Wed Apr 25, 2012, 12:59 PM

Alabama "attack" update: No indication anybody yelled anything about "justice for Trayvon."

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It's looking like it was made up:

MOBILE, Alabama -- Mobile Police Chief Micheal T. Williams said this morning that investigators have not yet corroborated allegations that a Saturday mob attack on a white man by a group of black men was racially motivated.

The sister of the alleged victim, Matthew Owens, told WKRG that she heard one of the attackers say, "Now, that's justice for Trayvon," as he walked away.

Williams said that investigators have interviewed the sister, Ashley Parker, and the victim, and that neither mentioned attackers saying anything about "justice for Trayvon."

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"He said that police told him that Parker was in the house during the attack and that other witnesses in the neighborhood didn't report any statement about Martin."

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/04/mobile_police_on_mob_attack_no.html

It also appears Owens was brandishing knives at kids:

It started with a game of basketball. Kids in the Delmar Drive neighborhood play almost every night, and Saturday their ball found its way into a yard down the street where Matthew Owens was staying.

Neighbors say Owens confronted the kids as they chased their ball.

"We said we're sorry," says David Dinkins, one of the kids playing. "He said 'get the F out of the yard!'"

Dinkins says that's when Owens started spewing racial slurs and pulled out two knives.

"It was like kitchen knives," Dinkins says. "They were long."

http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/story/Mayor-Police-Delmar-Beating-Not-A-Hate-Crime/sZA4gRm-_kmh8Jx-OhV-ig.cspx

Facts are nice to have and it looks like they are starting to emerge.

Helpful tip: anytime Drudge and other conservative media outlets pimp stories like these, they are usually exaggerations or complete fabrications.

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Alabama "attack" update: No indication anybody yelled anything about "justice for Trayvon." (Original post)	Cali_Democrat	Apr 2012	OP
Let's see	Meiko	Apr 2012	#1
This message was hidden by jury decision.	stillirise	Apr 2012	#4
It's okay to beat him up? Good to know. nt	Bladian	Apr 2012	#11
This message was hidden by jury decision.	stillirise	Apr 2012	#2
This message was hidden by jury decision.	stillirise	Apr 2012	#3
Why are newly-registered racist trolls so attracted to my posts?	Cali_Democrat	Apr 2012	#5
I just wish our MIR Team would stop beating around the bush in their PPR messages...	pinboy3niner	Apr 2012	#6
Nice!	Cali_Democrat	Apr 2012	#8
lol -- right to the point	fishwax	Apr 2012	#10
Really, I shouldn't have used that message.	hootinholler	Apr 2012	#12
I thought 'racist prick' was putting it politely	Hugabear	Apr 2012	#13
Thanks for this update, Cali_D.	tosh	Apr 2012	#7
Wow! The Troll is strong in this one!	Rex	Apr 2012	#9
Oh Noes - you're trollbait!!!!	LynneSin	Apr 2012	#16
Why am I not surprised	LynneSin	Apr 2012	#14
so it would be interesting to know where the "fussing" and "trayvon" pieces came from. who	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#15
And The Usual Suspects, Sir, Will Ignore These Facts Completely	The Magistrate	Apr 2012	#17

Response to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 01:21 PM

Meiko (1,076 posts)

1. Let's see

nut job brandishing knifes at young people playing basketball. He scares them and they run off and tell their parents. The parents probably more than a little bit fed up with having to deal with the ginsu master get together in a large group, find him and beat him senseless. In some countries this would be called justice. It sure doesn't look like a hate crime to me. Just a bunch of people protecting their kids. I guess we will have to see if they get any arrests.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:17 PM

Bladian (475 posts)

11. It's okay to beat him up? Good to know. nt

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:08 PM

Cali_Democrat (14,676 posts)

5. Why are newly-registered racist trolls so attracted to my posts?

Begone!

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:13 PM

pinboy3niner (27,548 posts)

6. I just wish our MIR Team would stop beating around the bush in their PPR messages...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=283896&sub=trans

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:14 PM

Cali_Democrat (14,676 posts)

8. Nice!

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:16 PM

fishwax (25,089 posts)

10. lol -- right to the point

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:37 PM

hootinholler (20,635 posts)

12. Really, I shouldn't have used that message.

It was not up to our normal standards and my only defense is it was done in the heat of the moment.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:46 PM

Hugabear (9,866 posts)

13. I thought 'racist prick' was putting it politely

More like 'knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing, inbred racist fuckwad'

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:13 PM

tosh (2,971 posts)

7. Thanks for this update, Cali_D.

I really miss that old tombstone av, don't you?

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:15 PM

Rex (34,650 posts)

9. Wow! The Troll is strong in this one!

Looks like you just made a troll go haywire!

CONGRATS!

It is not amazing how many trolls are showing up lately to defend rank racism?

Anywho...my my and we learned that 'fuss' in this instance was yelling racist remarks at kids and pulling out knives...to do WHAT exactly?

NOT the 'fuss' my friends would get into when we were young. Not even close.

So...what do you suppose the mob goes from 30 to 3?

That is NOT a typical "get off my porch you dam kids!" no matter how the racists want it to be.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:50 PM

LynneSin (89,793 posts)

16. Oh Noes - you're trollbait!!!!

I'm just glad to see I was right about this guy - thank you for sharing the story!

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:48 PM

LynneSin (89,793 posts)

14. Why am I not surprised

I called this out 2 days ago when I first read about the story - I compared him to that McCain campaign worker who said these big black men who were obama supporters carved the letter 'b' in her face.

Two days later we find out she made the story up.

Mind you, I do believe the guy was beaten up by the kids but I'm finding now that perhaps it wasn't just a random act, that the guy may have helped to instigate what happened.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:49 PM

HiPointDem (17,063 posts)

15. so it would be interesting to know where the "fussing" and "trayvon" pieces came from. who

wrote the story that way & why.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 04:16 PM

The Magistrate (80,533 posts)

17. And The Usual Suspects, Sir, Will Ignore These Facts Completely

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