The name of Trayvon Martin was invoked again Wednesday night in Gainesville during an attack by a group that police say stomped on a white man who was scuffling with a black robbery suspect on the Bo Diddley Community Plaza.
The robbery suspect, Carl Milton Babb, 50, had been released from prison earlier in the day after serving more than two years in prison for the same crime he is accused of committing Wednesday — snatching a purse from a woman near the downtown plaza.
According to a Gainesville Police Department arrest report, Babb approached a woman eating dinner at the Lunchbox on the plaza at about 8:50 p.m. and asked her for a light.
When she said she didn't have one, Babb took off with her purse, which contained her $500 cellphone, according to the report.
The woman's dinner companion and another person took off after Babb.
When her friend caught up with Babb, according to the police report, Babb punched him in the face and grabbed his hair, but he was able to keep Babb pinned down, according to the report.
The scene attracted a crowd, and a number of people on the plaza approached Babb and the Good Samaritan, who tried to explain that Babb had just stolen his friend's purse.
GPD spokeswoman Cpl. Angelina Valuri said some members of the crowd shouted "Trayvon!" and that at least three of members of the crowd began stomping on the hands of the woman's friend to force him to let go of Babb.
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Very first comment claims to be the "good samaritan" and that the "shouted trayvon" claim is a lie.
ReplyDeleteHe goes on to claim that 5 people - all black - came to help while his other (hispanic?) companions did nothing.
Obviously I have no clue if he's legit, but I can't help noticing that (1) there's no mention in the article about the race of the stomping-trayvons* (is it THAT obvious?) and (2) no mention in the article at all about the cops seeking to arrest said trayvons.
*(See the "We are all Trayvon-Martin" meme...)
Wait and see, I guess.
ReplyDeleteDamn,media will do anything to get attention! There is more than enough racial tension without anybody needing to lie! Freakin sad!
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Need more info, I believe. Seems to me the first commenter should have been mentioned in the article since he must have been in the police report.
ReplyDelete*IF* he is who he claims, he was the SUBJECT of BOTH!
ReplyDeleteArticle puts claim directly on "GPD spokeswoman Cpl. Angelina Valuri..."
Just posted an update, DD.
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