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Mother urges council to act after son attacked at City Walk; police and council promise follow-up
Summary
A Birmingham resident told the City Council her son was attacked April 13 by a group of youths at City Walk and asked the council to overturn a juvenile magistrate decision; police said they would follow up and council members expressed support but noted limits on the council's authority.
At the April 29 Birmingham City Council meeting a resident, Mamie Easley, described an April 13 attack on her son at City Walk and asked the council to overturn a juvenile magistrate's decision not to arrest the youths she identified.
Easley said her son was "attacked by 20 young men" and that the group beat him unconscious over a ski-mask theft. She said she had spoken with police and the district attorney and that four youths had been identified but that the juvenile magistrate…
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