Posted on 09/16/2009 7:04:35 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
(CNN) -- The FBI is investigating as a possible hate crime an incident in which a woman was beaten to the ground in front of her child at the entrance to a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Morrow, Georgia, south of Atlanta.
Troy Dale West Jr., of Poulan, Georgia, is facing charges including misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct after allegedly beating Army reservist Tashawnea Hill, 35, after the two had words at the entrance of the Morrow, Georgia, restaurant the evening of September 9.
Hill, an African-American, told police that West, 47, yelled racial epithets at her as the attack took place.
"He did punch me with a closed fist repeated times. My head is still hurting today. I have knots on my head," Hill told CNN Wednesday night, adding she also was kicked.
Police said witnesses confirmed her account.
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Thank God for hate crime legislation. It’s so much worse to beat someone up because of hate as opposed to beating up someone you like.
So a man beats up a woman, a black man beats up a white woman and the law is considering it might be possibly a hate crime but then again they could change their mind.
They don’t call it “Cracker” Barrel for nuttin’.
One of my favorite places to eat while traveling.
The Army reservist must have missed self defense training day during basic.
Good grief SVCW you got it backwards.
Wonder what the real story is?
Ah..the guy is hoping to get a free beer at the White House, that’s all.
Meanwhile:
-A white woman gets gang raped by blacks at a university.
-A white kid gets beat up by his black classmates on a school bus.
-Maxine Waters calls for investigations because we all know that people at tea parties are racist because they’re white.
I guess some animals really are more equal than others. :)
It may be because that situation lacked racial epithets and one of the kids laughing and being entertained by the beating is white. Plus, there were other white kids on the bus not being bothered.
...as opposed to a “I really, really like you” crime?
And what about the white kid that was beaten on a school bus by black kids?
C’mon, you can’t expect them to investigate everything can you? I mean, really they have their hands full with ACORN. /sarc
So this white guy beat the crap out of this black woman for no reason at all. Yeah, I know it happens, just wonder what set him off? Mow, if they charge this guy with a hate crime are they going to charge those black punks that beat the crap out of the white kid on the bus with a hate crime too? I think I already know the answer.
I love the fact that this is a hate crime yet the white kid who had the crap beat out of him on a school bus by blacks w/other blacks hooping and hollering on the sidelines is NOT a hate crime....what the hell am I missing here....
What most Americans missed when they passed the Hate Crime Bill was the timing. This was a strategic weapon that the progressives put into the arsenal FIRST, then and only then they were ready to launch their full scale assault on America. The only justification in enact such a stupid law is to intimidate Americans (the wrong kind of Americans) into keeping their mouths shut while they take over the country.
I was watching CNN because they were going to have the big
Acorn CEO in for an interview. It was even Rick Sanchez...first time in a long, long time that I watched, but the man who did the beating is reported to be saying that the woman spit on him. Of course, both she and her lawyer denied that she provoked him at all. They will be on CNN again tomorrow because there are expecting to release new developments in the case. It was a real rarity for me to watch CNN, but sometimes it is good to see what the FRINGE media is reporting. Fox, to my knowledge, has not been covering the Cracker Barrel incident.
They beat a kid unconscious, and stomped on his head. Poor poor thugs... They're the real heroes.
Easy money fer beatin Whitey.
Well you see, it’s like this. If a white guy murders another white guy that is ...murder and for this you get the death penalty. But, if a white guy murders a black guy that is hate murder, which is much more serious because the black guy is now dead and for hate murder you get the death penalty. See, its easy to understand.
You’re not missing anything. In Obama’s America, some people are more equal than others. (and the ones who are more equal just happen to be darker)
Also, a black kid on the bus helped break up the beating.
That’s true. Actually more than one helped break it up.
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Well, if it’s a BLACK person beating a WHITE person, it simply doesn’t matter.
It’s REVERSE discrimnation.
Thanks to Obama, another BLACK that HATES WHITES, other racists are emboldened and in the open with their projection of racism.
Holy crap! I ate there the morning of the Atlanta race!
The guy hit a woman. I don’t give a rats ass what she did. When a man hits a woman, he is wrong. She was there with her kids and he hit her. I don’t care what color they are he is an idiot and needs to see the judge. My momma would beat the hell out of me if I ever did that.
I remember about 10 years ago when eating at Cracker Barrel was considered by some to be a hate crime. They were accused of not treating homosexual employees fairly.
cracker barrel sucks, just like obami....
I severely dislike cracker barrel, I don’t hate...
eff with me and mine and my G-27 will LOVE you to death....
I totally 110% Agree. And if he really did do this out of racism I hope he is charged with a hate crime. I don’t support hate crime legislation but if the law is on the books I want it enforced.
The only thing I wish and I think most people here wish is that “hate crimes” laws, if their going to be on the books, actually by applied to all crimes that are instigated because somebody hates a particular type of person, even if they happen to be a white male.
1) A man does not beat a woman, especially in front of a child, period. If I was there I would have backed her up.
2) This woman is a member of the US military and deserves some respect.
Who’s the guy in the Pirates hat?
I swear, next time I get into a fight I’ll yell
“ I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! “
the entire time for any witnesses who give a fig.
You might want to take number one off your list. Another thread tonight said it was consensual and the woman changed her story.
The next two are solid though.
This one was too. The brutal torture-rape-murders of Shannon Christian and Christopher Newsom.
But as horrific as it was (and the trials are still not over) it got little national attention.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/aug/23/carjacking-case-in-hands-of-the-jury/
I was taught not to hit a lady, not woman. That can be a big difference. I will always defend myself from a woman, ladies don’t hit you.
That doesn’t mean beat her down, but I’d knock them down in defense.
Not that I’m defending this guy, he’s probably a POS, and should be charged with battery, if her story is the truth.
However, hate crimes laws are stupid and unconstitutional, we all are supposed to have equal protection under the law.
For too long we have behaved like deer caught in the headlights. Or is it possums who become roadkill?
Are you talking about Hofstra? She's recanted.
You know why. Only whites are racist. Only white can “hate”. Black people don’t have enough power to racist or guilty of hate crimes.
That is one of the Jena Sicks thugs, showing off his kill Whitey money.
Yup, another story where the media had a blackout.....seems that is a recurring theme with the MSM lately.
Nobody is arguing those points!
What we have a probalem with are hate laws in which some people are MORE equal than others, and thus Unconstitutional.
Duke Lacrosse Team.
Duke Lacrosse Team.
My favorite recent “race” issue is that babies are born racist, according to Newsweak(sic).
Well, only WHITE babies are born racist.
Huh? It was a black stripper accusing white players.
If you're going for the "why didn't they prosecute that?" angle, they rarely prosecute women for false accusations regardless of the race of the people involved.
Turns out the chick at Hofstra was lying, it was posted here earlier today.
Sorry, thought it was the newest one going around.
While I agree with you on Hate legislation... No hitting a women here in the South whether she is a lady or not! No matter how he spins it this dipstick is wrong.
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