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The Northerner

(5,040 posts) Thu Mar 29, 2012, 03:19 PM Mar 2012

6 men charged in Seneca beating; hate crime possible

SENECA — Police have charged six black men with beating a white man outside a Seneca restaurant and have sent information about the attack to the FBI to determine if hate crime charges should also be filed.

Authorities say the victim told investigators that a group of men called him racially charged names as he walked to his vehicle in the parking lot on March 17.

The man told police he was hit, and when he tried to fight back, the group attacked him.

Police Chief John Covington says none of the men arrested appeared to know the victim.

The men are charged with assault and battery by mob.

Source: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20120329/WIRE/120329598

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6 men charged in Seneca beating; hate crime possible (Original Post) The Northerner Mar 2012 OP

The difference being, THEY were charged FrodosPet Mar 2012 #1

Exactly!! Obamacare Mar 2012 #3

Maybe it's "payback" for Trayvon Martin? Quantess Mar 2012 #2

Possibly, but to vent their anger on someone they likely didn't know is simply wrong. The Northerner Mar 2012 #4

Well, obviously! Quantess Mar 2012 #6

Except... SpencerShay Mar 2012 #5

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)

1. The difference being, THEY were charged

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 03:32 PM

Mar 2012

And Zimmerman wasn't.

Obamacare

(277 posts)

3. Exactly!!

Reply to FrodosPet (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 03:35 PM

Mar 2012

While this case is bad, at least arrests have been made. Killerman, is still walking free to kill again.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)

2. Maybe it's "payback" for Trayvon Martin?

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 03:32 PM

Mar 2012

The Northerner

(5,040 posts)

4. Possibly, but to vent their anger on someone they likely didn't know is simply wrong.

Reply to Quantess (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 03:35 PM

Mar 2012

Regardless, it's saddening that there are still many people who embrace this eye-for-an-eye policy.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)

6. Well, obviously!

Reply to The Northerner (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 03:48 PM

Mar 2012

I'm just considering the timing.

SpencerShay

(72 posts)

5. Except...

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 03:45 PM

Mar 2012

These black dudes have been arrested. No way would a mob of black guys get away with beating the crap out of a white person. And, even if was payback for Trayvon Martin, maybe they wouldn't have felt the need for such payback if the stupid cops did their jobs, and stopped covering for George Zimmerman. This is just another "They (blacks) do it to us, too!" post. It reminds me of George Zimmerman, and his family trying to get sympathy for themselves, but showing none for Trayvon Martin, and his family.

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