Posted on 09/07/2013 3:25:23 PM PDT by bryan999
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It came out of nowhere.
A man allegedly went on a rampage in Union Square on Wednesday afternoon and left a complete stranger brain-dead in the process.
Police said that the attack may have been a hate crime.
Friends of Jeffrey Babbitt, 62, were shocked to hear about the random act of violence that left the gentle, retired train conductor in a coma, CBS 2′s Dave Carlin reported on Friday.
“I don’t believe that. I don’t know why that happened. He is very nice,” Igor Sapozhnikov said.
Babbitt was minding his own business as he walked through the crowd near the chess boards in Union Square when a man made a hateful announcement and began his rampage, witnesses said.
“He said ‘the next white person who walks by I’m going to [expletive],’” one woman said. “His fist went in and the man’s head bobbed and he hit the ground and you could hear his skull hitting the ground.”
The man continued his rampage before demanding to see police officers.
“He stood there and hit two more people and asked for the police to come,” Michael Benson said.
Stunned witnesses counted a total of three people attacked. The suspect, Lashawn Marten, 31, remained at the scene until police arrived.
Babbitt was on the ground with blood flowing from his head. Nearby were two other victims icing their faces.
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Those ornery Amish are at it again.
Has Bloomberg banned fists yet?
Has the Racist in Chief made a statement yet?
White man brain dead after black racist who was born brain dead attacks him. Department of Justice silent.
"May" which means it's not a hate crime because a son of Obama did it even though he said ‘the next white person who walks by I’m going to [expletive],’
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Don't be a victim.
“Lashawn”
Don’t tell me: His momma Nyshawn who was born in New York gave birth to him in LA so therefore he is Lashawn.
That is my carry knife when I cannot CC my Taurus....
And mine as well. Love it!
Hell, I feel naked without it.
I think those are illegal as well now in the fascist city of New York. They use to have a law that you could have a knife as long as it wasn’t over 6” then they changed it to 4” so break out those rulers.
Yeah having a knife of over 4” is illegal. You see, despot Bloomberg wants the advantage given to the crooks. If you have a knife over 4” you might hurt the crook who has a 2 foot long machete.
http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/LAWSSEAF.cgi?QUERYTYPE=LAWS+&QUERYDATA=$$ADC10-133$$@TXADC010-133
>>The suspect, Lashawn Marten, 31, remained at the scene until police arrived.
“You can’t arrest me! That would be racist!”
There is no defense against a crazy person who spontaneously attacks and kills you with one strike:
“His fist went in and the man’s head bobbed and he hit the ground and you could hear his skull hitting the ground.”
Nothing can protect against that... except maintaining safe distance. Hard to do that in a large city. Avoid them.
Ridiculous. I read the law referenced. Once again the statists focus on an inanimate object, ignoring the criminal mind. As if an object has motive or intent. Bunch of fools. I wouldn’t live there and wish they’d stop fleeing to Texas. No offense intended to Yankees, of course.
Headline “Random Rampage” is wrong.
“He said ‘the next white person who walks by I’m going to [expletive],’” makes it anything BUT random.
Sure no guarantee of a defense in this instance, I’m sure it was a speedy brutal attack but, that thug would have been on my radar, especially these days.
Police said that the attack may have been a hate crime.
Naw, really? I can't possible see why.
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