Almost 30 years later, victims are still traumatized by Mark Wahlberg's crimes

[Liberal_in_LA]

EXCLUSIVE: 'Kill the n*****! Kill the n*****!' Teacher reveals how Mark Wahlberg and 'thug' friends chased, taunted and hurled rocks at her fourth-graders - but she'll accept the pardon for an apology




Mary Belmonte tells MailOnline how a class outing to play in the sand turned into a nightmare for her mostly African-Americans students
Two of the little girls in her care - one black and one white - were hit in the head by a barrage of stones
Kristyn Atwood, one of the girls, does not think it is fair that Wahlberg should get his conviction overturned
MailOnline has discovered that one of the trio - Michael Guilfoyle - is now a senior Boston firefighter
Mary would like a face-to-face apology from the man who was once a racist street tough

For fourth-grade teacher Mary Deshaies, it was the scariest thing she had ever faced. As she walked her class back from an outing to the beach a gang of thugs suddenly attacked them shouting racial slurs and hurling rocks.

Two of the little girls in her care - one black and one white - were hit in the head by the barrage of stones. Others panicked and ran as she tried to protect them. One of the boys attempted to defend her. 'Don't you hurt my teacher,' he yelled at the assailants.

Now, nearly 30 years later Mary Belmonte, as she is now known, is having to relive the incident. For one of those louts was a teenage Mark Wahlberg and now he is begging for an official pardon for his actions on the mean streets of Boston's Southside.

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[Kelvin Mace]

1. Markie, if you expect a pardon

you must kill a black child or steal a HUGE amount of money.

[closeupready]

14. You know, I was telling a friend, the joke about firing a postal worker

once was that their jobs were SO secure, they couldn't fire you short of killing someone.

I guess for some unionized jobs, even THAT isn't enough.

[yeoman6987]

2. Good grief!

Does every teenager who did wrong and there are tons of them, have to apologize?

[JI7]

6. yes, if it's some violent thing like throwing rocks at kids

[Iggo]

7. No, but they aren't looking for a pardon from the governor.

Apologies are the very least we should expect from someone seeking a pardon for racist attacks.

[MohRokTah]

11. If they want a pardon, HELL YES! eom

[Liberal_in_LA]

13. how many of those teens get to ask the gov for a pardon?

the victims have the right to come forward and remind folks what actions are being pardoned

[Comrade Grumpy]

36. Anyone can ask for a pardon. n/t

[closeupready]

15. I never ever threw rocks at anyone. Did you?

[rhett o rick]

35. Yes actually every teenager that terrorized someone owes them an apology.

But this case is different than what you portray. In this case Mr. Wallberg wants the system to forgive him. He is asking for forgiveness from the system and not his victims.

[chrisa]

3. Looking for their 15 minutes of fame

I could see if he did this stuff 10 years ago, but he was 15. I don't believe that this isn't an attempt to get attention.

[JI7]

5. BS, he is seeking to be pardoned , HE is the one that made it news

they never said anything in the 20+ years he has been in the public eye and making a lot of money.

[HERVEPA]

8. Maybe you should inform yourself on what's being discussed before you post?

[MohRokTah]

12. That's a pretty weird sense of morality to me.

You seriously believe that a person who assaults and batters other people in a racist attack, is convicted, does time, and then wants a pardon shouldn't have to apologize as a condition for that pardon?

Seriously?

[Comrade Grumpy]

37. An apology would be nice, but it's not mandatory for a pardon.

The governor grants pardons, not the victims.

[MohRokTah]

43. If that governor grants a pardon without Wahlberg giving an apology, ...

that will be the end of that governor's political career.

[appalachiablue]

24. Nevermind the comment. There's no required reading law to post. People like to

control, appear they know it all sometimes. Lately folks seem edgy with so many issues going on. TC!

[Pacifist Patriot]

29. Then you aren't paying attention to the story in its entirety...

or have a rather jaundiced view of humanity. Either way, your response is pretty darned depressing. Shocking actually, I was really expecting to see the sarcasm smilie at the end.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

33. Yeah, fuck them, right?

Give me a break.

[JI7]

4. i think he paid off the guy whose lost his eye

as he is now claiming that happened in vietnam and that marky mark should get a pardon.

what disgusts me about this whole thing is he is claiming he can be an example to other kids who have been in trouble before.

but there ARE kids who did much less than him but who have been punished worse yet he is doing nothing about that.

it's all about HIM.

FUCK HIM . if he gets a pardon i will be disgusted.

[sharp_stick]

10. Yeah that's the only explanation

couldn't be anything else. Why else would the guy forgive him? He's just in it for the cash.

I think he's just a decent man that was able to forgive him.

[NCTraveler]

23. lol. One of my favorite aspects of du. nt.

[catbyte]

27. Where did you read that he paid him off?!?

Last I heard, Wahlberg said that restitution would be the right thing to do, but that he had no plans to do that and that he no longer feels any guilt. This was in a 2006 interview for "The Departed."

[Bluenorthwest]

9. Rec'd because last week some DUer was claiming he had only one victim and only that person's

opinion mattered about it at all. There were many victims, several events and they are all deserving of a voice. It's just wrong to claim he did not throw rocks at school kids for racist reasons when he did.

[Warpy]

16. He was a typical Southie tough brought up with racism

and there was nothing special about him until he lucked into a showbiz career. He served a whopping 45 days in jail. He did the crimes, he did the time.

However, I can't understand why he's looking for a pardon. It's not like his past as a rotten teenager is working against him in Hollywood.

I'd rather let the conviction stand. That way it's always a reminder that even the rottenest teenager out there can eventually redeem himself with equal amounts of luck and hard work.

He can better redeem himself by speaking out to the current crop of rotten teenagers who were brought up to be bigots. That's the kind of thing that can earn him a pardon.

ETA: Irony time: Wahlberg was discovered by a black man who shaped his early career and now he's asking a black man for a pardon.

[JI7]

17. he wants a liquor license

[Warpy]

19. Ah, gotcha.

More irony considering one of his pastimes as a kid was knocking over liquor stores.

[panader0]

21. I thought it was because he wanted a law enforcement job.

[JI7]

22. that was the reason he gave when this got more attention

but i still believe it's the liquor license.

[helpmetohelpyou]

30. He wants to own guns

If he was looking into buying or opening a bar or restaurant a liquor license can be in someone else's name
That's never a big deal and it's done all the time

[Hassin Bin Sober]

40. The same goes for guns.

G. Gordon Liddy always used to brag how he didn't own any guns but his wife owned lots of guns.

[951-Riverside]

18. Jesus Friggin' Christ, kids do stupid stuff all the time! Get over it lady!

Mark has grown up but she clearly has not.

This is nothing more than a witch hunt against a great actor, a great performer and a great man.

[Sheldon Cooper]

20. LOL!

[1StrongBlackMan]

25. a great actor, a great performer and a great man ...

seeking to have his criminal conviction pardoned. He is the mover behind this, not the teacher.

[Dont call me Shirley]

26. A Great actor, Great performer, Great man would be someone like Sydney Poitier,

not Mark Wahlberg.

[catbyte]

28. +1000

[helpmetohelpyou]

31. Well maybe you never had rocks thrown at you while playing in the sandbox

[11 Bravo]

32. Please tell me you just forgot the "sarcasm" smilie.

Because otherwise ...

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

34. "What???......No!"

Marky Mark is a shitty actor and a man of questionable morals. Deal with it.

[helpmetohelpyou]

39. I thought he played Swagger well

[joeybee12]

38. Did you forget this?

Becoming famous and becoming rich does not mean someone has grown up...read Markie's history...tons of incidents like this...has he ever apologized to any of his victims?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

41. He was still a homophobe by the time he "grew up" and got famous.

I remember that from the mid '90s.

[joeybee12]

42. Ever see Boogie Nights? I was listening to the commentary...

I forget the guy's name, the actor who plays the character who is closest to Marky Mark's character...he really didn't have nice things to say about Marky Mark having his "posse" with him at all times. I don't think marky mark has ever grown up.

[Go Vols]

44. :/

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

45. I'm guessing that's John C Reilly?

He played the other male porn star who was always hanging around him.

[joeybee12]

46. That's him...thanks...

I was blocking