63 year old put into coma for being white, dies.

This should be classified as a hate crime. Where is the public outrage over this? Why isn't this all over the news?

"A white man who was punched in the face in Union Square by a black man who was spewing anti-white sentiment died early Monday at Bellevue Hospital, a police source said.

Jeffrey Babbitt, 62, fell into a coma after he was randomly attacked Wednesday afternoon by a man who was yelling, Im going to punch the first white man I see!

Lashawn Marten, 31, was arrested on charges of misdemeanor assault in the attack. The unprovoked punch knocked Babbitt backward, and he hit his head on the ground.

Babbitt lived in Brooklyn and was caregiver to his mother, who has Alzheimers disease, neighbors said.

After Marten assaulted Babbitt, he attacked two men who tried to help the stricken man, and then challenged two responding cops, officials said.

Marten is being held on $1 million bail. Charges against him will likely be upgraded."

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/man-punched-union-square-hate-attack-dead-article-1.1450233

It is a hate crime and...

After Marten assaulted Babbitt, he attacked two men who tried to help the stricken man, and then challenged two responding cops, officials said. Marten is being held on $1 million bail. Charges against him will likely be upgraded.

That could have been Obama's nephew. mingmao3046

Its probably not all over the news because the man was arrested and they are upgrading the charges after a further review. Nice race baiting by the way. I don't care if its a hate crime either way, the man will be thrown behind bars. HoolaHoopMan

There isn't much outrage because that is blatantly a hate crime and he is being punished for it, and it looks like accordingly. There isn't much beyond average levels of grief and hatred to be had here.

Everyone got pissed off at Zimmerman because no one was sure if it was a hate crime and he got off on self-defense. Even if it was, there will always be those that think he got away with murder spawned from racism.

It's ok because the guy who died was white.

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"]Its probably not all over the news because the man was arrested and they are upgrading the charges after a further review. Nice race baiting by the way. I don't care if its a hate crime either way, the man will be thrown behind bars. mingmao3046

[QUOTE="mingmao3046"][QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"]Its probably not all over the news because the man was arrested and they are upgrading the charges after a further review. Nice race baiting by the way. I don't care if its a hate crime either way, the man will be thrown behind bars. HoolaHoopMan

That's actually not true...they did investigate and they simply found there wasn't evidence that contradicted his story and that there wasn't a case for prosecution. Looking at the joke of a trial that happened after the public outrage, I think it's pretty obvious why that was.

Should be a hate crime.....LJS9502_basic

Agreed.

The perpetrator openly stated that he intended to select a victim on the basis of race.  Failure to upgrade the charge (currently just "misdemeanor assault") to a hate crime charge would be unconscionable.

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"][QUOTE="mingmao3046"] "upgrading the charges"....if the roles were reversed, the charges would have been a hate crime from the very start Im waiting for a speech from Obama on this. any minute now. Renevent42

That's actually not true...they did investigate and they simply found there wasn't evidence that contradicted his story and that there wasn't a case for prosecution. Looking at the joke of a trial that happened after the public outrage, I think it's pretty obvious why that was.

[QUOTE="Renevent42"]

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"] Yeah it probably is a hate crime. The man is clearly going to be tried on much higher charges and has been in custody since the incident. The problem with the Zimmerman incident is that hardly any action was taken or even looked into after someone was shot and killed. Trying to link these two together just makes you look like a race baiting cvnt. HoolaHoopMan

That's actually not true...they did investigate and they simply found there wasn't evidence that contradicted his story and that there wasn't a case for prosecution. Looking at the joke of a trial that happened after the public outrage, I think it's pretty obvious why that was.

Its probably not all over the news because the man was arrested and they are upgrading the charges after a further review. Nice race baiting by the way. I don't care if its a hate crime either way, the man will be thrown behind bars. HoolaHoopMan

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"][QUOTE="Renevent42"]

That's actually not true...they did investigate and they simply found there wasn't evidence that contradicted his story and that there wasn't a case for prosecution. Looking at the joke of a trial that happened after the public outrage, I think it's pretty obvious why that was.

Renevent42

Awful.Master_Live

When are you going to start talking about the epidemic of false rape accusations?PannicAtack

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"]When are you going to start talking about the epidemic of false rape accusations?HoolaHoopMan

I guess the only reason you object is because it isn't on the front page of every news source?

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Should be a hate crime.....Stesilaus

Agreed.

The perpetrator openly stated that he intended to select a victim on the basis of race.  Failure to upgrade the charge (currently just "misdemeanor assault") to a hate crime charge would be unconscionable.

I guess the only reason you object is because it isn't on the front page of every news source?

m0zart

[QUOTE="m0zart"]

I guess the only reason you object is because it isn't on the front page of every news source?

mingmao3046

[QUOTE="m0zart"]

I guess the only reason you object is because it isn't on the front page of every news source?

mingmao3046

[QUOTE="mingmao3046"][QUOTE="m0zart"]

I guess the only reason you object is because it isn't on the front page of every news source?

sSubZerOo

That could have been Obama's nephew. mingmao3046

Sounds like the assailant was drugged up or something. Tragic story, I've been seeing a lot more stories like this since the Trayvon case closed with Zimmerman getting off. 

i imagine it will probably be upgraded to a hate crime

[QUOTE="mingmao3046"][QUOTE="m0zart"]

I guess the only reason you object is because it isn't on the front page of every news source?

Nibroc420

It's ok because the guy who died was white.

MakeMeaSammitch

He's in jail, and the evidence is overwhleming that it was a hate crime, and he'll be prosecuted along those lines.

Should we put all crimes like this on the front page? No.

The Trayvon Martin case was unusual in a lot of ways, not only for the Stand Your Ground Law, but also Trayvon being underage, George Zimmerman not being arrested immediately.

Nice baiting mingmao. I'm glad you are branching out and having racially tinged threads rather than just misogynist ones.

He's in jail, and the evidence is overwhleming that it was a hate crime, and he'll be prosecuted along those lines.

Should we put all crimes like this on the front page? No.

The Trayvon Martin case was unusual in a lot of ways, not only for the Stand Your Ground Law, but also Trayvon being underage, George Zimmerman not being arrested immediately.

Nice baiting mingmao. I'm glad you are branching out and having racially tinged threads rather than just misogynist ones.

jimkabrhel

I am surprised no one brought this up after I posted about it two days ago in the Texas dad beats his daughter's child molester to death. He won't be charged thread when I posted the Brooklyn man may be brain dead after unprovoked hate attack in Union Square article.

And yes, the man should be charged with a hate crime due to his statements prior to the attack. 

[QUOTE="jimkabrhel"]

He's in jail, and the evidence is overwhleming that it was a hate crime, and he'll be prosecuted along those lines.

Should we put all crimes like this on the front page? No.

The Trayvon Martin case was unusual in a lot of ways, not only for the Stand Your Ground Law, but also Trayvon being underage, George Zimmerman not being arrested immediately.

Nice baiting mingmao. I'm glad you are branching out and having racially tinged threads rather than just misogynist ones.

LJS9502_basic

No, but it was constantly part of the discussion, applied or not.

I am surprised no one brought this up after I posted about it two days ago in the Texas dad beats his daughter's child molester to death. He won't be charged thread when I posted the Brooklyn man may be brain dead after unprovoked hate attack in Union Square article.

And yes, the man should be charged with a hate crime due to his statements prior to the attack. 

WhiteKnight77

what is there to talk about?  A racist black guy punched and killed a white guy.  It's pretty open and shut, they caught the guy

The amount of race-baiting on this forum after the Zimmerman case is pretty ridiculous.

The amount of race-baiting on this forum after the Zimmerman case is pretty ridiculous.

GreySeal9

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

The amount of race-baiting on this forum after the Zimmerman case is pretty ridiculous.

LJS9502_basic

lol. It took me awhile to get that.

I am surprised no one brought this up after I posted about it two days ago in the Texas dad beats his daughter's child molester to death. He won't be charged thread when I posted the Brooklyn man may be brain dead after unprovoked hate attack in Union Square article.

And yes, the man should be charged with a hate crime due to his statements prior to the attack. 

WhiteKnight77

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="mingmao3046"] if the races were reversed this would be all over the placeHoolaHoopMan

All races and both genders get blamed for everything, really. No one's safe from the blame game.

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

I am surprised no one brought this up after I posted about it two days ago in the Texas dad beats his daughter's child molester to death. He won't be charged thread when I posted the Brooklyn man may be brain dead after unprovoked hate attack in Union Square article.

And yes, the man should be charged with a hate crime due to his statements prior to the attack. 

dave123321

Do you think I was using this as race baiting when I was actually using it as an example against someone who claimed you couldn't kill someone with one punch? Pay attention Dave.

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

I am surprised no one brought this up after I posted about it two days ago in the Texas dad beats his daughter's child molester to death. He won't be charged thread when I posted the Brooklyn man may be brain dead after unprovoked hate attack in Union Square article.

And yes, the man should be charged with a hate crime due to his statements prior to the attack. 

lostrib

what is there to talk about?  A racist black guy punched and killed a white guy.  It's pretty open and shut, they caught the guy

You missed the point. 

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

The amount of race-baiting on this forum after the Zimmerman case is pretty ridiculous.

GreySeal9

lol. It took me awhile to get that.

[QUOTE="lostrib"]

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

I am surprised no one brought this up after I posted about it two days ago in the Texas dad beats his daughter's child molester to death. He won't be charged thread when I posted the Brooklyn man may be brain dead after unprovoked hate attack in Union Square article.

And yes, the man should be charged with a hate crime due to his statements prior to the attack. 

WhiteKnight77

what is there to talk about?  A racist black guy punched and killed a white guy.  It's pretty open and shut, they caught the guy

You missed the point. 

Where's Al Sharpton, Jesse Blackson? 

It's ok because the guy who died was white.

MakeMeaSammitch