Cleveland Man Pummeled to Death by 15, Urinated On and Stripped in the Street:
Reason to Blow Up the World...
Even by tough, urban crime standards it was a grisly attack: Up to 15 people chased a man, then kicked and beat him to death on the street. Before police arrived, one attacker urinated on the victim's head.
By the time Charles Gooden Jr., 41, took his final steps, the crime-hardened neighborhood had awakened and two people, talking in matter-of-fact tones, reported a man down, his clothes being dragged off.
"You got a male being assaulted by 15 other guys. He's laying on the street," one 911 caller said.
Latangia Anderson, 23, Johnny Brown, 20, and Paris Moore, 19, all of Cleveland, have been charged with aggravated murder and each pleaded not guilty Monday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. Bond was set at $1 million for each.
The attackers sent word that anyone helping police could face retribution, according to City Councilman Kevin Conwell, who called them gang members. Like most council members, Conwell keeps in touch with police commanders, especially on high-profile crimes that worry residents.
Police haven't mentioned a motive. Conwell said it involved an argument involving a woman and a threat by her cousin against Gooden.
Everybody who is involved with Gooden's death is a coward pure and simple. Instead of being in a gang of cowards how about educating yourselves and actually helping your community? but that would taake responsibility.
One point for the murder, another point for the postmortem humiliation, another point for belonging to a gang of cowards and one last point for trying to enforec the inner cities' 'no snitching' policy. That's four.
