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disturbing, to say the least.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3297932
A crowd attacked and killed a passenger in a vehicle that had struck and injured a child, police said Wednesday.
Police believe 2,000 to 3,000 people were in the area for a Juneteenth celebration when the attack occurred Tuesday night. The man who was killed had been trying to stop the group from attacking the vehicle's driver when the crowd turned on him, authorities said.
The Austin Police Department identified the victim as David Rivas Morales, 40. The child was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police spokeswoman Toni Chovonetz said she had no further information, including how many people were involved.
The driver was able to get away from the crowd and is cooperating with investigators, police said.
Juneteenth marks the day Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston in 1865 to share news of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves two years earlier on Jan. 1, 1863.
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disturbing, to say the least.
Keep Austin Weird!
Stupid Austin mother ers!
Hook'em Horns!
That's so ed up, how is this not national news?
Damn, and right after the annual questionable-cir stance police shooting on the east side.
It's going to be a long, hot summer up here.
Police have been gunning down unarmed minorities in the back at least once a year since maybe even before I moved to Austin, and that was in 2002.
Last edited by Cant_Be_Faded; 06-20-2007 at 05:53 PM. Reason: 2002....damn i'm old
that's sad, but i can't stand austin.
that's sickening. how can there be such a mob mentality in these days... ugh!
'Cause it was during a Juneteenth celebration and didn't involve white folks?
/Window seat please
sums it up pretty well
Because no matter what we are still animals and mob mentality is instinctive.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19332252/
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/20/cra....ap/index.html
MSNBC and CNN both have it so it did make national news. Unfortunately, there must be other, more f'd up news today.
Midge's view of life tells me he was a fan of Lord of the Flies as a tyke.
Still though, thats ed up. LOL at the hypothetical press coverage if whites had committed this act.
i wonder if this will be charged as a hate crime.
just sayin'
I wonder if they will arrest the driver for hit and run since he left the scene.
i doubt it but they did mention on the news just now that there are reports of some of the group that attacked telling nearby hispanics that they shouldn't be there and that it was "their" day.
OMG.
There just aren't words. . .
Two years later....Juneteenth marks the day Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston in 1865 to share news of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves two years earlier on Jan. 1, 1863.
What, did you expect the Confeds to tell anyone?
That's awful...
I don't see how that's possible. All the articles state that the driver and the passenger stayed at the seen and tried to check on and help the little child. In fact when attempting to do this is when they were attacked by the crowd. The passenger was beaten to death and the driver only escaped with his life. He is totally cooperating with the police. I would be very surprised if his charges include hit and run. Maybe reckless driving or DUI if he was drinking or something. Who knows!?!?
in all seriousness, this story is insane. those people have lost their ing mind. (i know i know) my other comments for the day....grass is green.
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