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Police: 2 hurt in West Point confrontation (Ferguson retaliation; white victim)
SFgate ^

Posted on 08/24/2014 7:59:28 PM PDT by TigerClaws

Ralph Weems IV, who was injured early Saturday, was in fair condition Sunday at North Mississippi Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Genie Causey said without elaborating.

A relative, Bradley Barnes of Madison, told The Associated Press by telephone on Sunday that his brother-in-law was in a medically induced coma following brain surgery. "They're going to try and wake him up tomorrow and see what damage was done," Barnes said, describing Weems as a 32-year-old former Marine who had served in Iraq.

David Knighten of West Point told AP earlier by phone that he and Weems had gone to a Waffle House early Saturday. He said a man waved him over outside the restaurant and told him politely that people were upset by the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and it wasn't a safe place for whites. When he went in, he said, Weems was inside and was arguing with other men.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: ferguson; mississippi; missouri; wafflehouse
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Local news only?

"I do remember racial slurs being yelled from the crowd."

Hate crime? Where's Jesse and Al?

1 posted on 08/24/2014 7:59:28 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Mr. Weems picked a fight.

Right or wrong, ignoring reality is just stupid.


2 posted on 08/24/2014 8:02:01 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: TigerClaws

I am afraid there are going to be many more attacks like this across the country. Everyone please be aware of your surroundings.


3 posted on 08/24/2014 8:04:26 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: TigerClaws

Not a good thing to, to go into a Black area and disagree with the locals on anything. Even if the guy is Black.


4 posted on 08/24/2014 8:05:27 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: TigerClaws

He was being beaten by a mob, and had a .45 caliber handgun. There was one way to very quickly stop the beating, why didn’t he do it?


5 posted on 08/24/2014 8:06:37 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Frank_2001

Think of what you’re saying.

If a BLACK MAN when to a restaurant full of whites, and he was beaten to and inch of his life, there’s be FBI investigation, hate crime, Jesse and Al marching, etc etc.

But this white guy? Screw him. He had it coming?

That’s a SICK ATTITUDE and sad statement about our country.


6 posted on 08/24/2014 8:07:53 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Regulator
Mr. Weems picked a fight.

I read the story but I guessed I missed the part where he picked a fight. I read where he was arguing with some people in the waffle house, but there wasn't any info that he started the argument. Was there something I missed or did you find more information somewhere.

7 posted on 08/24/2014 8:08:01 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Regulator
It's stupid for a white person to go into a restaurant if any black people are around?

It's reassuring that the police do not consider it a hate crime.

8 posted on 08/24/2014 8:08:24 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: TigerClaws

Still waiting for Eric Holder to go to Salt Lake City to see if any civil rights were violated when a black cop shot an unarmed white man dead.


9 posted on 08/24/2014 8:09:42 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Regulator
What's your source for that claim? I couldn't tell from the atrocious writing much of what happened.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

10 posted on 08/24/2014 8:13:34 PM PDT by wku man ("Weenie in a Hybrid" by 10 Pound Test - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWdLDSB_6gY)
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To: Parley Baer

He was made aware of the situation. He chose to ignore the warning, with predictable results.


11 posted on 08/24/2014 8:14:18 PM PDT by sport
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To: TigerClaws

“He said a man waved him over outside the restaurant and told him politely that people were upset by the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and it wasn’t a safe place for whites.”

With that fact, it is indisputable, that this attack was a Hate Crime.


12 posted on 08/24/2014 8:16:33 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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“Not a safe place for whites”
Obviously his civil rights were violated, but it seems Civil Rights Law does not apply to whites/s;)


13 posted on 08/24/2014 8:17:11 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Oliviaforever

Exactly.

A white goes into a public restaurant full of blacks and because of his race is beaten into a coma and may die.

Reverse the races and that Huddle Hut wold be on the cover of NY TIMES, USA TODAY, and lead story on ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN non-stop for days.

The president of the company would apologize. There’d be marches. Calls for justice.

Instead, this is a local news only event.

Nobody cares.

The fact that whites are now saying, “Well he had it coming if he went into a place full of blacks” shows we now have reverse Jim Crow operating in our country.


14 posted on 08/24/2014 8:19:37 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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“On the way to Weems’ house, Knighten said, they went into a Huddle House restaurant with a nearly vacant parking lot.

However, he said, they apparently had been followed by more than 20 people.”

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“Knighten said some people blocked him from leaving with Weems. When he got out, he said, Weems was down and people were kicking him. Knighten said others attacked him, adding “I do remember racial slurs being yelled from the crowd.”

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“Police did not arrive until after the crowd had left, he said. “


More than 20 people followed him? The ones that participated in the beating should be charged with attempted murder.

A lot of those places have video cameras set up. Everyone of them should be arrested. They followed and assaulted the man.


15 posted on 08/24/2014 8:20:24 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Frank_2001

I don’t think white people have civil rights.


16 posted on 08/24/2014 8:21:26 PM PDT by sport
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To: sport

And nobody stood up and said, “Stop this!”

If a group of whites started harassing and beating the lone black in a restaurant, people would come to the guy’s rescue. Unless it’s the Nazi prison biker gang ball, nobody is going to stand by and watch that in our country.

Pathetic.


17 posted on 08/24/2014 8:24:08 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: sport

Where a mob negates my civil rights, my 2nd Amendment Rights kick-in in a very violent way.


18 posted on 08/24/2014 8:26:21 PM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug.)
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To: sport

The story reads that the one friend was warned but isn’t clear if the other friend was warned. They vacated the first restaurant and went to another restaurant that appeared deserted.

The two were stalked by a lynch mob:

“... Weems’ house, Knighten said, they went into a Huddle House restaurant with a nearly vacant parking lot.

However, he said, they apparently had been followed by more than 20 people.”


19 posted on 08/24/2014 8:27:08 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Yeah, I the mob leaves. After Ferguson saw that FReeper Tiger Claws posted the same thing. It changes the complexion entirely. You can count on the police not getting there until the mob leaves the area. After Ferguson, I doubt them wanting any contact with Blacks. So essentially, you are on your own.


20 posted on 08/24/2014 8:38:38 PM PDT by sport
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