Was It a Hate Crime? Family Says Yes, Police Say No

This town has been known for not liking black people. Everybody used to say 'N.B.' [the initials of the town] stood for 'No Blacks,' His family says the incident was no accident -- it was a hate crime, but the police chief in their small town doesn't agree. via WTOL-TV Toledo

[MILLIE MILLS]

IF EVERY TIME SOMEONE WAS BEATUP IN ANY TOWN, IT WOULD BE A HATE CRIME. YOU DON'T GET BEATUP BECAUSE SOMEONE LIKES YOU A LOT. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN BEATING SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK AND BEATING THEM BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST PLAIN STUPID. DID YOU EVER THINK THAT THE POLICE CHIEF MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING YOU DON'T. MAYBE HE IS NOT AT LIBERTY TO LET THE PRESS KNOW WHAT THAT MIGHT BE. QUIT JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS AND LET THE MAN DO HIS JOB.

[hmmm]

The town is incredibly racist; there's no denying that.

[hmmm]

By the way, the police chief is a grown man and doesn't need his mommy to fight his battles with the press.

[Robert Nicholas]

The Family needs to contact the FBI and Have Them To Do A Investigation.

Also According to Winess Statement.
It Was Attempted Murder.

The Police Cheif needs To
Arrest some Peole.

[michael salaz]

i used to live in north baltimore and grew up there and the fact like somthing like this has happened just makes me sick!! i am almost ashamed to say that im from here i guess i just though that people in that town were better than that! im a soilder in the army now so if i go back will i be treated the same since i am mexican/american?

[Remembering]

Hi, I just wanted to know if McComb, has really changed alot. I use to live there many, many years back and it has been on my mind. My family was one of the first hispanic families that lived in this town and I can remember how nice and peaceful it was being there. Just wondering..

[not important]

Let me see, you are black and gay? Two strikes against you?
There are great balcks as well as any other colored people but when blacks start acting like getto boys and talk that lingo and always show their assses off, it makes me ill.
So many blacks scream discrimination and say that they are not treated fair. And boo hoo my ancestors were slaves, so what!
All knows that they should thank God that they were brought here or they probably be starving or dying of aids elsewhere.
The problem with that is no one wants to hear it when there may be a legitimate complaint such as this one.
Personally I am tired of the majority of blacks using the race card, but no one has the right to treat another human like that even if they are black and or gay.
I have a gay son and I hate it but I do not bash him against the wall because of it and love himm the same.
Name not important!

[Carol1]

The story doesn't say he was beat up. It says,hit by a car. The driver backed up to get a running start and hit him. Full Tilt. How very sad.

MILLIE MILLS wrote:

IF EVERY TIME SOMEONE WAS BEATUP IN ANY TOWN, IT WOULD BE A HATE CRIME. YOU DON'T GET BEATUP BECAUSE SOMEONE LIKES YOU A LOT. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN BEATING SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK AND BEATING THEM BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST PLAIN STUPID. DID YOU EVER THINK THAT THE POLICE CHIEF MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING YOU DON'T. MAYBE HE IS NOT AT LIBERTY TO LET THE PRESS KNOW WHAT THAT MIGHT BE. QUIT JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS AND LET THE MAN DO HIS JOB.

[chalice]

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