In Akron, Ohio, a family was attacked by dozens of teenage boys after attending a fireworks show. The attackers, all black youths, shouted during the attack, "This is our world . . . This is a black world."
Akron police do not call it a hate crime.
The Marshall family is white, and say that the attack was racially motivated. The attack's affect on the family, which will include the psychological impact, and the thousands of dollars in medical bills, is devastating.
According to the Akron Beacon Journal, Akron police are investigating, and the case is not being classified as a racial hate crime. There were no other reports of victims assaulted by the group that night.
Even though the family fears retaliation at home or when they go outside, all they can do is hope that the assault charges can stick - that is if suspects can be gathered.
This story has not made it to the mainstream media, and it will not be considered a hate crime.
If the family, however, had been a racial minority, and the attackers were white, then it would have been all over the news, and "hate crime" would have been the phrase used to describe the attack.
Once again, selective law making, selective preferential treatment, and an application of liberal views on our laws that is neither "fair" or anything near "equal protection."
I don't like hate crimes legislation. I believe such laws border on "thought crimes" laws because the legislation assumes the court would know the motivations of an attacker - but if the liberal left is going to pass such insane laws, should they be applied equally to all people?
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
By Douglas V. Gibbs
Akron police investigate teen mob attack on family - Akron Beacon Journal, Phil Trexler
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