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Black Teen Charged with Felony for Attack on White Reporters Dave Forster and Marjon Rostami

May 3, 2012 By 2 Comments
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Black Teen Charged with Felony for Attack on White Reporters Dave Forster and Marjon Rostami (Virginian-Pilot)

JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON RACIAL VIOLENCE:  A 16-year-old black teen has been charged with a felony in an April 14 attack on two Virginian-Pilot reporters, Dave Forster and Marjon Rostami, at the intersection of Brambleton Avenue and Church Street, in Norfolk, Va.

The youth, whose name was not released because of his age, is charged with felony throwing a missile at a vehicle, two counts of simple assault by mob, destruction of property and participation in a riot, interim Norfolk Police Chief Sharon Chamberlin said during a news conference this morning.

The arrest was made early this morning, Chamberlin said.

The assault happened shortly after 11 p.m. after reporters Dave Forster and Marjon Rostami left the Attucks Theatre following a show. Source

Dave Forster took to Twitter to see if there was any mention of the beating and found two disturbing tweets:  ”I feel for the white man who got beat up at the light,” “I don’t, do it for  ”Trayvon Martin.” I don’t care if its black-on-white or white-on-black, beating someone up is criminal and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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Terry Rawls Arrested for Beating of White Mobile AL Resident Matthew Owens, Charged with First-Degree Assault

April 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Terry Rawls Arrested for Beating of White Mobile AL Resident Matthew Owens, Charged with First-Degree Assault (Mobile County Metro Jail)

ARREST IN ‘JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON’ BEATING OF MATTHEW OWENS:  Terry Rawls, 44, was arrested and charged with first degree assault in the savage beating of Matthew Owens, a white man in Mobile, Ala., after a mob of 20 blacks descended on his home in a racially-motivated attack over basketball. Terry Rawls and Matthew Owens had an ongoing feud dating back to 2009, according to media reports.

Matthew Owens told a group of children to stop playing basketball in the middle of Delmar Drive Saturday because they were allegedly noisy. He  was beaten with baseball bats, paint cans, brass knuckles and other weapons Saturday night, after a group of adults returned after the kids left and confronted him in his front yard. Owens’ sister Ashley Parker told police about 20 people assaulted her brother and one said, “now that’s justice for Trayvon.” Trayvon Martin is the unarmed black teen who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fl.

Now that police have made an arrest, they will be able to identify the other assailants and bring them to justice. Savagely beating someone isn’t the way to solve a dispute. Some role models these people are for their kids.

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Matthew Owens Beaten Outside AL Home by Group of Black Teens & Adults Saying ‘That’s Justice for Trayvon’

April 24, 2012 By 17 Comments

MATTHEW OWENS BEATEN BY BLACK MOB:  Matthew Owens was savagely beaten outside his Mobile, Ala., home Saturday by an angry mob of teens and adults after he told them to stop playing basketball outside his home. One person allegedly told him  ’that’s justice for Trayvon,’ the unarmed black teen who was shot to death by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman in a Sanford, Fla., gated community.

The kids reportedly left the scene, only to reappear with adults in tow. Matthew Owens was hit with bricks, chairs, pipes and paint cans on his own front porch by 20 people after complaining about the noise. His sister, Ashley Parker, told WKRG the group attacking her white brother were all black, saying  ’it was the scariest thing I have ever witnessed.’ Matthew Owens was left bleeding on the ground and is in critical condition.

Even family and friends of Matthew Owens admit there was some tension on this street before Saturday night’s event. And they say a lot of this has to do with basketball. Relatives of the victim, who live on the street, say local kids often block Delmar Drive when they play basketball. They say it’s lead to some confrontations. Racial comments from both sides may have made the confrontations more toxic. Source

This is why cooler heads must prevail in the Trayvon Martin murder case. Too many people are taking the law into their own hands for all the wrong reasons and attacking innocent people. Matthew Owens had a right to tell the kids they were making too much noise outside his home. If you witnessed this savage beating, please call the police  at 251-208-7211, Crime Stoppers at 251-208-7000, or text a tip to 274637 and include the keyword CRIME 411.

UPDATE#1:  Terry Rawls, 44, was arrested and charged with first degree murder in the beating of white man, Matthew Owens, Mobile, Ala.

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Victim of Videotaped Atlanta Beating by Three Men Identified as Brandon White

February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The victim of the horrific beating caught on video in Atlanta has come forward and police identified him as Brandon White, 20.  He was beaten by men shouting anti-gay slurs and the incident is being treated as a hate crime and has caught the attention of the FBI, as it should. It is not clear when the incident occurred, but after the video went viral on YouTube, WorldHipHop.com and The Smoking Gun, Atlanta police and other authorities got involved.  The video shows three men beating Brandon White as he came out of a McDaniel Street grocery store in southwest Atlanta, with a barrage of punches, kicks and even beat him with a tire.

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