Wednesday, June 20, 2007

WTF is wrong with people?

Texas crowd kills man after car hits kid

AUSTIN, Texas - A crowd attacked and killed a passenger in a vehicle that had struck and injured a child, police said Wednesday.

Police believe 2,000 to 3,000 people were in the area for a Juneteenth celebration when the attack occurred Tuesday night. The man who was killed had been trying to stop the group from attacking the vehicle's driver when the crowd turned on him, authorities said.

The Austin Police Department identified the victim as David Rivas Morales, 40. The child was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police spokeswoman Toni Chovonetz said she had no further information, including how many people were involved.

The driver was able to get away is cooperating with investigators, police said.

Juneteenth marks the day Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston in 1865 to share news of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves two years earlier on Jan. 1, 1863.


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So this crowd kills a passenger in a car that accidentally hit a kid, who is fine?!
What the hell were they thinking?
What is wrong with people these days? This is just sick. I hope that the people involved are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!
And this was in Austin, probably the most liberal town in Texas!