Man Beaten By Mob In Critical Condition

[biteme]

Wonder if O'bummer will speak out against all these mob hate crimes going on all over the nation, or these victims don't look like the son he never had and he doesn't give a shit
Seems O'bummer gave the green light this kind of violent injustice would be tolerated by his administration
as long as the violence was one sided

http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/apr/2...on-ar-3659891/
MOBILE, Alabama --
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 Samford, Florida.

[TheMeaningOfItAll]

As the attackers walked away, leaving Owen bleeding on the ground, Parker says one of them said "Now thats justice for Trayvon."

Seriously? JFC. You beat the shit out of some asshole who asked your kids to get out of the street and blame it on the Trayvon case? Go fuck yourselves.

[melissa222]

It is sad that people are using a serious case as justification for what their ignorant asses are doing... this is only making the problem worse, and showing exactly how stupid you are... That isn't justice for no one.... Again it makes them look stupid and ignorant!!!!!!!

[VXIII]

I wonder if this is going to become an epidemic. If they are beating whites as revenge for Trayvon isnt this a hate crime? It should be. I guess all the mobbing of stores and incidents such as the state fair was advance revenge... I wonder how many will kill and use this as an excuse. I really doubt the prosecutor will go though with persuing the hate crime aspect.

[Northernspark]

Some people will use any excuse. It's all gone quiet near me, but I think that's probably because everyone involved is aware of the CCTV and extra police interest. The few kids in my area who aren't 'white' are waiting for the shit to hit the fan, most of the 'white' kids are trying to keep out of it all, at least in my area. The EDL are still up for a fight, or at least they are training their youth division for the event, little bit disturbing.

[HeatherHabilatory]

Could someone PLEASE inform these asshats that Zimmerman isn't even Caucasian? FFS!

[AngelFire]

We can all thank the assholes that for weeks kept calling for violence. See when we go off and start demanding justice via violence the only ones listening are the idiots like these animals.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Police have arrested Terry Rawls, 44, in the mob-beating of Matthew Owens, according to the Mobile police spokesman Cpl. Christopher Levy.
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Rawls has a lengthy criminal history, including a previous conviction for first-degree assault, according to court records.
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Levy said police believe a large number of neighbors from Saturday's incident were present during the attack but that most of them only watched. He said two or three additional arrests are possible.
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Tucker said the suspect and the victim have a history of conflict that dates as far back as the summer of 2009. Levy said that year the two men became involved in a physical confrontation. A witness had reported that Rawls used a baseball bat in the 2009 fight, Levy said, but that the witness later said he could not say for sure.

Levy said police presented information to the Mobile District Attorney's Office at the time. Prosecutors reduced the charge to third-degree assault, but dropped it when Owens declined to pursue it.

"This here is an incident stemming from an ongoing dispute between neighbors," Levy said.

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."
[...]

Levy also said that police have set up a meeting to present information in the case to the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office.

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/04/arre...eating_of.html

[Abroad]

Mr Rawls is clearly psychic! He knew back in 2009 that Trayvon Martin was going to get killed by someone kinda-white! </endsarcasm>

[HeatherHabilatory]

Ugh. I hate how shit gets twisted.

Either way, it was a mob with baseball bats and shit, against ONE man.

Yeah, you're real tough when you bring your whole family/neighborhood to fight one person. Feel like a big shot now?