>It is quite clear that beating an unconscious person while he is on the ground is a very serious act and should be prosecuted... And I am not trying to take sides.<
Then why are you even responding?
>But there are a number of disturbing incidents in this situation. What the blacks are complaining about is the fact that no whites have been charged.<
....with what? In this particular case, six black kids beat up a white kid severely. What should the white kid be charge with?
(Well, there was a noose hung...)
#1 - the kids that did it were punished.
#2 - that doesn’t justify beating someone half to death
(Well, there was an incident with a gun...)
Again, it’s a separate issue that doesn’t excuse beating someone half to death.
This assault was a HATE CRIME - but no one in the unbiased, non partisan press seems to think that is worth mentioning.
There were SIX black guys who attacked ONE white guy. The white guy went unconscious and they CONTINUED their assault anyway.
What would be said if the races were reversed in this situation? (Be honest.)
>There is not enough information about the shotgun incident, for example, for me to know what happened there. Was the WHITE GUY defending himself and it was taken away (which is possible).
Or did the WHITE GUY threathen the blacks with the shotgun?<
What did the black guys say to him? There were six of them btw. If a couple of nooses hanging from a tree are considered threatening, then what about six big guys in your face threatening you? (And probably using racial slurs?)
>The RUMOR floating around South Louisiana is that a White student brought a SHOTGUN to school, and it was taken away by black students. I can’t tell how much truth or if this false from the article — it is just possible after reading the article. The article clearly says a WHITE MAN. But where did it occur. Was it an older student (say 20 or 21 years old) that was considered a man?<
Again - this is a separate incident that doesn’t justify a vicious attack.
>The other disturbing thing is the statement by a white District Attorney Walters that with a stroke of his pen he could make people disappear.<
Another separate incident. If true, what the DA did was wrong. Again this doesn’t justify an attack.
>What makes this a significant issue with blacks and people out of state is that no white person has been charged.<
If we’re going to end the racism, let’s end it. “Whites always get away with it” is a racial stereotype (and I’m told wrong.) Blacks are always oppressed is another stereotype (and I’m told is wrong.) But because those are Politically Correct, we’ll let them go.
You also keep emphasizing that you have no idea which story is correct - but I notice you’re willing to believe the black guys over the white.
>There could have been charges brought (possibly) against white students — the three hangman nooses incident, the beer bottles thrown at the black student, possibly the shotgun.<
The noose kids were given in school suspension.
>Again, I am not taking sides as trying to provide the view of both sides.<
You’re not taking sides? You just made the case for the black kids. If you don’t want to take sides, then stay out of it. But if you want to debate - pick one.
In contrast to you—who have obviously taken the side of the European descendants involved—maybe he’s trying to be as fair, balanced, and unbiased (in a good way) as he can be.
“#2 - that doesn’t justify beating someone half to death”
The boy was treated for three hours at the hospital and released. He attended a school function that same night. I’m not justifying the actions of the black students, just clarifying that the white student, although hurt, was ambulatory, was not admitted to the hospital and upon release did not immediately take to his bed.
The reason I am bringing up what I did is that from the black perspective, some blacks may feel justified.
I am not defending them, just rying to bring up that side. There appears to be anger in South Louisiana over what happened as those the WHITE GUYS were not imprisoned but the BLACK GUYS were.
Reporting from the LA Times does not help the matter.
I remember some of the facts from the May, 2007 article in the Baltimore Sun.
It is just that this is a festering situation that some liberals and others will use to JUSTIFY criminal acts.
I am not siding with them so much as trying to show their mentality (as stupid as it may be).
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