[RC one]

I'm sure AG Holder is all over this obvious hate crime and civil rights violation.

[samadams2000]

Simple owenership of a gun by a law abiding citizen would have ended that madness.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Just another Trayvon doing what they normally do..of course we won’t hear about this in the media..won’t hear a peep from Eric Holder

[Olog-hai]

Not too far upriver from New Orleans. They seem to have forgotten the trouble they got from Katrina.

[Kickass Conservative]

This story is from May 2013.

It has nothing to do with the Zimmerman Verdict and everything to do with the Black Thug Mentality that has skyrocketed since Lord Obama The First was Emancipated.

[D Rider]

Holders people.

[Secret Agent Man]

this is clearly a hate crime.

[Bullish]

2nd degree battery? 2nd degree when they threaten someone, and purposely start a fight causing multiple injuries? And others throwing punches and only cited for minor battery? Really?

Well, I for one ‘get it’. I completely ‘get’ what’s happening here even though my govt and law enforcement want to play dumb. I ‘get it’ that law enforcement and govt have chosen sides and have turned against honest, decent people to aid and abet some of the worst monsters among us.

And since I no longer can ever count on my govt or law enforcement to protect me and my family or bring justice when a crime has been committed against us.... guess what?

[Smokin' Joe]

Still (knowing full well almost anything else could have been the item picked to razz the guy over), who wears pink shirts?

[kaehurowing]

“The victim suffered “a broken eye socket, broken nose, and several lacerations to the face,” and his wife was knocked unconscious.”

I am starting to see a pattern here. When black men are in the presence of white men, they are compelled to defend themselves against white racism.

[kaehurowing]

We certainly need an FBI investigation and a hotline for “tips.”

[Jack Hammer]

Black perp - what a surprise.

[rawcatslyentist]

Since it can't possibly be a "hate" crime. It must be a "love" crime. That crime word sounds so harsh, .....

It was simply a "love occurrence", and the offended party has the rights to pay for all damages done to them.

Man I should have a job at a newspaper..... I'm getting good at this NEWSPEAK.

[Ann Archy]

To Black people.......THIS CRAP is why you are being treated differently!!! DECENT BLACKS, tell them to STOP COMMITTING CRIMES and STOP BEING ANIMALS!!!! White people are becoming AFRAID of Blacks....PETRIFIED in fact.

These people are all on welfare and they are biting the hand that feeds them...literally.

[cuban leaf]

Whenever someone tells me there are more black men in prison because of racism, I tell them, “Yeah! And there are more ment than women in prison because of sexism!”

;-)

[LucianOfSamasota]

As to whether this falls under a hate crime, police said early reports show it does not meet the statute but remains under investigation.

Of course its NOT a hate crime. Only those of Caucasian European lineage are capable of committing 'hate' crimes. Non-whites commit their crimes out of love.

[envisio]

This is why I carry.

[BenLurkin]

I wonder what emotion was triggered in the assailant when he saw the victim wearing a pink shirt.

[Morgana]

The Griswald’s on their family vacation?

[SaraJohnson]

The other two suspects, Devin Bessye, 24, and Ashley Simmons, 22, were released on site after police wrote them each a summons for simple battery.

The victim suffered “a broken eye socket, broken nose, and several lacerations to the face,” and his wife was knocked unconscious.

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They all need to be in jail. They are racist and violent. Simple battery...right. Wonder what would the crime would be if it was whites beating up a black family for “being in the wrong neighborhood. Wish they would have been shot by the victims because it is obvious the police could give a shit.