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Baton Rouge police arrest two teens in beating death
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Posted on 02/19/2014 8:20:22 PM PST by TigerClaws

Baton Rouge police arrested two teens Tuesday accused in the fatal Feb. 1 attack of a 55-year-old Indiana native, a crime that might have been committed simply because the teens wanted to see who hit harder.

John Bannon, 1654 Clear Lake Lane, Baton Rouge, died Friday of injuries sustained when he fell onto the concrete sidewalk during the attack, fractured his skull and suffered a brain hemorrhage, according to the arrest warrant for Windall Lavel Herring.

Bannon’s death leaves his family wondering why a man they described as a compassionate and caring individual was targeted.

“You just want to know why, why him,” said Susan Smith, Bannon’s sister, who resides in Nashville, Tenn. on Wednesday afternoon, choking back tears. “Why him, of all people, (who) didn’t bother anybody.”

Police think the two teens, Herring, 19, and a 15-year-old whose name was not released, attacked Bannon in an attempted robbery, to see who could hit harder or possibly for another reason, police spokesman Cpl. L’Jean McKneely said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
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Reverse the races and this is a national news story. As is, local news only.
1 posted on 02/19/2014 8:20:22 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

SOBs

(Sons of ‘Bama)


4 posted on 02/19/2014 8:25:45 PM PST by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: TigerClaws

The sister wants to know why her brother was targeted well is it because he was white?


5 posted on 02/19/2014 8:28:17 PM PST by funfan
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To: TigerClaws

It’s my guess that these teens were FATHERLESS, not a dad in sight. That is the BANE of the African-American community.


6 posted on 02/19/2014 8:28:41 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: TigerClaws

simply because the teens wanted to see who hit harder.

seesm i remember a sport form my youth called boxing.. that was set up on that very premise...


7 posted on 02/19/2014 8:29:01 PM PST by MeshugeMikey (Where are The Weapons Of Mass Global Climate Change Destruction?)
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To: TigerClaws

Hmmm, I wonder if HLN will have round the clock coverage of this case like they did the Dunn case..my spidey senses say NO, because the perps are black, doesn’t fit into their neat little agenda


8 posted on 02/19/2014 8:35:09 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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Should’ve picked our own dam cotton!


9 posted on 02/19/2014 8:36:17 PM PST by bicyclerepair (TERM LIMITS .......... TERM LIMITS .......... TERM LIMITS)
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To: TigerClaws

Why him? Cuz he be a cracka.


10 posted on 02/19/2014 8:37:56 PM PST by Old Yeller
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To: F15Eagle

Zombies strike again.


11 posted on 02/19/2014 8:37:57 PM PST by matthew fuller (The GOP is dead- Long Live the TEA Party!)
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To: F15Eagle

Zombies strike again.


12 posted on 02/19/2014 8:38:01 PM PST by matthew fuller (The GOP is dead- Long Live the TEA Party!)
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Put ‘em down like feral animals.


These maggots are destroying society.

I don’t know the color of the man they killed. That doesn’t matter to me. These two, including the 15 year old, need to be put down. And we don’t need to waste a lot of tax dollars doing it.


14 posted on 02/19/2014 8:42:30 PM PST by boycott
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To: TigerClaws

Holder needs to get off of his @$$ and get his “people” under control.


16 posted on 02/19/2014 9:01:43 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As government expands, liberty contracts. - President Ronald W. Reagan)
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To: TigerClaws

Obama wouldn’t want his son to play football. Too much time away from the knock-out game.


17 posted on 02/19/2014 9:03:06 PM PST by hometoroost
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“Bannon’s death leaves his family wondering why a man they described as a compassionate and caring individual was targeted. “

Because he was white and unarmed.


18 posted on 02/19/2014 9:51:10 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: TigerClaws

Perhaps the victim was playing a Lawrence Welk album too loud.


19 posted on 02/19/2014 10:03:07 PM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Why should he? They are doing exactly as Holder wishes.


20 posted on 02/19/2014 10:06:27 PM PST by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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