Long Beach Teens Face Hate Crimes Charges

The L. A. Times ^ | 11/22/06 | Hector Beccerra and

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Long Beach teens face hate crime charges By Hector Becerra, November 22, 2006

Los Angeles County prosecutors today filed hate crimes charges against eight black teenagers accused of beating up three white women on Halloween night in a case that has startled and divided Long Beach.

Authorities said they took the action after concluding that the teens attacked and beat the women in the upscale Bixby Knolls area because they were white.

The case has been the subject of a wrenching public dialogue over the last few weeks in the racially diverse city of 460,000, with civil rights groups like the NAACP condemning the teenagers' alleged actions and the city holding a public forum meant to ease tensions. The attack occurred on a block known for fancy Halloween decorations.

According to police, a mob of mostly girls, ages 12 to 17, allegedly hurled racial insults at the women, threw small pumpkins and lemons at them, and then knocked them to the ground with kicks, punches and swings of a skateboard.

The attack left the women, two 19-year-olds and a 21-year-old bloodied and with broken bones, internal bruises and cuts, before a black passerby stopped his car and pulled their assailants away.

"What could have possibly gone through their mind to make them think this kind of behavior was OK?" asked Police Officer Jackie Bezart. The girls, who face felony assault charges, appeared in court today.

Their attorneys said the girls are good students and have no history of violence or criminal behavior. One of the girls won a full athletic scholarship to USC and had represented the United States in a track meet in China, her attorney told the court. He urged the judge to allow the girl out of Juvenile Hall so she could take the SATs.

[BnBlFlag]

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

[Tax-chick]

He urged the judge to allow the girl out of Juvenile Hall so she could take the SATs.

She's already been admitted to USC on a full scholarship. Why not just admit that the SAT's are a front? Just let somebody take them for her.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

...allow the girl out of Juvenile Hall so she could take the SATs.

Yeh, yuwl bee thu smardust crimunul in Juvinhul holl!

[LdSentinal]

Yoo-hoo, Jesse Jackson. Over here.

[bobby.223]

keep these savages locked up for as long as possible.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Are there large crowds shouting "no justice, no peace"? I didn't think so.

[Eagles6]

Oh, wow! hector must have gotten straight A's at the Columbia School of Broadcasting. What possibly could these "white" women have done to enrage these upstanding "black teenagers" to hurl "small pumpkins" at them and "beat them up"?

What a load of crap!

[spinestein]

["What could have possibly gone through their mind to make them think this kind of behavior was OK?" asked Police Officer Jackie Bezart.]



Perhaps the decades of race baiting opportunists constantly blaming 'whitey' for all the ills of black America have something to do with it.

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, among others, share a portion of the responsibility for this shameful behavior.

[Lurker]

"What could have possibly gone through their mind to make them think this kind of behavior was OK?" asked Police Officer Jackie Bezart

Maybe it was 40 years of 'blame whitey'? Maybe it was 30 years of Calypso Louie BS? Maybe it was 15 years of Hip Hop and Gangsta Rap condoning violence against everyone?

Or maybe they're just trash....

L

[proxy_user]

Or maybe, just maybe, alcohol was involved?

[GOP Poet]

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[antiunion person]

Wait one minute here. I thought blacks couldn't be charged with hate crimes. At least the way Jesse (I have a illegitimate child) Jackson has stated it. Especially black females. The NAACP or ACLU is going to try to turn the story around and blame the white girls for being "white". White people are all to blame for holding back the black people and our ancestors are all to blame for their being kidnapped from Africa and being used as slaves for years.

"What's good for the goose is good for gander" makes total sense but Jackson, NAACP or the ACLU have never been accused of having common sense.

[dhs12345]

Why didn't this make national news?

I think I know the answer.

[MarkL]

One of the girls won a full athletic scholarship to USC

Must the the "OJ Simpson athletic and boxing scholarship."

Mark

[al baby]

I have a illegitimate child

No such thing my friend just illegitimate parents

[Balding_Eagle]

LOL! That's pretty good.

[al baby]

thats one of my biggest pet peeves

[Sender]

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[Brad’s Gramma]

Ping to my friend...

[swmobuffalo]

Bump for later.