hate crime?

[SFC]

naw.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/07/new.york.beating/index.html

[Newbomb Turk]

EW YORK (CNN) -- Brian Milligan Sr. believes his son's race triggered a brutal attack on the streets of Buffalo, New York.
Brian Milligan Jr. poses with his girlfriend, Nicola Fletcher, before he was attacked last month.

Brian Milligan Jr. poses with his girlfriend, Nicola Fletcher, before he was attacked last month.
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Armed with a chunk of concrete, several assailants beat Brian Milligan Jr. on the back of the head on August 18, leaving a 3-inch gash. They kicked him in the face, breaking his jaw.

Bloodied and bruised, the 18-year-old managed to walk five blocks to his grandmother's house before being rushed to the hospital.

Milligan's father believes several African-Americans beat his son, who is white, because he is dating an African-American woman. He wants police to treat the beating as a hate crime. He also has criticized what he calls a deafening silence from the community, police and the national media.

"If this was a black guy who was beaten by a group of white guys for dating a white girl, people would be up in arms," he said. "There's a double standard."

Buffalo police believe a group of about 10 to 15 African-American men attacked Milligan late at night, police spokesman Mike DeGeorge said. Police have made no arrests and are still investigating the motive, he said.

Milligan Sr. says he believes the attackers are the same "neighborhood guys" who threatened his son and his African-American girlfriend because of their interracial relationship.
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The younger Milligan and his girlfriend, Nicola Fletcher, who is also 18, had recently complained of an increase in insults and threats in east Buffalo, where Fletcher lives and where Milligan was staying with his grandmother, Fletcher said.

"Every time they walk the streets, people stop him and call him 'cracker' and ask her why she's not with a black guy," Milligan Sr. said.

Two days before the attack, Fletcher said she was shot with paintball pellets by the same group of neighborhood aggressors.

"I'm afraid to walk the streets," she said. "Those guys are still out there."

Police "are making good progress in the case," said DeGeorge, the police spokesman. Investigators are still trying to determine if it should be declared a hate crime.

They have asked members of the community to call police if they have any information.

When Milligan was taken to Erie County Medical Center, he was unconscious and suffered blood on the brain and brain swelling as a result of the beating. He will see a neurosurgeon on September 10 to be evaluated, said his father.

He is now recovering at home and remembers nothing about the attack, which has made the police investigation even more difficult.

The story has touched a nerve with several members of Buffalo's African-American community, including a local pastor who leads a predominantly black church in Buffalo.

"At first, it didn't affect me the way that it would have if I heard it was a black teen attacked," said the Rev. Darius Pridgen, who spent years fighting for civil rights for African-Americans.

"But after I saw his father on TV pleading with the community to find the assailants, I decided I had to go after the people who beat this kid."

Pridgen said he felt that the community has turned a collective blind eye to the beating. So he gave a fire-and-brimstone sermon at the True Baptist Church on a Sunday after the attack, appealing to his congregation to help find the culprits.

"He didn't deserve to be beaten this way," Pridgen recalled saying at the service. "If you believe this, put your hands together."

If it was a black teen, Pridgen said, "We would have been protesting with flags and everything else."

Rod Watson also addressed the issue in his column in the Buffalo News. Watson, who is black, pointed out that interracial marriages are nearly 10 times higher than they were in 1960, according to U.S. Census data, but still those couples have a tough time being accepted by society.

"If blacks in Buffalo in 2009 are acting like whites in Selma in 1959, this society has big problems, despite electing a president who is himself the product of an interracial union," Watson said.

Judy Milligan, a community activist and Brian Milligan Jr.'s great-aunt, said she has been overwhelmed with support from her friends, both black and white.

Mary Woods, a member of Buffalo's African-American community, reached out to Milligan to offer her support.

"I don't care what color you are, when something like this happens, justice must be served," Woods said. "There had to be someone who saw something, and they should come forward."

Milligan Sr. has criticized the Buffalo Police Department for spending too much time "trying to prove this crime wasn't a hate crime instead of performing a solid investigation."

But DeGeorge said the department is pursuing the attackers with the same vigor as it would any crime.

"People tend to want crimes solved yesterday," DeGeorge said. "We are performing a thorough investigation and that takes time."

He expressed optimism that Buffalo residents would come forward to help bring the perpetrators to justice.

[RNSF]

I really hate racist 's.... Get the fuck over it, you have been legally an equal for over 50 years, for fucks sake let it go!

When I was in highschool, there were no racial tensions, it wasnt an issue. I wasnt till I was older and in the real world, did the stereotypical actions of 's and 's actually start to piss me off.

Fucking ignorant fucks......

[Scotty07]

Hard to believe someone in the media actually ran this story.

[68GTO]

hate crime? What is that again? Oh yeah, the outcome is the same but we're supposed to consider one's motivation...yeah, that's it. What a joke. ALL crimes are hate crimes. One punishes the outcome or attempt, not the reasoning. Sheeesh.

Who is this Mary person and where is this community of displaced Africans in which she indicated participation?

[Newbomb Turk]

hate crime? What is that again? Oh yeah, the outcome is the same but we're supposed to consider one's motivation...yeah, that's it. What a joke. ALL crimes are hate crimes. One punishes the outcome or attempt, not the reasoning. Sheeesh.

Who is this Mary person and where is this community of displaced Africans in which she indicated participation?

So you're saying that if a rob someone for the purpose of monetary gain it's the same thing as beating/killing someone because of their race? Just wow.

[Fernanernie]

hate crime? What is that again? Oh yeah, the outcome is the same but we're supposed to consider one's motivation...yeah, that's it. What a joke. ALL crimes are hate crimes. One punishes the outcome or attempt, not the reasoning. Sheeesh.

Who is this Mary person and where is this community of displaced Africans in which she indicated participation?

Getting busted picking up an undercover officer in a prostitution sting isn't a hate crime

[Fosters]

Getting busted picking up an undercover officer in a prostitution sting isn't a hate crime

Is that a love crime?

[CorinthiansBlackGT]

Brotha's gettin tired of all the whiteys stealing the black wimmens. Leaving them with nothing but fat white chicks.

If I had to go back to the dating scene I'd totally date a black chick. my value has diminished since my early days and I'd get a better score with a sista.



That and they think my car is pimp even though its a grocery getter. Silly black wimmens like my car more than i do.

[Turbohwagon]

If I had to go back to the dating scene I'd totally date a black chick.

I probably would too, if her general attitude and direction in life are correct.

And she has an ass i could gnaw on for hours.

[Nifty]

naw.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/07/...ing/index.html

Black people can't be racists...true story.

[DeathMetalKillsEmos]

Black people can't be racists...true story.

Absolutely true imo. In this day and age people of color who are racist are generally treated by the media as heroes... Look at how they treat Judge Sotomayor...

[SDK]

Getting busted picking up an undercover officer in a prostitution sting isn't a hate crime

Yay another thread I can turn into a prostitution thread, So I know this pimp and he says he has a girl who only does it when she needs paper and she has only been with a few guys.

So what do you guys think?

[Fernanernie]

:pics:



Also, it's all pink in the middle

[ratrod 1]

I really hate racist 's.... Get the fuck over it, you have been legally an equal for over 50 years, for fucks sake let it go!

When I was in highschool, there were no racial tensions, it wasnt an issue. I wasnt till I was older and in the real world, did the stereotypical actions of 's and 's actually start to piss me off.

Fucking ignorant fucks......

preach it brother!!!