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originally posted by: SpaDe_
a reply to: 3u40r15m
What was exaggerated about his comment? I think what he said was spot on. This piece of excrement strolled the store clearly looking for a white victim that would have the least chance of fighting back, so he chose a white 18 year old girl. What a coward, hope this guy gets hit by the karma bus sooner rather than later.
so what do you think 400 years of slavery and mistreatment of a people gets you...
originally posted by: LoverBoy
a reply to: MX61000
This is 2014. This just happened. If you read up on the knock out game, many of them have been racially motivated. Granted I havent heard of many of them since last year when they seemed to be in the media more.
originally posted by: 3u40r15m
a reply to: Bassago
A few kids posted a few videos last year that's all it was.... Random assaults always have and always will happen. I doubt you would be saying anything if the girl was black and the guy was white....
originally posted by: MrWendal
originally posted by: evc1shop
I do not see it as a black on white crime. It is exactly what it appears to be, a young thug really wants to crack someone in the head with a bat to see how it feels... he looks around the store searching for the perfect victim who happens to be white but I do not think that is the reason for the choice, rather the fact that she is a female and appears to be smaller in stature and, most-likely, of lesser physical strength he felt it would be an easy target.
He wanted to see what if felt like to do that to someone. The victim should be given a bat and get a chance to play piñata with him to show him how she felt.
His mother must be so proud! She wants to play the 'he is mentally ill" card but if she knew that, she should have made sure he was accompanied by someone to ensure his mental condition didn't effect those around him. If she makes him out to be a known danger she should be arrested for failure to supervise him properly.
You may not see it as a hate crime but that is exactly what this is by definition. If this was a white guy who attacked a black female, chances are he would be charged with a hate crime. I recall a case roughly 5 or 6 years ago in Upstate South Carolina where a homosexual male pursued a straight male and picked a fight with him. The straight male did all he could do to avoid the fight. Even leaving the bar he was at. The gay guy followed out to the parking lot and assaulted the straight guy. The straight guy defended himself. He punched his attacker and the attacked went down hard and hit his head on the concrete and later died from his injuries. Simple self defense right? Wrong. The straight was charged with a hate crime even though the sexual orientation of his attacker had nothing to do with anything.
originally posted by: MX61000
Weak.. I don't approve to what he did, infact the act was totally uncivilized.. But I hate when people say it was a hate crime when evil people have been mistreating black people since we was brought over here.. Now all of a sudden they crying when something occurs to them.. a reply to: Bashka
originally posted by: w8tn4it
A perfectly good reason for "concealed carry".
originally posted by: Hr2burn
Just mind blowing. I consider this attempted murder. The knock out game is escalating. This jack off picks a young girl and uses a baseball bat. I of course do not condone the game...but a weapon?! The opposite sex?
The new knock out game
originally posted by: 3u40r15m
a reply to: Bassago
A few kids posted a few videos last year that's all it was.... Random assaults always have and always will happen. I doubt you would be saying anything if the girl was black and the guy was white....
originally posted by: Bassago
originally posted by: 3u40r15m
a reply to: Bassago
A few kids posted a few videos last year that's all it was.... Random assaults always have and always will happen. I doubt you would be saying anything if the girl was black and the guy was white....
No you are incorrect in that. I am not unaware of the white on black hate crimes hat have been perpetrated and denounce them just as well. The KKK, voter suppression, not even being able to drink from "white" drinking fountains and almost too many to list. All were evil. I will not turn a hypocritical blind eye to the hate when it goes in the reverse. Hate crimes come from all races.
originally posted by: SpaDe_
a reply to: 3u40r15m
First, the last time I checked you don't have to die for a crime to be considered a hate crime. Second, you're assuming that it wasn't racially motivated which is exactly what he was doing, and the video is good reason to believe that it was. Third, the knockout game wasn't in one city for one week. It was across the entire country in many major cities and still continues today. I don't care if he was on or off his meds.