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Article #165Re: diversity in Milwaukee
From: Phil
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:38
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:38
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r_obert@REMOVE_THIS.hotmail.com wrote in message news:<47esiuoc2krj1aj1tqakrmsrslomskjivk@4ax.com>... > Funny, if the races were reversed, the PC crowd/establishment would be > all over the situation, demanding that it be treated as a "HATE > CRIME!, HATE CRIME!"... > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jul02/58065.asp > > Youths beat festival patrons > Police dispute accounts of attacks as racially motivated > By TOM HELD and JAMES H. BURNETT III > of the Journal Sentinel staff > Last Updated: July 10, 2002 > A group of youths pummeled at least a half-dozen people leaving > Summerfest on Sunday night, in a series of attacks that witnesses > described as racially motivated. > > Summerfest > > Milwaukee Police Chief Arthur Jones, however, said the attacks > appeared random. > > Calls for police around Summerfest, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. that night, > confirm that a group of young men attacked people and trashed cars as > they moved from the Summerfest gate areas toward downtown. > > Victims were punched, kicked and knocked to the ground by a group of > young men ranging in age from 14 to 20. Most of the victims were > white, based on the police reports and witness accounts, but included > a black youth who was attacked near the U.S. Bank tower Sunday night. > > Jones confirmed that police investigated reports that a small group of > young black men accosted and assaulted people at the festival on two > nights. > > "We dealt with it, and I believe we dealt with it appropriately. . . . > We did abate the situation," Jones said. > > Several arrests were made as a result of the reported attacks, Jones > said. > > Jones said he didn't think the victims were attacked because of their > color; on the contrary, the incidents appeared to be random. > > "We have no reason to believe that it was in any way gang related," > Jones said. > > Racially motivated? > One of the victims, Justin Mooney, described his plight as "wrong > place, wrong time, wrong color." > > Mooney, 17, said a group of eight to 12 young men attacked him and his > friend, Scott Riddle, as they walked with Riddle's mother, Diane, > along E. Michigan St., near N. Jefferson St. > > Riddle said she noticed the group of young men as she and the two boys > walked along Michigan St. toward their car. One member of the group > shouted at them, "What are you looking at, white boy?' " Diane Riddle > said. > > She, Mooney and her son continued to walk, but the young men attacked > moments later. > > Mooney, who lives in Vernon Hills, a Chicago suburb, said the > attackers punched him from behind numerous times. His face was > swollen, his left ear was bleeding and his head was spotted with bumps > after the attack. > > "It was shocking to me," Mooney said. "You're talking 10 guys left and > right, and finally Diane tried to cover me." > > Riddle said her son, Scott, also 17, jumped over a low wall to escape > as three of the young men started punching him. She screamed at the > assailants to stop and pushed into the crowd and covered Mooney to > protect him from the blows. > > In words stronger than the other witnesses', Riddle described the > attack as racially motivated. > > "I just think this unprovoked assault was a hate crime against a white > kid, and everybody's afraid to say that," Riddle said. > > Other attacks > Bryan Couillard said he watched a group of young men move west from > the parking area just off Harbor Drive as Summerfest was closing > Sunday night. > > Couillard, 45, of Glendale, said a group of about eight to 12 young > men beat a white youth about 100 yards from the main gate. The victim > eventually ran, and the group of attackers scattered. > > Walking toward his car, parked off St. Paul Ave., Couillard saw the > group attack at least two other men in a parking area and pummel > several others in a car stuck in traffic. > > Jeremy Mor, 22, of Mequon described a similar scene as he walked out > the Summerfest north gate. > > "All of a sudden, somebody jumped up and knocked out a white kid for > no reason," Mor said. "Then another person got punched and was > dropped." > > Mor saw at least three people knocked to the ground within several > minutes as the crowd continued to flow away from the Summerfest gate. > > Within the Summerfest grounds, Phillip Domagalski, 38, suffered a > broken nose and two ribs on the lakefront path Sunday night. > > Domagalski, of West Allis, said he did not know the racial makeup of > the group that attacked him. All he remembers was walking with his > wife and friends, seeing a group of young people heading in his > direction, and his wife pulling him off the pavement. > > "I assume everybody who went past me took a kick," Domagalski said. > > Summerfest Executive Director Bo Black referred a reporter's questions > to festival security director Mike DeMarco. > > DeMarco said his staff dealt with groups of youths fighting on the > festival grounds, around the games that were part of the midway, on > Thursday night and Sunday. > > After the incidents on Thursday, DeMarco asked the carnival manager to > remove the games, and they were closed for the duration of the > festival. > > Jerry Murphy, owner of the Murphy Bros. Expositions, said fights among > the group of people gathering in the area escalated on Thursday night. > > "In any big crowd, you get an element that doesn't want to have fun; > they want to destroy things and raise havoc," Murphy said. "I think > that's what happened with that group of people that was there. They > wanted to fight." > > DeMarco said the police moved additional officers into that area after > the unruly behavior Thursday night. There were no problems Friday or > Saturday, but additional fights broke out on Sunday, involving young > people gathering near the midway. > > Overall, DeMarco said, the festival was successful and calm. Drug > arrests were up from the previous year, but the number of fights and > other incidents seemed to be slightly down from previous years, he > said. > > > > > Appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on July 11, 2002. > > > ( modify address for return email ) Reality finally hits Milwaukee. The eastern cities have been experiencing Blacks rampaging for years. And it will get worse. Phil
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