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Dundalk Man Violently Beaten By Group Of Teens
CBSBaltimore ^ | 5/8/2015

Posted on 05/11/2015 7:23:17 AM PDT by Altura Ct.

A Dundalk man continues to recover after being violently beaten by a group of teenagers. Now a 17-year-old is facing attempted murder charges, a 15-year-old is charged with assault and more arrests are expected. Meghan McCorkell has more on the brutal attack.

Richard Fletcher is out of the hospital, but he suffered extensive injuries. We want to warn you: some of the video and images you are about to see are very disturbing.

Horrifying cell phone video shows a group of teens surrounding 61-year-old Richard Fletcher, kicking and hitting him again and again until he drops to the ground.

He suffered broken eye sockets, a broken nose, broken ribs and a brain bleed.

“He was brutally attacked,” said Cpl. John Wachter, Baltimore County Police Department.

Investigators say Fletcher saw two girls fighting on top of his car. When he went outside to ask them to stop, dozens of teens turned on him.

“He wasn’t trying to intervene in their disagreement. He just wanted them to stop fighting and move away from his car,” said Cpl. Wachter.

Now 17-year-old Antoine Lawson is charged as an adult with attempted murder. A 15-year-old girl also faces assault charges, and more arrests are expected.

Neighbors say the teens go to nearby Baltimore Community High School.

“The community in all, we’re really disgusted with the actions of the students,” said Georgia Bartrum, Harbor View Neighborhood Association.

Bartrum says the attack is causing fear amongst homeowners.

“I had one lady who said she had found them in her vehicle and didn’t realize they were in there–her door was open–and approached them, and she said, ‘They could have done that to me,'” said Bartrum.

Flyers are now being put up across the community to try and raise money for Fletcher’s medical expenses.

“He’s got a lot of doctors visits,” said Bartrum. “So he’s going to have a long road to recovery.”

Now neighbors want more people in the video to face charges.

Police say they are actively looking for more suspects and that they do expect more arrests.

Multiple fundraisers are now being planned for Fletcher, and more than $7,000 has been raised through a “GoFundMe” page.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: antoinelawson; baltimore; baltimorecounty; blackkk; diversity; dundalk; elijahcummings; georgiabartrum; gofundme; harborview; johnwachter; maryland; meghanmccorkell; richardfletcher
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Damn racism + white privilege...

It's no wonder these teens have all this pent up anger!

1 posted on 05/11/2015 7:23:17 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

Say hey babe...take a walk down Dundalk.


2 posted on 05/11/2015 7:28:37 AM PDT by struggle
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To: Altura Ct.

He needs to learn the value of a gun.


3 posted on 05/11/2015 7:29:30 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Altura Ct.

White Privilege = Black Resentment.


4 posted on 05/11/2015 7:31:13 AM PDT by Ancient Man
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To: AppyPappy

A gun and a fighting knife like a karambit. Imagine how much more entertaining this would have been had he gone snicker snack on a few, and put a round through one or two.


5 posted on 05/11/2015 7:31:29 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: AppyPappy
No, because if he would have used a gun to defend himself, the headline would read:

"Unarmed black teen gunned down by white homeowner".

6 posted on 05/11/2015 7:32:52 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: AppyPappy
He needs to learn the value of a gun.

He needs to learn the value of I-95.

7 posted on 05/11/2015 7:33:03 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: Altura Ct.

“Teens”, the new “T word”... or is it the new “N Word”?


8 posted on 05/11/2015 7:33:05 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Altura Ct.
s a black thing...we cant understand..according to Obie's 3rd Cousin...Rrichard Pryor

I understand that the Regimes quite pleased that things are continuing to cannonball toward thier ultimate goal...of homegrown ghetto jihad!




9 posted on 05/11/2015 7:33:42 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Altura Ct.

Just giving a little “room to destroy”.


10 posted on 05/11/2015 7:33:53 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Ancient Man

Accusations of White Privilege = Antisemitism 2015.


11 posted on 05/11/2015 7:34:27 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Altura Ct.

The Preakness should be very interesting this year.

Very few public events are that white.


12 posted on 05/11/2015 7:37:16 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Altura Ct.
The community in all, we’re really disgusted with the actions of the students,” said Georgia Bartrum, Harbor View Neighborhood Association.

Bullshit! If they were disgusted, they would do something about it. They may be upset that it is now their ox that is being gored, but, that is as far as it goes.

13 posted on 05/11/2015 7:38:21 AM PDT by sport
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To: Altura Ct.

I don’t see the race of the victim or alleged perpetrators.

Which tells you everything you need to know.


14 posted on 05/11/2015 7:38:46 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that - Baltimore's Democrat Mayor)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Don't forget this one.
15 posted on 05/11/2015 7:41:10 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Right Brother

...but then he wouldn’t be clinging to life, would he?


16 posted on 05/11/2015 7:44:17 AM PDT by tgusa (gun control: hitting your target.)
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To: NorthMountain
He needs to learn the value of I-95.

I think that's the contagion vector.

17 posted on 05/11/2015 7:45:29 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: MrB; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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18 posted on 05/11/2015 7:46:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Richard Fletcher

____________________________________________________________________

Antoine Willie Lawson, suspect

19 posted on 05/11/2015 7:47:00 AM PDT by Ken H (What happens on the internet stays on the internet.)
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To: Altura Ct.


20 posted on 05/11/2015 7:47:19 AM PDT by Iron Munro (We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
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