Bird Rock Bandits Get Day In Court

[Rosa]

They killed a man. They are murderers. Prison or the death penalty.

[ANNE MARIE]

tell me , how can you restrain people who weigh two hundred lbs and are into fighting and drunk? Will they listen to you at one AM at night, i beleive the fighters were beyond reason and Emery came out of his condo swinging, he had been arrested for giving people stiches in Florida and Oceanside , he had a temper, he was on parole
The people in high places that Hank knew are still behind him and defend him so that they must think that something is still okay with Hank
the press is over the top
They researched Hank computer; he never speaks about Jews, Blacks, or any race as he was friends with Mexicans, blacks, etc and played football with them, one of his best friend is Jewish so it does not fit the description at all
The one with a blog is not him for sure
The press is exagerating
Thank you Moose for answering
Have a good one

[Fernando]

Anne Marie, what are you talking about you "knew" Hank. Um, it's your grandson, remember?? I hate to break it to you, but while Hank IS one of the defendants he's not the "star" defendant. Every blog about the Bird Rock Bandits I know you're chompin at the bit to spread the word about what a swell guy old Hank is. We KNOW that Hank and Doug Flutie are B/F/F but I have news for you Anne Marie, nobody cares.
Your grandson will probably only receive probation so I don't know what you're gettin so worked up over, you're on the French Riviera, go get yourself liquored up and give up trying to convince everyone on the internet what a prince Hank Hendricks is.

[ANNE MARIE]

the statemments are wrong, no, its not like that : besides i do not drink
i have been gone a long time, i am entitled to my opinions
i write because there is so much anger from people who do not know the real story and do not read the articles, depositions, etc get the facts, dont be mad , cool it , the court will sort it out

[AnnieB]

Rosa wrote:

They killed a man. They are murderers. Prison or the death penalty.

They? Sounds to me that only one person threw the deadly punch.

[cjenn1967]

I live a mere few miles from the scene of this most unfortunate and tragic episode. Say it was out of jealousy, male competition to get the girl, whatever, but this guy didn't deserve to die. I work the SD DA's Office and while I am usually on the defense side, I think that each player's role should be taken individually. Some are more culpable than others, but the end result is that an innocent, talented, young aspiring surfer was senselessly killed really as a freak accident. We are having the prelim right now and these people are in a ton of trouble and may spend their young lives in the slammer. Whatever your opinion, this is a tragedy and our hearts go out to ALL the families of both the victims and perpetrators. La Jolla may be a sort of paradise, but paradise has its dark,ugly underbelly.

[Aslueth]

As accomplices in a murder, all parties share equal guilt. One person may have landed the fatal blow, but the others offered encouragement, enticement, facilitation, planning, assisted in battery and share guilt equally for murder - the act of taking someone's life. When it comes to murder, there are no degrees of guilt. Everyone of those rich terrorists gangsters needs to rot in jail until they are too old to screw with civilized people.

[ANNE MARIE]

Hi Moose
i weep tears of regrets for the whole incident
for Emery, for his mom, family, friends, the families of these kids
the only consolation that i have is that poor Emery had no marks on his body only the blow and crack from the fall to his head which would prove that he was not beaten afterwards
there is also a testimony to that fact in the courts given by a policeman
if you live out of town far away for several years and come the day before how do you know how your friends have changed ? what their emotions are all about ? what is their agenda if you are so removed and far away and they invite you for a get together?
I only look at the press releases

[stoner]

They better hope they go to the pen.
When the red and white finds out their name was dropped in the
court room, them boys are going to have a little "talk to" from local 81.
In the pen or on the street, these clowns are SCREWED!!!!!
Any way you look at it, they are finished.

[Mike]

I think that these kids should go to jail for about 6 full years for ganging up on this man.It does not read like the kids went there to kill him or killed him on purpose.I think its crazy that anyone wants to try these kids as a gang.The prosecutor should try his hand with the angels and leave the kids alone.I feel for the family of the dead man but ruining 5 kids lives is not going to bring him back. I think these kids can learn and become good citizens.

[rooster]

stoner wrote:

They better hope they go to the pen.
When the red and white finds out their name was dropped in the
court room, them boys are going to have a little "talk to" from local 81.
In the pen or on the street, these clowns are SCREWED!!!!!
Any way you look at it, they are finished.

hey stoner i would like to meet you and talk about all the names you dropped on this blog any time any place well see how much you really know

[john]

sad

[paul felenczak]

Mike wrote:

I think that these kids should go to jail for about 6 full years for ganging up on this man.It does not read like the kids went there to kill him or killed him on purpose.I think its crazy that anyone wants to try these kids as a gang.The prosecutor should try his hand with the angels and leave the kids alone.I feel for the family of the dead man but ruining 5 kids lives is not going to bring him back. I think these kids can learn and become good citizens.

These are not kids. They're not 12. They're 21, 22, 23 years old. They KNOW right from wrong. Oh, and by the way, NONE of them did anything to stop it. They should be removed from society for impersonating a human being.

[Padres Fan]

I went driving around La Jolla to go see the tide pools on wednesday and came across Bird Rock St. I'm not sure if these "Bird Rock Bandits" are from this street or just "claim" this street or whatever... but what i did notice were the million dollar homes. Yep. That's right.

You "Bird Rock Bandits" are nothing but spoiled f-ckn brats.

should have listened to mommy and daddy and gone to college!

[Padres Fan]

rooster wrote:

<quoted text>hey stoner i would like to meet you and talk about all the names you dropped on this blog any time any place well see how much you really know

i think rooster i a bird rock groupie

[Padres Fan]

ANNE MARIE wrote:

read the article writen by joel Sappell on the LA Times writen on december thirteen 2007 CALLED DEATH IN PARADISE
You can learn who Emery was who Seth was, who Osuna and Hendricks were , you can read can you?
Then you can speak within reason

another bird rock groupie.

they deserve what's coming to them. whether or not they threw the "deadly" punch or not. they are all in it together.

[ANNE MARIE]

The court said that ; they were not a gang, that there was not a single mark on emery's body who died from a blow to the jaw and a fall

[ANNE MARIE]

hendricks and emery were both high acheivers
in court hendricks name was never mentionned by an old accuser, when he picked up Grosso, Emery and Eric got up and thats when the fatal blow came in
people liked Emery and Hendricks for different reasons, they are still loved by their friends ,
no one ganged up on emery, he had no marks of blows said the autopsy
no one saw Hendricks that night he willingly went to the police to tell them that he was there

[Joe Blow]

ANNE MARIE wrote:

wait a minute ; all these kids were not in a fight started by emery over his girl friend grosso
Osuna and Hendricks never touched emery
emery started swinging and broke eric house's tooth , then seth gave him the fatal punch, what killed him was the fall , it was an accident ,some of these kids were not interested about two guys fighting over a girl, cool it; hendricks did not live in san diego for three years he was in Boston going to school near doug flutie's house who trained him in football
he never threw a single punch , get your facts

You sound just like Hendrick's attorney. I wouldn't be surprised if you were. Come on Gates, if spoken enough times and know your schtick already. You had me fooled for a while, but your boy is just as guilty as the rest. You say he didn't touch Emery and it wasn't his responsibility to try and stop the fight. My eye. He was either part of the solution or part of the problem. If he was part of the problem, then he should pay. So maybe it wasn't his responsibility to stop the fight. But if he wants to convince people that he's a good guy, maybe he should have instead of grabbing Grasso off of House. At least if he would have done something to show that he meant well. I've been around a lot of thugs. I grew up in the Bronx in New York and lived in LA for close to 15 years. I've seen a few thugs in my day. None of the defendants looks like a "nice guy." Hendricks is just as guilty as the rest of them. He was there and did absolutely nothing to stop the fight or intervene in any way. He was part of the problem and should pay his share.

[Joe Blow]

ANNE MARIE wrote:

Moose: you sound like a nice guy and i just want to draw a point; maybe these kids were terrorising people, so did Emery who was arrested and we respect his passing away with sadness for he also seemed like a good kid who should be alive today
In the case of Hank Hendricks , he had left the area three years before, he had arrived in San Diego from Boston the day before, the only time that he did something was on new year's eve when someone shoved him and he threw a punch , he did not have the time of day to go around punching people ; he received seventy five lettrs of support from people who know him and saw him grow up and know how hard he worked , no time for fooling around
He was a hard worker and on the dean's list , how could he be involved with tugs who did nothing all day ? he is the kind of kid who worked hard all his life for he made it on his own worth
Grosso was at the scene, so was eric house, he had no guilt of punching anyone, it was not his battle, eric house and emery were fighting over grosso and the three of them were there when the police came
It happened so fast that i would have fled also
i witnessed wars and horrible sights as a child and when i did i removed myself , people do panick sometimes, specially if you are innocent of a crime.
JOEL sAPPELL in the LA times ; december thirteen 2007 IN THE ARTICLE titled death in paradise says on page six
" hank hendricks was different , he did not follow that pattern, he worked hard and left town on a scholarship" , i beleive that he and emery were two productive people
I have forgiven the people who left me almost dead from hunger and disease for revange comes from God , these people paid their dues not through me but in terrible ways ,there is a justice? THAT I AM SURE ABOUT

Gates, this is you isn't it? I know your bullshit already. Come on man.