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St. Paul Man Fights For His Life After Brutal Beating By Gang Members (Video)
Gateway Pundit ^ | August 11, 2013 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 08/11/2013 10:23:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A St. Paul man is fighting for his life after a brutal beating late last Sunday night.

The beating took place a block from a police station.

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

Even if Ray Widstrand survives he will likely have permanent brain damage. TwinCities.com reported:

Four young males have been arrested after the senseless, brutal beating of a man on a late-night walk Sunday on St. Paul’s East Side, police said Friday.

The victim, Ray Widstrand, 26, of St. Paul, reportedly was in critical condition at Regions Hospital with potentially fatal brain swelling.

Police found Widstrand lying on the ground, bleeding from his nose and mouth, his pants removed and shirt torn, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Ramsey County attorney’s office.

“He’s in the most difficult time right now, as far as swelling and cranial pressure. We’re in that critical time,” his father, Peter Widstrand, said.

According to the complaint, Widstrand was attacked when he tried to walk through a group of 30 to 50 juveniles and young adults fighting near Payne and Minnehaha avenues in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood about 11:30 p.m. Sunday.

His family said he had been living in a nearby apartment for about two months.

“An innocent man was walking down the street and brutally attacked by a group of youth,” said Sgt. Paul Paulos, a police spokesman. “He was out for a walk and decided to go through this group and was assaulted and knocked unconscious.”(continued)

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: bow; callinggzimmerman; crime; dojrico; dojrunbow; holderspeople; minnesota
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I'll let you Google the suspects.
1 posted on 08/11/2013 10:23:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We are all George Zimmerman.

And need to be.


2 posted on 08/11/2013 10:25:28 PM PDT by NoLibZone (The reason we are where we are today is the belief that posting on a website will fix the nation.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nah...I hate surprises.


3 posted on 08/11/2013 10:25:37 PM PDT by Salamander (.......Uber Alice!.......)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Now all the Trayvonists will point and start yelling “See what we went through!”...


4 posted on 08/11/2013 10:29:04 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
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> We are all George Zimmerman.

And need to be.

Yep. No more cowing down or putting up with PC or affirmative action excuses.. Their race cards have been permanently revoked.


5 posted on 08/11/2013 10:31:42 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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George Zimmerman cant be everywhere.

We must all be George Zimmerman’s.


6 posted on 08/11/2013 10:33:11 PM PDT by NoLibZone (The reason we are where we are today is the belief that posting on a website will fix the nation.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And the cowards still won’t call it what it is....racism against whites.


7 posted on 08/11/2013 10:34:31 PM PDT by soycd
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dude got Trayvoned. He could have avoided this with a little old fashioned profiling.


8 posted on 08/11/2013 10:38:16 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (People are idiots.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Damn skinhead, Tea Party wackobirds are at it again....


9 posted on 08/11/2013 10:40:01 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("The atmosphere's too cold in here to attract a butterfly like that." Al Stewart)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Victim is white, adult arrested is black. 3 juveniles also arrested [no pics published] ...

Wanna bet on their race ...


10 posted on 08/11/2013 10:49:23 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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Never get a conviction. How will they prove who threw the fatal punches? :-/


11 posted on 08/11/2013 10:53:14 PM PDT by Sporke (USS Iowa BB-61)
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They don’t need to. All they must show is that they participated in the beating. Similar to a drag race where one car hits a pedestrian, both drivers can be held responsible. Summers v. Tice


12 posted on 08/11/2013 10:56:29 PM PDT by Benito Cereno
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How will they prove who threw the fatal punches?

Not necessary if they charge them with felony murder (if the victim does die). If a group of people are committing a felony, and someone dies as a result, they can all be charged with felony murder.

They don't even have to have directly caused the death. For example, say a group of thugs try to rob someone. That person tries to run away by crossing the street and is killed by a car. Even though the car actually caused the death, the robbers could be charged with Felony Murder.

13 posted on 08/11/2013 10:59:42 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I don;t need NSA Google to know what “youths” mean...


14 posted on 08/11/2013 11:22:36 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: jsanders2001

Are we in Anthony Burgess’s “A Clockwork Orange” now?

Decay, decadence and violence can all be reduced with an “iron fist” of enforcement and punishment. If apprehended, these “youths” should either be put away for life or sent to Syria and executed by the Shahiba...


15 posted on 08/11/2013 11:28:05 PM PDT by Netz
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Prayers for this young guy. May God heal him, Amen.


16 posted on 08/11/2013 11:29:20 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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Will any of our congresscritters bring up the epidemic of black on White racial violence?

Will any reporter ask the prezzy his thoughts on it?

The Zimmerman prosecution was designed to make Whitey second guess himself in defending his own life or the safety of others.

17 posted on 08/11/2013 11:36:17 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have to say if I saw a group of yutes, black or white or Hispanic, I would turn around and go the other way. Even if I was armed. Chances are they were armed.


18 posted on 08/11/2013 11:39:24 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: Eagles6

The pols and media are on the other side, FRiend, with almost no exceptions.


19 posted on 08/11/2013 11:39:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: VerySadAmerican

Discretion is often the better part of valor. No need to look for trouble. Just be ready if it finds you anyway.


20 posted on 08/12/2013 12:04:05 AM PDT by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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