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Posted on 06/06/2008 12:09:56 PM PDT by Main Street
Mob of young men attacks
Man's skull fractured during beating; another attacked, robbed
Police suspect a mob of 20 to 30 young men who brutally attacked a motorist in Mount Clemens on Saturday may also be responsible for at least two other violent crimes that took place the same night.
Four people were taken into custody for questioning and police Sunday were hoping to interview a man who was beaten unconscious during the ordeal and was hospitalized with a fractured skull.
"This certainly was a frightening incident," Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said.
The trouble began late Saturday and into early Sunday starting on North River Road near the Macomb Daily building when more than two dozen men wearing ball caps and baggy shorts blocked traffic in the street as they spread out in the street.
A 29-year-old female motorist attempted to drive past the crowd in the street and someone in the mob threw a brick at the car window. The car stopped and a man got out to see what had happened.
"At that point at least 12 of the subjects jumped on him, beating and kicking him several times to the point where he was unconscious," Hackel said. "A second man then got out of the car and also was attacked but not nearly as bad as the first individual."
The victim who was badly beaten was identified by WDIV-TV (Channel 4) as Andy Kauffman. He was reported to be in serious condition at Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center, according to hospital spokeswoman Diane Kish.
Kauffman's wife, Angelina, was quoted by the TV news report as saying she had no idea why the crowd attacked her car. "It just happened to be us, I guess," she said.
Meanwhile, sheriff's deputies were called to a Marathon gas station on North Gratiot about 30 minutes later to respond to a call of a fight progress.
At the gas station a man was beaten and robbed of his cell phone and wallet, Hackel said. The victim was not seriously hurt.
On Sunday, workers at the gas station said the man was confronted near a pay telephone. When the gas station attendant saw what was happening, he locked the front door. An employee said workers had to wash the man's blood from the door Sunday.
Police also are investigating to see whether a similar incident at Rec Bowl on Crocker Boulevard may be related to the same group of attackers.
"We had a rash of similar incidents all within about an hour's time frame," Hackel said. "There is a carnival going on at Gibraltar Trade Center which is where we believe the this group had been congregating before the trouble broke out."
Police said four suspects were taken into custody on charges of disorderly conduct. Investigators want to talk with anyone who may have information on the incidents.
Tips may be phoned in to the sheriff's office at (586) 469-5151.
Locked him out to die? Wow, that attendant is a coward!
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In our local paper there was a story about three guys getting out of a car and beating the crap out of a couple of 14 year old kids walking home from the park after playing basketball. The thugs fled when some neighbors came outside to see the commotion. The newspaper said the police asked for anyone have info as to the ID of the perps to please call the tip line. Trying to help, I guess, the newspaper gave the following description of the suspects:
“They appeared to be between 17 and 20 years old”.
That’s it. Nothing further. They wouldn’t even describe the type of clothing. I wonder why. It’s a helluva mess when you get to the point where it is more important to conceal the race of criminals than it is to catch them.
“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing” - Edmund Burke. ( one of my favorites )
Good men are in fear of going to jail in this PC crazy world and leaving their families at the mercy of this world. Unlike 30 or so years ago when men would have done something and been secure in their intervention.
Radical feminism and liberalism had made it a crime to be a man’s man.
What state?
At some point, and I think we are already there, the only description needed is the color T shirt and hoodie — everything else is pretty much known.
Not innocence, thats for sure.
Yes, those Swedish college students at it again...
If your life might depend on it, yes. I’m not sure what was going on in that photo (besides the obvious), but I don’t think the bicyclists were attacking the motorist, so that’s not necessarily the best example.
If Mark Scott were still alive and hadn’t been railroaded off his talk show, this is all he’d be talking about. And there would be some action. Every one of these “suspects” would have been identified my now.
If you don’t have a gun, drive away from these people. Call 911 on your cell phone. I hate to say it, but fleeing rather than fighting is a better option unless you are appropriately armed and trained for streetfighting gangs. Assume that if you see a group of such people, they are up to no good.
>Unlike 30 or so years ago when men would have done something and been secure in their intervention.<
Nonsense! I’ve been warning people about what was happening in this country for over 50 years. Even then they rolled their eyes and refused to accept what was before them.
Apparently, for the most part, civilians do not accept responsibility for anything but their Visa bill, and too many don’t accept that!
It’s D-Day. Is your flag flying high?
That's where he's been hiding.
Kauffman's wife, Angelina, was quoted by the TV news report as saying she had no idea why the crowd attacked her car. "It just happened to be us, I guess," she said.
The fact that you are white was, of course, a complete coincidence.
Kind of a dilemma for a law-abiding individual.
If you keep driving normally, your car gets damaged.
If you stop, you get assaulted.
If you speed up to get past them before they can react to damage your car, you'll probably hit one of them. If you hit one of them and stop, you will be assaulted at minimum.
If you hit one of them and keep driving until you are ata a safe distance, you are a criminal.
Of course, if Mr. Kauffman had a firearm handy, much of the unpleasantness might have been avoided - or, it might have gotten considerably more unpleasant.
Our pc apparatchiks tacitly condone this type of thuggery..
There was just an incident like this in my old hometown, Medford, Oregon. Latino, mostly aliens, gangs. They’ve taken over, but the cops will not ask for status of the perps. Not PC, don’t ya know. They’ve been on a binge of graffiti on residential areas lately letting the locals know who is in charge.
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