need to pay the consequences.'

"They just kept hitting and hitting him," Barbara Belton said. "He was an 88-year-old man. Even if they wanted his money and he didn't want to give it to them, they didn't need to do that."

 

[dennishoddy]

And today, the Chief of Police in Seattle said the old guy " Enraged" the young thugs by fighting back, causing the violence to escalate.
WTF??

 

[RugersGR8]

dennishoddy
And today, the Chief of Police in Seattle said the old guy " Enraged" the young thugs by fighting back, causing the violence to escalate.
WTF??

Yup, the Chief of Police was right, it was ALL SHORTY'S FAULT that he is now dead!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/27/wwii-vet-delbert-benton-died-trying-defend-self-th/
WWII veteran Delbert Benton died trying to defend self from thugs: police
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times Tuesday, August 27, 2013

...“Our information is that the individual fought back and that may have made this, you know, a worse situation,” Spokane police Chief Frank Straub said."...