Brooklyn man arrested in string of punching assaults

[hrmjustin]

AP

NEW YORK -- Police have arrested a Brooklyn man they say has struck six people, including three elderly women, in the back of the head since November.

Police arrested Barry Baldwin Friday on six counts of assault as a hate crime, one count of attempted assault for missing a seventh person, and other charges. They say all the incidents occurred in Brooklyn.

Baldwin was in custody and unavailable for comment. A message left at his home wasn't returned and it wasn't clear if he had an attorney.


http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9381693

[MADem]

1. Oh great. He's black, his victims, Jewish.

http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/national/barry-baldwin-knockout-assaults-new-york-man-charged-with-hate-crimes-attacking-jewish-women

Barry Baldwin, a Brooklyn resident, was charged with six counts of assault as a hate crime, six counts of aggravated harassment as a hate crime, and other crimes for a spate of attacks between November 9 and December 27 in predominantly Jewish sections of Brooklyn, police said.
On November 9, Baldwin allegedly punched a 78-year-old woman who was pushing a stroller -- apparently as part of the "knockout" assault game, where people try to knock a random stranger unconscious with a single blow. The victim was knocked to the ground.
On December 7, he allegedly struck again, punching a 20-year-old woman in the back of the head in Brooklyn.
Between December 21 and December 27, Baldwin allegedly assaulted five more woman, including a 33-year-old woman who was walking with her young daughter and another 78-year-old woman.

The right will have a field day.

[840high]

3. I don't care what

color they are - this has to stop.

[MADem]

5. Well, my point, unspoken, admittedly, but I figured most people here would "get" it--is that

this is the kind of thing the right just LOVES to glom on to and use. "See? SEEE? Those 'blah' people, they're always crying about discrimination, but SEE. WHAT. THEY. DO?"....like this is an after dinner sport in the AA community, or something.

I can just hear the spittle-flecked invective coming out of the mouths of idiots like Rush. This kind of shit feeds their hate agenda. Make no mistake, they are thrilled about this.

[NaturalHigh]

4. His victims were women too.

It takes a special kind of scum to go around punching old women.

[MADem]

6. I hope the news media follows up on this, because I want to know what was in this idiot's head.

Someone who does something like that is just "not right," if you know what I mean. I wonder if there is a history of untreated mental illness, or some other issues that would cause someone to do something so fucking mean and dumb.

[NaturalHigh]

2. If he's guilty, lock him away for a long time.

Let a couple of non-violent offenders out of prison to make room for him.