Well...he learned one thing in his community anyway.
Some LTTE and Reader Comments:
Subway attack
The subway attack on Sean Patrick Conroy (Inquirer, March 29) brought back some disturbing memories. In 1986, my brother and I were on the Broad Street line heading to LaSalle University. We were viciously attacked - for amusement - by 10 students. Unlike Conroy, we were able to fight back and hold some of the perpetrators until the police arrived. I suffered a broken nose and lacerations.
Many things in the stories are similar: black males attacking white victims, the SEPTA police doing a fantastic job, and the perpetrators' lives being ruined.
And, once again, the family and educational structures have failed, so the criminal justice system must provide relief. What a shame.
Joe Truitt Ambler
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What would the reaction to the beating death of Sean Patrick Conroy have been if he were black and the five youths were white? Would there be an automatic assumption that the motive was race-related? I don't know the answer, but if we are to continue to debate race issues as Obama makes his march toward the presidency, this type of tough question must be asked.
Robert Watterson, Philadelphia
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I take issue with the characterization of the attack on Mr. Conroy as "random." Mr. Conroy was probably singled out because he was white.
To conclude, without evidence, that this attack was perpetrated "for no reason" is to dismiss the possibility of this being a racial hate crime. Why do we presume that white people can only be perpetrators of racial hate crimes, and not also their victims?
Ross Chapman, Philadelphia
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It is amazing how several black youths jumped a white male, and it is not a hate crime. If it were white teens who jumped a black male, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been on the first plane to Killadelphia.
I think these punks should be tried as adults when caught, and also seek the death penalty. But I'm sure they will get off because they come from a broken home.
Diane L. Veteri
Lindenwold, N.J.
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When Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama used the thoughtless term "typical white person," was he referring in general to a decent man like Sean Conroy?
I assume that the senator, local politicians, members of the media and black community leaders will not utter as nonchalantly as Obama spoke of a Caucasian stereotype the term "typical young black person" to describe this cowardly group of criminals.
John Leonard, Philadelphia
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I'm outraged that this is called a random attack. If the victim were a black male attacked by white teens, it would be viewed as a racial attack. My thoughts and prayers go out to this young man's fiancée and his family.
Maybe someone with enough courage will come out and start noticing that there is a such thing as reverse discrimination.
Joann Vance, Williamstown, N.J.
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I assume Barack Obama's grandmother was a Philadelphia subway rider. He says she's "a typical white person," scared when she sees black people on the street. After hearing about the murder of Sean Patrick Conroy and how he was attacked for fun, I have to ask where Obama gets his intelligence.
Joseph Messina, Philadelphia
Random white.
Give me fifteen minutes of private time with Kinta Stanton and a household appliance of my choice.
I'll have those IDs in a jiffy.
Disgusting... using transit in Philadelphia is more dangerous than using transit in Baltimore.
This murder was clearly taken out of context.
Well...he learned one thing in his community anyway.
Not only is Obama silent, the national media isn’t making much of a fuss either.
When are black people going stop murdering people?
BAN ME IF YOU WANT TO! SOMEONE HAS TO SAY IT!
In defense of these poor Utes, they probably just finished watching a Reverend Wright sermon and felt the uncontrollable urge to go out and stomp whitey to death.
Prayers for Conroy’s loved ones.
Does SEPTA have special rules banning concealed weapons? How 'bout Philly generally?
There is a solution to this problem ... it involves a few dead thugs.
In the 90s, the media were calling these kinds of inidents “wolfpack” attacks, but they were forced to drop the name as “racist.”
But of course it’s an exactly appropriate descriptive term. They identified some weakness in him, they circled him exactly the way predators will, and attacked him in a group until he was dead.
Fine. Not like they won't be found.
But when your court-appointed lawyer asks for leniency, don't be surprised when we respond exactly the same way.
Crime in Phila is totally out of control. Even though we live 60 miles away, people are called there to federal jury duty. When my daughter was called, I went with her.
Jesus said: "and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
That word sword is machaira. And yes it does mean sword, but it also means weapon of war and weapon used for judicial punishment. So, today it means gun, tank, tactical nuke. Well maybe not tactical nuke, but definitely guns, long, short and shot.
Now does the lord really mean sell your clothes and buy a gun if you don't already have one? Seems as if He does; himation, a dress (inner or outer, apparel, cloke, clothes, garment, raiment, robe, vesture.
Ya, I would say Jesus was saying "If you don't have a weapon of war, a weapon for judicial punishment, go buy one. And if you don't have enough money, well it is better to be naked and armed than clothed and unarmed.
Perhaps that white guy who got beat up should have spent a little more time study God's word and a little less time dialing 911.
“Random” is the new code word for black on white crime.
Think of it as the opposite of “Hate” crime.
Thus we have
White on Black = Hate Crime.
Black on White = Random Crime.
Instructions have gone out to police departments, newspapers and TV stations as this is now how things are reported.
“Obama is silent”
Not to defend the black Marxist but do you expect commentary from McCain when MS-13 slaughters an American family?
Hmmm...
Simon Gratz High School? What is the major lessons at the school — ‘How to kill white people’? What is the nickname for the school - ‘the MURDERERS’?
The inconvenient silence of BHObama bump!