Posted on 08/25/2013 8:12:55 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
On August 19, Kenan Adams Kinard posted a picture of himself on his Facebook page wearing a patriotic red, white and blue bandana on his head.
Two days later, police say the 16-year-old Spokane boy took part in the deadly beating of a World War II veteran.
Delbert Belton, 88, who was shot in the leg during the pivotal battle of the Pacific campaign, was savagely beaten with flashlights in the parking lot of his regular bar in Spokane last Wednesday.
He died from serious head injuries the next day at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.
Spokane police arrested 16-year-old Demetrius Glenn, who's been charged with first degree robbery and first degree murder.
As for Kinard, Spokane Police Major Crimes Detectives say they have probable cause to arrest him. They've been searching for him since the murder.
Kinard's own Facebook page has become a place for his friends to defend him, and others to post their disgust with what he's accused of doing.
Brandee writes, "You don't deserve to wear red white and blue, vet murderer!"
"You disgust me. You killed my grandpa the man I loved the man I looked up too," writes Cheyanne Campbell, "He was a good person inside and out."
"They saw a vulnerable old man and decided he was a good mark," writes Diana Hanson. "They knew they were beating the hell out of someone who once defended our (and their) country and who was utterly defenseless. That was cowardly and sickening. Now he is hiding from what he did. It won't go away or blow over. He needs to turn himself in and take what's coming to both of them."
A few friends support the teen saying he just "screwed up" or "made a bad choice."
Kinard has had a few run-ins with the law. The Spokesman Review reports he was convicted of third-degree theft and fourth-degree assault in June.
The other teen who surrendered to police has an extensive juvenile criminal history which includes malicious mischief, fourth-degree assault, driving without a license and riot with a deadly weapon charges.
The victim's family spoke out about Belton over the weekend, revealing graphic details about the elderly man's final moments.
Belton's daughter-in-law, Bobbie Belton, told KREM-TV that the suspects beat him to death with "great big heavy flashlights."
"The doctors said he was bleeding from all parts of his face," she says.
"He fought for this country," said Belton's sister, Alberta Tosh. "Then he comes home and a couple of creeps kill him in the worst way."
The veteran, also known affectionately as "Shorty," was wounded in the Battle of Okinawa. They say he was shot in the leg but heroically continued to fight.
Oooops, I screwed up, darn it, I pulled the gallows lever and ooops, by accident, the trap door opened.
Gosh, the mechanism screwed up and the piece of filth murderer full through the opening and gee wizz, wouldn’t you know it, the rope I put around his neck tightened as a result of the fall.
screwed up again as his spine snapped, crack! Darn what a screw up I am - my name is Justice.
Kinard has had a few run-ins with the law. The Spokesman Review reports he was convicted of third-degree theft and fourth-degree assault in June.
IT’S FREAK’N AUGUST....Why wasn’t this piece of dog SHITE in jail???
If I was related to the vet the prosecutor, the judge AND the defense attorney would all be getting blamed PUBLICLY and I would make sure that they NEVER advanced in their careers..... MAYBE something would happen to them that they wouldn’t like.
They have blood on their hands just like the black punk does.
I’m a ....Law Abiding Citizen... the law gets ONE CHANCE to handle it, after that............................
Lock & load?
There are thousands of repeat offenders on the streets. The courts make us live with them and hopefully no violent encounters will happen. This is the wrong way to think and run a society...
Say thank God he did not say that these two fine, upstanding members of the black community could have been his twin sons...
The second murderer has been identified, though the PD hasn’t found him yet. There’s a picture at the link.
Helter Skelter?
Washington has capital punishment. Send the accused to Walla Walla for hanging.
And yet the little thug is not in jail.
The self-proclaimed Black leadership in this country constantly whines that Blacks are more likely to be sent to jail.
Yet another lie.
I love that film, my boys say Walt and I are similar in many ways.
I’m waiting for someone to go “Charles Bronson” on their a$$es.
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