Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei

Yes, the incident at the gas station is completely laughable as the black kids were ultimately the ones charged.

To me it is a completely moot point the white kid who got beaten was able to make it out later that night. He was fortunate. What don't you grasp about beating someone to the point they are unconcious, six on one no less, then continuing to stomp him when he is passed out from physical assault and unable to defend himself, again six on one.

If you get in a fight you shouldn't be charged with attempted murder, but a "fight" denotes mutual combat, or in the very least a scenario where one person is able to defend themselves, again a key word DEFEND THEMSELVES.

Tell me how six on one equates to mutual combat, or a situation where a reasonable person would be able to defend themslves? If the kid had carried a side arm and shot one of those gabronis he would have almost certainly been absolved as it was SIX ON ONE, I don't know about you but I percieve a great threat to my life at that point. To get further beaten after the point by six little shit heads after you are unconcious, come on...

Originally Posted by Racnad

Ok, add repulsive to my list of adjetives. Add racist too. Of course there's racism here. But I don't understand why bad thoughts in some people's heads, that sometimes manifest themselves in repulives displayes such as putting a noose in a tree makes it OK to beat the shit out of someone, especially since the kid who was beaten was not one of the kids who hung the noose (I'm sure if he was the media would have said so).

I like what I once heard Colin Powell say about racism. He said in an interview that when someone someone called him a nigger, he took the attitude that the person using that word was the one with the problem, and it was no relflection on his own worth. He did not allow ignorant people to make him feel bad about himself. If these racist displays were seen for what they really are - reflection of the ignorance and lack of sensitivety of the person dsplaying them.

By promoting the message that African Amercians are so fragile that they must be protected from harm caused be merely seeing or hearing symbols or words dating from past oppression, we are making ignorant racist white people feel more powerful.