Posted on 06/20/2007 9:21:08 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
A crowd attacked and killed a passenger in a vehicle that had struck and injured a child, police said Wednesday.
Police believe 2,000 to 3,000 people were in the area for a Juneteenth celebration when the attack occurred Tuesday night. The man who was killed had been trying to stop the group from attacking the vehicle's driver when the crowd turned on him, authorities said.
The Austin Police Department identified the victim as David Rivas Morales, 40. The child was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police spokeswoman Toni Chovonetz said she had no further information, including how many people were involved.
The driver was able to get away is cooperating with investigators, police said.
Juneteenth marks the day Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston in 1865 to share news of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves two years earlier on Jan. 1, 1863.
If the crowd were white and the victim black, not only would their races be prominently featured in the article (and in news reports in all of the national media), but Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would already be in town organizing national protests.
“Juneteenth”
Sheesh.
“identified the victim as David Rivas Morales, 40”
Just a guess here but I’d say just mexicans doing the work Americans won’t do.
I'm not sure how "white" he is, but odds are he's not particularly "black".
Got to believe some alcohol was involved here.
This might possibly be a case of over-reaction.
I believe Juneteenth is another black holiday. So put 2 and 2 together.
I had planned to bake a nice Juneteenth cake and everything. Damn.
http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/240/JunteenthNational_Freedom_Day_observed
Juneteenth is a “African-American” holiday. (I’d never heard of it, had to look it up)
Being from Texas I am sure you know that Juneteenth is celebrated exclusively by the black population.
That is very hard core for Austin.
Perhaps, Detroit, Boston, LA or New Orleans but not Austin.
Sounds like jungle-injustice to me. F-ing thugs! It’s a shame that nobody will ever be charged (mark my words).
Austin’s a zoo. Obviously the animals were restless.
Strange how underwraps this story appears to be.
They'll probably charge the dead guy.
I am white, live in Texas and have been to Juneteenth celebrations.
Hopefully someone with a cell phone camera and a conscience recorded the murder, and will turn it over to police.
Ya think??!! Maybe people dislike Mexicans a little too much sometimes.
Look for this to become a Federal holiday at some point.
One could assume black Juneteenth celebrants beat Mexican descended (either legal or not) man to death in Austin for trying to get them not to kill a man whose car injured a kid...not too seriously either.
I would bet the driver was not black either.
This is like third world stuff. When I lived third, one did not stop the car for any accident. It could be a one way ticket just because of stuff like this.
This is more of what America is going to become down the road almost inevitably.
Token?
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