Tigers outfielder Delmon Young arrested for hate crime assault

SeeBS ^ | 4-27-12 | Matt Snyder

[TurboZamboni]

Tigers outfielder Delmon Young was arrested for hate crime assault in New York City early Friday morning. The Associated Press reports that Young attacked a group of men while yelling anti-Semitic epithets.

From the AP: Police say Young was standing outside of the Hilton New York, not far from Times Square. A group of about four Chicago tourists staying there were approached by a panhandler wearing a yarmulke. As the group walked up to the hotel doors, Young started yelling anti-Semitic epithets. Police say it's not clear who he was yelling at, but he got into a tussle with one of the Chicago group, who sustained scratches to his elbows

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[haywoodwebb]

I don't know all the facts . . . but it's pretty clear the panhandler acted stupidly . . .
                                                                      -Barack Obama

[MrB]

You think you got his attention yet?

[MrB]

yamulka have a Confederate flag on it

MARKETING IDEA!

[kcvl]

On April 26, 2006, while playing for the Durham Bulls in a game against the Pawtucket Red Sox, Young threw his bat at the umpire after being called out on strikes. He stared at the umpire for some time and refused to leave the batter's box. He finally did, but then started to return to his dugout and the center field camera caught him throwing his bat underhand, end-over-end, toward the umpire. The bat hit the umpire on his chest and arm but he was not seriously hurt.

This altercation was not the first he had with an umpire during a game. In 2005, while playing for the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits, Young received a three-game suspension for bumping an umpire.

[cripplecreek]

Can you imagine Lou Gehrig or Ernie Banks being arrested for an assault/hate crime?

Ty Cobb got the racist label but I don't think it was true. For every black man he beat down, he stomped at least 10 whites including killing a man who tried to mug him.

[cripplecreek]

Cobb was no angel, but I don't think he is quite the monster people made him out to be.

Agreed, the man personally funded the first Atlanta hospital that catered specifically to blacks.

[AnTiw1]

Now I have a new mental focus for my MA training. I used to visualize a 300# excon with roid rage trying to get past me to hurt a loved one. Helps let the dog off the chain so you give 110%. Now I can play with the image of a racist black athlete with a bat trying to get past me to Sarah Palin.

I anticipate soreness in the AM. Thanx for the helpful post.

[SaraJohnson]

Who let the black racist dogs out? Who. Who.

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Damnable Kindle Fire.