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 Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:44 am Post subject: Charles Barkley offers to pay for funerals of Philadelphia carjacking victims |
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| Quote: | Charles Barkley offers to pay for funerals of Philadelphia carjacking victims
Charles Barkley is still tied to the city of Philadelphia, where he started his NBA career.
That city has been rocked by the tragic death of three innocent children, ages 7 to 15, who were selling fruit at a stand as a church fundraiser when they were run over by a car that had been carjacked not long before. It’s a sickening event that has left their mother critically wounded as well.
Barkley has stepped up and offered to pay for the funerals of the children, reports NBCPhiladelphia.com.
NBA legend and former Philadelphia 76er Charles Barkley has offered to pay for the funerals of three siblings killed after a carjacking went awry in the city last week, according to District Attorney Seth Williams.
Ten-year-old Thomas Reed, his 15-year-old sister Keiearra Williams and their 7-year-old brother Terrence Moore were mowed down by a SUV and ki
lled on a street corner in the Tioga section of the city Friday while selling fruit.
Barkley the analyst can grate on you after a while (although TNT’s Inside the NBA remains must-watch in large part because of him) but Barkley the person is giving and generous to a fault. Spend time around him, hear stories of him from food servers or limo drivers or just about anyone his life has touched, and you find a guy that feels fortunate for what he has and wants to give back.
This is both a great example of that and a great gesture.
For those that haven’t followed the story nationally, the men driving the SUV have been arrested and face charges of second-degree murder, robbery, carjacking, sexual assault and a few others. These guys should not see the outside of a prison ever again. |
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ContagiousInspiration
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:24 am Post subject: |
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cant even look at that story.. so insane
Thank you Charles |
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kwase
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:20 am Post subject: |
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| Good job Chuck, and what a horrific story! |
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MyKRo
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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RIP to those chilldren. 
Very nice of Charles. |
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alexjlake_gr8t
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:00 am Post subject: Re: Charles Barkley offers to pay for funerals of Philadelphia carjacking victims |
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| Basketball Fan wrote: | http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/29/charles-barkley-offers-to-pay-for-funerals-of-philadelphia-carjacking-victims/
| Quote: | Charles Barkley offers to pay for funerals of Philadelphia carjacking victims
Charles Barkley is still tied to the city of Philadelphia, where he started his NBA career.
That city has been rocked by the tragic death of three innocent children, ages 7 to 15, who were selling fruit at a stand as a church fundraiser when they were run over by a car that had been carjacked not long before. It’s a sickening event that has left their mother critically wounded as well.
Barkley has stepped up and offered to pay for the funerals of the children, reports NBCPhiladelphia.com.
NBA legend and former Philadelphia 76er Charles Barkley has offered to pay for the funerals of three siblings killed after a carjacking went awry in the city last week, according to District Attorney Seth Williams.
Ten-year-old Thomas Reed, his 15-year-old sister Keiearra Williams and their 7-year-old brother Terrence Moore were mowed down by a SUV and ki
lled on a street corner in the Tioga section of the city Friday while selling fruit.
Barkley the analyst can grate on you after a while (although TNT’s Inside the NBA remains must-watch in large part because of him) but Barkley the person is giving and generous to a fault. Spend time around him, hear stories of him from food servers or limo drivers or just about anyone his life has touched, and you find a guy that feels fortunate for what he has and wants to give back.
This is both a great example of that and a great gesture.
For those that haven’t followed the story nationally, the men driving the SUV have been arrested and face charges of second-degree murder, robbery, carjacking, sexual assault and a few others. These guys should not see the outside of a prison ever again. |
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How is that possible? Even with all of that, still a slim possibility of parole after 20yrs or so, SMDH. 
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kwase
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:06 am Post subject: Re: Charles Barkley offers to pay for funerals of Philadelphia carjacking victims |
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| alexjlake_gr8t wrote: | | Basketball Fan wrote: | http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/29/charles-barkley-offers-to-pay-for-funerals-of-philadelphia-carjacking-victims/
| Quote: | Charles Barkley offers to pay for funerals of Philadelphia carjacking victims
Charles Barkley is still tied to the city of Philadelphia, where he started his NBA career.
That city has been rocked by the tragic death of three innocent children, ages 7 to 15, who were selling fruit at a stand as a church fundraiser when they were run over by a car that had been carjacked not long before. It’s a sickening event that has left their mother critically wounded as well.
Barkley has stepped up and offered to pay for the funerals of the children, reports NBCPhiladelphia.com.
NBA legend and former Philadelphia 76er Charles Barkley has offered to pay for the funerals of three siblings killed after a carjacking went awry in the city last week, according to District Attorney Seth Williams.
Ten-year-old Thomas Reed, his 15-year-old sister Keiearra Williams and their 7-year-old brother Terrence Moore were mowed down by a SUV and ki
lled on a street corner in the Tioga section of the city Friday while selling fruit.
Barkley the analyst can grate on you after a while (although TNT’s Inside the NBA remains must-watch in large part because of him) but Barkley the person is giving and generous to a fault. Spend time around him, hear stories of him from food servers or limo drivers or just about anyone his life has touched, and you find a guy that feels fortunate for what he has and wants to give back.
This is both a great example of that and a great gesture.
For those that haven’t followed the story nationally, the men driving the SUV have been arrested and face charges of second-degree murder, robbery, carjacking, sexual assault and a few others. These guys should not see the outside of a prison ever again. |
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How is that possible? Even with all of that, still a slim possibility of parole after 20yrs or so, SMDH. |
It wasn't premeditated. Given the circumstances, these guys will probably take a plea deal for Life without parole. If they go to a jury trial, the jury might give them the death penalty. The story is too gut-wrenching! |
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lemondrop
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The world we live in just so harsh
My deepest sympathy to the family of those three children.
Prayers for their mother still in the ICU. I can't even begin to imagine the trauma that poor woman is going to go through if she does pull through.
Charles Barkley is a very compassionate man |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: Charles Barkley offers to pay for funerals of Philadelphia carjacking victims |
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| kwase wrote: | | alexjlake_gr8t wrote: | | Basketball Fan wrote: | http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/29/charles-barkley-offers-to-pay-for-funerals-of-philadelphia-carjacking-victims/
| Quote: | Charles Barkley offers to pay for funerals of Philadelphia carjacking victims
Charles Barkley is still tied to the city of Philadelphia, where he started his NBA career.
That city has been rocked by the tragic death of three innocent children, ages 7 to 15, who were selling fruit at a stand as a church fundraiser when they were run over by a car that had been carjacked not long before. It’s a sickening event that has left their mother critically wounded as well.
Barkley has stepped up and offered to pay for the funerals of the children, reports NBCPhiladelphia.com.
NBA legend and former Philadelphia 76er Charles Barkley has offered to pay for the funerals of three siblings killed after a carjacking went awry in the city last week, according to District Attorney Seth Williams.
Ten-year-old Thomas Reed, his 15-year-old sister Keiearra Williams and their 7-year-old brother Terrence Moore were mowed down by a SUV and ki
lled on a street corner in the Tioga section of the city Friday while selling fruit.
Barkley the analyst can grate on you after a while (although TNT’s Inside the NBA remains must-watch in large part because of him) but Barkley the person is giving and generous to a fault. Spend time around him, hear stories of him from food servers or limo drivers or just about anyone his life has touched, and you find a guy that feels fortunate for what he has and wants to give back.
This is both a great example of that and a great gesture.
For those that haven’t followed the story nationally, the men driving the SUV have been arrested and face charges of second-degree murder, robbery, carjacking, sexual assault and a few others. These guys should not see the outside of a prison ever again. |
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How is that possible? Even with all of that, still a slim possibility of parole after 20yrs or so, SMDH. |
It wasn't premeditated. Given the circumstances, these guys will probably take a plea deal for Life without parole. If they go to a jury trial, the jury might give them the death penalty. The story is too gut-wrenching! |
(bleep) parole!! This should have death penalty written all over it! This should be death by torture. (bleep)ing disgusting! |
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