Hate Comes to a Town Near You: 'We hate the President; We're gonna kill the President" UPDATED

[Emit]

Hate Comes to a Town Near You: 'We hate the President; We're gonna kill the President" UPDATED
by soothsayer99

Hate Comes to a Town Near You: 'We hate the President; We're gonna kill the President" UPDATED
Sat Sep 26, 2009 at 09:20:06 PM PDT

It could have been anywhere, but it was Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, an inner-ring suburb of Minneapolis. My town.

The quote above was shouted during a racially-motivated attack on an 18 year old black man, Derrick Thomas, one of two black men - the other Thomas' uncle - to be targeted a by a group of 3 white men who were armed with an ax, brass knuckles and a gun. A white woman was passed out drunk in the car..

They beat and kicked the 18-year-old while screaming a racial epithet, and they ordered him to strip naked, he told police. Then they robbed him of everything he had, including his Air Jordans, blue jeans and shirt. Police said Thomas has a mental capacity of someone 8 to 10 years old.

"They were saying stuff like, 'We hate the president; we're gonna kill the president, his wife and his kids,'" Thomas recalled from his front stoop Friday, his left eye puffy and discolored. "They said every black person that comes through our park, we're gonna kick their butt. We don't like black people, period."

Cont'd: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/27/781307/-Hate-Comes-to-a-Town-Near-You:-We-hate-the-President;-Were-gonna-kill-the-President-UPDATED

[Turbineguy]

1. Obviously, the safest time to

walk through that area is when Glenn Beck is on TeeVee.

[Joanne98]

2. What do you expect from Michele Bachmann's district.

[Emit]

5. Is this Bachmann's district?

I was going to see if it was, but you know this for sure? Tx, Joanne98

[Emit]

8. It's not her district specifically, just for the record

She's in the 6th CD and this town where this occurred is apparently in the 3rd district. Nevertheless, I understand your point.

[and-justice-for-all]

3. Thanks, sent it to the proper authorities...nt

[noiretextatique]

4. clearly they have policy differences with the president, not racial at all

:sarcasm:

[RainDog]

6. "a white woman was passed out drunk in the car..."

so, was that Bachman?

[TankLV]

9. Probably Laura or one of the Twins...

altho, mAnn Coulter springs to mind - but that would have had to be reported as a "man" instead...

[Faygo Kid]

7. Faux News will applaud their "bravery."

As will Rush. This is exactly what they are hoping for.

[Kievan Rus]

10. This shit is getting out of hand

Faux News and hate radio are constantly shouting fire in a crowded theater...and yet they act surprised when somebody who is deranged, paranoid, or both, acts out and engages in violence.

[stray cat]

11. And like any assailant they should be prosecuted and charged with a hate crime

criminals have always been with us as have hateful malicious idiots.

[MineralMan]

12. Thanks for posting that. I read the Pioneer Press, rather

than the Minneapolis paper, and hadn't seen this story. We have plenty of racists in the Twin Cities area. This group of them will get the book thrown at them. We don't tolerate our racists here. Further, like in many large cities, any jury in Hennepin county is likely to be racially mixed.

[Emit]

13. Are your local news stations covering it?

Just curious how it's being covered?

[MineralMan]

14. I haven't listened to or heard the news yet. They'll cover it, though,

since they use the newspaper to figure out what stories to run. Trouble is that Sunday's a dead day for TV local news. They have the second team in doing the news and it's usually not current. This story, though, I'm sure will get coverage today. I watch the evening local news, so I'll see.

[RidinMyDonkey]

15. I live no more than 30 minutes from there

I wish I could round up all my black friends, find these men, and return the favor.

I'm sick of all this violence towards The President, the black community, and liberals in general. Maybe it's time we start fighting back.