Here is a sad story out of Oakland, though not an unusual one: A Mexican gardener was busy
working when a group of unemployed Obama voters saw that he was wearing a gold chain and
listening to an iPod. Realizing that it was unfair that he should have a gold chain and iPod
when they didn’t, they shot him to death and redistributed his wealth to themselves.
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4 charged with murder in Oakland gardener slaying
Associated Press
September 14, 2011
(09-14) 06:22 PDT Oakland, Calif. (AP) –
Four teens have been charged with murder in the shooting death of an Oakland gardener who was
targeted for his necklace and iPod.
The only adult among the four defendants, 19-year-old David Hall, was charged on Tuesday. Police
say Hall and the three boys, ages 15, 16 and 17, shot 42-year-old Antonio Torres as he was
working in the front yard of a home in Oakland’s Fruitvale District on May 20.
They were allegedly looking to commit street robberies and confronted Torres when they saw he
had a gold necklace and was listening to an iPod.
Oakland police Sgt. Mike Gantt says surveillance video captured the four fleeing. He says police
began looking for the 17-year-old after learning he had boasted about the shooting.
The three boys’ names have not been released because they were charged as juveniles.
