Posted on 06/20/2007 2:55:16 PM PDT by SkyPilot
Innocent Motorists Attacked After Juneteenth
MILWAUKEE - A handful of violent incidents tarnished Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration for the second year in a row. The festival itself was peaceful, but police in riot gear had to deal with several incidents after the event.
A large group of teens walked east on W. Burleigh St., jumping on unsuspecting drivers' cars and kicking in windows on at least two vehicles.
In one incident, a crowd surrounded a black car stuck in traffic at 2nd and Burleigh. A couple of teens jumped on top of the car. One smashed out the rear windshield. The driver stayed in the vehicle and escaped unharmed. He smashed into the car ahead of him trying to speed away from the attackers.
RAW CHOPPER VIDEO: Cars smashed on Burleigh
Further down the street, a woman in a gold car stopped after a teen jumped onto the back of her car. She got out and yelled at the teen, then she got back in a tried to speed away, also hitting the car ahead of her.
A short time later, at 1st and Burleigh, the crowd surrounded a red car, pounding on the hood and trunk and breaking out the windows. /after a woman reached into his open window, the driver got out, was kicked in the head by a man and fell to the ground. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
In another incident, police said a young woman hit an officer in the face as the officer was trying to break up a large fight near 1st and Auer. The blow shattered the officer's face shield. The officer was cut by the shattered face shield and needed stitches at the hospital.
The suspect was taken down by officers using night sticks and was arrested.
Many people are angry that the celebration, marking the end of slavery in America, was once again marred by violence.
"Just one person can stop a whole thing," said Earnestine Rogers, a woman attending the celebration.
Now there is still concern that the violence could lead to a cancellation of the ceremony next year.
"It shouldn't be stopped because of some youngsters," said Rogers.
Thousands of people attended the Juneteenth celebration itself without incident.
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Speechless...
Can’t we deport (repatriate) these folks?
It is an African-American celebration of black culture.
Your comment says all that needs to be said!
The Mexicans will eventually deal with it.
Was this racial? Were the drivers they attacked white?
We want to note that these incidents occurred "after the Juneteenth celebrations were over"
Typical PC BS from the talking heads.
Actually, what it celebrates is the belated announcement in Texas that Lincoln had freed the slaves. The slaves in Texas did not get the word until several years after the war ended.
What good is a face shield that shatters when struck?
Savages. Nothing but savages.
They went all-out to reinforce the stereotype that many have of how blacks behave in the inner city.
Well, not quite "several years" more like several months (from Wikipedia):
Though the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued on September 22, 1862, with an effective date of January 1, 1863, it had little immediate effect on most slaves’ day-to-day lives, particularly in Texas, which was almost entirely under Confederate control. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day Union General Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troops arrived on Galveston Island to take possession of the state and enforce the emancipation of its slaves.
The war ended in April of 1865.
As someone else said “The Mexicans will Deal with it” We do not have to worry, within 10 to 15 years, and if not the Mexicans then the Islamic Terrorist. Heads will roll.
Milwaukee... yikes. And the woman in the video would have been much more convincing had she said young thugs, instead of youngsters.
Youngsters my @$$ ... friggin' homocide bombers that left their belts at home.
A link to NY in here.
Mobs are allowed to wreak havoc because WHY? A mob is not a few bad apples and a whole bunch of innocent people. Tear gas, anyone? Police presence? A celebration? I heartily doubt it — kind of like the last Watts Riots. Celebrating chaos maybe.
They report the color of the car, but not the color of the victims. Wow.....
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