Akron Hate Crime Update

[Hengst]

There are a couple of interesting developments in this hate crime.

First the FBI has joined the investigation. And Al Sharpton supports the FBI involvement.

Second and most important, it's being revealed that the Akron police department intentionally tried to sink the hate crime aspects of this racist black on white assault.

NO JUSTICE NO PEACE

Ohio.com - FBI asked to investigate attack on white family near Firestone Park

"Akron police have confirmed from witnesses that the attack by 30 to 50 teens was unprovoked and that no words were exchanged before the attack.

The victims say the group shouted, ''This is our world,'' during the assault. Marshall says he also heard chants of, ''This is a black world.''

The assault, in which Marshall suffered extensive head injuries from repeated kicks and punches to his skull, has not yet been ruled a hate crime by Akron police.

Police told the Marshalls this week that they were unaware of the chants until reading about them in the newspaper.

Marshall, in an interview today, said police questioned him late Wednesday night about the attack and the chants he heard. His wife, Yvonne Marshall, said she recalls telling officers and a detective about the chants the night of the attack.

The remarks are not noted in a police report released by the department. A box to denote whether the attack was a hate crime is marked ''no bias/not applicable.''

''I was offended,'' Yvonne Marshall said today of the follow-up interview with police. ''The detective who was questioning me made me feel like I'm a liar, or that we didn't say it."

 

[rnch]

al sharpton supporting the FBI...politics DO make strange bedfellows! (quoting the old saying)

 

[75th]

Glad theyre finally utilizing common sense.

Reminds me of back in 99 when I was in Seattle during a Fat Tuesday block party downtown...a group of black mongoloids went around beating up white kids and put a few in the hospital. When two of them were arrested, they admitted to targeting only whites.

Hate crime? Nah.

 

[bigtravis]

Well I am absolutely relieved that Al Sharpton has O'K.'d everything for the F.B.I.

 

[redsamurai]

when the fuck did this happen? Not only do I live in akron my best friend has a place in the park and I know 3 other people that live there. I'm in that area every weekend pretty much. It's mostly white as far as I can tell..........there's alot of white trash for sure, but not "trailer type" trash.....but close. I haven't heard a word of this. I know akron, if 30-40 people got together and attacked a family it was "somehow" provoked, no question. Firestone park is "NOT" some major ghetto like compton or east L.A. I'm going to play golf later today with my friend that lives there and ask him about this.

 

[redsamurai]

that's fucked up, that happened on the 27th....I was there for the fireworks down there. I'm trying to look up where this happened, it must have been decently close to where I was. I saw no roving gangs of black kids........I saw black people for sure, but everyone was chill and just watching the fireworks.

 

[-SD-]

that's fucked up, that happened on the 27th....I was there for the fireworks down there. I'm trying to look up where this happened, it must have been decently close to where I was. I saw no roving gangs of black kids........I saw black people for sure, but everyone was chill and just watching the fireworks.

you didnt know it happened in your own town because of the concerted media/police effort to keep it under wraps.
we all know only whites commit or are even capable of committing hate crimes.

 

[redsamurai]

you didnt know it happened in your own town because of the concerted media/police effort to keep it under wraps.
we all know only whites commit or are even capable of committing hate crimes.

I'll have to check if it was in our local paper.


I looked at the map cause I knew Girard st. sounded familiar. I know that are decently well, that is NOT a bad area. Those are pretty decent houses around there. Bridgestone/Firestone research and development is like around the corner from there. I'm kind of surprised though that nobody came out with their shotties........that's a place I would have bet at least a couple people would have had some guns on em. It's a blue collar area, built up when the firestone plants were up and running. I occasionaly go to a bar around the corner from there but not too much cause I can only take park people for so long, it's all white by the way. I think those kids came in from another neighborhood, probably from east akron. There's just not that many black people in the park, and those that are there are decent folk from my experience. East akron, that's a different story.

 

[Razorguns]

Al Sharpton is on the scene. Thank god. I can sleep easy now.

r

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

There are a couple of interesting developments in this hate crime.

First the FBI has joined the investigation. And Al Sharpton supports the FBI involvement.

Second and most important, it's being revealed that the Akron police department intentionally tried to sink the hate crime aspects of this racist black on white assault.

NO JUSTICE NO PEACE

Ohio.com - FBI asked to investigate attack on white family near Firestone Park

"Akron police have confirmed from witnesses that the attack by 30 to 50 teens was unprovoked and that no words were exchanged before the attack.

The victims say the group shouted, ''This is our world,'' during the assault. Marshall says he also heard chants of, ''This is a black world.''

The assault, in which Marshall suffered extensive head injuries from repeated kicks and punches to his skull, has not yet been ruled a hate crime by Akron police.

Police told the Marshalls this week that they were unaware of the chants until reading about them in the newspaper.

Marshall, in an interview today, said police questioned him late Wednesday night about the attack and the chants he heard. His wife, Yvonne Marshall, said she recalls telling officers and a detective about the chants the night of the attack.

The remarks are not noted in a police report released by the department. A box to denote whether the attack was a hate crime is marked ''no bias/not applicable.''

''I was offended,'' Yvonne Marshall said today of the follow-up interview with police. ''The detective who was questioning me made me feel like I'm a liar, or that we didn't say it."

Gee I thought Obama's win would've eliminated shit like this not make it worse.

I suppose more tolerance is the answer though.