I read the first 50 posts. I believe the family made several errors in judgment that cost them. 1. They failed to accept the fact that there are another group of people who wish to hurt or harm you because you are a different skin color than them, and that these people are subtlety encouraged by the news media and Federal Government. 2.They noticed, but did not question [at least among themselves] as to why the lack of police presence. And the rule I go by is, if there no or little police presence in the area and I am not familiar with the area, I get the hell out. There is a reason that the police are not there. 3. They were unprepared mentally and physically, they were not mentally alert as how to react if the natives got restless. If nothing else, their wives could have pulled off their high heel shoes and gave one to their husbands and kept one for themselves. In a life or death fight, you would be surprised at the damage a high heel shoe can inflict on an attacker. That is why I always insisted, when my wife and I went out that she wore high heels. and I explained to our daughter when she ventured into unknown territory to always wear high heels. If one or more of the attackers had had one of the heels dragged down from their forehead to their chest, it might have gone a long way in calming them down.
But hopefully they learned some lessons. You can be the victim that they brag to their homeboys how scared you looked when they busted your head , or each time they check their colostomy bag, they think about you. Me? I am too old and beat up to travel now, but back when I was traveling, if worse had came to worse, the comment I wanted them to make to their homeboys was, "Man, that was one bad White Boy we jumped on"!
I remember living in the United States when citizens didn’t have to walk on eggshells around rude bullies.
It was better then...
I’m also tired of paying for the police department with my taxes when the police spend most of their time babysitting the black community.
Police protection should be part of your water bill - if your city block used the police, a payment is added to your water bill. No police needed? No charge tacked on.