Trial for man accused of beating family at gas station set for Monday (hate crime?)

WAFB ^

[TigerClaws]

The man accused of a gas station beating two years ago is expected in court on Monday.

Donald Dickerson is facing battery charges after he allegedly beat up a family when they stopped to get gas on Plank Road in May of 2013.

Police arrested Dickerson and ticketed two others. They are all accused of punching the family.

Dickerson allegedly told the family they were in the "wrong neighborhood" before the attack. According to police, one of the victim suffered a broken eye socket, broken nose, and several lacerations to the face.

[kearnyirish2]

If you’re reading that street sign, you’re already in trouble. They need something along the frontier...

[Leaning Right]

Two years?

That bothered me as well. In a sane society, a trial would be held two weeks - not two years - after an alleged crime. But of course we do not live in a sane society.

[CptnObvious]

I suspect that perp was on drugs or alcohol. Stupid and these things go together.

[peeps36]

I hate to pick on the victims but the mother and father should have paid attention to their surroundings. Stopping for gas in a rundown Amish neighborhood is not a good idea for a white family. This family is lucky they escaped with their lives.

[Trailerpark Badass]

There are always more than enough visual cues to help indicate you have exited civilization.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Sort of like the “Here there be monsters” warning on old pirate maps.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Where are they from? What were they smoking?

[peeps36]

I'm not sure where they are from but a father must protect his family no matter where they are. Nobody’s perfect but you can find yourself in a real life nightmare if you don't stay vigilant. I could think of nothing worse then not being able to protect my wife and daughters from an attack. Sometimes we are only one wrong turn and bad decision away from that nightmare.

[M Kehoe]

The Amish are getting out of hand.

5.56mm

[SWAMPSNIPER]

There was a home invasion not long ago where the father hid under a bed.

[kearnyirish2]

Aye!

Twenty five years ago a friend looking to buy a house in SE Pennsylvania used a compass to draw circles on a map around the gibsmedat hives; he then told his wife she could look for homes anywhere outside of those circles.

Today his house has appreciated nicely, and they are nowhere in sight; he lives in a suburb, but must have used a wide radius for those circles...

[kearnyirish2]

There are (for us), but naive people who haven’t grown up under the smoking volcano may not recognize the signs...

[NetAddicted]

Yeah! I think I read he didn’t actually have a broken eye socket, but that’s what they first reported.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Smart man

[kearnyirish2]

Definitely; worked like a charm.