begins punching craig in the face. the scene escalates. and craig tries to drive his truck out of the area. but a group of kids start throwing rocks at the car. and then i just see like a big object just flying towards my window so i just dodge. i hear like these two like bangs. and it was it was so loud. like the glass hit my face. hit everywhere, was in my hair. and then finally i looked, looked over, and there s tanner just bleeding everywhere. the rock has all but crushed tanner s face. he is in the hospital for months and doctors say a blow like that could have killed him. he is lucky. then as tanner struggles to recover, the police investigators find the tapes and the d.a. learns of the 311 boys. in ten years, since i have been a prosecutor, i have handled murder cases, i ve handled hate crimes sexual assault cases, i ve done the
happened to tanner hanson. i m not surprised it escalated to that. in fact, i m surprised we don t have a dead body. i m surprised someone wasn t killed. and with that the d.a. makes a serious decision. he has nine boys at the party arrested as 311 gang members and charges each of them with attempted murder. is your plead not guilty to all 13 counts? yes, sir. all plead not guilty to all 13 accounts. they describe him as the instigator. steven, who recently graduated from high school stands accused of being the ringleader in the violence. he vehemently denies he had anything to do with it, and he insists he s never heard of the 311 gang. until i was charged with this, until i was being charged and labeled and accused of 311 gang members, i never i don t even think i ever heard twice about 311 before i was even charged with it.
we saw people being stomped, people being hit with hammers. [ bleep ]. people being kicked in the head. it was horrific. and it was terrifying. and it terrified me. get this. [ bleep ]. these are kids who are addicted to violence. get him! get him! and who are fighting for the sake of the high that it brings watching that fight. what gets the d.a. s attention that summer can a horrifying story about tanner hanson and the night he encounters the 311 boys. this is where it all started. july 18th, 2003. tanner hanson has just wrapped up his junior year in high school and is enjoying all the graduation parties with his friends. on a warm saturday night, tanner drives to this park where he meets his best friend craig. some girls show up. and one of them suggests going to a party. another friend winces at the idea. but the group decides to go anyway. that s a decision tanner now
like the glass hit my face. hit everywhere, was in my hair. and then finally i looked, looked over, and there s tanner just bleeding everywhere. the rock has all but crushed tanner s face. he is in the hospital for months and doctors say a blow like that could have killed him. he is lucky. then as tanner struggles to recover, the police investigators find the tapes and the d.a. learns of the 311 boys. in ten years, since i have been a prosecutor, i have handled hate crimes, sexual assault cases, i ve done the whole gamut. i have never seen a case where the people glorified in violence more than this case reflected in the tapes. they just lusted after it. such a fix for them. you just jump on me, [ bleep ] dude. he studies the teens behavior in the tapes and is surprised the case involving the 311 boys hasn t landed in his office sooner. it s not surprising what
wishes he had never made. tanner s friend craig. a lot of kids were coming in. some of my friends that i knew, and i was just like, oh, we don t have to worry about that. there are no problems. the group seems to be having a good time. but then without warning, says craig, the mood at the party changes. people they don t know are staring at them. one in particular. i ve never been stared at like that. they decide to leave but as craig and tanner head for craig s truck, that intense stranger and a whole group of boys follow them. he came up to the window. we would ask him if he could leave. they said just, they were saying stuff look get out and take your ass beating like a man. i knew that these guys were serious and they re not they re not joking around. they re not they re not here to just have a fair fight. they re here for like blood. that s when craig decides to