Question on Michael Brown leads to beating on StLouis train
(CNN)—When one man sat down next to a second man in a St. Louis light rail car late Monday and asked him his opinion on the shooting of Michael Brown, it was not the beginning of a discussion.
It was the start of an assault, police said.
The second man, who was white, didn't want to answer the question. Then the first man, who was black, boxed him in the face. Two more African-American men joined in the beating, according to a police report http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/28/us/st-...olink-beating/
oh yeah this is totally gonna help the mike brown situation and race relations in st louis now theyre just gonna be gunning for them more. these 3 idiots just dealt a huge blow to the movement.
Two arrested in beating over Michael Brown question in St. Louis
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Two people have been arrested in the beating of a man seemingly sparked by a question about the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, the St. Louis police said Monday night in a tweet.
The tweet said "2 suspects, ages 15 & 21, are in custody in connection with 3/23 MetroLink assault."
The beating, which occurred on a MetroLink light rail train, was caught on surveillance cameras and a passenger's cell phone camera. The passenger posted the video online, and it went viral.
The victim, 43, who is white, said he was commuting home when a young black man asked to use the victim's cell phone.
He declined, and the young man asked his opinion about the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager killed by a police officer in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, last summer, the man said. That shooting raised questions nationwide about use of deadly force by police.
"The next thing I know, he sucker punches me right in the middle of my face," the victim told CNN affiliate KMOV.
The video showed a male unleashing a barrage of punches at the head of the victim, who covered himself with his hand and forearms. Two other males joined in, police said. The attackers fled.
The man, who asked not to be identified, was treated at the scene for injuries and didn't go to the hospital.
and race relations in st louis now theyre just gonna be gunning for them more. these 3 idiots just dealt a huge blow to the movement.
Here is the video of these disgusting men attacking this poor guy. This is definitely a Hate Crime. He was target for been White.
