Posted on 06/06/2008 12:09:56 PM PDT by Main Street
Mob of young men attacks
Man's skull fractured during beating; another attacked, robbed
Police suspect a mob of 20 to 30 young men who brutally attacked a motorist in Mount Clemens on Saturday may also be responsible for at least two other violent crimes that took place the same night.
Four people were taken into custody for questioning and police Sunday were hoping to interview a man who was beaten unconscious during the ordeal and was hospitalized with a fractured skull.
"This certainly was a frightening incident," Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said.
The trouble began late Saturday and into early Sunday starting on North River Road near the Macomb Daily building when more than two dozen men wearing ball caps and baggy shorts blocked traffic in the street as they spread out in the street.
A 29-year-old female motorist attempted to drive past the crowd in the street and someone in the mob threw a brick at the car window. The car stopped and a man got out to see what had happened.
"At that point at least 12 of the subjects jumped on him, beating and kicking him several times to the point where he was unconscious," Hackel said. "A second man then got out of the car and also was attacked but not nearly as bad as the first individual."
The victim who was badly beaten was identified by WDIV-TV (Channel 4) as Andy Kauffman. He was reported to be in serious condition at Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center, according to hospital spokeswoman Diane Kish.
Kauffman's wife, Angelina, was quoted by the TV news report as saying she had no idea why the crowd attacked her car. "It just happened to be us, I guess," she said.
Meanwhile, sheriff's deputies were called to a Marathon gas station on North Gratiot about 30 minutes later to respond to a call of a fight progress.
At the gas station a man was beaten and robbed of his cell phone and wallet, Hackel said. The victim was not seriously hurt.
On Sunday, workers at the gas station said the man was confronted near a pay telephone. When the gas station attendant saw what was happening, he locked the front door. An employee said workers had to wash the man's blood from the door Sunday.
Police also are investigating to see whether a similar incident at Rec Bowl on Crocker Boulevard may be related to the same group of attackers.
"We had a rash of similar incidents all within about an hour's time frame," Hackel said. "There is a carnival going on at Gibraltar Trade Center which is where we believe the this group had been congregating before the trouble broke out."
Police said four suspects were taken into custody on charges of disorderly conduct. Investigators want to talk with anyone who may have information on the incidents.
Tips may be phoned in to the sheriff's office at (586) 469-5151.
By the time you double tapped the first one, others would be long gone, lol
Michigan.
No. Shoot them.
That NYC rape/disfigurement trial is as sickening as what happened to those kids in Knoxville last year. At least this woman from NY managed to get out alive though she will be scarred for the rest of her life. No picture or description of her. Gee, makes me wonder....
mt clemens, gotta be the native americans.
What the hell? My God. Just take that piece of trash out and shoot him...forget life in prison.
}:-)4
Next time let’s hope some motorists runs down a bunch of them. Part of the problem is solved then.
No description of the other victims huh? Gee, I wonder....
Just saw the video.
I’m sure that race had nothing to do with it /sarcasm
Had this been reversed, and it was a gang of white guys beating up a black guy, this would be the leading story on national news programs everywhere for the next two weeks, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson would be front and center in the media, and we would be innundated with questions about why this is such a racist country. But a white guy gets attacked by a black gang and it’s no biggie - race is such a non factor that it isn’t even mentioned.
Michigan
Same here. Detroit is moving into our suburbs and crime and graffiti are increasing. The local PC paper and our PC city government refuse to admit that there are now gangs here. Instead calling all the new gang sign graffiti, as “the work of youthful artists”.
mark
Essentially the same as the earlier story but in text form, in case some of you are on dialup.
I hope all of these animals get caught.
these people are “social allies” of the left. That is why the left defends them and tries to get them out of prison. They are part of the mechanism for keeping the real enemies of the state, productive thinking citizens, under control.
“Instead calling all the new gang sign graffiti, as the work of youthful artists.”
Oh, yes....Medford now thinks the solution is giving the gangs a bunch of property to ‘create their art’ on.....they simply don’t get it. It’s NOT art, it’s more like a pack of dogs urinating on everything to mark ‘their territory’.
At the risk of being permanently banned, the victim in that rape/torture case was white.
"Screech! Racism!"
Mine flys everyday.
That is one of the most horrible stories I can ever remember reading.
Why do we even bother spending so much time and money on trials and prison space for people like that. He is not a human, he is not even an animal. He is a maggot on a piece of animal fecal matter. That bastard needs to be slowly tortured and executed. He doesn’t deserve to be breathing the same air as us.
I’m sorry, but for some reason that story really disturbed me.
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