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2 Boys Arrested After Falling Shopping Cart Critically Injures Harlem Woman

October 31, 2011 10:20 PM
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Marion Hedges was hit by a falling shopping cart in East Harlem Sunday night (credit: Handout)

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A bizarre incident that left a woman in critical condition in Harlem has resulted in the arrest of two 12-year-old boys.

Marion Salmon Hedges, 47, was walking with her 14-year-old son outside the Target store on East 116th Street in East Harlem Sunday night when the boys allegedly pushed the cart off a 4th floor walkway that connects the store to a parking garage.

Hedges was struck on the head by the falling cart.

“She carries a lot of responsibility with her — not only for her family and her professional life — but also for the number of not-for profits that she’s involved with,” a family friend told CBS 2′s Pablo Guzman, adding the woman’s son filed a criminal complaint with police Monday morning.

The two boys were arrested and charged with assault, and using the cart as a weapon.

Hedges, a broker at Prudential Douglas Elliman, was at the adjacent Costco buying candy for the Stanley Isaacs Center.

“It would be the kind of thing she would do because she’s very generous, she’s very caring,” said Wanda Wooten, of the center.

Because of the age of those allegedly responsible, the case is being handled by the child welfare agency.

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  • jnsesq

    The link that brought me here did not mention Harlem but I wanted to confirm my suspicions by reading the article. How did I know that the perpetrators (the Left will call them “children”) were neither white nor Asian? I suppose simply realizing truth makes me “racist.”

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=43903047 nyangel22

      i don’t know how you define a child, but to most (read: all logical people) people define a child as someone younger than 18. Since the perpetrators (a term I do in fact agree with because they did commit a crime) were 12, they most certainly were children.

  • Me

    It was osama obama’s fault. He’s their role model and god.

  • jasmine

    hat is a wemyn, btw?

    The “little children”? They are at least 12 years old, pre-teens and old enough to know what could happen when you push a shopping cart off of a roof. And if, as you say, they are “little children”, how can they be “acting out a symbolic reparation… blah, blah, blah” (whatever that is supposed to mean)?

    And just where were the parents of these little hoodlums? The parents should be held accountable for not controlling their kids.

  • JByrd42

    FU you liberal dbag! We are sick of the “youths” running wild as usual and people like you come to their defense as usual. You probably blame bush for this don’t you?

    • Little Death Bear

      No I blame you for taking my oxygen and you keep breeding these ugly babies. I beg you to stop

      • rufus levin

        you a gayywadd?

        • Little Death Bear

          Only with you baby!!!
          Gaywad….lmao….jesus is laughing too

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=43903047 nyangel22

      Actually, I blame the Reagan/Bush Sr./Clinton Generation-Parents, the yuppies who never taught their children right from wrong, and only wanted to be their friends. Thankfully, my parents weren’t yuppies in the 80′s.

  • White Man

    People I don’t care what race they are! This act was obviously led up to by their upbringing. Where were the parents…Adults…???!!!!! Are they not the guardians and protectors of the twelve year old CHILDREN and the rest of us too? They had to lift that cart OVER the wall or railing to “push” it over the edge. Why were they ALOUD to do this? The adults responsible should be charged if the rats are to young to pay the consequences for their actions. How could people be so stupid. To be in hospital from being hit by a grocery cart on the head by some 12 year olds… I would guess that at some point later they will STILL laugh at it …THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN !!!

    • winglessdevil

      Give them a break their mom and Dad out working real hard and thease poor children being tought my the school in right in wrong must had told them to push the cart on that rich woman cause their cart was emity and her’s was full..lol at the state

    • Black Woman

      You are correct! It is up-bringing and it’s an outrage!

  • sam vaughn

    you’re joking right?

    • cypress

      I just assumed that it was an especially bad attempt at sarcasm.

    • jnsesq

      Sadly, Sam, the “reasoning” of the Left is easily confused with comedy or sarcasm.

      • Little Death Bear

        Oh Man, you use LEFT a lot. The RIGHTS that I still know, have managed to commit federal mail fraud, then won 100K, charged dropped. You know why…..because Daddy is the govt. I know to commit a crime I should go my friends family and ask for help, because he will pull the RIGHT strings for me.

  • Gary

    I would tried these two 12 year olds as adults and put them in men’s maximum prison for life without parole.

    These two 12 year olds knew what they were doing was wrong. The lady might sustain permanent life injuries or she could have died.

    It does not matter if they are 8, 9, 10 or 12. They know better not to have pushed the cart off the fourth floor parkway.

    • Action Jackson

      You’re a moron. Why not just execute them?

      • libtards all over

        Execute the little ghetto POS thugs and you save an awful lot of people they will hurt in the future an awful lot of trouble. You’d feel differently if the woman was your mom, for sure.

        • Ben

          GREAT idea, period……the execution of both of the *&^%’s would save society tons of money in the long run……plus likely spare us from umpteen unwanted offspring who then go on to breed ad nauseum……

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=43903047 nyangel22

          why not just execute all the conservatives. it would save us a whole bunch of heartache in the future. Imagine a world where everybody cared about people not corporations.

      • kentex1146

        I’ll volunteer to ‘drop the pellets’, throw the ‘switch’ or open the valve, whatever is prescribed.

        So, how do you them apples, apologist?

      • Gary

        I would definitely execute them. Just line them up and point my M-16 and blow there effing heads off.

        • OICU812

          Send their parents the bill for the bullets.

      • ZIPORAY

        NOW YOU’RE TALKING. THESE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO BE VIOLENT FOR WAY TOO LONG. LOCK THEM UP FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THE LIBERALS BETTER BE CAREFUL. WHEN THE HARD WORKING, PATRIOTIC PEOPLE WHO ARE LEFT IN THIS CITY WAKE UP, WATCH YOUR BACK. PEOPLE WILL ONLY TAKE SO MUCH CRAP BEFORE THEY REALLY GET MAD AT THESE ANIMALS.

  • calviin

    Too bad the lady or her companion didn’t have a conceled carry weapon, could have fired back and ended the problem quickly. Someone dropping carts on you is a deadly threat.

    • Jay

      Yeah, too bad the woman that was knocked unconscious or her 14 year old CHILD didn’t have a concealed firearm… That surely would have solved the problem.

    • greta garbo

      Welll, I’m withi you on concealed weapons. But I don’t think if you are hit with a shopping cart and your companion is your 14 year old son, that a gun would be the solution. The justice system needs to prosecute them as adults.

  • jim conch

    OMG, now those liberal congress critters will want to outlaw all those ‘dangerous’ shopping carts.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=43903047 nyangel22

      only if the rich conservative crackers (i’m white btw) try to add them to the 2nd amendment,

  • Emerald

    Do you write for Politico by any chance?

    • DocRambo

      Leftwing troll alert.

    • Emerald

      Well it doesn’t make sense now that the comment was removed.

  • Kevin from CT

    Now, they are going to be sentenced to no less than one year in the Wilkenson Center in upstate New York. They are going to be beaten, humiliated and sexual abused by the guards sworn to protect them. And in 13 years they will get their revenge!!!

    This would be a lot funnier if I didn’t have to spell out that this is a plot to Sleepers but for the idiot on these boards that take everything so serious and personal. Relax…..

    • JWM

      I saw a movie about that. It was a hot dog stand. And the guard was Kevin Bacon.

      • cypress

        Yeah…That was a good movie!

  • DCLaw-1

    The bottom feeding, parasite, ambulance chasers will be crawling out of the woodwork, and into the deep pockets of Target before long. Of course, consumers , as always, willl eventually pay the price in some form. Too bad it wasnt a lawyer that took the cart to the head. The average lawyer: not defender of right versus wrong, but amoral opportunistic virus feeding from their 1/3 contingency brought by extorted payoffs

    • Rush

      Lemme guess -

      Your law school application was denied…

      : – )

      • Brutha V

        Exactly, Rush. The resentment and/or jealousy from DCLaw-1 is palpable. However, I’m thinking DCLaw-1 is OK with lawyers who are “community organizers” — i.e., Marxists.

        • John Moser

          I’ve never heard a pinko who had anything unkind to say about lawyers. If he had specifically attacked Jewish lawyers, then maybe he would fit in at OWS, but it would still be a mixed message.

        • DCLaw-1

          Actually, I am a registered Republican, who falls somewhere in the center of the politicial spectrum. I detest “community organizer” and ACLU types as much as ambulance chasers. Both groups do much more harm than good. My years as a lawyer have, in my own view and experience, clearly demonstrated that there is, maybe, one good lawyer out of 100. Most lawyers will steal from their own family, hiding behind the law, and doing so not because it is right, but because the law allows them to do so. The legal profession has deteriorated to the point of no return. The average daily meetings at large law firms would make used car sal;esman tuen their heads in disgust

      • DCLaw-1

        Actually, I am a member of the bar, and a graduate from a large law school. From my first week, I realized that most lawyers, (and law students) have a “my pimple is more important than your cancer” attitude.

        • Bill

          Surely the lowest ‘profession’ on record……parasites on steroids……

  • Mary

    12 year old kids when they egg each other on, can really do some stupid stuff. It is truly a shame that this lady may die because of their stupidity. The police should charge them with attempted murder because otherwise, they will be right back out there causing trouble. If they can do this at 12, imagine what they are capable of at 16! My prayers go out to the woman and her family and I wish her a full recovery.

    • RichFromTampa

      They couldn’t have just “pushed” the shopping cart off the 4th flr.. They had to LIFT it and THROW it onto her. Murderous intent. RichFromTampa

    • J. Liz

      I agree that these 12 year olds should be charged as adults for attempted murder. You don’t through shopping carts from the 4th floor unless you want to hurt someone. Our society has and continues to be too leinent with those criminals under the age of 18. If they are not dealt with now as adults they will repeat their behavior in years to come. This is not stupid stuff, it is a clear cut attempt to cause mayhem in the worst way.

    • Jerry Irwin

      They should be tried as adults and face the same penalties as an adult would.
      According to the article they are not even in jail where they belong. Pick them up from child welfare and put them in jail where they belong. The story also didn’t say if they knew she was there and they deliberately tried to hit her. If they did then my opening statement on trying they as adults is a no brainer.

    • BlogAllYouWant_com

      And the man who knew her since they were a year old is saying that she “carries a lot of responsibilities”. A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES??? What about just a few responsibilities?? What about no responsibilities at all? Does that count? Why does he have to justify the magnitude of the falling cart and the severity of her horrible injury with “soothing” words like “carries a lot of responsibilities”? Read more on my blog that I wrote in blogallyouwant.com/blog/75/Marion-Hedges-struck-by-a-shopping-cart-in-Harlem

    • VaEsther Irick

      Unfortunately some children (like some adults) do not foresee the consequences of their actions until it is too late. However, although horrendous, unlike adults, I do not feel these young boys should be charged with attempted murder or as an adult. There must be other alternatives, as tragic as this incident was, destroying the lives of these children is just not the answer nor one I think the victim would condone. May God have mercy on all involved.

    • Greta Garbo

      Yes, they shouldbe tried as adults. The police said they were laughing when they were arrested – so they weren’t just two dumb kids who did something and didn’t mean to cause harm. They are evil, bad eggs, whatever and I think if they just go to Juvenile Detention for a few years, their crimes will escalate.

  • uwsmom

    @Jack Z…..when those caucasian kids threw the turkey off the bridge onto that poor woman in L.I. did you have the same concerns about their race? When will you mindless racists accept that criminals come in every race, religion, gender and age?

    • Marc

      I see you are one of those people who must think that terrorism is equal across all religions? I mean the fact that one in particular publicly shouts it from their mosques and performs attack after attack wouldn’t imply a need or reason for people to more closely associate that behavior with a certain religion, right?

      Criminals do come in every race, religion, gender and age that is correct but they do not come in the same percentage and to think otherwise is truly ignorant.

      • DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH!

        Welcome to our http://www.NewNation.org

        • Bill

          A wonderful website indeed……..alas, the mindless sheeple will STILL not ‘get it’…….

  • Bubba

    What about the woman? So many comments defending the perps, no one caring about the woman. What a strange “society” we live in.

  • Abbie

    I think it was George Bush’s fault.

    • Postman

      Well, that’s a given…

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=43903047 nyangel22

      how exactly? i like to blame Bush for most anything, but I can’t figure out a logical way to do it this time.

  • uwsmom

    @Mark…we have a good idea of their race based on where they live, NOT what crime they committed. Teenagers of all races commit mindless, mean and dumb acts. Sad part is, they usually grow up to be illiterate bigots who mispell words in their racist, mindless rants………

  • Shannon Callahan

    I don’t care what color they were. They are selfish ignorant brats who deserve severe punishment.

    • ablecynic

      But if they are black, everyone will defend them regardless of what happened to the woman. They will not get severe punishment, they will get their feet tickled by liberals until they laugh so hard they cry; then someone will take a photo and Al Sharpton will show up. Bet on it. And then if a few years they will be back but with knives and guns and someone will die this time around.

    • Target Snob

      I bet the shopping cart was red.

      It’s doubtful the little bas turds even thought Far enough ahead about the cart falling off.

  • Surfin Bird

    Target hopefully will not be sued

    • Me

      Target should sue the kids or their parents.

    • I WROTE IT !

      THEY SHOULD BE THE FIRST ONE SUED WHERE THE HELL WAS SECURITY WATCHING THE MONITORS? THEY ARE THE FIRST TO BLAME!

      • fuzzywuzzy

        Good thinking! That’s like blaming the radar operators on Diamond Head for Pearl Harbor! You probably voted for Obama, right?

  • Jack Zadik

    Mark gets an “A” for accuracy on this one. The rest of you are pansy libtards.

  • Davis

    Reckless endangerment
    Assault with a deadly weapon
    Gang assault
    Criminal mischief
    …available upgrades:
    ?Bias crime?
    Reckless homicide
    Murder II

  • yousandi

    That is a shame, thoughtless people in this world…my prayers to the woman, hope she makes a quick recovery.

  • Ih8teens

    Stupid, self-absorbed, thoughtless teenagers. I hope they all get collared and punished!!!!!

  • Mark

    SAVAGES….i wonder what they were. HMMMMM

    • Liberals are Evil

      What are they…you said it best SAVAGES!

      • Boomer

        Remember about ten years ago, a woman was injured when she was driving and someone threw a frozen turkey off an overpass and went thru her windshield?? Guess what- the teenagers that did that were WHITE! You are an ignorant bigot.

        • nodayatthebeach

          Gee, Did you just assume he meant something else? I guess you’re first thought was black and you decided to be racist and say white !

        • Mike

          Mark is right, they are probably Knee Grows

          • Hardy Har Har

            Okay now I’m gonna turn you red: Today on the news one of the kid’s mother was running from the camera. I can assure you that she was, in face white. A white hispanic, but she was…tuh dah…white. She also had blond hair, but then again she could have died it. The other kid’s mother was a tan hispanic woman. I’m done for the night. Adios.

        • Miguel

          Who but a savage would do something like this? You are saying it’s OK, if they happened to be Black, which makes you a savage too. I doubt that White 12 year-olds do much hanging around in Harlem committing crimes which even they should know might kill someone.

          You commit yourself to supporting savages, despite the truth of your information. The bigger point is that Hollywood and people from my former party have done all they could to undermine our once-decent, even inspirational society, most especially in the minds and hearts of the young

        • Blunt Force Trauma

          Huh? Ten years ago? What have the white teens done lately? It seems like every day we read stories about some out of control “youths.”

        • George Johnson

          Wow. you had to go back TEN years to dig that up??

          Know what? I bet I can find one from yesterday showing the exact opposite.

          So what’s your point?

    • cypress

      There are several definitions for the word ‘savage’. The key words of this definition are “Untamed, fierce, boorish, rude and malicious” Here is where irony comes in. From your comment Mark, you gave these attributes to only Black people. By making said comment, you displayed EVERY one of the attributes to define the word ‘savage’. So what does that make you? By your intellect it means that you also are Black. Welcome.

      • mephistofan

        I object to your use of the word savage because, almost b y definition, it is a racist descripttion

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=43903047 nyangel22

        I’m sorry to point this out to you, but it was OBVIOUS that the OP meant that the kids were black, so in pointing out that white kids do stupid crap too, Mark was not being racist, just truthful

    • mephistofan

      I object to your use of the word savage because, almost b y definition, it is a racist description

    • Carolyn

      They were boys, like 99% of all criminals.

  • Mark

    SAGAGES….i wonder what they were. HMMMMM

    • Amtracmarine

      So stupid you had to say it twice.

      • Cahill

        …it took him time to ask the third grade teacher how to spell the word…

        • Gnimahc

          LMAO!

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