‘justice for trayvon’: Alabama man in critical condition after mob beating

[Roverron]

Mobile,AL. 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 (WKRG-TV) 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.”
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.”

This isn't pretty, and I truly believe all this race-war baiting is caused by our clown president who has done everything he can to make this happen and cause rifts between races, rich & poor, union and non-union I could go on. This has to STOP NOW!
And This is the Reason for being Armed! --To Protect yourself and your family!

[Snipersnest]

I think we may end up like the 60's with rioting all over the country. Don't buy guns, buy more ammo!

[jmlutz]

Originally Posted by Snipersnest

I think we may end up like the 60's with rioting all over the country. Don't buy guns, buy more ammo!

Yeah,I'm thinking that also. Mike

[herefordman1]

We can point the finger at the media for all this crap!

Jim

[Riverpigusmc]

Trayvon was an asshat thug that weighed about 180 and was 6' 2". He attacked a man, got his ticket punched for his trouble, and is now worm dirt. Life's tough if you're stupid. We don't suffer fools too much here in Florida

[douglas_knott]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

Trayvon was an asshat thug that weighed about 180 and was 6' 2". He attacked a man, got his ticket punched for his trouble, and is now worm dirt. Life's tough if you're stupid. We don't suffer fools too much here in Florida

And we have a winner.

[Quick Draw]

I live in this city so I feel qualified to speak from an informed point of view.

There was some bad history between this victim and some neighbors.

What prompted this latest incident was an ongoing problem with children taking portable basketball goals into the streets. The streets were then blocked to traffic and the children/teenagers/young adults refused to move them out of the street so cars could pass and shouted racial ephitets at anyone who complained. As you might expect these situations escalate and then parents/adults get involved and soon you have a mob scene of vigilantes. It was somewhat like the Rodney King episode in Watts, California years ago. So far without burning the entire neighborhood down.

The Mayor called in the FBI to investigate this as a "hate crime".

We shall see how it turns out.

Where are Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson now since the victim is caucasian?

COTEP CBOB0638

[Big Smoke]

You can bet they're in front of a camera blaming the white guy for being white.

[bartwatkins]

Originally Posted by Quick Draw

I live in this city so I feel qualified to speak from an informed point of view.

There was some bad history between this victim and some neighbors.

What prompted this latest incident was an ongoing problem with children taking portable basketball goals into the streets. The streets were then blocked to traffic and the children/teenagers/young adults refused to move them out of the street so cars could pass and shouted racial ephitets at anyone who complained. As you might expect these situations escalate and then parents/adults get involved and soon you have a mob scene of vigilantes. It was somewhat like the Rodney King episode in Watts, California years ago. So far without burning the entire neighborhood down.

The Mayor called in the FBI to investigate this as a "hate crime".

We shall see how it turns out.

Where are Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson now since the victim is caucasian?

+1 - I am from Mobile (and my mother, sister and 1 brother still live there). Was talking to my mother on the phone the other morning and she told me about this. She did say the same thing as you have said (about the ongoing bad blood between this guy and his neighbors).

Anyway, definitely a horrible situation but it did seem like something that had been brewing/stewing for a while at least. And those convicted of 'hate crimes' should be dealt some stiff penalties for sure.

[Riverpigusmc]

What the hell is a "hate crime?? That sounds like something the pansy British or French surrender monkeys came up with..dontcha pretty much have to hate someone to beat them like that or murder them??