Posted on 12/07/2007 11:10:16 PM PST by Cinnamon
BALTIMORE — A white woman beaten by a group of black students on a bus has prompted a hate-crime investigation, attempts by transit officials to reassure riders of the safety of the system, and radio talk-show chatter over comparisons with the Jena Six case. The uproar prompted two leading black politicians to issue statements decrying the attack. Sarah Kreager, 26, suffered broken facial bones and other injuries after she was punched, kicked and dragged off the bus Tuesday afternoon. Kreager's companion, Troy Ellis, was also attacked, but not beaten as severely. Kreager has an unlisted phone number and attempts to reach her Friday were unsuccessful. MTA police said evidence has not been found to support claims by the students' parents that the children were provoked.
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The media reports on the Jena 6 seem to be all wrong, according to the local newspaper there. But the media will never admit that and will use it as a comparison forever
Now everyone is praising the hate crime legislation. Funny how that works when it is convenient for us. lol.
See, the woman's hair was braided in a nooselike fashion.
not a single post above yours has praised hatecrime legislation. in fact, you are the first person to mention it.
No not at all. But if they are going to use the heinous law against whites then they damn sure better use it otherwise.
Not everyone. Hate crimes laws are stupid no matter who’s the victim or the perpetrator, though it’s funny to watch which people the laws get applied to.
Ex: White male firefighter in Boston stabbed by Hispanics saying that they didn’t want gringos around. Hate crime? Nope.
Repeal all hate crimes.
Rosa Parks must be spinning in her grave.
Re: the hate crime angle - don't hold your breath.
The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, eh, Mom & Dad? The only provocation seems to be that these NINE junior thugs decided to put the hurts to somebody for being the wrong color in the wrong place at the wrong time.
What words have we heard from Jesse or Al or the ACLU on this?
My attitude is that there should be no hate crime laws. But if we’re going to have them, they should be applied even-handedly.
I have the same attitude toward laws prohibiting political activity by churches. There should be no such laws. But if we’re going to have them, then they should be applied to all churches that engage in political activity. The IRS shouldn’t look the other way when the Democrats use the black church circuit to raise funds and register voters while giving campaign speeches from the pulpit. They do that every election year and get away with it, but a conservative church would lose its tax exemption for the same thing.
But hate crime legislation was supposed to be a form of restorative justice to punish the white man more severely than the Black man, to make up for the history of injustice toward Blacks.
You know lady liberty, who holds the scale of justice? Well, she’s now Black and she has her finger on the scale.
Meanwhile, one of the nine middle school students charged with assault insisted race did not play a role in it.
Britny Carter, 14, said in an interview at her home Friday that the attack aboard the bus was prompted by Kreager, who she said spat at one of the other girls.
Britny, an eighth-grader, said students had been staring at Kreager, poking fun at the fact that she had a black eye. Kreager became angry and spat at a girl, Britny said, confirming an account given to The Sun by the mother of a boy charged in the attack.
"And then everybody on the bus started fighting," Britny said. No racial epithets were uttered and neither the victim's nor suspects' race had anything to do with the clash, she said."It wasn't a hate crime," said Britny's mother, Monalisa Carter. "That's so untrue. I did not raise her that way. Britny is not a racial person. She has white friends, black friends, she gets along with everybody."
I think maybe Ms. Carter might rethink what she thinks she knows about her daughter's character, because:
In a written report, MTA police said the beating took place after one of the boys kept jumping in front of Kreager, claiming that the open seats on the bus were reserved. When Kreager finally found a seat, the teens began throwing punches at her and her boyfriend, according to the report. Police said her male companion, Troy Ennis, was also beaten, but not as severely.
A law enforcement source close to the investigation said Friday that Kreager, who is homeless, has entered the State's Attorney's Office's witness assistance program because officials are concerned for her safety.
Meanwhile, the victim, who is homeless, has been placed in Baltimore's Victims Assistance Program, because they fear for her . . . safety.
Too bad there wasn’t an armed citizen nearby, to shoot a couple of the bastards...
Don’t believe me; just hang out at Penn State for a while - brain stupid young fresh white meat for the pickin; in your variety of male or female!.
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