What those young racist thugs did to this kid- Police Slow to Probe Biracial Boy's Hanging in New

[malaise]

There was a thread about this a few days ago - this was attempted murder. They MUST PAY for this.

http://www.newsweek.com/hanging-boy-biracial-8-years-old-black-white-new-hampshire-lynching-claremont-664415
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Over the past two weeks, the alleged hanging of an 8-year-old biracial boy has roiled the small, picturesque town of Claremont, New Hampshire. As a few hundred residents gathered in town for a prayer vigil organized by local clergy on Tuesday night, fresh allegations by the boy’s family further rocked this normally quiet area.

In an interview with Newsweek on Tuesday, the boy’s maternal grandmother, Lorrie Slattery, said local police did not begin seriously investigating the incident until images of the boy’s neck went viral on social media.

“Now they’re investigating,” said Slattery, 52, who is white. “On the day it happened, the police officer went around and spoke to the boy [believed to be the ringleader] and then came back to my daughter and said, ‘the child said it was an accident; there’s nothing we can do.' It was the media who opened their eyes and got them to do an investigation.”

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The cops are just as racist.
This needs national condemnation

[a kennedy]

1. WTF???

accident??? REALLY??

[malaise]

3. Imagine if black kids did this to aneight year old white kid

They be in an adult jail by now

[True_Blue]

25. This!

They would be tried as adults for attempted murder and fox snooze would be running this story 24/7.

[Bettie]

38. In adult jail awaiting trial for murder

probably first degree and they would be the top story on Faux every hour.

[Orrex]

49. They never would have made it to jail

They'd have "reached for their waistbands" or "given the cops a dehumanizing stare," or maybe they'd be shot in the back while fleeing unarmed from cops 20 yards away who were "in fear of immediate mortal danger."

[malaise]

50. Good point

[Chasstev365]

2. If they were black kids, they'd already be charged with attempted murder!

So tired of this sickening racism. Accident my ass! Lock these little fuckers up NOW!

[underthematrix]

4. This. This. This should make everyone on this

site squabbling over whatever that this little boy needs you to save his life by voting ONLY for Democrats.

[ProudLib72]

5. They had a vigil and...

During the vigil, she claimed, a lone white man yelled out “white power!” and no one in the crowd seemed to say anything.

I'm taking a wild guess that this might be the father of one of the kids who did the lynching.

[malaise]

6. Most likely

I wonder if their reaction would have been any different if theyhadkilled that little boy.

[onecaliberal]

7. Attempted murder is nothing? Wow

[malaise]

9. Now?

Ask lil Emmett Till

[onecaliberal]

13. I know, always has been if your skin is white

[Initech]

8. The hate is getting to be too much.

Every day it gets worse. Every day there's something new and absolutely horrifying. And our leaders are only making it worse. Trump has emboldened the absolute worst of us.

Oh and for the alt righters who might be lurking here - this isn't free speech. This is a fucking hate crime. Need it spelled out for you?

[malaise]

11. That simple

Don the Con's America. Obama would have condemned this

[Initech]

14. Hillary would have put a stop to it too.

Its getting to be too much. This is no way to run a country.

[malaise]

15. I hope she says something about it in her interview with Rachel tomorrow

This is too much.

[mythology]

23. How exactly do you think she would have done that?

Bill Clinton being president didn't stop James Byrd or Matthew Shepard from being brutally murdered. Obama signing the hate crime law in their name didn't stop this trash from trying to kill this child by hanging. This isn't something that started with Trump. Hating others, whether they be of a different race, or religion, or gender or sexual orientation, that's been a part of humanity for as long as we've been a species.

[33taw]

26. While there have been isolated hate crimes during all administrations.

We are seeing a significant rise in hate crimes since Trump's election. Additionally, it does not help when he does not speak out against it until forced by the media.

[Initech]

36. And it's taken Trump what, over a month to denounce what happened in Charlottesville?

Hillary would have done so almost immediately, and named white supremacists and the alt right almost immediately.

[Initech]

35. What's there not to get?

The SPLC has tracked 867 Trump-related hate crimes since the election. Neo Nazis and white supremacists say they've been emboldened by what Trump is doing. Even children - CHILDREN - are quoting Trump to bully their classmates. And there have been over 200 reported incidents of that across the country. The hate would still exist under Hillary but not of this magnitude. Trump has amplified it from being almost non existent to being an every day in your face thing. The hate in this country is worse than its' ever been, and we have a president and a news network that has enforced this unfiltered hatred, and now white supremacists are saying that if they don't get a say they will cry free speech at the drop of a hat. It's not free speech - it's a hate crime.

[heaven05]

52. true

but white people in this country have been hanging blacks since before the post civil war till present Segregation Era. All this, both sides do it, is BS. Only thing we are is a vicious species of 'life' with gender, race and sexual orientation specific hates....none of this BS you talk.

[MagickMuffin]

10. Could some of the teenagers be related to the cops?

That is what has been crossing my mind. Perhaps the thuggish cops didn't want to investigate because one of the kids belongs to someone on the FORCE???

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised.

Have any of the names of the kids been released?

[malaise]

12. Interesting

Hmmmmmmmmm- we'll find out.

[MagickMuffin]

16. Hopefully, I know that there are times the choice of not identifying

minors, but I would say in this case it is fundamental to know who these preps are to protect the rest of society. These preps are not prepared to interact with the rest of us. They are a menace to society.

[malaise]

17. They have learned to hate from their parents

and racists like the Con

[Marie Marie]

29. Exactly malaise.

Children are not born to hate - sadly, it is learned. This whole story just hurts my heart. And our President, most of all, should be ashamed, he should set the example. Alas, we all know that won't happen.

[Solly Mack]

18. K&R

[dchill]

19. K&R.

[red dog 1]

20. "the child said it was an accident, there's nothing we can do."??

The only "child" here was the 8-year-old bi-racial VICTIM

The others are racist, hateful TEENAGERS!..who should all be tried in juvenile court for attempted murder!

(Imagine if 4 black teenagers lynched an 8-year-old white boy)

Kick for exposure!

[forgotmylogin]

22. The kids said "We accidentally hanged him" and...

there was nothing they could do?

"Oh, we can't arrest that guy. He only accidentally robbed the bank.

[ProfessorGAC]

43. Negligent Homicide Is Not A Thing, Anymore?

It's the basis for the DUI laws, so how could this "accident" not rise to that level?

[malaise]

48. +1,000

[KY_EnviroGuy]

21. A child is physically and mentally wounded.

(snip from Newsweek)

Slattery said her grandson’s physical wounds are healing, but the impact of what happened is a lot for an 8-year-old boy to handle.

“Mentally, he’s not so well,” she said. “He does not want to believe that...[these boys] wanted to hurt him.”

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This, along with numerous other recent events, clearly tells me that as a nation, we still have a long way to go in dealing with racism. The parents of the kids that committed this crime should be held accountable.

[malaise]

47. He must be in pain

Poor kid thought they were his friends

[KY_EnviroGuy]

57. More thoughts for you.

We may never hear the full results of this sad story because probably, all involved are juveniles; see link, below:

http://www.eagletimes.com/news/2017-09-12/Front_Page/Confidentiality_laws_at_the_center_of_juvenile_han.html

This child will have a slow, painful recovery - mainly emotionally and mentally, and will need tons of love. He may even need long-term therapy. There's a chance his folks can't afford it.

This occurred to me:
1. Being a small town, he will have problems returning to his school because most likely, those who harmed him go there.
2. Due to the confidentiality laws, the identity of the parents of the offenders may also remain hidden, therefore shielding them from public shame.

In my opinion, this event happened due to bad parenting of the offenders and the parents are the ones who should be held accountable. Those kids were probably just parroting what they hear at home, along with hearty doses of Trumpish garbage in the media.

[malaise]

58. You're right

[SleeplessinSoCal]

24. .....

[Stuart G]

27. k and r...

How can anyone ...yes anyone...think of doing this to an 8 year old?

Police Chief should be fired...immediately !!

[Alice11111]

28. Clearly, it's attempted murder, assault & battery, & probably

a hate crime. Why have the perpetrators not been charged? Outrageous. Poor little guy. 8 years old.

[Stuart G]

30. I agree...."perpetrators ......charged"...What is wrong with this police chief?

[JI7]

31. There is more outrage over the rapper nobody ever heard of doing some fake lynching of a white kid

as part of his act. yeah, what he did was fucking disgusting but there are people more outraged over the rapper than the actual act.


https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141865466#post25

[heaven05]

53. true

[Stuart G]

32. Claremont is a town of about 13,000 ..At least charge the crooks...

What the hell is wrong with this town...??? CHARGE THE CROOKS......

I got to say this...I think this is one of the ugliest stories I have read recently..Those crooks could have easily killed the 8 year old..

[jimmil]

33. The children who did this horrible crime

Need help, lot's of help. They have clearly been exposed to racial hatred, perhaps even been a victim themselves by peers or even family members. These are children. They need to have therapy by mental health experts. While their crime is shocking they are still children and we cannot condemn them to a life in prison without at least trying to help, to turn them around, to let them grow and have productive lives. There are five victims here and probably many more who have been affected in some way to this tragedy.

Sorry, I would love to go along with everyone but I just can't make these children pay for life what their adolescent minds have done.

[Stuart G]

34. ....So what if they are 16 year old?...still children???

Guess what ? In a large city like New York or Chicago..they would be charged as .."adults"

You telling me even a 14 year old wouldn't know this is wrong, against the law?
Charge them..

[heaven05]

54. ???

[Stuart G]

37. So..think about this 4 black 13 to 14 year olds boys..doing the same with 8 year old white girl..

No sexual touching of any kind,,,just the rope around the neck like we see in the picture....and kinda hung..

So...........................now what would the police chief do??...do you think he would... do the same?
..........................or would there be an outcry.....some kind of arrest..and sent to juvenile home ... How about that one????......Think about that.....

[malaise]

39. They'd be charged as adults

[Stuart G]

41. Yes, I agree.."charged as adults"....f**king sick society...

very sad....

[Warren DeMontague]

40. an "accident", right.

[malaise]

42. Of course

Lil white teenage boys have accidents - sometimes they kill entire families with their fancy cars and occasionally they lynch an eight year old.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. As I Said Above, malaise. . .

. . .negligent homicide is the underlying basis for DUI laws and for vehicular homicide charges.

This "accident" certainly rises to that level, at the very least. So, exactly how is there "Nothing we can do" in this case?

[malaise]

46. Like you

I'd like the answer to that question. This is shocking.

[smirkymonkey]

45. Bullshit!!

Accident? There is nothing they can do? Oh yes there is. Teach those racist little bastards a lesson so they will never do it again. And make sure their parents know that they are being held accountable as well. Fuck that!

I am so disgusted with this country right now!

[niyad]

51. when the cop said, "we have to protect these young children, not ruin their lives over a mistake"

I wanted to vomit. those "young children" are TEENAGERS. funny how 14 year old white kids who try to lynch a child are "young children", but innocent victim 17 year old Trayvon Martin was portrayed as a hulking brute.

[heaven05]

55. yeah

and 11 year old Tamir Rice should not have been playing with his toy gun in a park, otherwise he would not have been shot down 1.2 seconds after police arrive after a call from 'someone' of a black man with a gun...this country is so ridden with institutional WHITE racism of the culturally systemic type, that it will never end and more and more people will start fighting back as they are attacked by trumps storm troopers and white supremacists in general..

[malaise]

59. But he was so big for a twelve year old

wink wink

[malaise]

56. Notice how they aren't concerned with protecting the eight year old and his family

This is institutional racism on steroids.

Great point re Trayvon Martin. And remember the twelve year old the police killed in Ohio.

[aikoaiko]

60. The police response is horrible.

It is really disgusting.

[Blue_Tires]

61. So just like Trayvon the parents have to make it a national story

to get the cops off their asses...

[Lifelong Protester]

62. "the child said it was an accident"?

"Accident"? my foot. I've worked with kids that age. Accident? No WAY!!

[McCamy Taylor]

63. I am convinced this is a result of Trump makiing fascism and racism "legitimate".

Teenagers do what they think their slightly older peers would approve of. If white northern teens did this it is because they think white 20 somethings in their neighborhood would do.

So, what has Trump had to say?

[malaise]

64. The silence is deafening