Definition of allege: To assert without or before proof.
Definition of attack: To set upon with violent force.
The tape shows an attack, about 5 boys beating and kicking one boy. To say “alleged attack” gives the impression that a) The boy who was attacked has no proof or b) it hasn’t been proven to be an attack. Even if the boy in some way provoked it (not saying that he did, just speaking hypothetically), he was still attacked. Five boys beating one boy, no matter what the reason, is an attack.
Don’t yo mess wit nobody named “Damien” - he’ll put a spell on yo’!
I was brutally attacked in this manner when I was a junior in High School by a group of senior black thugs. I was part of a white minority in a majority black school and was tormented daily for being white. To add insult to injury a black vice-principal campaigned to have me expelled along with the attackers because she believed their ridiculous story that I purportedly caused the attack by calling them racial slurs. Fortunately the principal knew that aside from being a good student, I wouldn’t commit verbal suicide.
I learned a hard reality in High School that some folks only understand violence and can’t be reasoned with. That is one reason why I carry...
In this case, the question is whether it was racially motivated or whether there was some motivator.
In this case, the question is whether it was racially motivated or whether there was some other motivator.