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NOW it is a federal hate crime..

Steve

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for awhile many on here and around the country have shown outrage at the trend of hitting a person for the sake of knocking them out.. especially as they appear to be mostly if not all black on white crimes..

finally Holder noticed and charged one with federal hate crimes..

Federal authorities said Thursday they have arrested and charged a Texas man in connection with the “knockout game,” accusing him of a hate crime for targeting a man for a vicious street attack.

“Suspected crimes of this nature will simply not be tolerated,” said Kenneth Magidson, the U.S. attorney for the southern district of Texas. “Evidence of hate crimes will be vigorously investigated and prosecuted with the assistance of all our partners to the fullest extent of the law.”

The Justice Department said it filed a criminal complaint against 27-year-old Conrad Alvin Barrett on Tuesday and arrested him on Thursday.

According to Justice officials, Mr. Barrett recorded himself on his cellphone attacking the 79-year-old man, laughing and saying “Knockout” as he runs away.

The 79-year-old man had his jaw broken in the Nov. 24 attack.

Knockout, in which someone decides to attack a random victim and tries to knock him or her out with one punch, has been in the news after a spate of assaults in recent weeks.

The “game” has spawned a fierce debate since many of the reported victims have been white and their assailants have been black, but hate crimes charges have been all but non-existent.

"Hate crimes tear at the fabric of entire communities," U.S. Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels said Thursday in a Justice Department statement announcing the charge against Barrett. "As always, the Civil Rights Division will work with our federal and state law enforcement partners to ensure that hate crimes are identified and prosecuted, and that justice is done."

"It is unimaginable in this day and age that one could be drawn to violently attack another based on the color of their skin," said Special Agent in Charge Stephen Morris of the FBI's Houston office. "We remind all citizens that we are protected under the law from such racially motivated attacks, and encourage everyone to report such crimes to the FBI."

I guess Agent Morris has lived under a rock for the last few years.. :roll:

otherwise he would have read or seen all the reports of young black youths beating and killing old white folk.. and calling it a knockout game..

well at least now they noticed and are finally doing something about it..

oops.. I forgot this part...
Barrett told an off-duty police officer what happened and shared a video, saying he felt bad, the affidavit said.

Barrett, who is white, allegedly recorded himself on his cell phone attacking the man and showed the video to others

The suspect made a video of the attack November 24, the complaint said. In the video, he allegedly commented that "the plan is to see if I were to hit a black person, would this be nationally televised?"
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He then allegedly "hit the man with such force that the man immediately fell to the ground. Barrett then laughed and said 'knockout,' as he ran to his vehicle and fled."

well the stupid ignorant idiot made the national news..

I hope he goes away for a long time,.. along with the other stupid ignorant idiots who think this is a game.. irregardless of their color or race..
 

Tam

Well-known member
Yep it is only a hate crime when the victim is black otherwise it is JUST A GAME FOR BORE BLACK KIDS. :mad:
 
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