Gothamist: More Details on the Howard Beach Attack

VINDAGIN

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:13:40 -0500

THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT THOSE KIDS GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED....KARMA IS A BITCH.....THEY WHERE IN HOWARD BEACH TO SEAL A CAR, THEY GOT THERE ASSES KICKED....TAKE YOUR BEATEN AND MOVE ON...WHAT EVERYONE NEGLECTS TO MENTION IS THAT BEFOR THIS HAPPEND THERE WERE POLICE REPORTS FILED BY RESIDENTS OF HB THAT BLACK MEN ARMED WITH SCREWDIVERS WHERE ROBBING WHITE KIDS OF JEWERLY AND NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT IT...HB ISNT A RASIST NEIGHBORHOOD.....ITS PRODOMINATLY WHITE THAT DOESNT MEAN THAT ALL OS ITS RESIDENTS HATE BLACKS....IF THEY MEN WHERE ANY OTHER COLOR THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEM....IAM WHITE AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PLACES YOU CAN GO AND SOME PLACES YOU CANT AT CERTIN TIMES OF THE DAY....HB IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IF YOU DONT BELONG THERE DONT BE THERE.....

Patrice Gilbert

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:12:32 -0500

hey jesse, dont be ignorant we dont live in a world where there isn't racism. look at the facts. pull urself away and look at wats really happening. they beat the guy up with a bat and fractured his skull. they almost killed him. and if this isn't bcause of race then why oh why did they call them NIGGERS??

jessy

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:09:31 -0500

I think everyone is making a big thing about this when they shouldnt be. This didnt happen cause they where black it happened cause they were looking for trouble if a white guy gets beat up by black people and they call him a white trailer park trash the black guy would get charged with assult. Just because the black guy got beat up in this it became a racist thing. and thats wrong you know why aren't they charging the third guy in this cause he isnt white they cant cant say its a black white thing cause he is Puerto Rican.hmmm keep that in mind. I think a black guy got beat with a bat cause he was looking for trouble and maybe he will thing twice about trying to rob people or there car from now on.

frankie bones

Wed, 06 Jul 2005 02:17:20 -0500

those black guys got what they deserved, if 3 white guys went into flatbush at 3am in the morning to steal a car, they would of been shot to death and nothing would of happen

frankie bones

Wed, 06 Jul 2005 02:16:46 -0500

those black guys got what they deserved, if 3 white guys went into flatbush at 3am in the morning to steal a car, they would of been shot to death and nothing would of happen

keets

Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:24:11 -0500

i totally agree that Minucci should be put behind bars. i know him from elementary school and others like him... they are all racist. Being a minority in Howard Beach, i know this for a fact and have gone through it on a regular basis. yea these Moore and his friends were not up to good but Minucci did not attack them for this reason. He had no prior knowledge about their plans and actually went after them and robbed them.. now he wants to say they threatened him and attempted to rob him. He has a lot of issues. This also reminded me of Vincent Chin except that Chin was more innocent and had a fatal ending... he also never received justice. I do not think Minucci will be able to get away as easily as Chin's murder did who by the way stopped even making his payments to Chin's mother. This land of the free often becomes the land of ignorance and racism.. why is that?

Anthony

Sat, 02 Jul 2005 08:15:47 -0500

He looks like a guy prone towards violence. He's looks like a bomb ready to explode, and also doesn't look too smart either. Stay away from him.

bob denver

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 12:20:48 -0500

A hundred years from now people will look back at situations like this and laugh at the pathos. When confronted with a) assualt with a baseball back, b) car theft, c) salty race language, the townsfolk are up in arms about salty language. I'm always baffled why people are frightened of words and how easily they can agree to give away their right to free speech.

rev pays

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:45:10 -0500

I don't think there was much sympathy for muslim looking people back then, that could of been one of the reasons.

A.R.

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:37:03 -0500

so you attack muslim looking person and get charged as a juvie and get a slap on the wrist, attack a black person and then.... don't get me wrong i hope this scumbag gets put away, but there are TONS of anti muslim hate crimes that don't get any uproar... that is scary.

rev pays

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:23:56 -0500

Looks like we're getting the entertainment early. Rev Al sharpton is having lunch in Howard beach then a march. there's going to be a shortage of watermelon, if you remember what happened 19 yrs ago. I'm guessing they'll be adding other attractions, like the fireman parade with the fireman in black face being dragged behind a pu truck.

dhex

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:06:26 -0500

"seems like taking homerun swings to the head of minorities is the national pastime in the US." is there a middle ground between "abort them before they steal my stereo" and "you're all fucking racists, you racist assholes?" somewhere?

rev pays

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:59:58 -0500

seems like taking homerun swings to the head of minorities is the national pastime in the US. remember vincent chin? I'm sure NY1 will be replaying the howard beach segment where the black reporter was called a NIjjer. let's say it, we all know what type of people inhabit howard beach. don't know? well, expect lot's of exposure again. thank you NY1

dhex

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:42:31 -0500

were this what had happened, well, perhaps. but the gino up top wasn't stopping a crime in progress, unless he's some sort of psychic warrior from the future. which doesn't make "hate crime" any less a doubleplusungood idea.

nola

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:23:19 -0500

Clubbing car thieves in the head sounds look a good national pastime to me.

paki

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:01:38 -0500

Maybe if the Mayor and DA expressed outrage when the guy beat up a Sikh man, then the idiot would be in jail and not going around committing hate crimes.

dhex

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:39:23 -0500

"Again someone explain to me how in a city with 10 million freakin people you can be so intolerant of others." i think you just explained it yourself.

zippy

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:00:40 -0500

Glib=Tom Cruise?????? Tragic. Again someone explain to me how in a city with 10 million freakin people you can be so intolerant of others. That is by far some of the dumbest examples of human behavior. I hope dude heals up and sues that fat pig for all his bling bling. To bad they weren't carrying a piece because that to me would have been acceptable self defense.

Chris

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 08:00:44 -0500

I love how the daily news is so glib about racialized assault and battery. "2nd time at bat". Yeah, killing black man is a national pasttime, like baseball (re: lynchings).