Man brain dead after Union Square rampage

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Source: cbs.com

A man allegedly went on a rampage in Union Square on Wednesday afternoon and left a complete stranger brain-dead in the process.

Police said that the attack may have been a hate crime.

Jeffrey Babbitt, 62, was minding his own business as he walked through the crowd near the chess boards in Union Square when a man made a hateful announcement and began his rampage, witnesses said.

“He said ‘the next white person who walks by I’m going to [expletive],’” one woman said. “His fist went in and the man’s head bobbed and he hit the ground and you could hear his skull hitting the ground.”

Read more: Link to http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/09/06/nypd-man-brain-dead-following-random-rampage-in-union-square/

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Looks like Texas doesnt have a corner on the crazy market.

[johnfunk]

1. Bigoted beyond the threshold of sanity

Just horrific.

[lunasun]

31. Even more bigoted and more insane is another story there

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/09/07/police-suspect-ripped-necklace-from-girl-3-at-queens-mcdonalds/

Where (to me) the video clearly shows they are looking for a bald white man and the comments all say they just knew they would be right when they thought 'I bet it is a black man who committed the crime"
check out the video and the comments
wtf?

[n2doc]

2. The comments section is like a KKK chat room

Horrible crime brings out the worst in people. Sounds like the perpetrator went crazy.

[MillennialDem]

5. Nah, more like reading stormfront.

[cstanleytech]

7. Crazy, sane...whatever the reason or excuse I hope they are never released be it from prison or

a mental hospital because it is clear that they are to dangerous to ever be in public where they might murder someone else at random.

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. Ugh. Vacation's over. Back to reality. Helloooooooo NY! n/t

[Warpy]

4. It's scary out there all over.

I live in a real melting pot of an area and our crime rate is pretty low and we all try to help each other out because it's a poor area. However, some areas give me a real case of the willies, especially the McMansion district where all the Republicans live. Those people garden their spite.

My dad's dying wish was that I move into a better area. My own idea is that I'm already there, thanks, with good neighbors and plenty of amenities in one of the most convenient parts of town.

Hate crimes don't surprise me no matter which way the bigotry lies. They always do sadden me.

This rampaging jerk's life is over along with Mr. Babbitt's. It's a waste.

[philosslayer]

25. Does the republican McMansion district have a higher crime rate?

Wouldn't surprise me.

[Warpy]

26. No, that would be the "nice" neighborhoods that used to be middle class

and now live paycheck to paycheck.

[AsahinaKimi]

6. For a moment I thought they meant Union Square in San Francisco...

Than I thought, naw....nothing ever happens there!

[Smarmie Doofus]

8. San Francisco's like a movie set.

Just coming back from there. Where are the... you know... like, people?


The streets are so clean you can eat off them. ( No I didn't ---- but one could, if one wished.)

And doesn't anyone have children? If so... what do they DO with them?

Gorgeous town..... but it's like a movie set. Too pretty to live in.

[Rebellious Republican]

10. How aboout it is a model for the rest of us to live by.

SF, Dungeness Crab, Anchor Steam Beer, the perfect storm!

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. I am trying to figure out what part of SF you were in.

I worked there for a few years, left about 8 years ago.
It was crowded, difficult to drive in, people everywhere, and some parts did not smell very good, to put it mildly.

[Smarmie Doofus]

16. It's called, variously, the Marina District or Cow's Hollow.

Toward the north end of town ... near GG Bridge. Lombard Street, and ( I think) Union Street are the main drags. ( I believe some folks call it "the Presidio" also.)

It's Tourist Town... w. motels and hotels out the wazoo... but also block after block of what look like impeccably designed middle-class, one-family homes, attached. Plants in front. No lawns. No bikes, no garbage cans, no dirt.

A movie set, in short.

On the small business streets there are stores w. apartments above them. Even those are weirdly neat and clean. I'm assuming that's where the yuppies live. There's a lot of yuppie-type nitelife, so I know there are actually people there.

One theory I've hatched is that the really old pre-1900 type construction ( which for instance still exists all around NYC, for example) got wiped out in the 1906 earthquake and what's there now is simply newer, better-built housing.

I've been to other parts of SF... years ago... that were not so pristine, so I know what you're talking about. And I avoided unnecessary driving because I'd likely get lost and I need the exercise (walking) . That said: the traffic seems much less obnoxious in SF than is the case in LA, for example. ( Now that's scary stuff.)

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Mr. Dixie just got back from Los Angeles a short while ago

He is from Cal and grew up in Riverside/Orange County.
Now, after 8 years of living here in Mayberry, he returned looking nerve wracked. The traffic and noise were overwhelming, he says.
and he says Mayberry never looked so good!
(Our idea of a traffic jam is 3 cars in front of us.)

[AsahinaKimi]

13. We used to have Michael Douglas and Carl Maldon

Run around in a cop car around the city... you know, the Streets of San Francisco!

[jtuck004]

14. Ahh, you must have taken a scenic walk through the Tenderloin...

Beautiful area. And so many helpful people.

[Sanddog42]

21. keep in mind

A lot of us were at Burning Man while you were here, so it was probably a bit quieter than usual.

[Smarmie Doofus]

22. Whew... I was worried that people heard we ( maybe just I) were coming and left town in a rush.

Thank god for Burning Man. Long may he ( or it) burn.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

24. Did you spend time in the Tenderloin? Some might have a different perspective.

San Francisco has thousands of homeless living on the streets.

[bitchkitty]

27. I was there in the eighties.

I left when I realized that I was becoming the kind of person who didn't see the homeless people lying in my path, the kind of person who averted her eyes and stepped around them. It was the most depressing place I've ever been.

[David__77]

9. I think that an incident like this should be factually reported.

I only say this, because I think that some people think a story like this should NOT be reported because it may be "racially divisive." I think it's important that incidents of assault, particularly when straightforwardly motivated by some group-based animus, should be reported and discussed.

[Rebellious Republican]

12. Wow so sad, to bad his story won't get much traction here. I t did not happen in ......

Texas, Fl., or in the south. Not news worthy.

[LittleGirl]

15. wow, the comments

the stupid, the racist, the hatred, it burns! Jewus H Christ I can't believe the hatred on that thread. I need to shake that off and take a shower now. ewww

[secondvariety]

18. "Could be considered a hate crime".

It's the definition of a hate crime.

[valerief]

19. If only everyone had guns, everyone could be dead.--Gungeoneer logic. nt

[cthulu2016]

20. Hmm... is there something about guns in the OP?

[iamthebandfanman]

23. the human race

is truly a sad species.

[Brigid]

29. C. S. Lewis once said:

"There are only two species that slaughter one another wholesale -- humans and rats."

[AverageJoe90]

28. This is a comment I left:

Damn shame about this poor man, and I hope his killer DOES get charged with a hate crime, AND receives a stiff sentence.

With that said, though, I REALLY do wish those morons and douchebags posting these racist comments on here would get a fucking clue. No, Obama is not conspiring to destroy white people, and no, most black people are NOT crooks. Seriously.....WTF?

R.I.P. Jeff Babbitt. You didn't have to die this way. ='(

Edit: On second thought, it wasn't approved, I guess. WTF, CBS-NY?

[7962]

30. If you used "fucking" thats what got the comment canned

you shouldve put a * in the word so it wouldnt kick out