Man arrested for kicking toddler, yelling racial slurs at E. Wichita store

[Judi Lynn]

Source: KWCH TV

Man arrested for kicking toddler, yelling racial slurs at E. Wichita store



Posted: Wed 3:35 PM, Dec 26, 2018 | Updated: Wed 8:33 PM, Dec 26, 2018

WICHITA, Kan. The Wichita Police Department says it arrested a 31-year-old man and is investigating an incident at an east Wichita Dillons store it describes as a "racially motivated bias crime."

Police arrested 31-year-old Riff Trace for "battery that was bias and racially motivated" and for resisting arrest.

Police say at about 7:20 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to an assault call at the Dillons store in the 3000 block of East Douglas.

"Through the investigation, it was learned Trace walked into the Dillons store and kicked a 1-year-old victim in the back, causing the child to fall on the floor," police say.

Police say Trace did this while yelling obscenities and racial slurs. Police say when officers arrived, Riff "was being held on (the) ground by citizens."

Read more: https://www.kwch.com/content/news/Man-arrested-for-kicking-toddler-yelling-racial-slurs-at-E-Wichita-store-503515131.html

[SharonAnn]

1. Kicked a 1 year old child in the back? For Pete's sake.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. He chose bravely and did not kick a 220 lb 6'2" trucker. . . . nt

[PatSeg]

2. Speechless

It seems that I am shocked almost every single day by the cruelty and hate we are witnessing.

[Volaris]

16. Are you really ? I'm not.

38% of this countries citizenery openly and unabashedly supports the Hatemonger-in-Chief. Youre surprised when one of them kicks a child?

I'm not. Lock this fucker up for as long as his state will allow. It's the only way they will learn.

[PatSeg]

26. I dread the day

that I am no longer shocked by the ignorance and hate we are witnessing everyday. As long as we are still shocked, it gives me hope that we will survive this. God help us if we start to accept this as the new normal.

[oldlibdem]

32. spot on volaris

[AlexSFCA]

3. insane

[Scarsdale]

21. The very definition of

"Riff raff". Looks as though he is allergic to soap and water, too. Disgusting.

[TDale313]

4. This guy should be locked up for a very long time.

I know that legally that likely won’t happen, but anyone who could do this to a defenseless toddler is a serious threat to society, and his violence will almost certainly escalate.

[YessirAtsaFact]

5. Sucks, but people stepped up and had him on the ground

When the cops got there

It shows there are still limits people won’t allow to be crossed.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

39. He's lucky to still be breathing.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Probably high on meth, from his looks.

[Mariana]

15. He doesn't have that skeletal look meth heads get.

If anything, his face looks puffy, the way many alcoholics look.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

40. Not all meth addicts go skeletal.

It affects different people differently. He has the "dead-eyes" look of a meth-head.

[Mariana]

41. I imagine we'll find out eventually.

Truly, either drug could be responsible - for the look and the behavior. It may even be a combination.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

42. Let's hope they do a drug panel on him

Because he looks like a repeat offender.

[PaulX2]

7. I Lived At 21st And Rock Road In East Wichita

And never met a Kansan that would do this.

This man is a sicko.

Folks in Kansas are not like this.

[lapfog_1]

9. sadly, it is now

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Olathe,_Kansas_shooting

I was born in Wichita, raised in Shawnee... KU graduate... spent years after that living in Lenexa, and can't stand to go back there now.

[Bengus81]

30. Hell,the asshat Trump lover who shot those guys in Kansas lived in Missouri

I've lived in Wichita for 65 years,we have no more kooks and idiots than any other city this size. You think this punk looks like your average citizen??

[47of74]

8. My niece is almost one year old.

If a scumbag like him did that to her in my presence the cops would be the least of his concerns.

[lunasun]

10. Deplorable

From link
"What grown person, I mean, even if you do have that much hate for someone,... I mean, why would you attack a baby?" Whitaker says.

[Blue_playwright]

11. Good night, that's my Dillons

In my neighborhood, anyway. I somehow missed hearing this. WTF is wrong with people?

[BadGimp]

12. Riff Trace? seriously?

[Judi Lynn]

18. So weird. Whoever named him had to be drunk, or simply an idiot. n/t

[Aristus]

29. Well, the likelihood that he's a meth-baby is pretty high.

The crystal doesn't fall far from the cooking vat...

[Progressive Jones]

46. I'm willing to bet that

"Riff Trace" is a crappy guitar player who thinks he's good enough to sport a flashy rock star name... LOL.

[Hassler]

13. Riff Trace? I guess Biff Griff and Jog Palin were already in jail.

[NEOBuckeye]

14. What a fucking coward

A toddler couldn't possibly defend himself, front or back. I doubt he would have dared to do the same to a grown man. Then again, there is a ton of stupid going around these days. But still, what an idiot.

[Berlin Expat]

19. Just you wait, though.....

it won't be long before Tucker Carlson or the gang at Breitbart leap to Riff's defense, saying, "But he felt deeply threatened by the toddler and acted in self-defense" or some similar nonsensical BS.

There is no limit to their rationalizations for their appalling behavior.

[oldlibdem]

33. this won't be reported on fox or breitbart.

No fascist propaganda value

[Aristus]

38. Don't forget his 'economic anxiety'...

N/t

[cstanleytech]

17. Followed soon by "Man committed to mental hospital."

[luvMIdog]

20. brutally disturbing

had someone done that to my child in front of me I fear any semblance of a sane human being in me would be replaced with my deeper need to do damage to the thing that kicked my baby.

[RAB910]

23. Typical Trump supporter

[Sherman A1]

24. What a "Charmer"

hoping that he gets some quality time as a guest of the authorities.

[Stuart G]

25. HE'S NUTS!!..7:20am, Sunday?? Is that all this idiot can do at 7:20am Sunday? He's nuts!!!!!

Only some kind of nutcase would start something like this at about 7am on a Sunday morning..
...Well, he will have time to think about it in the slammer..

[FM123]

27. wow, I guess cruelty really is the point

[janterry]

28. Something is missing from this story

Of course the event seems to have happened just as it is reported. But this man is either drug addicted or mentally ill.

A terrible event for the toddler and his family.

[oldlibdem]

34. Or.... He is just an asshole,

Who hates "them".

[Bengus81]

48. No...he's a THUG,a Trump lovin White Supremist NAZI and has a long rap sheet......

He's been in and out of jail for a decade or more. Yeah,probably does do drugs but he knows what the hell he's doing when he spews Trump White supremacist talk while kicking a one year old BLACK CHILD face down onto a concrete floor.

If this would have been our Mayor's grand kid this POS would be under lock and key until his court appearance. Instead he's able to bail out--despite claiming he's homeless.

[janterry]

49. I've worked with plenty of 'thugs' and

more than a few white supremacists - in the prisons - and in detentions facilities. And plenty of other places, besides.

As I wrote, I think there is something missing from the story. I guess we'll see as the narrative continues.

[Bengus81]

50. Yeah...he paid NO BAIL,they just let him WALK OUT. That was missing from the first article...

"The man kicked her son from behind with his cowboy boot, causing the boy to fall face down, she said. The man tried to leave the store but bystanders tackled him and held him until police arrived, she recalled. The man went on a rant, Whitaker said, yelling the “N word” and saying he was a white supremacist. “He sounded like a madman.”

https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article223614810.html#storylink=latest_side

Scroll on down in the article to his Criminal history and tell me if you think this racist NAZI POS will show up in mid January for a court date.

[wryter2000]

31. Yay for the citizens

Bigots are having a harder time getting away with their crap

[Talitha]

35. Is there any news regarding how badly the child was hurt?

That guy is a real scumbag!

[mahina]

36. All racially superior to others somehow.

How do loons like this imagine they are superior to nematodes much less brown people?

[Stuart G]

37. About idiots like this...an explanation...about idiots in the U.S.+ We have 326,823,000 people in

this country according to google. Now, I don't know if this is correct but give or take ten million, that is a whole lot of people.................
..3rd largest in the world..(again according to google)

So, we have a lot of "idiots" here in the U.S.A. Yes, he kicked the child (1 year old) in the back, and it made national news.. He is in the slammer no doubt...So, think about this..it could have been much worse...Yes, I can list how, but let your imagination answer how...Yes, he is an idiot and stupid. My guess is that the child was not seriously hurt, or the article would have said that...

[Takket]

43. Poor guy probably suffers from economic anxiety!

[Marcuse]

44. He's out on bail.

[Raine]

45. Mentally ill

and deranged is my guess. We have lots of them in Los Angeles, lately these dangerous deranged people have pushed some pedestrians into the street infront of oncoming traffic.

[Bengus81]

47. And our wonderful courts grants him BAIL...........

Meanwhile DA Marc Bennett can't understand why this racist NAZI and his case were first looked at in the lowest court--Municipal Court. This FUCKER is a Trump White supremacist TERRORIST and SPEWED as much language when he was kicking this black one year old face first to a concrete floor. This Trump POS has a rap sheet a mile long and they let him walk.

He's out and claiming he's homeless on a $3500 bail. What bail bond person would plunk down $3500 hoping he'll show up in court in over TWO WEEKS?

[CreekDog]

51. i'd like to trade a peaceful asylum seeker for this guy

i know that's not how it works, but it's just what i'd want.