A group of teenagers beat a homeless man to death as passers-by slowed to watch the attack, some of which was caught on videotape, police said.
Anthony Waters, 42, suffered a lacerated spleen and broken ribs during the attack Wednesday night and died at a hospital, police said.
"The pack mentality going on in the city of Cleveland must end," police Commander Calvin Williams said Thursday at a news conference where he urged the attackers to come forward.
Portions of the attack were caught on a surveillance camera outside a towing company on the city's east side. Police said the videotape shows passing cars slowing to watch three teens attack Waters until he staggered into the parking lot, where he was assisted by employees of the towing company.
"It was just horrifying the way he looked," said Marlo Massey, Waters' sister, who saw her brother's body after the attack. "They beat him to death and I just can't stop thinking what was on his mind while it was happening."
Waters suffered from blunt abdominal trauma, a head injury and damaged internal organs, the Cuyahoga County coroner said.
The attackers, who appeared to be between the ages of 14 to 17, robbed Waters of a music player and headphones, police said. No arrests have been made.
Waters was a welder by trade but had been staying at a Cleveland-area homeless shelter, said Paul Eadeh, a friend.
"He's a good guy, a hardworking person," Eadeh said. "He was just trying to make some money to eat and to live."
Eadeh said Waters worked odd jobs for him at a beverage store.
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Main Entry: ego·cen·tric Pronunciation: \ˌē-gō-ˈsen-trik also ˌe-\ Function: adjective Date: 1894 1: concerned with the individual rather than society 2: taking the ego as the starting point in philosophy 3 a: limited in outlook or concern to one's own activities or needs b: self-centered, selfish — egocentric noun — ego·cen·tri·cal·ly \-tri-k(ə-)lē\ adverb — ego·cen·tric·i·ty \-ˌsen-ˈtri-sə-tē\ noun — ego·cen·trism \-ˈsen-ˌtri-zəm\ noun
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
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Oh no senders....this goes way way beyond egocentric/selfishness. When we,humans, reach the age of reasoning, knowing right from wrong, and people can yet muster up enough rage as this...sorry to say folks...there is a mental problem here. Both for the beaters and the watchers. Society can place any name they want on it. Society can throw all kinds of tax dollars at it....but it ain't going away. It hasn't for millions of years. The stronger going after the weaker. I believe that is true in the animal kingdom. So in my eyes, the beaters and watchers are now lowered to the level of animals who do not have the capacity to reason.
Main Entry: 1in·stinct Pronunciation: \ˈin-ˌstiŋ(k)t\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin instinctus impulse, from instinguere to incite; akin to Latin instigare to instigate Date: 15th century 1: a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity 2 a: a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason b: behavior that is mediated by reactions below the conscious level — in·stinc·tu·al \in-ˈstiŋ(k)-chə-wəl, -chəl, -shwəl, -chü-əl\ adjective — in·stinc·tu·al·ly adverb
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...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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