Assault of Calabasas boy is not being investigated as a hate crime (attacked for red hair!)

LA Times ^ | 11-23-09 | Baxter Holmes

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Authorities said today that an assault on a 12-year-old Calabasas boy who was allegedly targeted by his fellow middle school students because of his red hair is not being investigated as a hate crime.

The attack on the boy occurred at A.E. Wright Middle School by as many as 14 classmates, police said. The incident may have been motivated by a Facebook message on Friday saying it was "Kick a Ginger Day."

However, the incident does not meet the criteria of a hate crime, said Lt. Scott Chew of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

"This doesn't apply," he said.

"Ginger" is a label given to people with red hair, freckles and fair skin. It gained notoriety from a 2005 episode of "South Park," an animated comedy show with adult humor, in which "gingers" were picked on.

[dynachrome]

I suppose South Park will get the blame.

sheesh

[dynachrome]

SP blamed for “ginger kid” being assaulted

[AZ .44 MAG]

Was he a stepchild?

[americanophile]

"This doesn't apply," he said.

Of course it doesn't...because it's against whitey.

[dog breath]

If the kid was beaten up for having nappy black hair, no matter what the inspiration was of the crime, it would be a hate crime.

[Wee-Weed Up]

This doesn’t qualify as a hate crime because the boy is white. Come on sheriff, you can say it.

[Right Wing Assault]

How about “Kick a Niger Day?”

[cripplecreek]

Its not a hate crime. Its a crime of stupidity.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Calabasas near Malibu and Westlake Village. Condo 500 grand and up

House 1-6 million. This be white on white ;;-)

[Responsibility2nd]

 

Kick a Ginger?

 

Never! 

 

[stephenjohnbanker]

Bored skulls of mush get in trouble ;-)

[dynachrome]

I always preferred Mary Ann! (geez, I am getting old!)

[Responsibility2nd]

lolol

I thought: “Those stupid dyslexics. Kick a ginger???”

[Wallace T.]

Of course this crime was committed with racial hatred in mind. Redheads and blondes are considered the “whitest” of Caucasians, such people usually being of Northern European ancestry (from Britain and Ireland eastward to the Baltics and northern Russia). However, white heterosexuals are not a protected class under “hate crime” statutes.

[Responsibility2nd]

(geez, I am getting old!)

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Nahhhh. If you WERE getting old....

Lovey would be occupying your thoughts and dreams.

lolol

[dynachrome]

“Kick a Niger Day?”

SP related would make it “Kick a Nagger Day”

LOL

[Right Wing Assault]

Around the holidays, we always have “Kick a Nogger Day.”

[popdonnelly]

I suspect that there is some element of “hate crimes” that violates equal protection of the laws.

[imahawk]

Thats ok,we are the ones with all the guns and ammo and are very capable of inflicting some serious cases of lead poisoning.

[americanophile]

...no it’s brown, blonde, black, etc., on red. Naturally red hair is a genetic trait which most people don’t have, so if the genetic condition of race, or as some argue, the genetic condition of sexual orientation are hate crimes, then the genetic condition of red hair must be considered in the same light. Anything else would be intellectually dishonest, but then we’re talking about hate crimes aren’t we...the criminalization of thought rather than action, so we’re well afield of rational thought, but then that’s my point.

[BigEdLB]

Thats ok,we are the ones with all the guns and ammo and are very capable of inflicting some serious cases of lead poisoning.


No poisoning or shooting allowed, we are better than they are!
BUT (Devilish laugh-fantasizing) actually a spiking of food with silver. Non toxic but turns skin a haughty shade of BLUE.

[Julia H.]

Red and blonde hair is a characteristic of Scandinavian descent, not British or Celtic. The “original” Britons and Celts were dark-haired; only after the Vikings invaded did redheads and blondes appear in Britain and Ireland.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I had a go with some redheads in N. Ireland a few years back...

;-)

[x]

Red and blonde hair is a characteristic of Scandinavian descent, not British or Celtic. The “original” Britons and Celts were dark-haired; only after the Vikings invaded did redheads and blondes appear in Britain and Ireland.

Are you sure? You may be thinking of the short, dark "pre-Celtic" peoples who were driven to what we know think of as the Celtic fringes of Europe. For the Romans, Celts were always thought of as blonde or red-haired.

[ErnBatavia]

...happens alla time, both ways.

[Stepan12]

They hate young Niger and is father Roy Innis because they’re not Democrat/Commies. I had the pleasure of meeting those two great Americans several years back.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Hmmmm . .more injuries attributable to a TV episode versus all the Tea Parties combined

What will the media say?

[upchuck]

However, the incident does not meet the criteria of a hate crime, said Lt. Scott Chew of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

If the redheaded kid happened to be a queer, it would be a hate crime bigtime.

[Trailerpark Badass]

So when “Kick a Bluegum’s Ass Day” is celebrated, we can all rest easy knowing it’s just good clean fun!

[Lockbar]

"I always preferred Mary Ann! (geez, I am getting old!)"

I always had a thing for "Lovey Howell"

[Gene Eric]

>> because of his red hair is not being investigated as a hate crime.

Red hair, black skin, ...

[Wallace T.]

You forget the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, who arrived in England and the Scottish lowlands in the 5th and 6th Centuries.

The earliest inhabitants of the Britain and Ireland were predominantly dark haired, but the arrival of Celtic speaking peoples from the Continent as well as Belgae, a tribe of mixed Celtic and Germanic origin, in southern England and possibly Ireland introduced a fairer element to the indigenous population. Many of the characters in Irish mythology, predating the Viking invasions, were described as red or fair haired. However, the invasions of northern Germans and Scandinavians from the 5th to the 11th Centuries are the main derivation of fair and red haired English, Scots, and Irish.

[SaraJohnson]

One of my sons has redish blonde hair. I pity the fool(s) who play ginger with him.