Mobile Police on mob attack: no corroboration yet on allegation of racial motive

Alabama Live ^ | April 24, 2012 | Robert McClendon

[Free ThinkerNY]

MOBILE, Alabama -- Mobile Police Chief Micheal T. Williams said this morning that investigators have not yet corroborated allegations that a Saturday mob attack on a white man by a group of black men was racially motivated.

The sister of the alleged victim, Matthew Owens, told WKRG that she heard one of the attackers say, "Now, that's justice for Trayvon," as he walked away.

Williams said that investigators have interviewed the sister, Ashley Parker, and the victim, and that neither mentioned attackers saying anything about "justice for Trayvon."

Trayvon Martin was the unarmed teenager police say was shot and killed February 26 by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida.

That case has sparked racial tensions across the country as many say Zimmerman, who is white and hispanic, assumed Martin was a criminal because he was black. Others say a biased media has unfairly pilloried Zimmerman for the shooting precisely because Martin was black.

Williams said that Owens told investigators that he didn't know why the mob attacked him.

Owens was still in critical condition this morning following the attack on his front porch in the 1000 block of Delmar Drive. Police said he went outside and had words with a group of boys who were playing basketball in the street. The boys left, but shortly afterward a group of adults arrived and confronted the man.

[MrB]

Now you’re just making fun of me... :)

Besides, that’s pretty hard on the goats.

[Mycroft Holmes]

Well, it seems like there is a whole lot of beat-down going on. I did a cursory search limiting the time frame from Feb 26 (date of the Trayvon Killing) forward to now, looking for melanin-sufficient on melanin-insufficient beatings. Incidents with multiple articles have the additional articles indented. Pictures are included above the link if available and appropriate. I will continue to update this as incidents occur.

Feel free to swipe and redistribute. View Source is your friend.

March 04, 2012 Kansas City KS, Teens set kid on fire for being 'white boy'

Mar 24, 2012 St. Louis MO, St. Louis man recovering after unprovoked attack in Tower Grove -- Kruchowski

Local authority trying to convince everybody that this wasn't about race:

Mar. 27 2012 St. Louis MO, Pete Kruchowski Was Not A Knockout Game Victim, According to Police -- Kruchowski

March 26, 2012 Pittsburg PA, Attack Victims May Have Been Targets Of 'Point 'Em Out, Knock 'Em Out' -- 10 on 1, U of Pitt students attacked

March 29, 2012 Seneca SC, 6 men charged in Seneca beating; hate crime possible -- Applbee's parking lot, taunting, beating

Apr 1, 2012 Palmdale CA, Seven black California teens charged with beating Hispanic youth

April 2, 2012 St. Louis MO, Police investigating mob attack in downtown St. Louis -- 15 on 3

April 05, 2012 East Toledo OH, Trayvon Martin case looms over beating of 78-year-old Ohio man -- Dallas Watt

Apr 5, 2012 Minneapolis MI, Victim describes 'flash mob' attack in downtown Mpls. -- Matthew Collie

April 7, 2012 Sanford FL, Was racial hatred the motive in the Sanford hammer beating? -- carjacked and beaten in woods.

April 10, 2012 Gainsville FL, Gainesville beating case drawing national attention -- 27 year old drunk

April 12, 2012 Grand Rapids MI, Hate crime victim describes racially motivated mob attack in Grand Rapids -- 5 on 1, beaten w/chains, letter to authorities

April 12, 2012 Gainsville FL, 'Trayvon' shouted as group attacks Good Samaritan -- purse snatch

Apr 15, 2012, Baltimore MD, BPD Arrests St. Patrick's Day Assault Suspect Cellphone Video Shows Man Beaten, Stripped, Robbed

April 18, 2012 New York NY, Brutal slaying of teen in Melrose Houses, second murder in nabe in two days, has residents in fear

April 20, 2012 Maywood IL, Suspect: I Beat Up White Man Because I Am Mad About Trayvon Martin Case

April 24, 2012 Mobile AL, Man Beaten By Mob, In Critical Condition

More information:

Matthew Owens: Angry Mob Beats White Man, 'Justice For Trayvon' [VIDEO] No indication that this was about race either...

April 24, 2012 Mobile Police on mob attack: no corroboration yet on allegation of racial motive

I, for one, welcome our new Melanin Sufficient Overlords /.

[grundle]

It doesn’t matter if the attack was racially motivated or not. Violence is violence. Assault is assault.

[Free ThinkerNY]

Thanks for all the info and links. Good work.

[Lazamataz]

Wait, what?

THIS chief sees no racial motivation?

Huh. Well I'll be.

[thethirddegree]

I encourage all FReepers to send this story to their congressional reps and demand an investigation by the FBI. This is the latest in a series of black on white hate crimes fueled by the Trayvon Martin incident and the race hustling of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

[EyeGuy]

“It doesn’t matter if the attack was racially motivated or not. Violence is violence. Assault is assault.”

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Tell that to the BLACK racists, CEOs of the BigRace industry.

[TexasRepublic]

Hmmmm...I think I see the problem.

[EyeGuy]

“We have gotten so PC that we can no longer state the truth.”

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Yes even here, on FR.

[thethirddegree]

Thanks for posting—I sent this to Pat Toomey and Peter King.

[kcvl]

Mayor Sam Jones cautioned the public not to jump to conclusions and to wait until the investigation had revealed the facts

Jones said that, if the attackers think they can get away with attacking someone by invoking the Martin case, they are in for a rude surprise.

“If people think we are going to tolerate that to bring attention to some national event, they are sorely mistaken. They will be arrested and prosecuted for assault or whatever the appropriate charge may be,” he said.

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/04/mobile_police_on_mob_attack_no.html

[liberalh8ter]

It does matter, now. Our Resident has successfully advocated racial division and animosity. This is his race war and it's just getting started.

[tickedoffnow]

Appreciate the list, and will put to good use.

[Lazamataz]

Mayor Sam Jones cautioned the public not to jump to conclusions and to wait until the investigation had revealed the facts.

Mayor Sam Jones said that?

Huh. Well, I'll be.

[MrB]

I’m starting to see a pattern here...

The police chief as well as the mayor seem to be putting another agenda ahead of their duties...

I just can’t put my finger on it.

[MrB]

Actually, FR is better than it used to be.
There was a thread monitor there for a while that would delete posts and suspend folks for posting too many “inconvenient obvious truths” about a certain demographic.

[Lazamataz]

I see a similarity between the chief, the mayor, and the perps.

I just cannot quite figure out what it is.

[EyeGuy]

“Actually, FR is better than it used to be.
There was a thread monitor there for a while that would delete posts and suspend folks for posting too many “inconvenient obvious truths” about a certain demographic.”

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(S)he must have made a return engagement on MY behalf yesterday then.

Heavily substantiated, inconvenient truths (see “The Bell Curve”, et al), are still sadly: “He, whose name must not be spoken”.

I’m not sure how that illuminating chart of IQ by country (~race) made it through the other day.....

[MrB]

I know what you mean,
though I have trouble with the conclusions some draw from “The Bell Curve”.

I believe the IQ difference is more due to cultural than genetic differences. I’d like to see a study of a group of black kids raised in “white culture”, ie, a culture that values success in academics, and see if these differences disappear.

[crosshairs]

I’m starting to see a pattern here...

The police chief as well as the mayor seem to be putting another agenda ahead of their duties...

I just can’t put my finger on it.

In my city, the mayor and police chief are black too. And I even live in a red state.