Posted on 07/22/2013 4:05:26 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
Police are investigating after a well-known businessman was allegedly savagely beaten by a group of teenagers in New Haven.
The street shows no sign of the attack, but folks who saw it can't forget it.
"Bleeding everywhere," said New Haven resident Rhea Brown, "he had blood all over him and it was like everyone just came to his aid."
It was 49-year-old Brooks Macquarrie lying in the street, part of family-owned New Haven Power Sports.
He was test driving a motor scooter he had just fixed, at the corner of Goffe and Orchard, when five to six teens apparently pulled him off, beating him before stealing the bike.
His head and ribs were fractured, his nose was broken, and those who work beside him are shocked and angry.
"It's a tragedy what happened to him and I wish someone would come forward, find out who did this," said Frankie Whitaker, Owner of Auto Experts. "He's a very well respected person."
Coming down the road and taking the corner is the regular route for test driving the scooters, so there is some speculation the teens orchestrated the attack and were just waiting for him.
"I hope they catch the kids that did that," said King Moye, Owner of Auto Experts. "Nobody deserves that, not on a day at work."
It happened Friday afternoon right near the popular Goffe Street park, so police have witnesses, which is a good thing because Macquarrie's injuries are so severe he doesn't remember what happened.
Folks want the teens caught whether they know Macquarrie or not.
"For them kids to do that it was just wrong," said Brown.
"Please come forward," said Whitaker, "that didn't have to happen, it didn't."
The business is open, but no workers are taking bikes for test rides.
they want the perps arrested.... will not that violate their new civil gangsta rights?
White man bleed a lot. LOL.
That works --
or you could organize a neighborhood watch.
George Zimmerman could help you organize it.
Ohhh --- sorry you feel that way
Go back and hide in your store.
Who writes this crap? "Allegedly"? There were frigging witnesses! Good gosh.
Is there anything to indicate the criminals are black?
If only he had followed orders and not left his scooter.
Maybe it was a faked hate crime?
Well the guy did what he was supposed to - lie there and take his beating. Typical black gang-on-1 violence. At least trayvon did his beating solo
Yeah. Common sense, logic, geography, history...
does it matter?
This beatdown apparently happened right next to the previous day’s Trayvon rally.
The injuries were fake or, at the very least, enhanced!/S
George Zimmerman did a Kel-Tec field test last year. You might have heard about it.
And the perps were what group? No description? Then they are most likely Amish.
Beaten???? It all depends on the meaning of “beaten”.
The fact that race was not mentioned makes it a certainty. And the fact that it was a cowardly attack by a pack of feral animals on a lone white person makes it even more of a certainty.
Make you a deal. I'll pay you a thousand dollars if they aren't black. You prove they aren't, and I will send you a check today.
Boy didn’t see that one coming!
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