The Real Truth about Teenager Adrell Bennett and His Murder in Jersey City- JCPD & Media Respsonsible

The Jersey City Police Department, Hudson County Prosecutors Office, the Jersey Journal and staff writer MichaelAngelo Conte along with the local news channels contributed to the death of Adrell Bennett! That?s right. The cops have lied and pitted people against one another as the media helped by releasing and publishing invalid information that compromised my son?s life.
It all started when my son, Adrell Bennett was publicly accused by Hudson County Prosecutor, Edward DeFazio, of being a member of gang 52-HSGC that operates out of Booker T. Washington projects. This allegation automatically marked him for target to any opposing gang. After phone calls to detectives and visits to the Prosecutors office, I still have not been given any explanation supporting this allegation.

My son was also accused by DeFazio as being sought on numerous drug charges, including distribution of cocaine within 1,000 feet of school property. To date and after several attempts, I have not received information from detectives or the Prosecutors office regarding the validity of this allegation either.

For those who believe everything from the media, the ?wanted? picture of Adrell posted in the papers and on the news shown when you click on the following link, http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... _in_gang_probe_gunne.html
is NOT a family picture as stated, but is a picture that was taken of him on 09/17/08 by cops of the JCPD after he and two of his friends were wrongfully stopped on Rutgers and Cator Avenues, searched, pictures taken of them and then released after the cops found them innocent of any wrong doing.

There have been other incidents like this and the incident of the police showing up at his Aunt?s house on Wade Street ?claiming? to have a warrant to question Adrell that made him reluctant to turn himself in. I spoke to my son early morning on Saturday, 10/11/08 after reading the online paper and urged him to turn himself in so that he could get this behind him and return home. He agreed to do so but only with an attorney as he maintained his innocence in both of the allegations. On Friday, 10/10/08, in our search as to why Adrell could have had a warrant, Adrell?s aunt and I paid his light rail tickets and was told he had no warrants.

My son was no stranger in the place where he was murdered. He?d been there many times and never had a reason to believe his life was in danger. He had no enemies until the police and media systematically marked him for death. Just picture, five other teens in the apartment, only Adrell targeted, the person who knocked on the door identified along with other suspects, questioned and released? Wouldn?t they be witnesses and accomplices to murder? I haven?t gotten answers on this either. Somebody knows something.

I acknowledge my son was not perfect as none of us are and has made some wrong decisions as we all have, but did he deserve to have his life compromised by the JCPD, Prosecutors office and media in their so called ?gang sweep?? NO!!! If he had any wrong doing then rightfully, he should have been tried, found guilty and prosecuted just as he was always taught about the consequences of our actions. He lived by this and even helped me to be diligent in doing the right thing.

For those that are so quick to judge my son, he are some of the positives about him, he completed high school, recently completed the financial aid application to attend college, worked part time at a supermarket and as an office cleaning service provider, he registered to vote and looked forward to voting in 2008, he loved his family and most of all, he loved God. This does not say thug nor gangster. At the end of the day the question is, whose been killed or hurt and what laws have been broken.

This is coming from a mother who is hurt, angry and concerned about what has happened to her son, how it?s happened and to how many other of our young black males is this being done to. When will it stop? I need answers.