12 year old black kid charged as adult murders 9 yr old at playground.
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Police: 9-year-old boy dies after being stabbed repeatedly by child at Michigan playground.
KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — As he sat in court, charged with stabbing a 9-year-old boy to death at a playground, 12-year-old Jamarion Lawhorn looked more like an 8-year-old.
He is tiny, but he wore shackles on his hands and feet, as his mom put her hand on his shoulder.
On Tuesday, Lawhorn became the youngest person ever charged with murder in Kent County history, and among the youngest ever in Michigan. He’s charged with open murder for the death of 9-year-old Michael “Conner” Verkerke.
It was just Monday at the Pinebrook Village Mobile Home Park that Lawhorn asked three boys he didn’t know — including Conner — if they wanted to go play with him at the playground, the mother of one of those boys told 24 Hour News 8.
“There were three boys at that park, he picked a random one,” said Tiffany Armijo, whose 9-year-old son witnessed the stabbing of his best friend.
24 Hour News 8 is identifying Lawhorn, who turned 12 in March, because he is charged as an adult, and because of the seriousness of the charge.
Armijo said her son was one of the three boys approached by Lawhorn on Monday. Her son told her that Lawhorn walked up to them in the mobile home park and asked if they wanted to play.
“He came to our street and got the kids to go to the park,” she said.
Her son told her they all went to the playground together.
“The kids were talking to him, asking, ‘Where you from, what you doing?’”
Then, her son told her, Lawhorn pulled a knife out of the sand and started stabbing Conner in the back. Police said it was a kitchen knife and that Conner was stabbed repeatedly.
“It was random, there was no reason, it wasn’t provoked, they weren’t fighting, there was no words exchanged, it was just malicious,” Armijo said.
Conner reached his home and collapsed.
Armijo’s son ran to his home across the street, yelling: “Lock the door, lock the door, everybody get in the house!’ He was scared to death.”
Lawhorn ran to a nearby house and called 911 himself, said he had taken pills, had stabbed somebody and wanted to die.
“The young man approached my house wanting to borrow my phone,” witness Glen Stacey said.
“I assumed he wanted to call his mother. And he said, ‘Hi. I stabbed someone. Please pick me up.’ So I calmly started doing my normal stuff. I didn’t want to agitate him.”
Stacey then called police.
Police are trying to confirm that the attack was random.
“I think everybody in the community wants to know why? What brought us to this point?” Kentwood Police Chief Tom Hillen said.
The young suspect lives about a block west of the mobile home park. He has no record, no contact with juvenile court.
Relatives, including his mom, Anita Lawhorn, were in court with him today, but left without comment.
During his court appearance, a judge asked Lawhorn if he understood the charge against him.
Lawhorn, who appeared to be unaffected, said that he did.
Lawhorn is being held in a juvenile facility without bond.
Conner’s family said they were too shaken to talk, but his best friend’s mom remembered a boy who often brightened up her home.
“He was over at my house every day,” Armijo said. “He always had a smile on his face, he was a very happy kid, very energetic.”
She said she hadn’t told her son that his best friend died.
“I have no idea how to explain it to my son. I haven’t even thought about it yet. I’ve been dreading it all day.”
If he’s found guilty, Lawhorn could be held in a juvenile facility until he is 21, then a judge could decide whether to send him to prison.
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This is a horrible tragedy,but I dont think prison is what this kid needs...
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It seems that the trend is when you are black they'll charge you as an adult no matter how old you are, whether you're 14 or 7.
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Yeah I know he was tho an hes black im looking for a different news clip
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He killed a kid no ? given
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lol@ "started doin normal stuff.. didnt want to agitate him.."
why i find that hilarious?? iunno. lol & smh
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Would he be charged as an adult if the victim was also black?
#justsayintho -
the ? ?
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The ? is ? up on both ends, BUT the reason juvenile was created was because society recognized that people of a certain age could not fullynappreciate the fallout from their actions.
That is when it was white immigrants filling up the system.
But since the late 80s and 90s when it became obvious that it was Black children filling up the system they start phasing juvenile out , charging 13 14 10 yr old Black kids as adults for crimes. That is the racism in the system white people's reluctance or outright refusal to see Black children as children while White children are seen as such all the way into their early 20s.
So race has every bit to do with this situation. You can't separate race and the judicial system because the foundations of white psyche factor race into how they will engage . -
Then, her son told her, Lawhorn pulled a knife out of the sand and started stabbing..
So this little darling lured the kids to the park and then pulled a knife out of the sand and killed one of them.
lets see what we have here.
luring and entrapment - check
premeditation and planning - check
psychotic homicide with no warning or provocation - check
that's a wrap for you kid
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Life over before it started smh damn shame
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this is why my father used to punish me the way he did.
this little boy needs psychological help not prison -
this is why my father used to punish me the way he did.
this little boy needs psychological help not prison
only white kids qualify for such -
Lil kid planned the whole thing. He should get death penalty
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This ? upsets me so much, a white dude can call his lawyer a bigger in court, and they wanna test his mental capacity to stand trial. Yet this 12 year old boy who's obviously a sociopath gets no quarter. ? pigs saidPolice are trying to confirm that the attack was random.
They already nailed this kid as a cold blooded killer.assumed he wanted to call his mother. And he said, ‘Hi. I stabbed someone. Please pick me up.’ So I calmly started doing my normal stuff. I didn’t want to agitate him.”
Now this ? is crazy, I would have clobbered that lil ? with a frying pan after I heard that. -
Meanwhile White kid gets ? , steals car, kills family of 4 with car, flees murder/accident scene... gets charged as juvenile and invents the Affluenza disease that only affects Rich White kids... will do 5 years in psych therapy and walks...
seems pretty fair to me
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playmaker88 wrote: »He killed a kid no ? given
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Tough break..
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Since when does the IC care about children being tried as adults? SMH. Y'all ? need to make up your minds.
Anyway, yeah this ? is foul. This lil ? needs some help...not to potentially spend the rest of his life in a cage. American society is ? up when it comes to this type of ? .
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Take the race out of it , that ? ? up.
Always a ? in the mix.
Your ancestors are disgusted with u.
Anyway... He won't get the treatment he needs. 2 lives lost -
Ain't no treatment for him dude needs to be locked away
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That lil nignog knew what he was doing. Lock him up and throw away the key.
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? it with fire seriously idc if he 12 ppl like him dont need to be walking this earth.
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This entire event is ? .
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If he was white and pinched somebody they'd be talking mental illness..... Every one of his actions screams psychological issues
I hate when ? come in here and say “ take race out of it" shut yo monkey ass up -
They should send Lawhorn to death row right now. This kid is a child of the damned.
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When I was 12 I knew not to ? 9 year olds.