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Mojo Electro

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44. What an absolute disgrace.

Fri Aug 23, 2013, 04:08 PM

Aug 2013

There aren't many people left around who fought in WW2. Imagine the stories this man could tell about his life. Since he was 88, he would have been born around 1925. This guy took a bullet in the leg at Okinawa. To have lived such a long life, had so many experiences, only to have it end by being beaten to death at 88 years old. It's outrageous and tragic. What kind of piece of human garbage could beat to death an 88 year old man? The senseless cruelty behind this is something I can't wrap my head around.

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WWII vet Delbert Belton, 88, beaten to death by teens in Spokane, Washington [View all] Bacchus4.0 Aug 2013 OP

May father and uncle grew up in Spokane, and my uncle was a WWII vet. R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2013 #1

Both sickening and sad. dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #2

Mr. Belton Berlin Expat Aug 2013 #3

Crazy. RadiationTherapy Aug 2013 #4

Great movie! pitbullgirl1965 Aug 2013 #46

Teenagers don't keep their mouths shut. They'll be caught. n/t tom_kelly Aug 2013 #5

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #6

All decent people will... slor Aug 2013 #8

how big of you to "frown" upon the murder of a WWII Vet Supersedeas Aug 2013 #12

Surely you missed the quotation marks... slor Aug 2013 #14

Well, the story of this Vet's death deserves more merit than just a frown Supersedeas Aug 2013 #18

Way to badger an innocent bystander. Ash_F Aug 2013 #32

or Supersedeas Aug 2013 #38

Adding Jesse Jackson's name ....... wolfie001 Aug 2013 #11

It's because Jackson just commented on the Lane killing RZM Aug 2013 #40

First Oklahoma, killing an aussie . . . aggiesal Aug 2013 #7

Reagan's fault Supersedeas Aug 2013 #13

What about Hoover? marshall Aug 2013 #21

If the root of crime is poverty FrodosPet Aug 2013 #57

You make some very good points . . . aggiesal Aug 2013 #25

true, but there's a cost benefit threshold Supersedeas Aug 2013 #45

Plenty of unemployed teens don't kill people. Mz Pip Aug 2013 #50

Its because these Monsters have No Morality warrant46 Aug 2013 #55

Sometimes a psychopath/sociopath is just that Mike Daniels Aug 2013 #17

Agreed n/t aggiesal Aug 2013 #27

Producing multiple orgasms for Fox News producers. nt onehandle Aug 2013 #9

parking lot robbery? they knocked the elder down. look at the pics, shirts have the same logo? Sunlei Aug 2013 #10

awful... Bully Taw Aug 2013 #15

This is so very sad. hamsterjill Aug 2013 #16

Police: Arrest Made In Beating Death Of 88-Year-Old WWII Vet Bacchus4.0 Aug 2013 #19

Gang violence most likely... initiation... SayitAintSo Aug 2013 #20

I would also like to see.. Bully Taw Aug 2013 #26

I'm sure the perps won't be charged... Ash_F Aug 2013 #28

yes...i agree... Bully Taw Aug 2013 #30

I wasn't really on board with Obama's statements on the Martin case in the first place... Ash_F Aug 2013 #31

but these two cases are about Bully Taw Aug 2013 #33

What could he possibly say other than it was a horrible senseless murder? Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2013 #56

Well the kind of people who are overly paranoid about "black-on-white crime" certainly DON'T nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #34

Yes...i agree... Bully Taw Aug 2013 #35

Maybe he should. But if he does, it's important that he do so in a way that doesn't play into nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #37

+1 Ash_F Aug 2013 #39

i actually think that a statement on his part goes a long way... Bully Taw Aug 2013 #41

I think the Zimmerman/Martin case had a racial aspect from the beginning. I mean the crime itself. nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #42

i think that is fair enough... n/t Bully Taw Aug 2013 #43

the difference is there were people defending Zimmerman plus he wasn't even going to be charged JI7 Aug 2013 #49

Absolutely. And whether this is a hate crime or not, the perps are likely going away for life. nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #51

The second unnatural death for a WWII vet this month jakeXT Aug 2013 #22

no words....... dhill926 Aug 2013 #23

This breaks my heart.... skeewee08 Aug 2013 #24

Makes a good case for The Wizard Aug 2013 #29

Fucking horrible. This guy was my grandmother's age. nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #36

What an absolute disgrace. Mojo Electro Aug 2013 #44

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #47

:( Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #48

Just sad skippy66 Aug 2013 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author uppityperson Aug 2013 #54

This is infuriating Marrah_G Aug 2013 #53