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Young Black Teen Attacked, Threatened In White Neighborhood (Original Post) Quixote1818 Jun 2022 OP
Florida is ground zero for authoritarian governance. The Fascist citizens understand this. jalan48 Jun 2022 #1
There are some real nice folks down there, aren't there? CurtEastPoint Jun 2022 #2
So...what exactly is going on here? It's pretty random to toss a giant rock into a car. xocetaceans Jun 2022 #3
what???!!! llashram Jun 2022 #7
👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 Zero excuse. onecaliberal Jun 2022 #8
Hardly. xocetaceans Jun 2022 #9
you gave all llashram Jun 2022 #11
Ok, so you're saying I'm just like you. I can deal with that. xocetaceans Jun 2022 #12
no llashram Jun 2022 #13
Ok, so you're special. Good for you. May your keen perspicacity serve you well! n/t xocetaceans Jun 2022 #14
ok llashram Jun 2022 #15
Cool. n/t xocetaceans Jun 2022 #16
Kick dalton99a Jun 2022 #4
this llashram Jun 2022 #5
Sanford is where Trayvon Martin was murdered by that neighborhood watch dude IronLionZion Jun 2022 #6
"Donald Corsi & Howard Hughes, Sanford Video Suspects: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know" sl8 Jun 2022 #10
2 Florida men accused of attacking Black teen, damaging car as they drove by LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #17

xocetaceans

(3,870 posts)
3. So...what exactly is going on here? It's pretty random to toss a giant rock into a car.
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 12:09 PM
Jun 2022

Was the rock-tosser just lying in wait to cast that rock at an innocent motorist or was this a case of a kid driving in an irresponsible manner and a group of people completely overreacting to that or was all this something else entirely? There was a claim of the kid burning out on that neighborhood street. That does not justify the violence, but it might explain the aggression. (Of course, prejudice might have amplified that aggression into violence.) After all, cars kill just the same as rocks or guns.

It seems too facile to claim every situation like this is driven purely by inherent racism. If the kid was driving in an unsafe manner, they should have just called the police.

llashram

(6,265 posts)
7. what???!!!
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 12:47 PM
Jun 2022

if this was a white kid, do you think the situation would be the same? You are looking for ways to justify the reaction of these white people to maybe a mistake of a 16-year-old driving too fast. IF he was driving too fast. Facile? This was pure out-and-out racism. Lucky Zimmerman wasn't there. The hate is real and the reaction to this child was racial hate directed toward him. Don't make excuses for people like this. THIS WAS PURE Amerikkkan RACISM. Give me proof that the 16-year-old was driving irresponsibly. The police didn't arrest him nor cite him for being irresponsible. I sense justification of racism in your response to this incident of racists ganging up on a 16-year-old African-american child. This is why I feel racism will never go away because too many want to look for excuses for racists.

xocetaceans

(3,870 posts)
9. Hardly.
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 06:26 PM
Jun 2022

How often do you read of people throwing large stones at cars? You don't find that odd?

It's a good thing that the stone-thrower(s) and gun-wielder were arrested since they clearly did something wrong. However, the question remains as to what exactly happened.

Your message seems to confuse looking for an explanation for the whole situation with looking for a justification for racist action.

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe people just toss large rocks at cars for no internal reason other than pure racism. Or maybe there is more to the situation that is not revealed in the short video.

It's too bad that your message did nothing to further the information content of the thread.


xocetaceans

(3,870 posts)
14. Ok, so you're special. Good for you. May your keen perspicacity serve you well! n/t
Sat Jun 18, 2022, 09:15 PM
Jun 2022

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dalton99a

(81,073 posts)
4. Kick
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 12:22 PM
Jun 2022
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/two-men-arrested-after-throwing-missile-at-teens-vehicle-records-show/
2 men arrested after shattering window of teen’s car with rock, Seminole deputies say
16-year-old driver posted video of confrontation online
Catherine Silver, Reporter
Published: June 16, 2022, 5:55 PM


llashram

(6,265 posts)
5. this
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 12:29 PM
Jun 2022

is trumps Amerikkka. I get angry, then sad that people are so ignorant and truly evil...Replacement theory hates at work here. CRT also...Trayvon Martin died in this little town at the hands of one of their vigilantes. They want a race war to prove their superiority is justified. Might just happen? These are truly trump's and DeSantis's people FULL of racist hate.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
6. Sanford is where Trayvon Martin was murdered by that neighborhood watch dude
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 12:40 PM
Jun 2022

Actual police there are problematic too, but these violent armed dangerous adults could have called police instead of committing crimes against this 16 year old minor.


“I can admit when I’m wrong,” Jones Jermaine said. “I was speeding a little bit, but either way, I don’t think it was justified for them to throw a rock through my car rather than just call the police.”

sl8

(13,584 posts)
10. "Donald Corsi & Howard Hughes, Sanford Video Suspects: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know"
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 06:45 PM
Jun 2022
https://heavy.com/news/donald-corsi-howard-hughes-sanford-video/

Donald Corsi & Howard Hughes, Sanford Video Suspects: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

By Tom Cleary
Updated Jun 16, 2022 at 2:57pm



Seminole County Sheriff
Donald Corsi, left, and Howard Oral Hughes.


Donald Eugene Corsi and Howard Oral Hughes are facing felony charges after a Black teen says he was racially profiled and attacked in his car in a neighborhood in Sanford, Florida, the same city where 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in 2012. The 16-year-old boy’s father, CJ Jones, posted video and photos of the aftermath of the incident on Facebook on June 14, 2022. Corsi is accused of throwing a large rock through the window of the boy’s car, smashing it, while the 16-year-old was in the car.

In an Instagram post, the 16-year-old Sanford boy, Jermaine, who goes by JJ, wrote, “I was racially profiled while driving through my friends neighborhood. They didn’t like the way I was driving, so they felt the need to hit my car with a cone, and throw a rock through my window. All I wanted to do was de-escalate until police came, because I wasn’t about to get charges pressed on me for no reason 🤦🏾?♂️.”

The incident happened on Maple Glen Place in the Lake Forest neighborhood of Sanford, where both Corsi and Hughes live, not far from where Martin was killed. The teen’s sister wrote on Twitter on June 15, “Yesterday my 16-year-old brother was racially profiled in a neighborhood in Sanford Florida, the same city as Trayvon Martin. Luckily, he had a different fate. I commend my brother for how he reacted in the situation. They tried to throw a brick at his head, And missed.”

Corsi, 52, and Hughes, 61, were later arrested, according to Seminole County court records viewed by Heavy. Corsi was charged with weapon offenses accusing him of sending a “missile” into a vehicle, which is a second-degree felony. They were both charged with criminal mischief, accused of causing more than $1,000 in damages to property, which is a third-degree felony. Hughes was additionally charged with first-degree misdemeanor battery (touch or strike). They were released from the Seminole County jail after posting bond, records show.

[...]



LetMyPeopleVote

(144,005 posts)
17. 2 Florida men accused of attacking Black teen, damaging car as they drove by
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 12:55 PM
Jun 2022

These racist assholes were arrested



https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-florida-men-accused-attacking-black-teen-friend-damaging-car-rcna34082?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

Two white men were arrested after being accused of harassing a Black teenager and damaging his car as he drove through a Sanford, Florida, neighborhood.

The alleged incident happened Tuesday just before 6 p.m. in the Lake Forest neighborhood, an upscale area of Seminole County. It was partially recorded on cellphone video by the teen, Jermaine Jones, and shared on Facebook by his father.

Two men identified by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office as Donald Corsi, 52, and Howard Hughes, 61, are seen in the video screaming at Jermaine.

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