Teen Arrested for Assault of Homeless Man Caught on Video at CTA Subway Station

Scotty Strahan (Chicago Police Department booking photo)

Remember that video that went viral a couple of weeks back showing a young man knocking out an apparently homeless man at the Chicago Avenue CTA subway station? It looks like the kid turned himself in.

18-year-old Scotty Strahan turned himself in at Belmont Area Headquarters after police issued alerts seeking his arrest.

Internet sleuths have been compiling information on Strahan for weeks and even set up a Facebook page demanding Strahan be brought to justice. Strahan faces two counts of aggravated battery and will appear in court later today. He was previously on probation for causing a traffic hazard.

Now that Strahan turned himself in, we ask what about the people who encouraged him to suckerpunch a homeless man? Shouldn't they have arrest warrants issued for egging Strahan along and capturing the assault on video?

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By Chuck Sudo in News on November 23, 2011 9:30 AM 0 Comments

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Alex Jay Li

that's is very sad..... those guys deserved to go to jail

Candis Jackson

@westie187:disqus - I don't know why these fools post incriminating videos of themselves...either they really don't see that what they're doing is wrong (very sad) or they are, themselves, too ignorant to realize the power of the internet.

Either way, I'm just glad they got him. Whether the other egg heads are issued a warrant or not, hopefully it taught them a lesson.

westie187

Note: don't be an @sshole, post it online. Karma debt paid in full. What a douche.

JoeChicago

How the hell did people get all that information about that guy from a video?! They had his high school, fathers name, ect on the site that the story links to.

Nicholas

That is the power of the internet.

BlueFairlane

The power and the danger. If the mob takes an interest in you, you're toast. Frankly, that's fine in this situation, but it's disturbing otherwise.