Father Of Chicago Beating Suspect Captured On Video: "What He Did Was Wrong"

Raymond Palomino was charged as an adult in the attack. (Youtube screen grab)

The father of Raymond Palomino, one of seven teens charged in connection with the beating of a Bridgeport teen that was captured on video, said what his son will have to "suffer the consequences" for his actions.

Michael Palomino, a Cook County Sheriff's deputy with 30 years of service, also said that he turned his son into authorities once neighbors and relatives recognized him in the video. "Being in law enforcement, I just couldn’t put my blinders on and not do anything after I saw what I saw," he said.

Michael Palomino also suggested that his son is being made out to be "the fall guy;" 17-year-old Raymond Palomino is the only one of the seven charged as an adult. “They’re making it sound like he did everything. It’s just one side of the story,” he said.

Cook County prosecutors offered details of the attack, alleging the assailants used the 15-year-old girl charged in the attack to lure the victim into the alley. When the victim appeared, Raymond Palomino was the one to have said, "Get him!" In the video, he can be seen asking someone off camera to hold his gloves, his face the most clearly visible of the attackers.

Michael Palomino, while not dismissing his son's involvement, said the attack may have been a retaliation for an attack a month prior where a group attacked Raymond and a friend after school.

Raymond Palomino was ordered held on $100,000 bond

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By Chuck Sudo in News on January 19, 2012 11:40 AM 0 Comments

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slickpoetry

He expresses disappointment that his son was the only one charged "as an adult." Isn't this just because his son is 17 and the rest are younger (15 or 16)? That doesn't mean his son is being scapegoated or the "fall guy," it just means that his son is "legally" an adult and the rest of the attackers aren't.

Navin_Johnson

Was there really any other option with the coverage this has got? I imagine dad saw the writing on the wall.

ChicagoD

Yes. I bet Dad's influence is really on making sure the kid doesn't get raped and murdered at Cook County. There was no way to avoid arrest, but that is not the end of the story.

Navin_Johnson

I think you're right. I also think it's funny that he's getting high praise for being a law enforcement officer and actually following the law.

twocee

Oh, I don't know. Considering the STELLAR record that CPD and Cook County cops have in their own lives (you know, beating up bartenders and torturing suspects during interrogation and killing people through DUIs, just to name a few things), I think it's rather unusual to see someone from the rank and file actually acknowledge that the law applies to them and their own.

edgie168

yeah, NYPD really needs to crack down on the officers that do shit li--oh, you're not talking about NYPD.

my bad.

Nicholas

I agree. Too many CPD are raging sociopaths (just read Second City Cop's comments section).

ChicagoD

Yeah . . . remember that they are no more confirmed as to their identities than we are . . . I actually know people who have failed the psych exam, so it does exist.

BlueFairlane

One of the most significant aspects of the behavioral sciences, used both in raising children and dogs: positive reinforcement.

JC

Snitches get stitches, Dad!
- Love,
Raymond

ChicagoD

Not from this kid. He and five buddies barely busted a lip on the kid they jumped.

ChicagoD

The kid put his Dad in a terrible situation here.

As for whether he could be a good dad and still have a kid who jumped someone . . . yeah. I'm going to say that sometimes when a kid gets to be . . . older than 7 or so . . . they get other input that makes it hard to ensure that they only ever get your values. Also, the Chicago papers had some details about the kid's mom that makes me think that Dad may have been flying solo with the kid.

twocee

This is a good father.

copperreddc

You forgot the < / sarcasm> tag.

SFNY

Have to disagree. Sure, he gets partial credit for doing his job turning his kid in, but a good father doesn't raise a son who mob-beats another human.

sketto

You obviously don't have children if you think that you have that much control once teenagers start making their own choices. His dad seems to have integrity. It's naive to blame this kids' father for not being a good father since the only thing we know about the dad seems to show he is a good father - making his son take responsibility, yet defending him as well. What more would a "good" father do?

BlueFairlane

So tell me, SFNY, how you did such a good job raising your kids?

twocee

The definition of "good" is subjective. As any parent knows, there is only so much you can do when raising a kid, and sometimes kids just turn out to be shits.

Maybe I should say the guy is a good human being, since he recognized his kid and rather than using his influence as a deputy to get the boy off the hook, he turned the kid in and it appears that he'll be letting the justice system work it out.

scooterj2003

I had pretty good parents. If I got mixed up with juvenile delinquents, my parents would have probably known about it. On top of that, they taught me to use means other than violence to resolve conflicts, and to take responsibility for my own actions (not blame others).

This kid's father claimed ignorance of his child's whereabouts, and even went so far as to offer the lame and inexcusable "the other kid started it" defense. I don't know if he was a good father but he's not exactly winning the award for Parent of the Year given his actions thus far in this case.

BlueFairlane

My parents were a lot like yours, and I managed to get through my teenage years without a lot of trouble. My younger brother, on the other hand, got mixed up with the wrong crowd, got into fights, then drugs, then spent some time in jail. We had the same parents, but with very different outcomes. You have to remember, the parent-child relationship involves two people, and past a certain age (and for many kids, 17 is well into that territory) there's only so much a parent can do.