Posted on 08/25/2013 8:12:55 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
On August 19, Kenan Adams Kinard posted a picture of himself on his Facebook page wearing a patriotic red, white and blue bandana on his head.
Two days later, police say the 16-year-old Spokane boy took part in the deadly beating of a World War II veteran.
Delbert Belton, 88, who was shot in the leg during the pivotal battle of the Pacific campaign, was savagely beaten with flashlights in the parking lot of his regular bar in Spokane last Wednesday.
He died from serious head injuries the next day at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.
Spokane police arrested 16-year-old Demetrius Glenn, who's been charged with first degree robbery and first degree murder.
As for Kinard, Spokane Police Major Crimes Detectives say they have probable cause to arrest him. They've been searching for him since the murder.
Kinard's own Facebook page has become a place for his friends to defend him, and others to post their disgust with what he's accused of doing.
Brandee writes, "You don't deserve to wear red white and blue, vet murderer!"
"You disgust me. You killed my grandpa the man I loved the man I looked up too," writes Cheyanne Campbell, "He was a good person inside and out."
"They saw a vulnerable old man and decided he was a good mark," writes Diana Hanson. "They knew they were beating the hell out of someone who once defended our (and their) country and who was utterly defenseless. That was cowardly and sickening. Now he is hiding from what he did. It won't go away or blow over. He needs to turn himself in and take what's coming to both of them."
A few friends support the teen saying he just "screwed up" or "made a bad choice."
Kinard has had a few run-ins with the law. The Spokesman Review reports he was convicted of third-degree theft and fourth-degree assault in June.
The other teen who surrendered to police has an extensive juvenile criminal history which includes malicious mischief, fourth-degree assault, driving without a license and riot with a deadly weapon charges.
The victim's family spoke out about Belton over the weekend, revealing graphic details about the elderly man's final moments.
Belton's daughter-in-law, Bobbie Belton, told KREM-TV that the suspects beat him to death with "great big heavy flashlights."
"The doctors said he was bleeding from all parts of his face," she says.
"He fought for this country," said Belton's sister, Alberta Tosh. "Then he comes home and a couple of creeps kill him in the worst way."
The veteran, also known affectionately as "Shorty," was wounded in the Battle of Okinawa. They say he was shot in the leg but heroically continued to fight.
Thirty run ins is probably few enough.
Just screwed up...good grief. Everyone would be up in arms if a black was lynched this way and rightfully so. The black community and Muslims for that matter need to understand the road goes both ways. Else, they are no better.
I wonder if that’s why they’re playing Grand Torino this weekend.
But to be fair, he is way to busy to comment on all of these murders. There are just too many.
It really bothers me that so few law-abiding blacks speak out about cases such as this. Their silence speaks volumes.
Has it been determined which US Army division he served with on Okinawa? Each division has an association, and they really care about this, in that because of the great military records fire, they may not even have a complete roster of their personnel, so cannot give them unit recognition.
Every veteran they identify helps them to find more veterans.
This sort of senseless violence is to be frowned upon.
Pls see post No. 12 for a pretty good listing of this week’s campaign against the ‘weeds (whitey)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058466/posts?page=1
I find it disrespectful.
He died from serious head injuries the next day at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.
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A very likely outcome of the attack on Zimmerman if he hadn’t defended himself.
I'm sure they will speak out, right after the "Moderate" Muslims do. Suuuuuurrrre
Reminds one of the "peaceful Muslims" who maintain silence when they witness the Islamist "lunatic fringe" stage their jihad attacks against innocent women and children, no? Kinda runs in the same mindset...
Regards,
GtG
I would love to get on tv and say “ Al, Jessie, the next bunch of punks that kill an innocent white.....we’ll be coming after you. We’re going to castrate the both of yous, and then feed yous each others groins.”
Obama wants chaos, and a race war would fit the requirement.
What else can we expect?
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