https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...says-its-a-hate-crime/?utm_term=.e772efcf3842
Authorities in Alabama said four people have been arrested on felony assault charges in the beating of a 17-year-old boy.
The teen's mother said her son — who had recently voiced his support for law enforcement amid protests over fatal police shootings — was severely beaten late last month during what she called a racially motivated hate crime.
Brandi Allen told Fox affiliate WBRC that her son, Brian Ogle, who is white, was assaulted following a Friday-night football game, suffering skull fractures in the Sept. 30 attack.
"Apparently he was hit with something — what is presumed to be the butt of the pistol on his face," Allen said. "He has stitches and he's got bruising, real bad bruising on his shoulder. There's a lot of wounds on the back of his head from being hit as well."
"Instead of us planning for his 18th birthday, we're here. Why? Because he made a statement that he backs the blue," she said, adding: "I'm trying to understand how anyone — I don't care the color of their skin — could do this to another human being."
Police said in a statement that four former students from Sylacauga High School were arrested in the assault but did not say whether Ogle knew them. Evidence obtained during the investigation does not suggest that any current students at the high school, which Ogle attends, were involved in the attack, police said.
The suspects were identified by police as 20-year-old Quartez Lamar Walker, 19-year-old Bobby Ronchea Brown, 18-year-old La Noah Grant Ealy Jr. and 20-year-old Daveon Shamareya Nix.
All four are black, police said.
Walker, who has been charged with first-degree assault, was being held on $20,000 bond, police said; Brown, Ealy and Nix have been charged with second-degree assault and were being held on $15,000 bond.
The Daily Home reported that Nix is the son of Sylacauga District 2 City Councilwoman-elect Tiffany Nix. Nix could not be immediately reached for comment.
It's unclear whether the men have attorneys.
WHY haven't these ******** been charged with a hate crime!???????????
if 4 white guys beat a black kid they would have been!
edit...http://www.al.com/news/anniston-gadsden/index.ssf/2016/10/sylacauga_beating_suspects_cou.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...ting-blue-lives-matter-teen-article-1.2827938
Authorities in Alabama said four people have been arrested on felony assault charges in the beating of a 17-year-old boy.
The teen's mother said her son — who had recently voiced his support for law enforcement amid protests over fatal police shootings — was severely beaten late last month during what she called a racially motivated hate crime.
Brandi Allen told Fox affiliate WBRC that her son, Brian Ogle, who is white, was assaulted following a Friday-night football game, suffering skull fractures in the Sept. 30 attack.
"Apparently he was hit with something — what is presumed to be the butt of the pistol on his face," Allen said. "He has stitches and he's got bruising, real bad bruising on his shoulder. There's a lot of wounds on the back of his head from being hit as well."
"Instead of us planning for his 18th birthday, we're here. Why? Because he made a statement that he backs the blue," she said, adding: "I'm trying to understand how anyone — I don't care the color of their skin — could do this to another human being."
Police said in a statement that four former students from Sylacauga High School were arrested in the assault but did not say whether Ogle knew them. Evidence obtained during the investigation does not suggest that any current students at the high school, which Ogle attends, were involved in the attack, police said.
The suspects were identified by police as 20-year-old Quartez Lamar Walker, 19-year-old Bobby Ronchea Brown, 18-year-old La Noah Grant Ealy Jr. and 20-year-old Daveon Shamareya Nix.
All four are black, police said.
Walker, who has been charged with first-degree assault, was being held on $20,000 bond, police said; Brown, Ealy and Nix have been charged with second-degree assault and were being held on $15,000 bond.
The Daily Home reported that Nix is the son of Sylacauga District 2 City Councilwoman-elect Tiffany Nix. Nix could not be immediately reached for comment.
It's unclear whether the men have attorneys.
WHY haven't these ******** been charged with a hate crime!???????????
if 4 white guys beat a black kid they would have been!
edit...http://www.al.com/news/anniston-gadsden/index.ssf/2016/10/sylacauga_beating_suspects_cou.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...ting-blue-lives-matter-teen-article-1.2827938
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