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Monday 6:55 p.m.Mobile police need your help to catch a mob that beat Matthew Owens so badly that he's in critical condition.
According to police, Owens fussed at some kids playing basketball in the middle of Delmar Drive about 8:30 Saturday night. They say the kids left and a group of adults returned, armed with everything but the kitchen sink.
Police tell News 5 the suspects used chairs, pipes and paint cans to beat Owens.
Owens' sister, Ashley Parker, saw the attack. "It was the scariest thing I have ever witnessed." Parker says 20 people, all African American, attacked her brother on the front porch of his home, using "brass buckles, paint cans and anything they could get their hands on."
Police will only say "multiple people" are involved.
What Parker says happened next could make the fallout from the brutal beating even worse. As the attackers walked away, leaving Owen bleeding on the ground, Parker says one of them said "Now thats justice for Trayvon." Trayvon Martin is the unarmed teenager police say was shot and killed February 26 by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida.
Man Beaten By Mob, Arrests Expected Today | WKRG
This is sickening.
Bastards.
It is....And of all the TM threads that burst out to 10 pages within minutes of being posted, the silence is deafening.
j-mac
This is a pretty brutal crime and I hope the victim makes it out okay. It's pretty impressive that he's still alive after being attacked by so many people.Well, now let's see these same posters out there defending Treyvon Martin come in this thread and show the same of Mr. Owens.
Think Eric Holder will dispatch the 'Hate Crimes Unit' to charge these 20 adults? Or even investigate it?
j-mac
Well, now let's see these same posters out there defending Treyvon Martin come in this thread and show the same of Mr. Owens.
Think Eric Holder will dispatch the 'Hate Crimes Unit' to charge these 20 adults? Or even investigate it?
j-mac
Why would you politicise this? Do you think this is Trayvon's fault?
Actually, you politicized it when you mentioned Eric Holder and tried to call out other posters for not doing something that they hadn't even had the chance to do. If you're going to politicize something, at least own it. Personal responsibility, isn't it?Why would I politicize this? I am not. I am not the one making the statement after beating a man into a near death experience, that 'this is for Treyvon Martin.
j-mac
Well, now let's see these same posters out there defending Treyvon Martin come in this thread and show the same of Mr. Owens.
Think Eric Holder will dispatch the 'Hate Crimes Unit' to charge these 20 adults? Or even investigate it?
j-mac
Mob mentality sucks...
This is not justice for anyone, just idiotic...
I'm expecting Al Sharpton & Jessie to show up within the hour. :lamo
This is a pretty brutal crime and I hope the victim makes it out okay. It's pretty impressive that he's still alive after being attacked by so many people.
In any case, if someone did actually say, "now that's justice for Trayvon"
I think that's a shame.
I doubt Trayvon's family would want his name associated with this kind of violence
and I think it's disrespectful to Trayvon's memory to do this in his name.
It's also just plainly irrational to think that beating some random dude would bring any amount of justice for Martin.
I also want to note that the OP's dumbass comments are stupid as hell.
They are also ironic.
Good job using a tragic story as a ploy to criticize those who have been commenting on another tragic story without even commenting on the tragedy of either story. Lame.
That certainly be a hate crime.
Actually, you politicized it when you mentioned Eric Holder and tried to call out other posters for not doing something that they hadn't even had the chance to do. If you're going to politicize something, at least own it. Personal responsibility, isn't it?
Actually, you politicized it when you mentioned Eric Holder and tried to call out other posters for not doing something that they hadn't even had the chance to do. If you're going to politicize something, at least own it. Personal responsibility, isn't it?
Think Eric Holder will dispatch the 'Hate Crimes Unit' to charge these 20 adults? Or even investigate it?
I would go through all of this and answer it, but the self-respect that prevents me from giving so much time to such idiocy has overpowered me.Very true.
But, we have an eyewitness.
It's a shame eh. Just not something that is deserving of rallies, and marches, and bounties right?
Know them personally do you?
Do what? Beat Mr. Owens? or report on it?
Do you think it was racist?
Yeah? Who gives a ****?
Oh yeah? do tell...How so?
The tragedy of both is readily apparent...In fact, it would take a pretty thick individual to think otherwise, so if we could dispense with the obvious, and get to the facts, do you, or do you not think that this crime was racially motivated?
j-mac
Well, now let's see these same posters out there defending Treyvon Martin come in this thread and show the same of Mr. Owens.
Think Eric Holder will dispatch the 'Hate Crimes Unit' to charge these 20 adults? Or even investigate it?
j-mac
I would go through all of this and answer it, but the self-respect that prevents me from giving so much time to such idiocy has overpowered me.
I know the racial tensions are very high around here (I live 20 miles from Sanford). I was not aware that they were that high all over the country.
I know the racial tensions are very high around here (I live 20 miles from Sanford). I was not aware that they were that high all over the country.
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