Looks like we have a few black supremecists on our hands

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

A mob lynching of a black man (which this appeared, at least according to eyewitnesses, to be attempted murder several times) would certainly be connotated as white supremecists, whether or not it was true. Do you think that Emmett Till's attackers motives were exaggerated?


You missed the point.

You said:
"everyone else says more like 100"

I said:
"If I read correctly, one person says 50-100 and that was inside the fair. He was outside the fair in his car."


But I guess you committed to hyperbole twice. One person is not "everyone else".

And I said go back and read the article...everyone else did say that. (including someone outside the fair.) It's not hyperbole to quote the article. It is to turn a riot into a race war.

LOL at the appeared to be attempted murder and comparing this to a lynching. So is it Iraq or a lynching. Riots can be scary. Attempted murder is a legal term. Assault may be a little more befitting. Let the DA do the grandstanding.

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

And I said go back and read the article...everyone else did say that. (including someone outside the fair.) It's not hyperbole to quote the article. It is to turn a riot into a race war.

No on else said that. Quote the article for me. Where exactly does it give a number other than one inside the fair and the veteran?

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

No on else said that. Quote the article for me. Where exactly does it give a number other than one inside the fair and the veteran?

One woman who asked not to be identified tells us that contrary to some belief, the young people involved in the mob did not go to the rap concert that night.

"The mob of black teenagers involved in the beatings and damage outside of State Fair last night were not there for the MC Hammer concert," said the woman.

"I attended that concert with three of my friends last night and the crowd was mostly white and adult (as are my friends and I). Any kids there seemed to be with parents."

She described what she saw as she left the fair.

"As we came through the exit we saw a white boy lying in the street, in the fetal position right by the traffic light, and coming towards us was tons and tons and black teens – there had to have been over a hundred – in the middle of 84th Street and on the sidewalk headed south," she said.

Hooked on phonics worked for me! Notice she said over a hundred and not over 300 or 400.