Again, I don't believe in the concept of hate crimes. I believe in crimes. But if you are a believer in hate crimes as a legitimate concept, then let's hear you call for the hate-crimes hammer to come down hard on this black mob in Ohio. Excerpt:
It came after a family night of celebrating America and freedom with a fireworks show at Firestone Stadium. Marshall, his family and two friends were gathered outside a friend's home in South Akron.Out of nowhere, the six were attacked by dozens of teenage boys, who shouted ''This is our world'' and ''This is a black world'' as they confronted Marshall and his family.
The Marshalls, who are white, say the crowd of teens who attacked them and two friends June 27 on Girard Street numbered close to 50. The teens were all black.
''This was almost like being a terrorist act,'' Marshall said. ''And we allow this to go on in our neighborhoods?''
They said it started when one teen, without any words or warning, blindsided and assaulted Marshall's friend as he stood outside with the others.
When Marshall, 39, jumped in, he found himself being attacked by the growing group of teens.
His daughter, Rachel, 15, who weighs about 90 pounds, tried to come to his rescue. The teens pushed her to the ground.
His wife, Yvonne, pushed their son, Donald, 14, into bushes to keep him protected.
''My thing is,'' Marshall said, ''I didn't want this, but I was in fear for my wife, my kids and my friends. I felt I had to stay out there to protect them, because those guys were just jumping, swinging fists and everything.
''I'm lucky. They didn't break my ribs or bruise my ribs. I thank God, they concentrated on my thick head because I do have one. They were trying to take my head off my spine, basically.''
After several minutes of punches and kicks, the attack ended and the group ran off. The Marshalls' two adult male friends were not seriously hurt.
The police are still investigating, and are not yet calling it a hate crime. But if the Marshalls' account is verified, this was clearly a racist attack by a black mob against whites. So, what next, hate-crimesters?
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This happened almost a week ago, now, yet still no comment from Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson.
Here you go:
Support for the Marshalls arrived this week from the Rev. Sharpton, a national activist for the black community. A spokesman said Sharpton is aware of the attack and does not condone the behavior of the teens.
Sharpton's National Action Network supports the FBI investigation, the spokesman said.
''These teens need to be punished as much as any dumb redneck in white sheets,'' said Richard Jones, a Sharpton spokesman based in Cleveland. ''Nobody should be attacked like this, whether they are black or white. These young men who are responsible need to be brought to justice.''
http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/50495622.html
I'm a bit skeptical. "'This is our world' and 'This is a black world'" don't sound like the kind of thing the alleged perps would actually say if they were committing a hate crime against white people.
It sounds like bad movie dialogue written by people with limited imagination and limited experience of the culture of the speakers.
Reminds me a little bit of the McCain campaign worker in Pittsburgh who claimed a black man beat her up and carved an 'O' into her face. Her story never seemed particularly realistic, and it turned out to be entirely made up.
But I could be wrong.
1. About 50 black teenagers? Have you ever heard the expression "herding cats"?
2. "This is our world"? "This is a black world"? Black youths really talk like that?
3. No witnesses at all on a residential street? A quiet riot, perhaps?
Calling in the FBI was a good idea, but not necessarily to find out if it was a "hate crime". Stay tuned on this one.
1. The family should sue the police department for discrimination if no hate crimes are filed.
2. Pack always. Nothing like a 40 cal when things get really ugly.
JON H who cares what was said sounds like a bad movie line or not-he said they said it and thats a hate crime-our turn to play the game now-pay back for all the parents who sent and couldn't send their kids to public schools/pools...anything public in a city. for reginald deny , for the n.y. subway people murdered-white cops & store owners killed by black murders. I hope they didn't say it but he sticks to the story just to get that charge to stick because the only reason those coward little girls jumped him and his family ( savages) was because he was white.
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