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seriously sick of "ghetto" culture

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this boy does the right thing and instead of getting praised, he's getting harassed and labeled a snitch by his peers.


He’s a teenage hero in one of the city’s most horrific pranks-gone-bad.

In chilling video obtained exclusively by The Post, 14-year-old Achilles Baskin of Harlem is seen frantically trying to stop two twisted pals from pushing a shopping cart off a third-floor parking garage onto Manhattan mom Marion Hedges below — an act of bravery that he says still haunts him today.

“They wanted me to help them throw the cart, but I said no,” the teen told The Post.

“I was trying to stop them. I was trying to put the cart near me. But they had the advantage because there were two of them against one.”


The surveillance video shows Achilles not only first refusing to go along with the insane stunt pulled by his buddies — Jeovanni Rosario and Raymond Hernandez — but also repeatedly trying to physically thwart them outside the Target at the East River Plaza Center in East Harlem on Oct. 30.

Rosario, 13, and Hernandez, 12, enter the frame heading to a cart on an elevated walkway. Achilles can be seen sprinting to catch up with them to stop them.

At first, he manages to keep a grip on the cart while struggling with them over it. But the two thugs break away and grab a metal cart. Achilles rushes over to grasp the other side of that cart.

As Rosario and Hernandez go back for the red plastic cart, Achilles pushes it off the walkway. He then runs.

“I left — I didn’t want to do what they wanted me to do,” Achilles said.

As soon as he is gone, the fiends push the cart to the railing again and heave it over, sending it hurtling nearly 50 feet to the ground as they run off.

Another camera caught the result — the cart crashing down on Hedges, who was outside the parking garage with her 13-year-old son.

The 47-year-old philanthropist and her son had been buying candy for underprivileged kids for a Halloween party.

Hedges is seen in the footage immediately crumpling from the impact of the cart.

Her son whips around as pieces of the cart go skidding across the pavement and passers-by rush to help.

“I heard a crash when it hit,” Achilles recalled. “I saw [people] doing CPR on her.”

“I was really mad what they did,” the boy said of Rosario and Hernandez.

“I was upset they hit her. What about her kids? Her family? I thought she was going to die or something.”

Achilles said that he couldn’t stop them but that he knew he could still help.

“I went to a [store security] officer and said, ‘I know who did it,’ ” he said. “He took me to a police officer.”

For that, Achilles said, he has been branded a rat by neighborhood punks.

“Some kids said, ‘You’re a snitch,’ ” he said. “I’m not a snitch. It was on camera.”

His mom, Shareen, knows how hard her son tried to avert disaster that day.

“My son’s a hero,” she told The Post.

Achilles has since had to move in with a relative, well away from Harlem, because of the ordeal, she said.

“He said he tried. I know he tried,” his mom said. “Every day, he asked, ‘How’s that lady doing?’ ”

Hedges’ husband, Michael, said he knows his wife isn’t the only one suffering.

“There have been a number of victims in this tragedy — not only my wife and family, but this poor young man who did his best to try to save my wife from grievous injury,’’ the husband said.

Michael Hedges said his wife, a real-estate agent, still “has memory, attention and focus issues,” but that he’s hopeful for a recovery.

Meanwhile, Achilles’ recovery included a three-week stay at Bellevue hospital for psychiatric evaluation.

“He couldn’t sleep,” his mother said.

Achilles said he doesn’t regret what he did that day.

“I felt like I did a really good thing. I tried to help her out,” he said.

“I hope she lives a good life. I feel sorry for her. I wish the cart never hit her.’’

Rosario and Hernandez pleaded guilty to assault. Rosario is serving six to 18 months in a nonsecure facility in Westchester, and Hernandez is doing six to 16 months in a therapeutic group home.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/tried_to_stop_the_cart_thugs_dAhiODnCQJMcGdnOsVP5jL#ixzz1phQWr2hu
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Rosario and Hernandez pleaded guilty to assault. Rosario is serving six to 18 months in a nonsecure facility in Westchester, and Hernandez is doing six to 16 months in a therapeutic group home.
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I hate them with a passion.
 
We don't have to look far to see what is wrong with society.

Am I the only person who, while watching the movie "Scent of a Woman" thinks the premise is kinda stupid? "I saw a crime, but I want to be accepted by these asinine teenage kids, so I'll keep my mouth shut." Give me a break.
 
“I went to a [store security] officer and said, ‘I know who did it,’ ” he said. “He took me to a police officer.”

For that, Achilles said, he has been branded a rat by neighborhood punks.

“Some kids said, ‘You’re a snitch,’ ” he said. “I’m not a snitch. It was on camera.”
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What's your problem again OP? This line is right before your bolded ones.

They're fucking worthless idiots, but they're mad for him being a snitch is not misplaced?
 
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RampantAndroid said:
We don't have to look far to see what is wrong with society.

Am I the only person who, while watching the movie "Scent of a Woman" thinks the premise is kinda stupid? "I saw a crime, but I want to be accepted by these asinine teenage kids, so I'll keep my mouth shut." Give me a break.
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He tried stopping them.
 
busydude said:
He tried stopping them.
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That's not the point I'm making. The point I'm making is that there was even a question on whether he was going to say what he saw. In my book, you just say it. If I see someone back into someone else's car in a garage and then leave hoping no one saw it, I quickly start repeating the plate # to myself, until I can find pen and paper and leave a note on the car that was hit.

It's the right thing to do. It's right to hold people accountable for their actions.
 
Zeze said:
What's your problem again OP? This line is right before your bolded ones.

They're fucking worthless idiots, but they're mad for him being a snitch is not misplaced?
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Yes it is misplaced, they should be mad that 2 stupid mf'ers almost killed a lady for the lulz.
 
Sad, but I can't be surprised. I don't think Harlem is known for it's good-natured citizens.

Zeze said:
What's your problem again OP? This line is right before your bolded ones.

They're fucking worthless idiots, but they're mad for him being a snitch is not misplaced?
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Huh? The OP is saying it is misplaced. As it should, you should probably be realizing almost killing someone for no reason wasn't a bright idea, rather than getting mad that someone told on you for almost killing someone.

Ns1 said:
Yes it is misplaced, they should be mad that 2 stupid mf'ers almost killed a lady for the lulz.
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Ummm, the "they" you are referring to is the two stupid mf'ers that almost killed a lady for the lulz.
 
Achilles has since had to move in with a relative, well away from Harlem, because of the ordeal, she said.
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West Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground is where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
Shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started makin' trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said you'll movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air
 
Its not just ghetto culture. You don't think privileged rich kids have the same kind of "no rats" thing going on? Even Catholic priests don't rat on pedophile priests, and if one does, the church will put him on a shit list. No one like a rat, its not really rational, but it is what it is.
 
The roots of "Don't be a snitch" are much, much deeper than modern day urban culture.

But, yes - those kids should have been dealt with MUCH more harshly.
 
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