Raymond Palomino has been identified and charged as the 17-year-old kid caught on video beating up a helpless teen in a Chicago alley.
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The beating video has since gone viral and now according to the Chicago Sun Times, Palomino was turned in by his father Michael Palomino, who has been a Cook County sheriff’s deputy for 30 years.
The unidentified victim in the video was lured by a 15-year-old girl to the alley in Bridgeport where Palomino and his friends decided to pounce on the helpless teen.
As Reported by the Chicago Sun-Times:
When the video went viral, relatives and neighbors recognized Palomino and called his dad, Michael Palomino, a Cook County sheriff’s deputy for 30 years.
Michael Palomino then called police and turned his son in, he said.
“Being in law enforcement, I just couldn’t put my blinders on and not do anything after I saw what I saw,” said Michael Palomino.
While the elder Palomino admitted what his son did was “wrong” and said his son will have to “suffer the consequences,” he also said prosecutors unfairly portrayed the teen as the aggressor.
“What he did was wrong, but he was in it with the rest of them. He wasn’t the initiator,” Michael Palomino, 51, said. “He’s being made the fall guy because he’s 17.”
He described his son as a “fair” student and “good kid” but said he may have been negatively influenced by others.
Palomino is being charged as an adult. Hearings for the other six, including the 15-year-old girl, two 16-year-old boys and three 15-year-old boys — were postponed in Juvenile Court as officials sought a Cantonese translator.
Five of the six are Chinese, officials said. Their names were not released, but each was charged with robbery and aggravated battery.
SOURCE: CST
