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Ex-Marines Attacked in Coney Island

If this had been a white-on-black offense, you could bet the mainstream media would have been all over this: A wolf pack of at least 30 thugs viciously attacked two hero ex-Marines in Brooklyn after they rescued a teenage girl who was being assaulted, police and witnesses said yesterday. And when the brother of one of the former servicemen tried to come to his rescue during the July 25 melee in Coney Island, he was beaten into a coma. ... The two former Marines, meanwhile, insist that the violence had racial overtones, although the assault has not been labeled a bias crime. Bukler said, "Those in the crowd were yelling, 'Hey, white boys, you're in the 'hood now!' We were yelling back, 'We don't care - we live here!' Why is it that when blacks brutalize whites and yell racial epithets at whites, something other than racism must be at play?  Where are the op-eds decrying racism?  Where, in short, is the Duke-Lacrosse-like outrage?continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on August 11, 2008 (boomark / email).