Like Father, Like Son?

76. Some of you people have no shame this woman just lost her whole family can we show a little respect DAMN!!! RIP Ms Hudson,Jason and this sweet innocent child Julian.May god bless this family and the many family that are dealing with some of the same issues.

Posted at 5:15PM on Oct 28th 2008 by Detroit

77. big surprise NOT!

Posted at 6:25PM on Oct 28th 2008 by lise

78. To Pam #70, if those magazines PAY her enough, she'll give them some weepy story I'm sure. There may even be a church around that's already wanting to get Julia to "testify" ... and she'll do it too! IF it will keep the cameras around though.... for herself AND the church wanting some camera time! But I am in the reporting business and I can assure you, not many will have sympathy for Julia Hudson. Not in the real world anyway.

The sympathy goes towards the child, who thank God no longer has to deal with such a selfish, ingrained stereotype of a mother and gangsta daddy who thinks we are supposed to be impressed. "Garbage" is all I can say when I hear the weepies for Julia and that disgusting punk of a husband that she knowingly and willfully kept in her home without the care or concern a decent mother should have for her child. Too many parents in America and around the world would LOVE to have a child like Julian.

But Julia Hudson and her poor choices for some big d*ck threw it away. Just threw it all away.

Posted at 5:16PM on Oct 28th 2008 by Ana

79. Why isn't being a gang member a crime? TMZ, isn't there any good news out there???? I'm sick of reading about all this despair in the world and evil. I know there are some good things happening out there, so report on that for a change. Enough of this guy, it just sickens me to hear about all the criminals in his family. As for Jennifer Hudson, I'm so sorry for this horrendous act of evil that has come upon your family. I pray for you and I am deeply saddened by this.

Posted at 5:28PM on Oct 28th 2008 by diaz

80. isnt "thuglife" grand?

Posted at 5:20PM on Oct 28th 2008 by MP

81. It's my feeling that people like this have learned an attitude of entitlement. They feel they must commit these types of crimes as retribution for being "disrespected". It is absolutely nothing but hate and revenge that drives them. Where do they learn it? By example... whether it be parents, or friends. If we, as a nation put more emphasis of family... meaning good fathers and mothers in the home to teach and direct children, and to not allow others to do a parent's job... then this mess of a world would get a lot better. If children/teenagers do not have good examples in their life, then they will grow up to be selfish, hateful adults. It's about personal responsibility, but it's also about community. We make ourselves better, so we can be better examples to others. Such hate, rage, and entitlement have no place in a person's life. Balfour whines about having respect. One cannot demand respect, it must be earned... and earned not through fear, but by being a good person.

Posted at 5:22PM on Oct 28th 2008 by My opinion

82. Question to #11 Keagan - do you know Julia personally or are you just full of yourself?

Posted at 5:23PM on Oct 28th 2008 by Texanite

83. So #76, are you saying that if he had killed them in a different environment, it would be okay? If he had a college degree, but still killed them, he would'nt be hood. But he would still be a murderer. For all the people who don't live in the hood, but still commit murder, what is their excuse? I don't understand your reasoning. For the innocent bystander waiting for a bus and killed, for a little girl raped and murdered. For an old lady robbed and beaten. What is the excuse? It does'nt matter where you live or what your environment. It happens all over the world in every neighborhood. I don't condone murder. I hope he rots in hell. But lets stop blaming the environment and start blaming the person who commits these atrocities.

Posted at 5:25PM on Oct 28th 2008 by Raven

84. He was just a poor black man who had a bad childhood. His daddy ( whoever that might be) probably beat him. Oh they did say his daddy was in prison. We need dna for that. We should feel sorry for his black ass. NOT!!!! I hope the prison guard turns their back while his roomies beat the crap out of him.

Posted at 5:27PM on Oct 28th 2008 by acorn loves Obama

85. "Corrections records show Balfour spent nearly seven years in prison for attempted murder, vehicular hijacking and possessing a stolen vehicle. He was expected to remain in state custody until the Illinois Prisoner Review Board looked at his case."

Julia should have NEVER allowed this MORON, THUG, GANG BANGER to be in 5 feet of her son. She is the adult, the mother and it was her JOB to protect HER son from these kinds of people. Worse yet...she MARRIED HIM!

"Balfour's mother, Michele Balfour, has said Hudson's mother kicked Balfour out of the family home last winter. She denied her son had anything to do with the killings."

William's mother is several sandwiches short of a picnic! She is in DENIAL is she thinks her POOR BABY didn't do this! Much less, the other things that landed him jail the last time. AND her husband in currently in jail for MURDER! I see that the apple didn't fall too from the tree here!

"Steve Peterson, head of the department's Bureau of Investigative Services, said the search for the boy had been centered farther east based on information they had about where Balfour's current girlfriend lives".

This MORON had a girlfriend...a pregnant girlfriend. He was allowed to "see other people" but Julia was not. I heard on the radio that William would "kill" her if he found out that she was dating someone!
quotations from the daily herald article today...

Posted at 5:05PM on Oct 29th 2008 by not in denial

86. what amazes me is that people get on the soap box and say if Obama was president, that things would be different. WTF! The day AFTER the presidential election...the senseless tragedies...people killing people, black on black crime will STILL be there! It won't stop just because we have a different president in office...People like this BASTARD will still kill!

Posted at 6:16PM on Oct 28th 2008 by not in denial

87. Poor Jennifer Hudson. She will probably be "supporting" her loser sister for the rest of her life. If she were smart, she would cut all ties with her sister after the burial. How can you face your sibling every holiday, every birthday, etc. knowing that she is responsible for the destruction of your family?!

Posted at 7:50PM on Oct 28th 2008 by Sobanna

88. BOMB SHELL, WILLIAMS MOM IS ON CNN AND SHE IS SAYING THAT JASON SOLD DRUGS OUT OF THE HOUSE AND SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE MEDIA IS NOT REPORTING THAT.

Posted at 12:28PM on Oct 29th 2008 by Lonnia

89. PLEASE don't say anything bad about Julia Hudson!! She made a serious lapse in judgement but as you all have said, this crime is so incomprehensible, how could she ever in her wildest dreams think he would ever do what has happened?? She said she fell in love with the wrong guy, that is true, but she and her mother did kick him out and they were separated. She realized he was no good, to some degree, but certainly had no inclination that he was capable of THIS type of horrific crime. She might be "Jennifer Hudson's sister" but she's a person, an ordinary woman, a mother without a son....that is just tragic!! Blame William Balfour, and just him! Not HIS mom, not the schools, and certainly not Julia, this was his choice! We need to raise Julia up in prayer, raise her up with our words and not knock her down any further, I cannot imagine what she is going through....as a parent I can only say it must be Hell on Earth for her and certainly no one deserves that.

Posted at 9:14PM on Oct 28th 2008 by sadinky

90. You mean to tell me that this POS served time for ATTEMPTED MURDER and was allowed out to finish the job??? Our "criminal" justice system is a joke and is only going to get worse with more and more LIBERAL judges.

Posted at 10:10PM on Oct 28th 2008 by Karen