Dumbass motherfuckers lucky they didnt get killed too.
Has Ethan's toxicology report been released?
This was actually a balanced piece. They made it clear they weren't firing a "water gun." Also the dude said his friend was "knocked out" not stomped. It leads me to believe he was punched and later died.
Also his friends left him instead of staying with him or taking him to a hospital.
The cockles of my heart❤️This story warms my heart
Three Suspects Accused of Beating Teen Boy to Death Over SplatRBall Prank Get Murder Charges Dropped
Three Ohio men charged with beating a 17-year-old boy to death in the parking lot of an Akron school were indicted this week on lesser charges. According to News 19, Deshawn Stafford Jr., 20, Tyler Stafford, 19, and Donovon Jones, 21, were initially charged with murder in connection with the...www.crimeonline.com
The dad said "his son died because of a toy, goofing around being a teenager..."Plead no contest, get 180 days suspended and released on time served........not an acquittal or full release but the next best thing I guess
So Ethan's dad is now playing the race card?! Hahaha
It's unfortunate your son died, but he and his friends' decision to fuck with people who were minding their own damn business instigated the confrontation that became an assault.....
And once confronted Ethan doubled down and shot someone else with the splattr gun.....
Why?!
Leave people the fuck alone!
All these news reports say "brutally assaulted" and "murdered".... the autopsy showed he had brusing on his hands, mild brusing to his face, but a laceration to the back of his head and a skull fracture from hitting the concrete......well damn,
most of us know it's a possibility but never think the one time we knock a mfkr out they will actually fracture their skull and die.....
I hope the other 2 brothers get out soon as well.
Wow! What a coincidence! So did Tamir Rice!The dad said "his son died because of a toy, goofing around being a teenager..."
WTF! dayummmmm...smdh
White people are yelling, "They killed him over a TOY!" No, they didn't beat his ass because he "had a toy", they beat his ass because of what was done with that toy. They kill me how a parse stories when the aggressor/victim is white.
This clown attempted to rob a store but laughed and said it was a prank and that the gun was a toy gun.
But law enforcement saw it different.
Notice how the officer said, "What if he got shot by the store clerk or if a card carrying bystander would've shot him."
So shouldn't the same self defense reasoning apply to the black ball players ?
But I wonder if that officer would have the same sentiments if that prank robber was white ?
I think his line would be "He's just a teenage kid having fun, pulling a prank and we don't think it's that serious so we'll give him probation as a warning.
Exactly. You should've seen what the comments on The Coli were like when the story first happened. People were saying the guys who were attacked while minding their own business couldn't control their emotions and other shit.In all the stories I read on this incident, I was given the inpression that dude was stomped out and beaten once he fell on the ground...now it looks like a standard knocked down and cracking of the skull on the concrete...very curious as to how they are going to try to hem up these kids because it looks like justified self defense against an assault with an unintended outcome...White supremacy always finds a way but those kids had every right to defend themselves
This is why people shouldn't be fighting on the street. All it takes is one punch to make someone go limp and fall on the unforgiving concrete.In all the stories I read on this incident, I was given the inpression that dude was stomped out and beaten once he fell on the ground...now it looks like a standard knocked down and cracking of the skull on the concrete...very curious as to how they are going to try to hem up these kids because it looks like justified self defense against an assault with an unintended outcome...White supremacy always finds a way but those kids had every right to defend themselves
I still don't understand why his friends were not charged. All that Ethan stayed in the car does not matter, them kids were assaulted and defended themselves.
True but the black kids were minding their own business having fun. There wouldn't have been a fight if the white kids weren't fucking around and starting trouble in the first place.This is why people shouldn't be fighting on the street. All it takes is one punch to make someone go limp and fall on the unforgiving concrete.
I'm just saying physical altercations aren't good outside of environments meant to handle fights. Martial art and boxing areas have padded floors and medical professionals on standby to help. There was a reason we waited until it snowed a lot to play tackle football on the street. The ground is pretty goddamn hard and it's unyielding.True but the black kids were minding their own business having fun. There wouldn't have been a fight if the white kids weren't fucking around and starting trouble in the first place.
No argument with any of this. However as we know, the real world works differently. As in this case, the kids were playing basketball and having a good time. They weren't trying or planning on throwing hands with anybody until they were attacked for no good reason.I'm just saying physical altercations aren't good outside of environments meant to handle fights. Martial art and boxing areas have padded floors and medical professionals on standby to help. There was a reason we waited until it snowed a lot to play tackle football on the street. The ground is pretty goddamn hard and it's unyielding.
I feel bad for those kids. They got caught up in some bullshit because some dickheads wanted to fuck with people. When they get off, they should go around like Kyle Rittenhouse and subtle brag about getting away with murder. It'll be interesting to see all the self defense people never show up.No argument with any of this. However as we know, the real world works differently. As in this case, the kids were playing basketball and having a good time. They weren't trying or planning on throwing hands with anybody until they were attacked for no good reason.
It needs to be thrown out the same day it's heard. The kids shooting the pellets fucked up and one, unfortunately, lost his life for that mistake.The trial for two brothers charged in the death of Ethan Liming is set to begin May 1.
Tyler Stafford, 19, of Cleveland, and Deshawn Stafford, 21, of Akron, are charged with involuntary manslaughter and other offenses related to Liming’s death outside Akron’s I Promise School in June.
Their cousin, Donovon Jones, in October pleaded no contest to assault, a first-degree misdemeanor in the case. He received a 180-day suspended jail sentence.
Akron police initially portrayed Liming’s death as a brutal attack.
But as time passed, a clearer picture of what happened emerged. Liming and three high school friends drove to I Promise after dark with two gel pellet toy guns, police and defense attorneys say.
There, they found a group of young men playing basketball, including the Staffords and their cousin.
Police and defense attorneys say that Liming’s group ambushed the basketball players, spraying them with scores of gel pellets. The basketball players initially ran because they feared real bullets were being fired, defense attorney said.
But when they realized they were being hit with gel pellets — like those used in attacks nationwide, inspired by the so-called Orbeez Challenge on social media — the basketball players turned and confronted Liming and his friends.
Defense attorneys said a fight ensued and Liming fell in the parking lot, hitting his head on the asphalt. The blow proved fatal, autopsy results showed.
The Staffords and their cousin were initially charged with murder, but a Summit County grand jury later indicted the trio on lesser charges.
Some conservative political podcasts and news outlets seized on the case early on, spinning it a racially motivated attack because those charged are Black and Liming is white.
But police and Liming’s family, including his father Bill Liming, said race played no part in Liming’s death.
And some in Akron’s Black community criticized police for initially portraying a trio of young Black men as the aggressors even though they were the ones first attacked.
No one from Liming’s group has ever faced charges in the ambush.
This spring, the case will be heard in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Tammy O’Brien’s courtroom.
It needs to be thrown out the same day it's heard. The kids shooting the pellets fucked up and one, unfortunately, lost his life for that mistake.