‘Justice for Trayvon’: Alabama Man in Critical Condition After Mob Beating

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Frisky Feline said:
AH.... the new kid flaming everyone?? really? :shock: I see flaming from many others not just the new kid. Looks like a forum mob attack to me. practice what you preach. if you dont like the new kid flaming you then you all need to stop with the flaming as well. can't have your cake and eat it.
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"New" kid?

:laugh2:
 
How long is this charade going to continue?
 
Steinhauer said:
Centuries of injustice showed towards white Israelis from African Americans. Yeah, those pyramids were built as a result of forced slave labor.
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there's a difference between slavery and racial injustice. can you try to focus for once?
 
CSign said:
Yes. I'm confused why you've decided to come back as "Waterboy" when you said you were done with this site. I think all parties were quite satisfied with that conclusion. Naturally, your friends were too. Don't you have anything better to do with your time than trolling and starting flame wars?
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well - if you dissect this issue and dig in deeper... you'll see that it's mostly 4 people as a mob squad that has an adverse effect on AD, ganging up on bunch of people all over threads. The other 2? were permanently banned so that made our lives a little better.
 
Steinhauer said:
He did not already surrender, he threw Powell off of him and punched another officer in the chest.
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so it's ok for officers to keep on beating and beating and beating when he's on ground, rolling around?

and why the silence on Kelly Thomas, steinhauer?
 
Update on Alabama guy from Fox News:

A racially charged beating of a white Alabama man by a throng of African-Americans is not being investigated as a hate crime, despite one witness' claim that she heard an assailant exclaim: "Now that's justice for Trayvon."

Matthew Owens, of Mobile, Ala., was assaulted with baseball bats, paint cans and other weapons at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday after telling a group of children to stop playing basketball in the middle of Delmar Drive, according to Ashley Rains, public information officer for the Mobile Police Department.

After the children left the area, a group of adults armed with weapons returned and confronted Owens, 40, in his front yard, where he was assaulted. Owens' sister, Ashley Parker, told WKRG she witnessed the attack and that there were as many as 20 assailants. Parker said she overheard one of them say, "Now that's justice for Trayvon."

Asked if the incident was being investigated as a hate crime, Rains replied: "No, it's not. It's being investigated as an assault." Eugene A. Seidel, first assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, declined to comment on the case when reached by FoxNews.com.

"Our policy is not to comment one way or another about cases," Seidel said when asked if his office has inquired about the incident. "All I can say is no comment."

The incident occurred in a middle-class neighborhood in Mobile, on a street where residents have often been at odds with teens who block the roadway to play pickup basketball, WKRG reported. Owens has a criminal record that includes arrests for domestic assault, driving under the influence and public intoxication.
Rains said Parker's statement could not be independently corroborated as of Tuesday. Attempts to reach Parker -- who reportedly characterized the assault as the "scariest thing" she ever witnessed -- were unsuccessful.

"We have not been able to find any other witness that can back that statement up," Rains told FoxNews.com. "It's unknown right now if that was said."

Owens, who regained consciousness early Tuesday, remains in serious condition at the University of South Alabama Medical Center, Rains said.

It remains unclear how many people participated in the assault, but Rains said it involved multiple assailants. The relationship -- if any -- between the children and the alleged perpetrators is also unclear, Rains said.

"We've spoken to the victim and we're doing our best to put together a suspect list and identify any suspects that were in the assault," she said.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Mobile Police Department at (251) 208-7211 .




Read more: Beating of Alabama man not seen as hate crime, despite claim 'Trayvon' invoked | Fox News
 
And more about the Alabama guy:

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."


"He said that police told him that Parker was in the house during the attack and that other witnesses in the neighborhood didn't report any statement about Martin."
Alabama "attack" update: No indication anybody yelled anything about "justice for Trayvon." - Democratic Underground

It started with a game of basketball. Kids in the Delmar Drive neighborhood play almost every night, and Saturday their ball found its way into a yard down the street where Matthew Owens was staying.

Neighbors say Owens confronted the kids as they chased their ball.

"We said we're sorry," says David Dinkins, one of the kids playing. "He said 'get the F out of the yard!'"

Dinkins says that's when Owens started spewing racial slurs and pulled out two knives.

"It was like kitchen knives," Dinkins says. "They were long."

Mayor & Police: Delmar Beating Not A Hate Crime | Mobile AL, Pensacola FL News, Weather, Sports | WPMI-TV | Local15TV.com
 
And yet more: An arrest was made...



Tucker expressed a similar sentiment. “That’s an important fact that needs to get out to the public. This was not some random event that came out of nowhere.”


Neighbors have said a large group of black people confronted Owens at about 8:30 p.m. near his home on Delmar Drive. Levy said many people appear to have been present, but he said most merely watched and did not participate in the violence.


He said Owens had a dispute with neighborhood children who were playing basketball on the street. They told their parents, who were having a large get-together with friends.


“Really, the party just kind of moved down there,” Levy said.


It was not the first time violence erupted between Rawls and Owens. Levy said the 2 traded racist epithets in July 2009 and that Rawls assaulted Owens. While a witness initially told police that Rawls had used a baseball bat, Levy said the suspect denied that, insisting he had only used his hands. The witness later said he could not be sure a bat was used, Levy said.


At any rate, Levy said, the District Attorney’s Office reduced the charge to third-degree assault and dropped it when Owens declined to pursue it.


Arrest made in racially tinged beating of Mobile man; suspect and victim had feud (Updated) | al.com
 
If I were Owens and didn't like the noises on my street, I would move out. In other words, he should move out to someplace quiet. But he didn't deserve the assault because all he did was complain.
 
Waterboy said:
Answer to question in post 109 is in post 111 and post 116. Very clear.

Answer to question in post 350 in post 353.
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Very clear!!!???!!! Your mind must not know any reading comprehension because you answered with only b. s.

First you answer post #350 with two questions. Answering a question with two question is not an answer, it is b. s.

Second, your post #111 clearly does not state your position of the question asked in post #109. And your post #116 is small talk with Reba, not anything near an answer to CrazyPaul's question to you.

Instead of b. s. why don't you say you are going to ignore the questions and/or refuse to answer them.
 
rolling7 said:
Very clear!!!???!!! Your mind must not know any reading comprehension because you answered with only b. s.

First you answer post #350 with two questions. Answering a question with two question is not an answer, it is b. s.

Second, your post #111 clearly does not state your position of the question asked in post #109. And your post #116 is small talk with Reba, not anything near an answer to CrazyPaul's question to you.

Instead of b. s. why don't you say you are going to ignore the questions and/or refuse to answer them.
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Hey rolling, are you okay?

Not let waste your time if Waterboy disagree with you or not answer the questions.
 
Jiro said:
there's a difference between slavery and racial injustice. can you try to focus for once?
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I am completely focused. Isn't slavery of a race racial injustice?

Why yes ... yes, it is.

So what the Africans did by enslaving the Israelis ... and their own race ... taught the Portuguese all about the slave trade in the 1500's


But isn't it so easy just to blame slavery on white people without letting things like historical facts getting in the way?
 
rolling7 said:
Very clear!!!???!!! Your mind must not know any reading comprehension because you answered with only b. s.

First you answer post #350 with two questions. Answering a question with two question is not an answer, it is b. s.

Second, your post #111 clearly does not state your position of the question asked in post #109. And your post #116 is small talk with Reba, not anything near an answer to CrazyPaul's question to you.

Instead of b. s. why don't you say you are going to ignore the questions and/or refuse to answer them.
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I can't help it if you can't understand the answers. Get someone to explain it to you, I guess.
 
Steinhauer said:
I am completely focused. Isn't slavery of a race racial injustice?

Why yes ... yes, it is.

So what the Africans did by enslaving the Israelis ... and their own race ... taught the Portuguese all about the slave trade in the 1500's


But isn't it so easy just to blame slavery on white people without letting things like historical facts getting in the way?
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No, not in this day and time, it isn't. We are talking about racial injustice that continues today.

Pretty easy to give white people responsibility for slavery in America. You trying to deny that and bring up things that have nothing to do wth anything is funny. Jiro got it right. You need to focus.

Now, what about the injustices that happen in the legal system every day in America in 2012?
 
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