THIS IS BEYOND the pale...

[yuiyoshida]

Link to tweet

[AlexSFCA]

1. this is insane, was she caught?

[dalton99a]

2. Authorities Seek 5 Suspects Who Viciously Beat 92-Year-Old Man in South L.A. on 4th of July

https://ktla.com/2018/07/06/authorities-seek-5-suspects-who-viciously-beat-92-year-old-man-in-south-l-a-on-4th-of-july/

[MagickMuffin]

3. Did they arrest the racist prep?

If not they should.


I have decided to make sure I let people different than me (white lady) know I think they are beautiful.

Just the other day I noticed a group of Muslim women dressed to the 9's. I slowed down and rolled down my window to let them know I think they are beautiful.

We should all let these people know not everyone is hateful and there is LOVE in this crazy mixed up country.

[fierywoman]

16. I've been doing this for years now. I also tell them how beautiful their children are,

it's fun and everyone's hearts get warm!

[calimary]

34. Hey, that's a terrific idea, MagickMuffin!

[Marie Marie]

4. OMG!!! That hurts my heart.

What is wrong with these people???

[yuiyoshida]

5. They have a bad case of Trumpism...

"Trump! Trump! Trump!"

Assholes.

[smirkymonkey]

6. What kind of evil person attacks a 92 year old man?

WTF is wrong with these people? They are satanic!

I hope he gets well soon and I hope that woman is prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

[Initech]

20. They've got to be drinking or smoking or popping some bad shit.

I just can't believe that any normal person would do this. There's something truly savage going on.

[TBA]

24. Not Satanic

Many justify such behavior with the Bible.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

26. The kind of person who would support tRump.

[still_one]

7. This is the legitimizing of racism that the trump administration incited, with the co-operation of

the republican party and the press who too often fail to call it out for what it is, and try to minimize it by using false equivalency arguments that "both sides do it"

This is indeed an ugly period in American History, and unfortunately this type of behavior has happened all to frequently

[renate]

8. That's heartbreaking

What kind of evil does she have to be to attack a 92-year-old man? How necrotic is her heart?

I’m furious but I’m also just gobsmacked. How does a person as angry and unhinged as that even exist from day to day?

[world wide wally]

9. That should be classified as a form of violent insanity... Trumpophelia maybe

[sarcasmo]

10. America is a shithole.

[irisblue]

11. Please please tell me she was arrested. Please

[The Genealogist]

12. Trumpism at its worst

The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES for God's sake is fueling this kind of garbage. Corporate media normalizes it. His enablers in Congress just sit there. Do they think this shit is funny? I wish the whole lot of them, every damned last Republican, would get voted out and sent to scurry back under their rocks.

[BigmanPigman]

13. The shitheads who beat him are the minority in S. CA right now. Maybe those

who attacked him should "go back home" if they even know where thier immigrant ancestors came from.

The racial/ethnic/cultural composition of Los Angeles as of the 2005-2009 American Community Survey was as follows:

White: 41.3% (Non-Hispanic Whites: 29.4%)
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 47.5%
Black or African American: 9.8%
Native American: 0.5%
Asian: 10.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.2%
Other: 25.2%
Two or more races: 2.8%
Approximately 59.4% of Los Angeles' residents were born in the 50 United States, and 0.9% were born in Puerto Rico, US territories, or abroad to American parents. 39.7% of the population were foreign-born. Most foreigners (64.5%) were born in Latin America. A large minority (26.3%) were born in Asia. Smaller numbers were born in Europe (6.5%), Africa (1.5%), Northern America (0.9%), and Oceania (0.3%).[2]

[Lurker Deluxe]

17. Uhhh ...

If you watch the video that is in the second post at forty five seconds in it shows a picture of the "shithead", which the victim identified, is a black female.

As your post puts it ... certainly a minority.

Are you suggesting that African Americans should, "go back home" ...

Kinda jumped the gun here, did you not?

[AtomicKitten]

14. This is horrible on several levels.

[JI7]

15. terrorist scum

[Garrett78]

18. Emboldened by her dear leader, who was enabled by 50 years of GOP rhetoric and policy.

I'll say it again, we have a pandemic in this country.

[Kablooie]

19. It was in South LA and this is the woman they are looking for.

Trumpism is affecting everyone.

[Initech]

21. It's a virus and it can affect anyone at any time.

[Lurker Deluxe]

22. right ....

Up until Trump was elected South LA was a paradise that had no crime at all ... safest place on the west coast.

Now that this is a black on brown crime this thread will drop like a rock. When DU thought it was white on brown the attacker was a "terrorist", "motivated by her leader" ...

Pretty sure it was/is standard S LA fucked up violence, which is color blind.

[Initech]

25. True.

It is south central LA we're talking about here, violence knows no race, color, etc. But one thing is for certain - the things the attacker was saying are directly related to their dear leader.

[radius777]

28. Trump's election increased hate crimes

and overall hatred and aggression against the groups he scapegoats.

You're strawmanning about generic crime, which this incident isn't about, but a hate crime.

Trump's xenophobic scapegoating does affect PoC as well causing some PoC to turn on each other, a classic fascist tactic of divide and conquer.

[snort]

30. Looks like a big win for you.

Yay.

[Iggo]

32. Standard?

I see you.

[sakabatou]

23. WTF?!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

27. And these are the people who think

people like Sarah Huckabee Sanders should be able to go to a restaurant without being shamed or ask to leave.

I cannot IMAGINE anyone who would attack an elderly person with a brick, unless perhaps that elderly person were doing some other sort of harm.

[Demobrat]

29. Was she arrested?

She should be charged with assault, elder abuse, and a hate crime.

[leanforward]

31. Yes!

[CozyMystery]

33. Authorities are now searching for five suspects: four men and the woman seen in video,...

Sheriff's Deputy D'Angelo Robinson said. https://ktla.com/2018/07/06/authorities-seek-5-suspects-who-viciously-beat-92-year-old-man-in-south-l-a-on-4th-of-july/amp/