[Vision2020] Prayers for Pat Mahaney...........

[Gary Crabtree]

Yea, it's boorish to call attention to actual violent racism when others
are working so feverishly to gin some up where it isn't.
What ever in the world could you have been thinking, Wayne?

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On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Knock it off Wayne!  Reverse race baiting doesn't work otherwise there'd
> have been protests, rallies, and riots from the OJ acquittal. Give it up
> already. :)
>
> -Scott
>
> On Jul 16, 2013, at 7:06 PM, "Wayne Price" <bear at moscow.com> wrote:
>
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> Six teens who savagely beat an Ohio man last year because they were bored
> may face additional charges after the 46-year-old victim died Friday.
> Pat Mahaney, who had been distraught and neglected his health since the
> August attack, became sick last week, his family told the Cincinnati
> Enquirer<http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130715/NEWS010702/130715013/Autopsy-complete-bored-beating-victim?nclick_check=1>.
> He died at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, the Hamilton County
> Prosecutor’s Office said.
> The autopsy was completed this week, but the Prosecutor's Office will not
> decide whether to pursue further charges against the six teens until test
> results become available in a few weeks.
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> <mahaney17n-1-web.jpeg>
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> From the original story last  August:
>
> Six teens were arrested Sunday after beating a man unconscious in a
> Cincinnati suburb - because they were bored and looking for something to do.
> Pat Mahaney, 45, of North College Hill, landed in the hospital after a
> vicious attack that left him with a black eye and severe internal injuries.
> He was hurt so badly that his stomach filled with blood that required a
> tube down his throat to drain.
> "I find this whole thing appalling and despicable," North College Hill
> Police Chief Gary Foust told the Daily News. Foust added that the 13- and
> 14-year-old boys were arrogant and that he believes the attack was
> pre-meditated.
> Mahaney was returning home with a six-pack of beer when the juveniles
> walked by him on the sidewalk in the opposite direction, according to an
> incident report obtained by the Daily News. The boys then turned around and
> began to follow him. One punched Mahaney in the back of the head, knocking
> him to the ground.
> The teens then took turns kicking and punching him in the head and face
> repeatedly, the report said. One of the delinquents took a beer can and
> threw it at Mahaney's head. The attack only came to an end when a neighbor,
> witnessing the attack, intervened and said he was calling the cops.
> "This individual would have sustained, possibly, a higher degree of injury
> if not for individuals in the neighborhood," said Foust. They gave the
> adolescents' names to police and assisted the badly beaten Mahaney until
> help arrived.
> The attack itself was discovered by police by accident. A nearby patrol
> car had been called to break up a fight between two dogs when Officer Aaron
> Kodish noticed a large group of people standing on the street. He pulled up
> and saw Mahaney "covered in blood and trying to maintain his balance," the
> report said.
> It did not take long to find the suspects - five were arrested that night,
> the sixth the next day. They told authorities they only stopped beating
> Mahaney because neighbors intervened.
> "Without their intervention," Foust said of the neighbors, "the degree of
> injuries could have been much more severe."
> Mahaney, now released from the hospital, is currently home recovering from
> his injuries. He declined to comment on the incident when contacted by the
> Daily News.
> Mahaney did speak to the Cincinnati Inquirer<http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120815/NEWS0107/308150032>,
> saying he was surprised by the age of his attackers and that he "didn't
> think kids could do something like this."
> Foust noted that Mahaney is unemployed and has no health insurance. The
> police chief said that "our hope in this is to work with the prosecutor to
> see that justice is done,” adding that meant jail time being served and the
> battered man's medical bills being paid through restitution.
> If that were to happen, the boys' parents would be responsible for paying
> the medical bills.
> All six of the boys were charged with two felonies each - aggravated riot
> and felonious assault. If they were adults, these charges would carry a
> sentence of anywhere from 10-25 years.
> But as they are juveniles, Foust says, "that's not going to happen."
> Due to laws prohibiting the identification of juvenile defendants, Foust
> declined to comment on whether any had prior criminal records.
>
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