Posted on 07/09/2017 4:19:57 AM PDT by Kaslin
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia says six of its citizens have been arrested in Greece in the investigation into the beating death of a 22-year-old Texas man on the island of Zakynthos.
Serbia's foreign ministry said Saturday that the detained Serbs were to appear before a judge.
The family of Bakari Henderson of Austin, Texas, identified him as the victim. His family said Henderson was in Greece working on a photo shoot to launch a clothing line. Bakari graduated from the University of Arizona in May with a business degree.
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Homophobic hate crime?
Racial. He was black.
A good chance
could be a vendetta honor killing - The Serbs, Montenegrians, and Albanians are still very serious regarding honor.
Alcohol.
Henderson set his drink down on the Serbs' table.
Everything went south from there.
Could be both. A very unfortunate situation for the young man, either way.
And they think the US is a racist country? Hah, we’ve got nothing on Europe in that department.
The US is the LEAST racist country on the planet!
Only if you leave out the Nation of Islam people and the Hawaiians and maybe the Navajo, etc.
I wonder what would happen in South Chicago if a person of one ethnicity put a drink on a table where 6 people of a different ethnicity were seated...
Is putting a drink on a table a meaningful gesture, some sort of territorial encroachment that would trigger the attack instinct among more ... er, instinctual (and drunk) persons?
Were they Serbs from Europe, or local Serbs who migrated many years ago?
Since WWI there have been many Serbs in Greece (Corfu).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece%E2%80%93Serbia_relations
(I’m not overly fond of Wiki, but it is a good quick snapshot of more complicated things.)
Many Europeans are highly racist.
This is the island with the ship wreck on the beach. A very famous view.
Grudge against Americans because of the war on Serbians during the Clinton administration, maybe?
We’re the Serbs Muslim? Placing an alcoholic drink on their table?
We’re the Serbs Muslim? Placing an alcoholic drink on their table?
Clueless.
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