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[video] hundreds of teens knockout shoppers

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Adrenaline said:
I posted in this thread that all the people were not one race (post 66). I live in the area.
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I'd throw a flag on that and ask for replay video evidence.

Was the video not clear?, did it have the "hide white persons" filter applied the whole time and specifically when the white kid is knocked unconscious and continued to be beaten while on the ground after he's not moving?

The video doesn't "appear" (LOL at idiots oblivious to that low brow wordsmithing from author at HuffPo) to show a black group beating up a white guy, it clearly shows a group of blacks beating up a defenseless and helpless white guy. Not sure we need to get our panties in a bunch about what occurred being racist in nature to properly address what we are seeing. Lets just call it what it is. Reversing the races might help, then remember where pieces are and substitute appropriately when you figure out, ding!, a group of whites beating up a defenseless black kid to the gruond and then countinuing to kick the kid in the head while unconscious is racist and should be treated as a hate crime.

Does a white mob really beat a helpless black kid who did nothing to provoke the attack, to the point of continuing to beat and kick him in the head while he's unconscious unless hate is involved?


I doubt if the video showed a clear group of whites beating a helpless black kid to the ground and then stomping his head, that we'd have anyone so brazenly stupid to call attention to the unseen blacks that we must not forget! You just can't see them, and they weren't beating the black kid, but they're REALLY IMPORTANT!

Idiot.
 
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Craig234 said:
And racism giving themselves advantage is embraced by one culture over any other.

You only count the injustices on one side. Makes the math come out one way.

Thugs in a video beating innocent white shoppers? That counts.

Blacks jailed at a much higher rate than their proportion of crimes? Doesn't count.

Blacks in much worse schools hurting them? Doesn't count.

Blacks compensated for that in small part with affirmative action? That's anti-white racism!
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Look, yes, there is racism in the society. Not just against blacks, but all minorities.

That is neither the whole reason or an excuse for the dismal state of the black population. That is not the reason why black men abandon their own children. I could go on and on.

Heck, you have so many immigrants who come to this country with nothing but the clothes on their back, or a suitcase or two. And become productive and useful members of the society.
 
There have been 11 arrests as of now with regards to this incident.

Two of the parents turned their children (I use this term loosely here) in.
 
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Attic said:
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I'd throw a flag on that and ask for replay video evidence.

Was the video not clear?, did it have the "hide white persons" filter applied the whole time and specifically when the white kid is knocked unconscious and continued to be beaten while on the ground after he's not moving?

The video doesn't "appear" (LOL at idiots oblivious to that low brow wordsmithing from author at HuffPo) to show a black group beating up a white guy, it clearly shows a group of blacks beating up a defenseless and helpless white guy. Not sure we need to get our panties in a bunch about what occurred being racist in nature to properly address what we are seeing. Lets just call it what it is. Reversing the races might help, then remember where pieces are and substitute appropriately when you figure out, ding!, a group of whites beating up a defenseless black kid to the gruond and then countinuing to kick the kid in the head while unconscious is racist and should be treated as a hate crime.

Does a white mob really beat a helpless black kid who did nothing to provoke the attack, to the point of continuing to beat and kick him in the head while he's unconscious unless hate is involved?


I doubt if the video showed a clear group of whites beating a helpless black kid to the ground and then stomping his head, that we'd have anyone so brazenly stupid to call attention to the unseen blacks that we must not forget! You just can't see them, and they weren't beating the black kid, but they're REALLY IMPORTANT!

Idiot.
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It wasn't just the one person that got beat down. Two Kroger employees tried helping the guy and got beat down also.

From the reports around here, it was more than one race and contained both, males and females. This is supposedly not gang related but many of the people belong to a gang.
 
Adrenaline said:
It wasn't just the one person that got beat down. Two Kroger employees tried helping the guy and got beat down also.

From the reports around here, it was more than one race and contained both, males and females. This is supposedly not gang related but many of the people belong to a gang.
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Yea.

My apologies for rant and call out.

I read that initial two victims were white and third black victim (Kroger employee like one of the other victims) was attacked for trying to help one of the initial victims. Motivation stands out to me.

Different Video coverage confirms two of three victims.

http://www.14news.com/clip/10560088/customer-thinks-he-sees-flash-mob-attacked-by-teenagers-at-kroger
 
Makes me glad I am in Thailand.

That would never happen here. I can walk among people and not fear for my life.

If that did happen here the Thai cops would beat the teens senseless. What a disgrace.
 
This is why Racism and Social Unrest undermine Society. Before I go further, this attack certainly does seem Racially motivated, but the bulk of that probably still lies on the heads of historical context. The past has created a persistent Racial based separation that varies in severity from one community to another. That doesn't excuse this event, it just puts it into context. IOW, responding with "Look at these ***!" ,or other such thing that is common to these threads, isn't making a Point, it is admission to culpability in the event in question.

Social Unrest is the other side of the coin. It comes in many forms and at this point many of those have converged. From Economic stresses, to Political, to recent Police actions, and from what I understand that community is one where Racial tensions are already high to begin with.

Those involved certainly need to be Arrested and dealt with by the Justice system, but that's not the solution to prevent these types of events from happening. To prevent these types of things, you need to deal with the issues that cause them happen. Failure to do that is to merely accept such outbursts of violence as Normal and Acceptable, because it will become that.
 
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squarecut1 said:
Look, yes, there is racism in the society. Not just against blacks, but all minorities.

That is neither the whole reason or an excuse for the dismal state of the black population. That is not the reason why black men abandon their own children. I could go on and on.

Heck, you have so many immigrants who come to this country with nothing but the clothes on their back, or a suitcase or two. And become productive and useful members of the society.
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Look, yes, it's just part of the picture, but it's a part many people deny or are ignorant of or just don't give a crap or actively support.

And these things are cumulative in effect - one thing worse makes another worse. There are plenty of problems and solutions to go around.

Things aren't going to get totally fixed or even close, but we can try to move in that direction and improving things.
 
Mai72 said:
Makes me glad I am in Thailand.

That would never happen here. I can walk among people and not fear for my life.

If that did happen here the Thai cops would beat the teens senseless. What a disgrace.
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This is actually a very sad commentary coming from someone from Thailand. Have you ever been here? This kind of thing is not commonplace out here. I mean it wouldn't surprise me if this story took place in any major US city. But at the same time, it's not like we fear for our lives. It is a disgrace. Embarrassing.
 
marmasatt said:
This is actually a very sad commentary coming from someone from Thailand. Have you ever been here? This kind of thing is not commonplace out here. I mean it wouldn't surprise me if this story took place in any major US city. But at the same time, it's not like we fear for our lives. It is a disgrace. Embarrassing.
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True. Most of America is non-violent.

I'm from Jersey and we don't have that nonsense.
 
To all the people saying open carry this, gun that,... I thought the whole premise of the knockout game is they come at you from behind? You wouldn't even see it coming. The only way you would ever even have a shot, is if they missed you, or didn't completely knock you out.

And I'm guessing if you're in a liberal state and you shot one of them as they attempted to retreat in some fashion, you'd be the one going to jail.
 
Mai72 said:
Makes me glad I am in Thailand.

That would never happen here. I can walk among people and not fear for my life.

If that did happen here the Thai cops would beat the teens senseless. What a disgrace.
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That wouldn't happen in 99.9% of the landmass of the US.
 
z1ggy said:
To all the people saying open carry this, gun that,... I thought the whole premise of the knockout game is they come at you from behind? You wouldn't even see it coming. The only way you would ever even have a shot, is if they missed you, or didn't completely knock you out.

And I'm guessing if you're in a liberal state and you shot one of them as they attempted to retreat in some fashion, you'd be the one going to jail.
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Yea... open carry might help you; might be a good way to get torn limb from limb by a group like that. The sure answer to dealing with 100 people looking to knock you out is to not be near 100 people looking to knock you out.
 
It's kind of funny reading a thread and watching people try to equate the racism of people with the institutional racism inflicted on minorities. There's a reason the two aren't equivalent.
 
This isn't about race or the oppression of 50 to 150 years ago. Its about no jobs and bad schools, and a divisive culture of us and them that feeds on everything being somebody else's fault while celebrating failure.
 
Craig234 said:
What is black America's share of income and wealth *today*?
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OK Craig blacks got the bad end of the stick a long time ago and haven't gotten over it yet. So here you are justifying their actions. How many dead white people does it take before you see that as wrong? "BUT BUT SLAVERY"! A group of black kids select out a white one and rape her. BUT BUT POVERTY!

I don't know if they would have gone after the guy injured if he were black or not, but I strongly suspect that no matter what you'd find a reason to excuse black on white violence. No. Attacking another is not acceptable, and if it were based on race and the perps were black and the victim not then they should get the same condemnation, but no, you'll cite unemployment figures while the body grows cold. Some of my ancestors were treated to extinction by the likes of yours. Shall I get my pound of flesh from you?
 
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