Posted on 04/24/2012 11:01:03 AM PDT by 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.
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Say, that's right! They ARE both black. I hadn't noticed, until you pointed it our!
“melanin-sufficient on melanin-insufficient beatings”
LOVE IT!
Soooo politically correct!
The Toledo police want their incident to go down the memory hole too.
thanks for the list.
I bet OJ is out there right now looking for the real perps......
Ping. How hard do you avoid “going into town”?
“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.”
What a crock of shit!!!
I go downtown to the VA Clinic once per month. I told my friend today that I'd suppliment my pocket Ruger 380 with my 40 shot 9mm when I make that trip now.
I also told my friend to watch for this headline:
"Black Youths Attack Old White Man, 15 Dead, Many Injured, Old Man Okay"
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