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ShinyGodzilla t1_ixn0mzm wrote
>The maniac who randomly attacked a 12-year-old boy on his way to school – beating him with a single crutch – was busted this week, authorities said.
>Jamal McIlwain, 28, targeted the unsuspecting kid near the corner of St. Paul’s Place and St. Paul’s Court in Prospect Park South around 7:30 a.m. Nov. 17 – walloping him twice with the crutch and trying to hit him a third time, according to the NYPD and video they released.
>McIlwain was picked up Wednesday when a 911 caller reported a “disorderly male” in front of an unspecified high school, cops said.
>McIlwain spit on a responding officer, police said.
>Upon arrest, cops recognized him as the suspect in the crutch attack, authorities said.
>The fiend calmly walked off after the assault, ditching the crutch on the sidewalk as he headed north on St. Paul’s Place. >He had been heading to the Church Avenue B and Q train station at the time of the attack.
>“It’s weird how he ran across the street just to hit me,” the youngster, who was not identified, told WPIX Wednesday. “When he hit me, it took me a few seconds to process what was going on. I tried to block it with this arm and ran.”
>The boy suffered minor head injuries and was taken to a local urgent care in stable condition.
>“I’m feeling better than a few days ago when I got hit. The eye used to be swollen very much. I didn’t do anything to him, so how come he has a grudge against me?”
k1lk1 t1_ixngc3u wrote
> I didn’t do anything to him, so how come he has a grudge against me?”
Complicated question.
Because he is a mentally ill drug addict, most probably with an arrest record the length of a CVS receipt, and we've never seen fit to make him do anything to get treatment or stop stealing or attacking people.
So, he enjoys the freedom to beat pre-teens with a crutch.
Maybe one day he will graduate to shoving women in front of the N train! Who knows. The world is Jamal McIlwain's oyster.
user_joined_just_now t1_ixorvte wrote
> an arrest record the length of a CVS receipt
> McIlwain has 23 prior arrests, sources said, including for attempted murder for an incident in which he fired a gun at someone.
Something something candy crush.
Grass8989 t1_ixnvgm0 wrote
Literally.
darkpassenger9 t1_ixobypp wrote
How long do you guys figure it’ll take before Jamal McIlwain is back out on the street?
assqueef12 t1_ixwg9q0 wrote
Probably already out
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darkpassenger9 t1_ixrsct4 wrote
Not at all. I’m a person of color myself. I am just disillusioned with violent people being allowed to run amok in our city because it’s politically expedient for elected officials — people who don’t walk the streets, don’t use the trains, and sometimes don’t even live here.
This time it was a minor injury to a kid walking to school, next time it might be pushing someone into the path of an oncoming train, or stabbing someone to death in their own apartment. I’m sick of it.
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BiblioPhil t1_ixqpdmn wrote
Intentional use of first name
k1lk1 t1_ixr5p9f wrote
What is your point? There's photos of the alleged perp.
BiblioPhil t1_ixuvnlf wrote
Yes, and the commenter above wanted to make sure we knew his name was Jamal.
We're on a first-name basis with just this one perp.
Turbulent_Link1738 t1_ixr2rmd wrote
In his defense I can’t tell if the letters are II or ll
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