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A 50-year-old man is clinging to life at St. Vincent's hospital after being savagely beaten by a group of unidentified men in the West Village around 2 a.m. this morning. Police tell Eyewitness News that the victim, from upstate New York, got into a "verbal dispute" with a group of men outside Riviera Cafe and Sports Bar (pictured), which had closed down for the night an hour earlier. Witnesses saw at least two men flee the scene, but no arrests were made, and no weapon was recovered; police believe the assailants beat their victim with their bare hands. He sustained life-threatening injuries to the back of his head, and is currently in critical condition. Earlier this year, cops arrested two men accused of a violent mugging spree in the West Village, and on May 3rd, unidentified thugs broke the jaw of a 28-year-old man on Christopher Street near Washington Street, also around 2 a.m.
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It's the same media that NEVER mentioned Muslims' hatred of Israel as a possible motive for 9/11.
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Riviera is the Red Sox bar. Sox game ended around 2 in the morning last night.
Just sayin'
Why beat him to near death? I hope they catch him. I was beaten hard by a bunch of bouncers but they were prosecuted. The owner closed shop and disappeared, happened in Brooklyn.
Were you yammering on to the bouncers about animals too?
No coward, I defended my girlfriend who was groped by them. Your cowardice and your perversion for animal cruelty is disgusting.
Wait. What? You have a girlfriend? She has a penis right?
what a homophobic idiot. I am heterosexual and proud, deal with it.
If you are proud to be heterosexual then you are by definition homophobic. Its like being proud of being white.
Ignoramus, the definition of homophobia is
Homophobia (from Greek homós: one and the same; phóbos: fear, phobia) is an irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality, homosexuals,[1][2][3] or individuals perceived as homosexual
Where does it say that I can't be proud? If homosexuals can be proud then why can't heterosexuals?
Head injuries are bad. You never fully recover.
Sounds like he fell on his head during the fight. They convicted a guy in California of murder for throwing the punch that led to an identical incident in which the victim later died from head injuries. Fell backwards and smashed the back of his skull on the concrete. Not a nice way to go.
passed by there this morning and saw bloody towels or clothes on the street - scary shit.
hope the guy recovers and the thugs are caught.
Plenty of low rent wannabe tough guy gangs in the city... beating someone to the brink of death is disgusting. I hope these bitches get caught soon
Bunch of savages in this town.
Anyone get a description of the perps?
Interesting question.