Comments on: After Texas Charges Only Misdemeanors, Feds Win Felony Case Against Hate Criminals

By: greg

greg — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:51:31 +0000

Pr:oof that black folks have never been treated fairly in this country the same as Obama has been blamed since day one in what the predominant race of all decisions in America.Just look how they have screwded over all cultures.And truthfully they just screwed themselves.Love always overrules hatred it biblical then and biblical now.Remember God knows all athings and sees all things.He created you so He sees.: HE watchn. :

By: aadila

aadila — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:52:45 +0000

Let’s see…are these cops (one already found not guilty, the rest still pending trial) some of the good ones, or some of the bad ones? This one from Houston, captured on video by an unseen civilian, shows the victim was black, unarmed, handcuffed and 15 years old:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related

If you watch the full video of the beating it just goes on and on. Most people in Texas think this is good police work. What about you all?

Mind you most don’t go to trial at all because typically there is only the victim’s word against the LEOs, who count on powerful presumption of propriety (and juries, like this one, without any black members, who ask for popcorn when the video is shown.)

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:07:11 +0000

Oh Texas Police. Well. You have good ones, and not so good ones. I just call all of them sir or ma’am. Now, my disabled veteran plates tend to curve the profiling, but I remember when I was young. I do have stories (memories) I could probably make money with.

By: aadila

aadila — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:18:20 +0000

Well that’s a positive sign.

Now the only people in Texas who are free to commit hate crimes are the police.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:32:38 +0000

…what I mean is, with all of the progress I’ve see Texas make, we’ve taken a few steps back since President Obama has been in office.

It was like, okay, we’re still on control…but now, I gotta watch out where I take my son.

I’m seeing more and more tattoos. It’s nothing to see Gang Tattoos, but race related tattoos are usually covered up in metro areas. I’m seeing more and more of those, like a resurgence.

My son watches gangland on netfix with me. So he can know what to watch out for as well. It helps to be knowledgeable.

Not the case here though, looks like they found a mark and tried to exploit it. No way to avoid it.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:45:48 +0000

I gotta tell you. I’ve seen Texas make a lot of progress with race relations, at least in the cities. This was in Houston, where I am from, which currently has about 25% Black and 40% Hispanic populations. There are no white supremecist compounds in Houston. I hate to admit it but we’re seeing this rise for a reason.

By: SamDamnit

SamDamnit — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:48:56 +0000

As a Texan, I am ashamed of our state wide tolerance of bias crimes, including the attempts to disenfranchise voters. I think that our law makers should be held accountable.

By: Krissy

Krissy — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 04:23:27 +0000

Its appalling how prevalent these kind of supremacist views are down there and I am glad the perpetrators are getting felony charges.

By: Sam Molloy

Sam Molloy — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:21:21 +0000

In any state, if the races were reversed, these perps would be under he jail.

By: ModerateMike

ModerateMike — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:00:32 +0000

Cases like these are the reason why I support federal hate crimes legislation. Some would say that “an assault is an assult; why treat it differently just because the motive was hatred for the victim?” A fair question, but one that should be directed first toward those who think that three people attacking someone randomly is not a serious crime as long as the victim has more melanin in his skin than the perpetrators.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:55:59 +0000

I agree. I don’t always agree with DOJ investigations, but in cases such as these, I think the local decision makers need to be held accountable as well.

By: CoralSea

CoralSea — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:33:53 +0000

Since these idiots almost killed this poor man, I’d say their sentences weren’t long enough, although at least they didn’t escape with only misdemeanors. Considering that Texas is constantly executing people (whether they are guilty or not), you’d think they would have taken this case a lot more seriously. Was this attack initially considered a misdemeanor because of race? If so, then I think the DOJ needs to be prosecuting others in addition to the three stooges.