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Sharpsburg man charged with racially motivated attack at Downtown T station
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | May 30, 2019 | Shelly Bradbury

Posted on 06/01/2019 9:02:12 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

A Sharpsburg man is accused of beating another man into unconsciousness at the Wood Street Light Rail Transit station and throwing him onto the tracks in a racially motivated attack, according to Port Authority police.

Willie J. Hayes, 46, who is black, was charged Wednesday with attempted homicide, aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation in connection with the Saturday evening attack, according to a criminal complaint.

Surveillance video from the T Station showed Hayes approach the victim, Charles Basarab, who is white, on the platform just before 9 p.m. Saturday, according to the complaint. Hayes then punched Mr. Basarab three times before throwing Mr. Basarab onto the tracks, according to the complaint.

Hayes then walked to the edge of the platform and looked down at Mr. Basarab, who appeared to be unconscious, before leaving the station.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: hatecrime; race; thugculture
"Two witnesses told Port Authority police that just before the attack, Hayes said he was going to kill Mr. Basarab because Mr. Basarab was white, according to the complaint. The witnesses said after Hayes threw Mr. Basarab onto the tracks, he looked down at the man and said, “I [expletive] told you I was going to kill you.”
1 posted on 06/01/2019 9:02:12 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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Well, this is odd. It seems to me the perp was triggered by the mere presence of what appeared to be a ‘white’ individual. I’m sure this will all be okay once they calculate the trigger level of the event.


2 posted on 06/01/2019 9:06:46 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: yesthatjallen

btt


3 posted on 06/01/2019 9:07:36 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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A Sharpsburg man is accused of beating another man into unconsciousness at the Wood Street Light Rail Transit station and throwing him onto the tracks in a racially motivated attack

Someone please explain to my why the crime of "beating another man into unconsciousness" doesn't receive the stiffest punishment possible. Can anyone make the case that this thug would deserve a lesser sentence if his victim was of the same race?

4 posted on 06/01/2019 9:13:49 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: yesthatjallen

They aren’t going to let Negros engage in the sport of the “Knockout Game” in that jurisdiction any more?


5 posted on 06/01/2019 9:16:52 AM PDT by PAR35
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With this mutt making the statement, “I [expletive] told you I was going to kill you.” I would consider this a classic and justified CC scenario.


6 posted on 06/01/2019 9:17:34 AM PDT by rhubarbk (WINNING, WINNING, WINNING . . . TRUMP 2020)
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To: ElkGroveDan

Yes, he was “beaten into unconsciousness” then tossed onto the tracks below. That sounds for all the world like attempted murder.


7 posted on 06/01/2019 9:18:20 AM PDT by Blurb2350
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Perp is in a camo shirt - another skirmish in the low-profile race war...


8 posted on 06/01/2019 9:24:09 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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Someone please explain to my why the crime of "beating another man into unconsciousness" doesn't receive the stiffest punishment possible. Can anyone make the case that this thug would deserve a lesser sentence if his victim was of the same race?

It's a 'teachable moment'. Like Jussie Smollett.

Mr. Willie J. Hayes raised our awareness of social injustice.

9 posted on 06/01/2019 9:24:50 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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Wood Street Light Rail Transit station

White people are only supposed to pay for public transportation, not actually use it.

10 posted on 06/01/2019 9:26:10 AM PDT by Drew68
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The direct result of Democrats stoking racial hatred. The are complicit.


11 posted on 06/01/2019 9:37:41 AM PDT by dhs12345
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[[I’m sure this will all be okay once they calculate the trigger level of the event.]]

Kim Fox is on it-


12 posted on 06/01/2019 9:38:17 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: yesthatjallen

Well well! The media actually told us the races even though they weren’t what they wanted!

Let’s see how long it is before the hate crime charges are dropped.


13 posted on 06/01/2019 9:53:46 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Islam, not a religion, a totalitarian political ideology aiming for world domination. -Wilders)
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To: Blurb2350

These are only hate crimes when blacks like Smollett are
“attacked”


14 posted on 06/01/2019 9:57:15 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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They push the lowest-IQ supporters to these attacks, then decry the resulting segregation. These attacks ensure segregation is a permanent situation now.


15 posted on 06/01/2019 10:03:04 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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This headline coming from the media actually surprises me.

I can’t recall ever hearing about a black person targeting a white person and having it admitted that it was racially motivated.


16 posted on 06/01/2019 10:21:05 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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Lots of guys like this thug have been gentrified out of Lawrenceville, across the river into Sharpsburg. Sounds like he was at the Wood Street T station just looking for a white victim. The T doesn’t go to Sharpsburg.


17 posted on 06/01/2019 11:48:08 AM PDT by Jaxter (Pro Aris et Focis)
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Yet another example of a racial hate crime by a feral. He should go to prison for a long time. Too bad the guy he assaulted wasn’t carrying. It would have the taxpayers a lot of money.


18 posted on 06/01/2019 6:17:26 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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