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If you recall the Fenger High School case in Chicago here, they -- Jody Weis, I'm sorry, Jody Weis, our superintendent of police, he did not get one report from the community, not one person called to say they were witnessing the beating and killing of a kid.
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Colbert is accused of attacking Albert during a S.pt. 24 melee in the 300 block of West 111th S.reet -- just blocks east of Fenger, which is located at 11220 S. Wallace S.. The assault, captured on videotape, arose from a disagreement between students who live in Altgeld Gardens and another group who live in an area known as the "Ville," according Cook County Assistant S.ate's Attorney Jodi Peterson.
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Colbert is accused of attacking Albert during a S.pt. 24 melee in the 300 block of West 111th S.reet -- just blocks east of Fenger, which is located at 11220 S. Wallace S.. The assault, captured on videotape, arose from a disagreement between students who live in Altgeld Gardens and another group who live in an area known as the "Ville," according Cook County Assistant S.ate's Attorney Jodi Peterson.
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Two years ago, Chicago's Fenger High School had its 15 minutes of horrific fame when the beating death of one of its students, an honor student named Derrion Albert -- waiting for a bus after school, caught suddenly in a surge of gang violence, savagely beaten with two-by-fours and railroad ties -- was recorded on someone's cell camera and became an international spectacle.
Robert Koehler: Building Community, Building Peace Robert Koehler 2011
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Two years ago, Chicago's Fenger High School had its 15 minutes of horrific fame when the beating death of one of its students, an honor student named Derrion Albert -- waiting for a bus after school, caught suddenly in a surge of gang violence, savagely beaten with two-by-fours and railroad ties -- was recorded on someone's cell camera and became an international spectacle.
Robert Koehler: Building Community, Building Peace Robert Koehler 2011
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(What do you say to a kid about a school system run by a mayor who can get away with telling reporters that Fenger High School -- one of the poorest performing high schools in Illinois -- is "a very good school"?)
Matt Farmer: Waiting for Library-Man Matt Farmer 2010
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(What do you say to a kid about a school system run by a mayor who can get away with telling reporters that Fenger High School -- one of the poorest performing high schools in Illinois -- is "a very good school"?)
Matt Farmer: Waiting for Library-Man Matt Farmer 2010
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At Fenger, circles have included not just students but teachers, staff and even police officers -- who, I was told at a peace rally at Fenger I attended last spring, spoke freely, honestly, and felt safe enough to apologize for their own mistakes, sometimes in tears.
Robert Koehler: Building Community, Building Peace Robert Koehler 2011
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The barbaric murder of Fenger honor roll student Derrion Albert compelled Michael Dolan and Brian Dinsmore, executive producers of A Plate Apart to develop a reality show that would highlight positive inner-city teens and offer them a ticket to a brighter future via the culinary arts.
Zondra Hughes: Two Producers Keep It Real With A Plate Apart Zondra Hughes 2011
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The barbaric murder of Fenger honor roll student Derrion Albert compelled Michael Dolan and Brian Dinsmore, executive producers of A Plate Apart to develop a reality show that would highlight positive inner-city teens and offer them a ticket to a brighter future via the culinary arts.
Zondra Hughes: Two Producers Keep It Real With A Plate Apart Zondra Hughes 2011
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