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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts)
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 06:32 AM Apr 2014

MI men arrested for viciously beating Army veteran they considered a ‘n*gger lover’

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/07/mi-men-arrested-for-viciously-beating-army-veteran-they-considered-a-ngger-lover/



MI men arrested for viciously beating Army veteran they considered a ‘n*gger lover’
By Scott Kaufman
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:26 EDT

Police in Michigan arrested three men who are accused of viciously beating an Army veteran who objected to their racist remarks.

According to the Westland Police Department, United States Army veteran Adam Wagner went to a 7-11 convenience store at 2 a.m. Saturday morning to purchase a pack of cigarettes. Once inside, he noticed three men harassing the female clerk, and he told them to stop.

When he walked outside, the trio followed him. At this point, Wagner told police, they noticed the Army insignia on Wagner’s car and began to taunt him about the military.

“They were saying, ‘How can you be in the military when they let black people in the military?’ They used the ‘n word’, saying {he) was an ‘n-word’ lover,” Wagner’s girlfriend told WJBK.



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MI men arrested for viciously beating Army veteran they considered a ‘n*gger lover’ (Original Post) unhappycamper Apr 2014 OP
Glad Wagner intervened. Hope they get the racist cowards. Hoyt Apr 2014 #1
In this day and age, fuck. PS, attention all who shit on the Southern states... NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #2
All of us in Michigan know how bad it is here. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #8
... BeyondGeography Apr 2014 #3
3 on 1? Yeah, real men, huh? Uben Apr 2014 #4
Three Debits To The White Race Vogon_Glory Apr 2014 #5
I use to live in the area. safeinOhio Apr 2014 #6
This story makes me very angry. Feral Child Apr 2014 #7
Adam Wagner seems like the type of guy you want to have around Victor_c3 Apr 2014 #9
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
2. In this day and age, fuck. PS, attention all who shit on the Southern states...
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 06:48 AM
Apr 2014

It happens in the North, too.

And the West and the East.

Racism is everywhere.

knitter4democracy

(14,350 posts)
8. All of us in Michigan know how bad it is here.
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 10:43 AM
Apr 2014

Rural Michigan is almost entirely white, and too many are racist. Add in white-flight suburbs and the power of right-wing talk radio, and it's bad. Really bad.

BeyondGeography

(39,377 posts)
3. ...
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 06:54 AM
Apr 2014
“I took pretty, pretty good offense to that because my best friend in the army was black. He saved my life,” Wagner added.

Uben

(7,719 posts)
4. 3 on 1? Yeah, real men, huh?
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 06:54 AM
Apr 2014

It took three real cowards to rough up one real man. Racist scum who will definitely wind up in prison for their extreme ignorance. Or, they will mess with the wrong man, and wind up dying for their stupidity.

Vogon_Glory

(9,127 posts)
5. Three Debits To The White Race
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 07:15 AM
Apr 2014

Three debits to the white race, and trashing someone who did something they didn't do--volunteer for military service. What a passel of prize human beings!

I hope the prosecutor does his/her job and that the judge and jury throws the book at those scum balls.

safeinOhio

(32,714 posts)
6. I use to live in the area.
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 07:15 AM
Apr 2014

I think any Wayne County jury will not be kind to those arrested and they won't find any Wayne County jail very comfortable. They've made their own bed and will have to sleep in it.

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
9. Adam Wagner seems like the type of guy you want to have around
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 02:40 PM
Apr 2014

He stood up for a person being humiliated and did the right thing. Standing up to three thugs takes courage and I don't think most people could or would do it.

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