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The 28-year-old Valentine allegedly punched the other man, who fought back and knocked out his assailant.
Valentine awoke a few minutes later and left the pool area, police said, but returned with a baseball bat.
Witnesses said he swung the bat at the black man, who fended him off with a chair and then punched him several times knocking Valentine out a second time.
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/raging-white-man-gets-knocked-out-twice-after-attacking-black-father-at-community-pool/|
Biff, baff, uppercut
Aristus
(66,316 posts)Dickhead...
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)OKLAHOMA CITY - A family trip to the pool took a very dark turn July 20, at an apartment complex on Southwest 5th and MacArthur in Oklahoma City.
Witnesses and police said 28-year-old Joshua Valentine targeted a black man, who was at the swimming pool to watch his kids. Police said Valentine verbally then physically attacked the victim with a closed fist. The victim, however, turned the tables on Valentine, and knocked him out.
When Valentine awoke a few minutes later, he left the pool area, then returned with a baseball bat. Police and witnesses said he swung at the victim, who not only fended Valentine off with a chair, the victim then struck Valentine several times with his fist, knocking Valentine out a second time.
Police ended up arresting Valentine for malicious harassment based on race. He spent six days in the Oklahoma County Jail.
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NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)AllyCat
(16,177 posts)Not only does RS steal content, they have the audacity to charge for it.
SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)It's really open season out there, as declared by the President of the United States.
But god forbid anyone call Trump out for being a racist. Targets of bigotry just need to be ready to defend themselves at the drop of a hat, anytime, anywhere. Because that's the kind of country our leaders and media want.
PJMcK
(22,031 posts)Just ask him! He'll tell you he's the least racist person in the world.
(snark)
Seriously, who would ever say such a thing? It's like when someone tells you they're an expert, they're probably not. Really smart people know that there's much more than they know.
paleotn
(17,911 posts)That site is so ad and pop up ridden it brings my computer to a crawl.
DallasNE
(7,402 posts)I fear, is that the assailant will now go out and buy a gun and return with that thing instead of a baseball bat.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)thanks to MF45.
Editing for typos...cannot get the "s" in the right place!
barbtries
(28,787 posts)the victim needs to move away. he is in danger for his life.
blogslut
(37,997 posts)The news link above in post #2 provides an image of the racist's mugshot. Buzzcut and neck tattoos and a black eye.
subterranean
(3,427 posts)It's from something that happened a couple of years ago in Seattle.
I guess there was no actual video of the Oklahoma City incident.
barbtries
(28,787 posts)the way the other guy's face was blurred out i really thought it was the same incident. thanks
fishwax
(29,149 posts)though, as others have noted, the gif in the OP isn't of this particular incident.
Catherine Vincent
(34,488 posts)The guy came back with a bat. During his jail time, you know he was seething with anger. When he gets out, he will go looking for the guy with a gun.
calimary
(81,210 posts)barbtries
(28,787 posts)who will go after the victim.
i hope he's moving out.
Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)and let everyone know, hate will NOT be tolerated. What kind of message would running away teach his kids? Running away, fear, subjugation - that's what the racists want. We must stand against them.
barbtries
(28,787 posts)i don't need for him to be a sacrificial lamb. nor his children.
Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)are not seen, not reported? You believe all of us should run when threatened by bigotry? It's happening everywhere. Where exactly in Trump's America would you have us go?
No. This is our land. This is our country. I have stood against hate with my own children behind me.
This topic is neither abstract or hypothetical for me.
barbtries
(28,787 posts)i'm probably wrong anyhow, his own friend now calls himself an ex-friend.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)The aggressor's mugshot does not match this guy in the animated gif.
The location of where this happened (at a community pool) doesn't match the animated gif.
What gives?
Saviolo
(3,280 posts)It's been going around for over a year now, it's just a Seattle nazi harassing a black man getting his clock cleaned. It's not the person from the article, it's just a tidy visual representation of what happened.
brush
(53,764 posts)to a video of the story (no scenes of the KOs though).
lunasun
(21,646 posts)FYI creepy neck tattoos like that will stop you from getting some jobs thus creating your economic anxiety cover more than black people taking the jobs
Need to understand him my ass
onethatcares
(16,166 posts)this story made me laugh aloud.
It reminded me of the counter girl at McDs here in Florida that punched some racist asshole in the face when he disrespected her.
He hadn't a clue that she was an amateur boxer.
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)Slow learner.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)It shouldn't be there.
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)But I think anyone who wears a Nazi arm band is asking for trouble.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)The fact that it was from a "real" event doesn't change the fact that in this context when shown along with an entirely unrelated story, it's deceptive and misleading. Why try and defend this type of deception?
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)because I was wondering what the story was behind the gif.
Amazingly good use of Twitter unlike someone we know.
brush
(53,764 posts)majdrfrtim
(317 posts)makes no mention of a NAZI arm-band, which would be puzzling if the perp *actually* had been wearing one. The .gif seems not to represent this particular incident . . .
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)I would check this asshat for weapons in his residence.
He escalated when he got a bat and there is no reason to believe the next one won't be with a firearm.
He committed an act of domestic terrorism and must be checked out and sent for a psych eval.
I would also sue him for violating my civil rights based on race.
Do not go easy on this racist!
Hekate
(90,642 posts)Would it be possible to remove it from your post?
It's bad enough a baseball bat-wielding thug attempted to murder a father in front of his children, but the gif detracts from the veracity and impact of the actual story.
IronLionZion
(45,426 posts)If he used a second amendment solution to this problem, it would be a much more tragic headline. Haters going to hate. It's better without guns.
catbyte
(34,371 posts)AllyCat
(16,177 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Straight right to the jaw... goodnight, sweetheart!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,906 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Initech
(100,063 posts)Yeehah
(4,585 posts)My dad killed quite a few during his service in the 99th Inf. Div.