Family worries about own survival after father suffers brain damage in baseball bat attack

The Commercial Appeal ^ | June 15, 2012 | Beth Warren

[ebshumidors]

Kadia Sy hovered over her husband's nursing home bed Thursday, stroking his cheek and forehead, and shaking his shoulder as if to snap him back to life.

But her husband, beating victim Alassane Sy, 67, didn't respond. He suffered severe brain damage April 6 when prosecutors say a teen delivered two blows to Sy's head with a baseball bat over a parking dispute.

While the victim's wife was desperate to wake him during a visit to Covington Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, the couple's son, Djibril, 17, seemed more resigned.

"He's never going to be the same," he said of his father, who immigrated to Memphis from West Africa a decade ago to improve his family's lot.

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Alassane Sy, a warehouse forklift driver, pulled into a parking spot next to a Jeep Cherokee driven by Tanya C. Wilkins, 33, a waitress. Moussa opened the door and hopped out of the car.

Prosecutors say Wilkins, who had parked on the white line leaving little space, accused the 12-year-old of dinging her driver's door, something the Sys say didn't happen.

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Wilkins' son, Mariquez Moore, 15, walked up behind the victim and raised an aluminum baseball bat in the air before striking the victim in the head with such force, Sy collapsed to the pavement unconscious.

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Wilkins was due in General Sessions Court Wednesday, but didn't show up because she had been shot Sunday in an unrelated incident, her attorneys told Judge Gwen Rooks. They didn't elaborate.

[ebshumidors]

It seems like some real Africans got to meet one of Obama's sons. Just another day here in Mogadishu on the Mississippi.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Based on my exposure to African immigrants, I’d guess the Sy family was hardworking, educated, and polite. What a shame he was a victim of a Feral-American. My heart goes out to the Sy family.

[ebshumidors]

We went out for a bite today and it was the first time my wife asked me to be sure I was carrying.

[ebshumidors]

Holder’s people hate them for that.

[freekitty]

Very sad story.

[samtheman]

Tanya C. Wilkins

Pure Evil

[mamelukesabre]

I was attacked by a black guy with a baseball bat once. Many many years ago. He swung level at my face. at the last instant I straightened up and leaned back enough to cause the bat to glance off the bottom of my chin and hit me full force in the left shoulder. The blow to my shoulder was nearly enough to knock me to the ground. I stayed on my feet and with one arm numb and not functioning very well, I took off.

Right after that I bought a 357magnum and went back to where it happened. Probably a good thing I never saw him again.

[Albion Wilde]

My African-born neighbors are the only blacks — and the best neighbors — on this block.

[Graybeard58]

A former high school class mate and friend of mine was robbed and murdered on the streets of Memphis in 1969, in broad day light. His murderer hasn't been found to date. The killer got about $20.

He had been home from Viet Nam for just a few months when it happened.

[hole_n_one]

Tanya C. Wilkins..........

From the article.......

She claims Wilkins then opened her car door and shouted to the victim's wife, 5-year-old son and Djibril: "I'm going to kill you and your kids!"

That later netted Wilkins three misdemeanor charges of assault.

Wilkins was due in General Sessions Court Wednesday, but didn't show up because she had been shot Sunday in an unrelated incident, her attorneys told Judge Gwen Rooks. They didn't elaborate.

Wilkins hobbled into court Thursday with a doctor's note, ordering her to get bed rest until June 18.

The judge ordered Wilkins back in court June 19.

[Ken H]

Headline needs revision...

Unarmed black man killed in dispute with blond-headed woman

[Coldwater Creek]

What part of Memphis do you live in? I feel NO need to carry a weapon.

[dennisw]

Dude!!??? Lady??

[Coldwater Creek]

It’s rare for a black to attack a white in Memphis. Now black on black, that’s another story............

[Tired of Taxes]

I wish I could afford to help this family (and so many other families out there), but all I can afford to send them are a few prayers their way.

There have been quite a few stories out there recently about African immigrants being attacked and/or killed here in this country. For example, this story from Denver:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2868258/posts

These stories always make me think back to the African immigrant who bought the house next to mine in Philadelphia. It was an abandoned crack house, and he was fixing it up and converting it into nice apartments for students. He was so excited and was investing so much time and money into this project... Then, one day, I found him looking depressed and leaning up against the wall outside the house. He told me that thieves kept breaking in. They would steal his tools, so he’d have to pack his tools at night and take them with him. Then they actually started stealing his lightbulbs - they’d actually break in and unscrew the lightbulbs. So, every night, he was packing his tools, his lightbulbs, everything, so they’d have nothing to steal. He kept having to replace broken windows, etc.

[Secret Agent Man]

Anyone comes at you with a bat or club, it’s a lethal weapon. Period.

Also, it is always good to pick your battles carefully. Weigh if whatever’s going on is worth discharging your weapon or getting into it with someone else.

[Secret Agent Man]

That’s great for you, because they aren’t the normal statistical blacks. Hell I’d vote for Walter Williams for President but Walter isn’t typical either.

[SaraJohnson]

Pretty bad when real Africans run here to get away from the mass murder in Africa and find it in the land of the free, too.

[ebshumidors]

Near Southwind.

[ebshumidors]

Probably because lots of people carry, although things go on with the unarmed libs near Cooper-Young that don’t get advertised much. You can feel something just under the surface, though.