Howard Beach Beating Victim Testifies

The events of an ugly June night last year were recounted by Glenn Moore, who was beaten by a group of men in Howard Beach. Moore testified during the trial of Nicholas Minucci; Queens prosecutors are trying Minucci on hate crimes, as well as robbery charges. Moore said, "I hear him hit my head like a baseball. Ding! Right above my right ear, back on the side of my head. I just see black and white. I'm just dazed." Moore's skull was fractured in the attack, and thought, We're black in this neighborhood and we're not going to get helped." Minucci has said that he and his friends chased Moore and his friends in the predominantly white Howard Beach because they seemed like they were going to steal cars and had tried to steal from him; Moore said though he and his friends tried to steal a car earlier in the evening (in Brooklyn), he and his friends were just admiring the homes in the area. Minucci's lawyer asked from Moore's prior conviction of car theft and tried to question the extent of Moore's health problems after the attack (the Times said he suffered "lasting damage to his hearing, vision, memory") by showing a picture the Post ran of Moore on a motorcyle, which Moore said was actually of his brother. So much for research.

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By Jen Chung in News on June 2, 2006 11:01 AM

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Darrin

Minucci is what, 22? He has no job, no visible means of income & he drives around in a tricked-out new Escalade. Maybe he just thought the guys he & his buddies went after were moving in on his turf.

Papercutninja

Fat Nick should and will be in jail. But he shouldn't be in jail on a racial crime. he should be convicted on assault and battery charges.

But i hope the glen moore has sustained permanent injury due to this beating. maybe then he wont try to FUCKING STEAL CARS.

Kanye West

Why can't you just let a black man rob and steal in peace? It's really disturbing of you guys to interrupt his leisurely theft.

trimspababee

anyone notice fat nick is not so fat anymore?

guess rikers island will do that to you.

yeah yeah don't mess with them, but when the general prison population is over 90 percent black, no matter what your protection is, you're getting some attention.

admire homes? bay ridge maybe but not HB.

your mom

someone should give that fat greaseball a butt-fuck with the bat! oh well, when he's in jail, they'll be sticking all sorts of wonderful objects in his fudgehole.

hr

what a crock ... out admiring houses. Any of you been to Howard Beach? Fucking guidos and greaseballs with the lion statues in front of their doors and yards paved over with cement, with their tacky decor. There's nothing to admire in Howard Beach.

dhex

"Moore said though he and his friends tried to steal a car earlier in the evening (in Brooklyn), he and his friends were just admiring the homes in the area."

bat attacks notwithstanding, what a strange thing to say in public.

auntieCrist

The thugs in HB upgraded to Aluminum bats,

the louisville sluggers has been retired.

it makes a better ping when hitting a guy's head

ash is so passe, metal is in.

SATAN

Not that it excuses Minucci beating someone over the head (how about calling the cops??), but "Moore said though he and his friends tried to steal a car earlier in the evening (in Brooklyn), he and his friends were just admiring the homes in the area"? Please.

Minucci may deserve jail time for assault, but Moore deserves jail time for attempted theft of vehicles.