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No, hate is not suspected in either of these two incidents. So, what was the reason for these beatings?
BALTIMORE -- Maryland Transit Administration officials are investigating a second reported assault on a bus in the last week.
Patrick Green and Robert Rothe told WBAL TV 11 News that they were antagonized and attacked after boarding the No. 64 bus late Monday night in south Baltimore.
The men, who are white, said the attackers yelled racial slurs and that no one on board, including the driver, stepped in to stop the attack. MTA surveillance cameras captured four men boarding the bus at the Hanover Street stop Monday night, moments before Green and Rothe got on.
Green and Rothe said they believe other passengers were afraid to help and that the driver refused to call for help.
"We were saying the whole time to the driver, 'You need to help us, call the police,'" Green told 11 News reporter Kerry Cavanaugh. "He said, 'I can't. I'll get in trouble.'"
Roth said the driver closed the door and drove away, even though the attack continued once they got off the bus.
"We could've been left on the side of the road, dead," Rothe said.
MTA officials said the driver of the bus is currently not operating a vehicle while the incident is being investigated.
MTA officials said they're not currently classifying the incident as a hate crime. They said they're simply calling it a common assault.
Green and Rothe said they're mad it took MTA officials three days to release photos of the suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to call MTA police at 410-454-7720.
In a similar incident, Sarah Kreager said she suffered broken facial bones and other injuries after she was punched, kicked and dragged off a bus Dec. 4. Kreager's companion, Troy Ellis, was also attacked, but not beaten as severely.
That incident is still under investigation.
Stay with WBALTV.com and WBAL TV 11 News for updates.
Previous Stories:
December 8, 2007: Bus Beating Victim Denies Provoking Students
December 7, 2007: MTA Police: Attack On Bus Not Hate Crime
December 5, 2007: Woman Assaulted By 9 Teens On Transit Bus
Anyone with any information is asked to call MTA police at 410-454-7720.
I say, call the MTA and tell them that when a beating is accompanied by racial slurs it is clearly a hate crime. What more is there to ponder?
If these beatings are not hate crimes, then there are no hate crimes, and hate crime laws ought to be taken off the books.
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No, hate is not suspected in either of these two incidents. So, what was the reason for these beatings?
BALTIMORE -- Maryland Transit Administration officials are investigating a second reported assault on a bus in the last week.
Patrick Green and Robert Rothe told WBAL TV 11 News that they were antagonized and attacked after boarding the No. 64 bus late Monday night in south Baltimore.
The men, who are white, said the attackers yelled racial slurs and that no one on board, including the driver, stepped in to stop the attack. MTA surveillance cameras captured four men boarding the bus at the Hanover Street stop Monday night, moments before Green and Rothe got on.
Green and Rothe said they believe other passengers were afraid to help and that the driver refused to call for help.
"We were saying the whole time to the driver, 'You need to help us, call the police,'" Green told 11 News reporter Kerry Cavanaugh. "He said, 'I can't. I'll get in trouble.'"
Roth said the driver closed the door and drove away, even though the attack continued once they got off the bus.
"We could've been left on the side of the road, dead," Rothe said.
MTA officials said the driver of the bus is currently not operating a vehicle while the incident is being investigated.
MTA officials said they're not currently classifying the incident as a hate crime. They said they're simply calling it a common assault.
Green and Rothe said they're mad it took MTA officials three days to release photos of the suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to call MTA police at 410-454-7720.
In a similar incident, Sarah Kreager said she suffered broken facial bones and other injuries after she was punched, kicked and dragged off a bus Dec. 4. Kreager's companion, Troy Ellis, was also attacked, but not beaten as severely.
That incident is still under investigation.
Stay with WBALTV.com and WBAL TV 11 News for updates.
Previous Stories:
December 8, 2007: Bus Beating Victim Denies Provoking Students
December 7, 2007: MTA Police: Attack On Bus Not Hate Crime
December 5, 2007: Woman Assaulted By 9 Teens On Transit Bus
Anyone with any information is asked to call MTA police at 410-454-7720.
I say, call the MTA and tell them that when a beating is accompanied by racial slurs it is clearly a hate crime. What more is there to ponder?
If these beatings are not hate crimes, then there are no hate crimes, and hate crime laws ought to be taken off the books.
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The Tracy Islamic Center, in California was attacked with a Molotov cocktail Officers have been unable to find CCTV or release a description of suspect Police department says without a suspect it's not clear it was a hate crime Islamic group CAIR...
- The Top Anti-muslim Hate Crime Hoaxes Of 2014
From Robert Spencer: On Christmas morning, a man drove up to the Islamic Cultural Center in Fresno, threw rocks through the windows, and then entered the center and destroyed things inside. The local ABC outlet, KFSN, reported Friday that “Fresno Police...
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And after shouting a racial slur at a motorist, he calls for them to help him attack the victim even further. From the Chicago Tribune (via Debbie Schlussel): A Northwest Side man was charged with a hate crime and his three adult sons were charged with...