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Spokane Cops Blame WWII Vet’s Death on ‘Fighting Back’, Says No ‘Racism’ Involved
http://clashdaily.com/ ^ | 08/27/2013 | n/a

Posted on 08/27/2013 12:30:10 PM PDT by massmike

Two teenage boys are charged in the bloody beating of Delbert Belton outside a Spokane, Washington ice skating rink and investigators are now suggesting the soldier—who took a bullet in the Battle of Okinawa—tried to stop the apparent robbery.

Police say that enraged the teens and turned their petty theft into full-blown murder as they continued to beat him into submission with ‘big, heavy flashlights.’

‘Our information is that the individual fought back and that may have made this, you know, a worse situation,’ said Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub in a Monday press conference.

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KEYWORDS: chieffrankstraub; delbertbelton; frankstraub; sonsofobama; spokane
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To: longfellow

If only the eventual lynch victims throughout the Old Confederacy had not fought back and infuriated the members of the lynch mob, they might have been turned loose with nothing worse than a severe beating.

Yeah, right. Everybody can see the logic of that.


21 posted on 08/27/2013 12:35:43 PM PDT by alloysteel (Unattended children will be given a Red Bull and a free Kazoo. Reminds me of Congress...)
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To: Da Coyote

Is this idiot cop suggesting that the old man should have just rolled over and let these POS thugs get away with it?

Way to go, there Barney Fife...Blame the victim.

God help us!


22 posted on 08/27/2013 12:35:45 PM PDT by k4gypsyrose
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To: jpl

??/

He died because he fought back??

Did he violate the civil rights of the thugs??

oh man


23 posted on 08/27/2013 12:36:01 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: massmike

See, this is the Liberal/Obama method. Just as school children are suppose to run away and not defend themselves, if you are being attacked by hooded thugs you should just give up and let them beat you. If you fight back you deserve to die. See how this works?


25 posted on 08/27/2013 12:36:16 PM PDT by Obadiah (Inside of every Liberal beats the heart of a fascist yearning to reveal their true nature.)
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To: massmike
"Shorty" implies a very small stature, and 88 years old is a pretty advanced age to engage two young men.

I would like to know the size and weight of these two assailants to get a better idea how closely matched the two sides were.

Based on what few details I have seen, I believe that either one of the assailants could have easily overpowered the old man and taken anything they wanted without hurting him.

26 posted on 08/27/2013 12:36:33 PM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: massmike

Don’t fight back and take your beating like a good little slave.


27 posted on 08/27/2013 12:37:02 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
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To: miserare
I found this rather interesting post, from about a year ago, when he was initally appointed.

New Spokane Police Chief Frank Staub[sic]

Frank Straub may have a great brand of hokum to articulate but he would be a disaster for the Mayors re-election. Let me count the ways.

He is not a cop and would either have to become a rookie or be a high priced administrator and Spokane would need a police chief besides!

During his tumultuous 28-month tenure in Indianapolis he drew criticism over his aggressive leadership style and his decisions on police reforms amid multiple scandals.

The Public Safety budget ran $15 million in the red.

Property crime and violent crime went up significantly.

He hired a personal friend’s company to help him “reorganize” the police department.

He claimed “50 years of corruption” but both the mayor and the interim police chief disagreed, according to Fox News.

But with his PhD and with all of the above “qualifications”, what could go wrong?

29 posted on 08/27/2013 12:37:56 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Truth/Lies; Liberty/Tyranny--WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE??)
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To: k4gypsyrose

Last week in the formerly fine city of Wilkes-Barre, PA. a black drug dealer shot two babies, ages 5 and 2. Deliberately. As a message to the other dealer who moved in on his territory.

The perp has not yet been apprehended.

Brave New World.


30 posted on 08/27/2013 12:38:00 PM PDT by miserare (Fire Eric Holder!)
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To: miserare

Spokane prides itself on being a liberal city.


31 posted on 08/27/2013 12:38:02 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
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To: massmike

‘Our information is that the individual fought back and that may have made this, you know, a worse situation,’ said Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub in a Monday press conference.”

Chief Straub is a t**d. Like most liberal politicians - and make no bones about it - police chiefs are NOT law enforcement officers - they are politicians - he feels citizens should quietly submit to barbarians and leave their defence to the constabularly.

My deepest regret is this American hero didn’t have a Garand or M1911 on him to exterminate those vermin who so viciously attacked him. I KNOW he would have used them well.

I’m SURE their attorney will troop out a whole pack of relatives and “character” witnesses at the trial to attempt to demonstrate these mutants are capable of being reformed.

Even if they are - the only transformation they deserve is into the dust from which they were created - as soon as possible.


32 posted on 08/27/2013 12:38:12 PM PDT by ZULU ((See: http://gatesofvienna.net/) Obama, do you hear me?)
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To: massmike
I guess we have gotten to the point where white men actually deserve the abuse they are taking.

I'm sorry but, if need be, I going out like Shorty did - swinging!

We really need to find some real damn men and put them in office.

We don't need a TEA Party as much as we need a BALLs Party!

33 posted on 08/27/2013 12:38:14 PM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (De IRS be my massa, sho' nuff.... / Repeal the Sixteenth!)
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To: massmike
GREENLIGHT for the thugs from the thugs
34 posted on 08/27/2013 12:38:30 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: massmike

The criminal justice business will never charge a black with a hate crime!


35 posted on 08/27/2013 12:39:50 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Let's Roll
The important thing is that we don’t defend ourselves.

You know the really sad thing? Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub will have a Concealed Carry Permit for life, but war hero Delbert Belton would have been a criminal if he had armed himself for his own protection.

36 posted on 08/27/2013 12:39:56 PM PDT by Haiku Guy (Gun Control Haiku: Say "Registration" / And they call you paranoid / So say "Privacy")
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To: massmike

Chief, sometimes you just need to STFU and not cause a feeding frenzy with some misplaced statement....

Instead of being politically correct why don’t you tell the truth and say the ferals where going to kill him anyway?


37 posted on 08/27/2013 12:40:07 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (Prep. Now. Live Healthy, take your Shooting Iron daily.)
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To: alloysteel

You would not be able to teach in a college today with that attitude!

Not at Hillsdale anyway.


38 posted on 08/27/2013 12:40:36 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

There should be a Lemon Law pertaining to police chiefs, as there is one for clunker automobiles.


39 posted on 08/27/2013 12:40:59 PM PDT by miserare (Fire Eric Holder!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

He is not a cop and would either have to become a rookie or be a high priced administrator and Spokane would need a police chief besides!

See my comments about “Police” chiefs.


40 posted on 08/27/2013 12:41:06 PM PDT by ZULU ((See: http://gatesofvienna.net/) Obama, do you hear me?)
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