Subway Beating Caught on Video, Police Tracking Attackers
Kadejra Holmes, an aspiring filmmaker from Harlem, uploaded the video on November 7, but when she was asked about the video by investigative site The Smoking Gun, she pulled the video. She denied being part of the gang of girls, and has since disappeared from YouTube completely. Luckily (or not), CourtTV grabbed the video, and we have it here above.
Meanwhile, the New York City Police department is looking into who was involved in the apparent crime, and whether or not the beating was staged by Holmes.
To us at Switched, the attack looks real, but it is interesting that the attackers smile at the camera in a couple instances. Either way, it's a nerve-wracking viewing experience. See the video by clicking above.
From The Smoking Gun
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nat1192 @ Dec 6th 2007 8:59PM
It is a sad day in America...
D @ Dec 7th 2007 8:07AM
Typical.
JesseL @ Dec 7th 2007 8:09AM
BPBBP
Black people being black people
change needed @ Dec 7th 2007 10:08AM
what a sick bunch of girls with some racist anger issue's ! what will happen to them HOPEFULLY if there's any justice, JAIL TIME & A CIVIL LAWSUIT ,make these young azzed punks pay both ways ! the more they get away with harrassing & beating other people the more they will coni=tinue to think its cool & acceptable ! Now what are they going to cry that they where being targetd for being black?? NOT for being black but for PLAIN iggnorance & anger to other's in my book ! lock them up !!!
Owen @ Dec 7th 2007 10:22AM
I can see it being staged because they seem to know the camera person (one person smiles and says hey as well as the camera person was getting right in thier faces. If you were already pissed wouldn't you not want a camera in your face by a random person?) But on another much sadder point, this could be real because many of todays younger people, black or white, seem to have no respect for anything. It sounds like a racial argument in the video and this cannot help any races issues, staged or not.
B Wilson @ Dec 7th 2007 10:46AM
Typical black girls, think they are tough, and always loud. They ran up against a weak guy. There are guys who single handed could have beat them all.
optimizedtraffic @ Dec 7th 2007 1:15PM
Imus would have a field day on this one...
chanley @ Dec 8th 2007 10:31AM
This is how it is on NYC subways in the afternoon when the NYC Dept of Education lets the animals out of the zoos (really, schools). This is why the decent young lady of brown skin has a hard time being respected - because of wildabeasts of the ilk in this video who behave like nothing more than savages. LOOK at what they are doing, how they are behaving. I wonder if they would be so tuff in jail? All you really need to do is grab one and pummel the living day lights out of them. Just one. Their parents should be charged as well....for raising animals instead of children.
Marsahall Dillon @ Dec 11th 2007 1:22AM
Animals. Stupid, senseless, animals. The power of a large group attacking one person. Cowards, they are only empowered by the size of the group, and will impose their tyranny on anyone who is weaker in strength or numbers. This is an example of what we are going to have everywhere, once the system breaks down completely. Roving groups of animals.
We need STRONG law and order in OUR country, never mind being policeman for the rest of the world, we need it HERE, NOW. We need a gunslinger sherrif.
Jorge @ Dec 11th 2007 6:40PM
Thats what happens when you can't defend yourself. The guy just didnt have any street smarts so, like in the wild, he was prey. For the little black kids who dont know any better thats what it is like in their world(products of there environment). Our society is created this way. 90% of these kids will grow up with correction officers at our expense. White,black,spanish, it doesnt matter if your poor, try to get an education and learn from these kids on how NOT to be Ghetto black....Also, you've got to learn how to kick some ass!
Jeff @ Dec 11th 2007 9:20PM
Staged? Ha. These people aren't smart enough to "stage" anything. The fact that the camera person knew the so called "girls" (which is also debatable), only suggests that this attack was premeditated. I wonder what Al "I only defend blacks" Sharpton will have to say about this. I don't know which is worse for the city: the rat infestation or these hoodlums. They both seem to be everywhere.
CR @ Dec 11th 2007 10:30PM
Subway rules...
Never argue with a group of females on a train...who knows what to expect...
Stand up and walk away from argument...move to another car...or alert the conductor...
Where were the police?
The whole thing could have been staged...you can't be to sure...
Marsahall Dillon @ Dec 12th 2007 6:10PM
HI Everybody, Marshall Dillon back again. One question ------ WHERE THE HELL IS SHARPTON NOW?????????? Come on, Al, step up to the plate.
And I don't mean the buffet. Let's go, "Rev", Let's hear your thoughts on this. Talk to us! Do I here the sound of silence out there? Hell0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0!!!! (Echo, echo echo)
Andrew @ Dec 14th 2007 10:24PM
Marshall,....I completely agree!! why isn't rev. al protesting against hate crimes?? I'll tell you why...cause, its OKAY to committ a crime against a white person if your black. However, if your white and committ a crime against a black person....we should protest. Its sad that soo many people actually follow that jerk!!!
bigy15 @ Feb 19th 2008 4:59PM
man im from new york and i can tell you this happens practically everyday either betwwen students or something like this...and how dis one occured makes it seem as real as ever