Several Questioned in Milwaukee Driver's Beating

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179941,00.html ^

[celejrm313]

MILWAUKEE — Several people were being questioned by detectives in the beating of a motorist who was dragged from his car and severely injured, police said Wednesday.

The 50-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition with head trauma after the beating late Monday on Milwaukee's north side, according to police.

His condition had improved by Wednesday morning, police Lt. Scott Lange said. He gave no further details on the victim's condition or on the people he said were being questioned, except to say there had been no arrests.

City officials asked for the public's help in finding the assailants, believed to be between 16 and 23 years old. It was the latest in a string of mob beatings in the city since 2002.

The young people surrounded the man's vehicle after he honked at them because they were in the middle of the street, police said.

"It's Christmas week. A guy's trying to drive down the street. What's the problem here?" said Mayor Tom Barrett.

The victim, 50-year-old Samuel McClain, was going to a friend's house, said his niece, Jennifer McClain.

[celejrm313]

what the hell is going on in the city of Milwaukee????

[mewzilla]

Another liberal utopia they've got there.

[Semper Paratus]

Was there a racial component to this story that is being covered up?

[Cagey]

Britney King said she and her two sisters saw the attackers doing flips and cartwheels from cars onto the man.

I can only imagine.

[johniegrad]

Was there a racial component to this story that is being covered up?

Unthinkable.

[don-o]

Welcome to the jungle

[Armedanddangerous]

A 2000 lb car is a hell of a defensive weapon if someone wants to get away from a pack of thugs.

Believe me, you do not want to get hit by a car.

On the other hand, a Glock 27 with nine rounds of 40 cal ammunition would have ended the beating too.

[BenLurkin]

Liberals smile and nod when hip-hop music and gangsta culture invades their city.

They think maybe it is cute or that gansta culture is somehow their fault, or perhaps even that gangsta culture is desirable!

America has shown that is is unwilling or unable to stand up for American culture or to preserve American society. Now the sub-culture (and immigrant) chickens are coming home to roost -- big time.

[Wolfie]

A 2000 lb car is a hell of a defensive weapon if someone wants to get away from a pack of thugs.

Of course, we know how that would have turned out. Still, better to by tried by 12...

[Pessimist]

Hate crime?

[jordan8]

The victim is black.

[RightWhale]

And the thugs?

[BenLurkin]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547909/posts

[mewzilla]

Nice city they've got there.

[jordan8]

Probably, or you would have heard about it on national news, although it might be suppressed if they were hispanic.

[Rakkasan1]

Britney King said she and her two sisters saw the attackers doing flips and cartwheels from cars onto the man.

clearly the blame lies on watching TV pro wrestling (sarcasm)

[RightWhale]

Don't know, but general belligerance is on the rise and not particularly respectful of such distinctions anymore.

[untrained skeptic]

This is why we need to be allowed to carry what the media likes to describe as assault weapons.

The police can not portect you from incidents like this.

[yankeedame]

Britney King said she and her two sisters saw the attackers doing flips and cartwheels from cars onto the man.

You mean like in those chop-seuy-el-cheapo-karata-type movies??

[AlaskaErik]

Was there a racial component to this story that is being covered up?

One thing for sure...it wasn't whites beating up a minority, otherwise we wouldn't hear the end of it for months to come.