[ko_kyi]

Interesting how the title could easily have been "Car Thieves beaten in Queens neighborhood."

[Unicorn]

Liberal logic.

[SampleMan]

Interesting how the title could easily have been "Car Thieves beaten in Queens neighborhood."

Precisely!

[MudSlide]

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he and the police commissioner would not allow such "an ugly incident" to divide the city

Un-freaking-believable

It's not the ugly incident that is dividing the city - it's the day in day out never ending (that is their only job) crime that is dividing the city.

[wtc911]

Unless the attackers somehow knew what these guys were thinking (impossible) then their intention to steal a car is meaningless.

The fact that guido went to get a couple of friends before jumping these guys makes it pre-meditated.

Howard Beach has changed in complexion since the 80s but the new-comers are not black. The prototypical guido-hitter mentality is still there (obviously) but this blatant action surprises me.

[Conservomax]

I'm sure the three black Car Thieves backed down when this kid came at them with a bat.

[Inwoodian]

How about, "Black Car thieves Beaten in Queens".