Non-Bias Attack: A gang of up to 30 black teens

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

http://www.brooklynskyline.com/news_article.asp?c=ne&na=1486

 

Non-Bias Attack

 

April 11, 2005

By Marianna Hernandez

 

Invoking the name “Martin Luther King” and screaming “Black Power!” a gang of up to 30 black teens attacked four white girls in Marine Park in what police are saying is not a bias crime.

 

The March 30 attack was a hot topic at state Senator Marty Golden’s recent public safety forum.

 

According to witnesses and parents of the victims, four young girls from St. Edmund’s had the day off from school due to Easter recess. They were playing basketball during dismissal from nearby Marine Park Junior High School, when several Marine Park students demanded to use the court.

 

After adults intervened and asked them to wait their turn, the teens left - but returned in a pack of up to 30, both boys and girls, and stormed into the park.

 

Witnesses say the attackers were all black and called their victims “white crackers” during the bloody melee, which raged for almost 20 minutes.

 

“This is not being looked at as a bias crime,” NYPD Deputy Inspector Kevin McGinn said at the meeting.

 

“When I pulled my car up to the park, I witnessed a pandemonium I’ve never seen in my life,” said Debbie, a mother of one victim who asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons.

 

Her daughter ran to the car, screaming, “They’re going to kill us,” Debbie recalled. My daughter was so scared and kids were running around like crazy.

 

Pursued by dozens of teens, some of the girls were “literally running into traffic to save their lives,” she said.

 

One girl made it as far as a nearby house, but was dragged by her hair back into the playground by a “wolf pack of children,” Debbie said.

 

The St. Edmund girls were bleeding and beaten to the point where they had cuts, scrapes, footprints and dirt all over them - and the attackers surrounded her car and started pounding on the windows as Debbie tried to herd the terrified children into her vehicle.

 

Two girls were hospitalized - one with a broken nose and one with a head injury, according to Edith, the mother of another girl.

 

According to Lt. Mark Molinari, from the 63rd Precinct, five of the assailants, who attend Marine Park Junior High School, were arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault. But since the attackers are all under the age of 16, they are facing charges in Family Court, and were arraigned last Friday.

 

“I always felt safe in the area and after hearing about such an incident, you start thinking what else could happen. These situations should not be happening, not in Marine Park, or anywhere else, and the safety of our kids should be of most importance,” said Denise Williams, a parent from Gerritsen Beach.

 

“It’s getting progressively worse in the community - these types of gangs are not only taking away our parks, they‚re ruining our neighborhoods,” said parent Cathy Miller.

 

“Nobody expects their child to go to a park and get beaten, with footprints on her head and arm, everyone just wants their child to be safe,” said Edith. “Everyone should have the right to be safe from teens, to small kids, to seniors, to mothers with strollers, no one should fear of being beaten while enjoying a day in the park.

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[SuperJerk 0]

NYPD Deputy Inspector Kevin McGinn sounds rather stupid in light of the evidence.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Well that's lovely. Hate crime legislation: so fair!

[Guest MikeSC]

Gee, can't figure out why some people think "hate crime" legislation is a joke.

-=Mike

[Slayer 0]

Those 30 kids sure showed those other kids what's up!

[The Czech Republic 0]

Those cracker ass bitches thought they could ball. Serves 'em right.

[Guest MikeSC]

Those cracker ass bitches thought they could ball. Serves 'em right.

I bet they said "Friday" sucked.

 

Bitches had it comin'.

-=Mike

[The Czech Republic 0]

I talked smack about Barbershop and I still have bruises.

[Guest MikeSC]

I remember once saying "The Chronic" wasn't that good.

 

I don't remember much else from that year.

-=Mike

[The Czech Republic 0]

I asked what was so great about Colt. 45 and I woke up with glass in my hair

[Guest MikeSC]

I asked what was so great about Colt. 45 and I woke up with glass in my hair

Was it Billy Dee Williams? Because you don't fuck with stuff he promotes.

-=Mike

[Guest Brian]

Circle Jerk!!!

 

Can I join?

[Special K 0]

They were screaming Martin Luther King? Do they even know who he was?

[Guest MikeSC]

They were screaming Martin Luther King? Do they even know who he was?

Maybe one of the kids was named MLK.

-=Mike

[The Czech Republic 0]

I asked what was so great about Colt. 45 and I woke up with glass in my hair

Was it Billy Dee Williams? Because you don't fuck with stuff he promotes.

-=Mike

Yeah I think I was concussed from the bottle. Shit DOES work every time.

[Vern Gagne 0]

MLK is the dead guy they get a day off from school for.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

MLK is the dead guy they get a day off from school for.

Yeah. Wasn't he that guy who discovered the New World?

[The Czech Republic 0]

No that was Rosh Hashanah

[Guest MikeSC]

MLK is the dead guy they get a day off from school for.

Yeah. Wasn't he that guy who discovered the New World?

No.

 

That was Lincoln.

 

Everybody knows that.

-=Mike

[SuperJerk 0]

edit: Mike and Czech beat me to the punch line.

Edited April 22, 2005 by RobotJerk

[The Czech Republic 0]

See, I liked mine.

[2GOLD 0]

Maybe they meant Rodney King but forgot his name and figured one King is just as good as the other.

[SuperJerk 0]

They shoulda yelled "Don King" then.

[Guest MikeSC]

Maybe they meant Rodney King but forgot his name and figured one King is just as good as the other.

That and they weren't all getting along too well...

-=Mike

...But they WERE thugs, so they're just like Rodney in that way...

[Highland 0]

I'd love to see the reaction if it was 30 white teens attacking 4 black girls....

 

Riots in the streets, no doubt.

Edited April 22, 2005 by Highland

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

There's nothing wrong if i'm sorta cynical on parts of this story, right? Something just doesn't seem right here.

 

From what I can see on searches, other than the Brooklyn Skyline, there hasn't been any other coverage on it. Not one article on Google News (which goes back 30 days).

 

If you do a search on "Kevin McGinn" bias, you'll find a split between people posting this story on messege boards and skinheads posting this in skinhead messege boards

 

http://www.brooklynskyline.com/news_article.asp?na=1503 (You can sorta tell who's been getting this story from the letters)

 

Doesn't it strike you as totally bizarre that not even conservative news sources have repeated this? Nothing from Newsmax, Nothing from WorldNetDaily, Nothing from CNS. All sources that would love the "Look, Hate Crime laws are unfair" stories

 

Usually something this sensational will be repeated somehow by some other news source.

 

I'm sure there'll be something that'll verify most of this, but the lack of coverage from anybody other than Brooklyn Skyline seems bizarre.

 

It would not stun me if some of the details given were incorrect. But maybe this story is being "held down" and not given a "push"

[SuperJerk 0]

If you do a search on "Kevin McGinn" bias, you'll find a split between people posting this story on messege boards and skinheads posting this in skinhead messege boards

He's right.

 

I did a search using the name of the school and got similar results.

[Ted the Poster 0]

They shoulda yelled "Don King" then.

It does seem like it was a setup...

[NoCalMike 0]

Honestly, and I know in the short-term, it might be irrelevent, but I really am interested to get the reaction from all 30 of the kid's parents that took part in this act of violence, and see if they are remourseful at all. Far too many parents these days look at an incident like this(well the parents involved I mean) and will go to great lengths to free their child from any responsibility, but 30 vs. 4, with girls being sent to the hospital, seriously...WTF?

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

So is this real or not?...