Trayvon Martin’s Murder and 5 Senseless Killings of Black Men in the Last Decade

Fenger High School honor student Derrion Albert was only 16-years-old at the time of his death. Witnesses and police said Friday that the Fenger High School junior was not a target but simply passed by the The Agape Community Center in Roseland and was swept into a violent altercation — dozens of teenage boys converged in a vacant lot next to the community center, beating one another with fists, feet and two-by-fours. Walking from school, he fell victim to the violence plaguing some of Chicago’s most dangerous neighborhoods. When the ruckus died down, Albert lay on the gravel, his body dented and damaged from the pummeling. A youth worker at the center dragged his slight frame into the center, but it was too late. He died a short time later on Sept. 24, 2009.