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‘Devastating And Tragic:’ 12-Year-Old Boy Stabbed Inside Of Downtown McDonald’s
CBS Pittsburgh Local ^ | March 30, 2021 | Jessica Guay

Posted on 03/21/2021 3:22:14 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh police said a 12-year-old boy was stabbed inside a McDonald’s in Downtown Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon.

Police said they arrested 51-year-old Charles Edward Turner in connection with the stabbing. He’s facing several charges, including criminal attempted homicide.

The child was transported to the hospital in critical condition. A criminal complaint states that a doctor upgraded his condition to stable. It also said a black and yellow box cutter was recovered from the scene and a piece of razor blade that broke off the box cutter was recovered where the stabbing happened.

“It’s really quite a tragic thing on a beautiful Saturday downtown,” said Cara Cruz, she’s the Deputy Public Information Officer for the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department.

Police said the 12-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck inside McDonald’s on Liberty Avenue and Stanwix Street just after 2:00 p.m. Saturday. Cruz said the child was standing in line with his family when the incident happened.

“He was with his family, he was standing in line, they had just zipped in for one quick thing,” Cruz said.

People walking in the busy downtown area were shocked and scared when they heard the news.

“I think it’s terrible that something like that can happen,” said Anthony Benson, who just moved to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia.

(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburgh.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: homeless; homelessness; mcdonalds; mentalhealth; mentallyill; pittsburgh; stabbing
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None of the printed news reports I've read mention a motive, but on the local TV newscast this morning they claimed that when the Police arrived at the scene they heard the perp uttering "racial slurs" and muttering something about "white devils."
1 posted on 03/21/2021 3:22:14 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Since race was not mentioned, we strongly suspect that perhaps there’s more to the story. OK, we know. Look at what “they” really tried (and failed) to do about the new woke thing: anti-Asian racism.
Thankfully, the media is so demonstrably stupid that they cannot even do fake lying well.
Oh well, journalism. When you absolutely, positively cannot do anything well at all.


2 posted on 03/21/2021 3:26:26 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

we need to bring back insane asylums


3 posted on 03/21/2021 3:26:39 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (When will the dems turn the US into Venezuela????)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Well, obviously then, this could not have been a hate crime.


4 posted on 03/21/2021 3:26:51 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
So according to printed news reports, the perpetrator of this heinous crime is indeed a Negro.

5 posted on 03/21/2021 3:27:56 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (White and Super Straight)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They hate whites, but I don’t expect everyone to understand.


6 posted on 03/21/2021 3:30:09 PM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

thus it wont be reported, no one will mention this poor child brutally murdered since the perp is the “Right” race


7 posted on 03/21/2021 3:31:01 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Some Critical Race Theory hustler will just say that the man was helping the kid “check his White Privilege”.


8 posted on 03/21/2021 3:33:23 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The suspect is black. What race is that boy ? If he is non black, hate crime it is


9 posted on 03/21/2021 3:34:42 PM PDT by Lee25 ( )
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

White on black or black on white. No good either way. Just wondering. Someone cut line. Why can’t we all get along..


10 posted on 03/21/2021 3:37:27 PM PDT by glimmerman70
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

A box cutter is a slashing weapon, not a stabbing device. The article stated the boy was injured on his neck and in critical condition.

The perp slashed his throat......


11 posted on 03/21/2021 3:38:03 PM PDT by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Some 12-year-olds are hardened killers. How do we know this wasn’t self-defense? I know, box cutters? That’s the weapon of choice of guys named Mohammed.


12 posted on 03/21/2021 3:40:21 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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13 posted on 03/21/2021 3:43:37 PM PDT by Fiddlstix
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Prayers for the victim.


14 posted on 03/21/2021 3:44:00 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Thank God the boy is alive and now in stable condition, initially critical, per article.

Attempted murder for sure. Probably.pkead down to some kind of assault.


15 posted on 03/21/2021 3:45:18 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate other.)
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Plead down, not pkead.down . Eesh.


16 posted on 03/21/2021 3:46:24 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate other.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

They also hate Koreans in a lot of cities. They hate East Indians in some places. My own take is it’s because these groups open businesses in black areas and are successful.


17 posted on 03/21/2021 3:46:25 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: madprof98

This type of crime happens all too frequently. The only thing rare about it is the fact it was reported. If the national media reported every black on white murder the constant drumbeat of complaints about white privilege and terrorism would end quickly. It is long past time to have the honest conversation demanded by Eric Holder backed with real facts about what is happening today, not 100 years ago.


18 posted on 03/21/2021 3:46:54 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They put his name in the article because it sounds...white.....


19 posted on 03/21/2021 3:47:23 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: heartwood

Oh I didnt know, thank God he is going to be OK..Heck if this had happened in Los Angeles the perp would have been released after an hour


20 posted on 03/21/2021 3:50:23 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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