Sounds like all parties involved were troublemakers of one sort or another. That hype gets involved in this stuff just drives me nuts.

Yea but the white guys didn't know the black guys were in the neighborhood to steal a car so it is irrelevant to the attack.

As for the attempted robbery that is niether here nor there at this point...but if the story happened like the white guy says, 3 black guys vs him and a screw driver up to his neck...How did he NOT get his rolex stolen?

It looks like Rev. Al and the Sharp-tones have already descended on the scene to incite and extort... uh, to increase the peace.

I heard the (White) guy's attorney on the news last night (I think it was CBS-2 @11) and she said that her client was approached by one of the black guys wielding a screwdriver (as if threatening an attack).

I dunno what to make of all of it though

Carry a screwdriver, get screwed.

Yes, this attack will overtake the news, but this one went almost unnoticed in the media:

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

The utter hypocrisy makes it very difficult to take any such charges seriously.

How big a story will the media make this?

Well, how many did Newsday put on the story:

This story was reported by staff writers DEBORAH S. MORRIS, HERBERT LOWE, LUIS PEREZ, SEAN GARDINER, ANTHONY PARDO AND ROCCO PARASCANDOLA.

Six writers travelling down to Howard Beach.

Yup, this is the next big thing.

I have no doubt they were there to steal a car. I have no doubt the residents knew they were there to steal a car, confronted them and beat the shit out of him. The hate crime enhancement should be dropped. It won't though.

where's my via.

Paul, the white guys say the black guys were there to steal. The black guys confirm this. That's more than just a coincidence.

Again, living in tight neighborhoods means that strangers stand out quickly. And, once they do, they are closely watched. If someone is there to steal a car, it's not that hard to tell.

Sean is right:

I don't see why this incident should get so much coverage. Its Bad Guys going after Bad Guys. Who cares who wins the battle.

The story that should be covered is that a gang of 30 teens attack 4 girls playing basketball.

"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".

Or is this a daily occurrence in NYC.

Manoman...y'all will bend over backwards to justify your "racism? I don't see no racism here nosiree"

Karol thinks it's perfectly normal to beat the shit out of strangers. Sean and Jake try to change the subject with the "blacks are violent too" argument. And Jay tries to smear Rev. Sharpton (who is PRAISING the cops and mayor bloomberg, BTW).

Of course, NONE of you mention that the perp is a Gotti-associate with a history of violent bias crime. Better sweep that under the rug, right kids?

Thanks for reminding me that y'all live in a fantasy world---where racism doesn't exist, the Iraqis welcome us as liberators, and the streets are lined with cotton candy trees and chocolate lamp posts.

But Jake, black on white violence can never be racist. Only whites are ever racist. See Don 'I try to prove my stupidity each and every day' Myers' comments.

BTW, yes I think it's perfectly normal to beat up strangers who are in your neighborhood to commit a crime, which these guys admit to being. Call me old-fashioned but I think beating up on criminals is neighborly.

Don:

You will note that I said, "Bad Guys going after Bad Guys."

When criminals beat up other criminals, I don't get upset. When 4 young girls get beat up, I do get upset.

Of course, I am just a guy from the prairie. What do I know?

Karol:

You justify bias crime by denying bias and condoning assault with a dealy weapon...and all you have to fall back on is namecalling.

Some days I'm astounded you didn't stay in the old Soviet Union. You could have had a great career at Pravda.

Don, the guys are criminals. I don't care what race they are. They were in the neighborhood to commit a crime. I am completely fine with people taking matters into their own hands to fight crime in their area. Police just can't be everywhere. How is that condoning bias?

Six reporters on a story doesn't necessarily mean they all reported it first-hand. Some of them may have stayed in the newsroom, made calls, etc. And besides, Newsday's NYC bureau is in Queens.

Karol, the only place I have ever seen or heard that the white guys knew the black guys were there to steal a car is your comment.

For the sake of argument let's say that the white guys did beleive the black guys were up to no good.
The argument that this is not a race attack should be this. The white guys think the black guys are in the neighborhood to commit crime because most black guys in that neighborhood at that hour are up to no good. This would then not be a case of race hate but a case of racial profiling.

It is still wrong to give someone a beat down because you think they are up to no good based on thier skin color. Or is that Okay?

And If it's illegal for cops to racial profile doing their job then vigilantes or whatever you want to call them shouldn't do it to beat people up who haven't even committed a crime.

Speaking of hateful bigotry, Clinton invited Fred Phelps (God Hates Fags) to BOTH of his inagurations (how much did you protest the cost of that Dawn?). What a great party of "tolerance." What a "reality based community."

I'll agree with the leftists this once: Phelps is a severely closeted homo (he, after all, is a Democrat).

RR, thanks for that. I'm going to post on it.