Black and Asian men charged with hate crime in beating of white teen - Polidicks

[url]http://www.komonews.com/news/local/103483959.html[/url] [release][img]http://media.komonews.com/images/100529_teen_beaten.jpg[/img] SEATTLE -- King County prosecutors have accused two men of committing a hate crime in the robbery and beating of West Seattle teenager earlier this year. Ahmed Y. Mohamed, 22, who is black, and Jonathan Neil Baquiring, 21, who is Asian, have each been charged with first-degree robbery and malicious harassment, the state's hate crime statute. King County Jail records indicate that Baquiring was booked into jail Tuesday evening. Mohamed is at large and officials have issued a warrant for his arrest. The victim, 16-year-old Shane McClellan, said he was held hostage and beaten for hours and was attacked because he is white. The incident happened as Shane was walking home from a birthday party at a friend's house Tuesday around 2 a.m. on May 25. Shane said two men called to him from the top of a staircase near the intersection of 14th Avenue SW and SW Holden Street. The men asked for a light, and when Shane walked over to oblige, they knocked him to the ground and started kicking him. The two men knocked the frightened teen around on the staircase, making racially charged remarks. "They started bringing up the past - like slavery - being like, white people did this," Shane said. The attackers stripped off McClellan's belt and started whipping his back. "They said, 'This is for what your people did to our people.' They were like whipping me with my belt, my studded belt," Shane recounts. According to charging documents, Shane told investigators that the men said "the white man has kept us down," during the beating. One of the men held a gun against the back of his head and burned his neck with cigarettes, Shane said. At one point they shoved McClellan's face into a hole with the gun against his head. They also urinated on him and poured beer over him. "What he told me, when they were beating him with the belt, they were saying, 'I don't like white people,'" said Shane's father, Tim McClellan. Shane recalled, "They're like, 'Aw, white boy, what are you doing? You can't hang out this late. What are you doing around here?' They're like, 'White boy has no belonging - being out here at 2 a.m.'" "They targeted me for being white, and they made it very clear thats why they were assaulting me," Shane said. The victim's father said the attack was nothing short of hours of torture. "Put a gun to the back of his head and told him if he said anything they were going to blow his head off while they sat there and burned him with cigarettes on the back of the neck," he says. The two assailants held the teen on the ground for some time, and he eventually passed out. When he regained consciousness, the attackers were gone. They had taken his money, a coat and an MP3 player. A police officer found the two suspects a short time later, and they had dried blood on their bodies and a pack of cigarettes that matched the type found near the scene where Shane was attacked. According to court documents, the dried blood samples taken from Mohamed and Baquiring matched Shane's blood. Officials said Mohamed has prior conviction for carrying concealed weapon, and Baquiring has no known criminal history. Prosecutors said they would ask that both be held on $500,000 bail.[/release] Nice to see that hate crime laws are being applied equally, contrary to what a lot of people say.

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[quote]Ahmed Y. Mohamed, 22, who is black, and Jonathan Neil Baquiring, 21, who is Asian [/quote] :sigh:

[QUOTE=Handsome;25032307]they're assholes but i can understand their motive[/QUOTE] Yeah white people are the worst. We should beat them all up. 'cause they're white.

I hate racists. [B]So fucking much.[/B]

That would be the single scariest possible situation you could ever be in in your entire life. I'm glad the kid didn't end up with a bullet in his head after all that. [QUOTE=Kill001;25032361]:sigh:[/QUOTE] Don't be stupid, it only mention their races because they're being charged with a hate crime.

[QUOTE=lil_n00blett;25032391]That would be the single scariest possible situation you could ever be in in your entire life. I'm glad the kid didn't end up with a bullet in his head after all that.[/QUOTE] To be honest, I wish he did get a bullet in the head. He was wearing a studded belt, I mean come on.

Yo mahn dats so racist man I wanna get benefits for bein a minoritay! [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - TH89))[/highlight] [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("Racism, strike 2" - TH89))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=Sprocket Shit;25032415]To be honest, I wish he did get a bullet in the head. He was wearing a studded belt, I mean come on.[/QUOTE] At least he doesn't have tribal tattoos or something, cut him a break.

-snip, no one will understand-

[QUOTE=Handsome;25032450]no, their actions were extremely unjustified, animalistic but i can understand what they mean about the whites oppressing them and shit. i mean i'm white but i feel for what they're saying, not necessarily their actions on what they did. nor was acting out this attack on the kid rational in any shape of form in what they're saying. what they did to that kid was extremely wrong, the kid was practically innocent. but i can understand their retaliatory sense of the 'white man bringing us down' since this has been shown in past history in America, a stain of our past-time.[/QUOTE] You're dumb.

those friggin' whites takin' our jobs and our wimmen too

[QUOTE=Handsome;25032450]no, their actions were extremely unjustified, animalistic but i can understand what they mean about the whites oppressing them and shit. i mean i'm white but i feel for what they're saying, not necessarily their actions on what they did. nor was acting out this attack on the kid rational in any shape of form in what they're saying. what they did to that kid was extremely wrong, the kid was practically innocent. but i can understand their retaliatory sense of the 'white man bringing us down' since this has been shown in past history in America, a stain of our past-time.[/QUOTE] What do you mean the kid was [B]practically[/B] innocent? He was completely innocent. Hell, he was walking over to two total strangers to give 'em a light and they attacked him. If they weren't cowards and really wanted to fight the power, they'd attack a politician, not some random fucking kid.

I feel sorry for him having to go through that. Glad to see that anti-hate laws apply equally to everyone though.

We should deport white people back to Europe.

I for one know that, as a white male I oppress black people daily

[QUOTE=Handsome;25032450]-snip, no one will understand-[/QUOTE] I can't dignify this with a rational response. Oh how pleasant, you snipped it.

[QUOTE=Handsome;25032450]no, their actions were extremely unjustified, animalistic but i can understand what they mean about the whites oppressing them and shit. i mean i'm white but i feel for what they're saying, not necessarily their actions on what they did. nor was acting out this attack on the kid rational in any shape of form in what they're saying. what they did to that kid was extremely wrong, the kid was practically innocent. but i can understand their retaliatory sense of the 'white man bringing us down' since this has been shown in past history in America, a stain of our past-time.[/QUOTE] No, not at, all, you can't justify beating a kid because of shit that happened 200 years ago.

[QUOTE=Prismatex;25032279] They were like whipping me with my belt, my studded belt," Shane recounts.[/QUOTE] Sounds like a player.

[quote]"They started bringing up the past - like slavery - being like, white people did this," Shane said.[/quote]I fucking hate when people use this as an excuse, it's bullshit.

[QUOTE=evilweazel;25032528]No, not at, all, you can't justify beating a kid because of shit that happened 200 years ago.[/QUOTE] I never said it was justified - it wasn't. I can just understand what they were [b]saying[/b]. Not their actions upon this innocent child. And it's still happening today with all types of minorities not just blacks but Hispanics,gays, Asians, etc. There's discrimination occurring all over, it's far from dead. Don't be naive. What I'm saying is that I can feel their anger. But saying this, feeling for their thoughts is totally different from what they did in this occurrence. It's unjustified and stupid.

[QUOTE=Handsome;25032590]I never said it was justified - it wasn't. I can just understand what they were [B]saying[/B]. Not their actions upon this innocent child. And it's still happening today with all types of minorities not just blacks but Hispanics,Ggays, Asians, etc. There's discrimination occurring all over, it's far from dead. Don't be naive. What I'm saying is that I can feel their anger.[/QUOTE] Their anger can be far misplaced at times though.

[QUOTE=Handsome;25032590]I never said it was justified - it wasn't. I can just understand what they were [b]saying[/b]. Not their actions upon this innocent child. And it's still happening today with all types of minorities not just blacks but Hispanics,gays, Asians, etc. There's discrimination occurring all over, it's far from dead. Don't be naive. What I'm saying is that I can feel their anger. But saying this, feeling for their thoughts is totally different from what they did in this occurrence. It's unjustified and stupid.[/QUOTE] Yep I understand what they were saying They took out their anger on a totally innocent person It's like a pack of rabid jews going around murdering Germans to get back at the Nazi's

[QUOTE=Onyx3173;25032602]Their anger can be far misplaced at times though.[/QUOTE] it certainly was misplaced, i'm not defending those pack of ravaging assholes. i'm just saying i can understand their view on the history of their people and what America has done to their people in the past, and still do to some extent. and as i said, i'm not just sympathizing with blacks but anyone who is discriminated against regardless of race or color.

Stuff like this happens all the time I'm surprised this even made the news considering it wasn't a white guy doing the beating.

Wait until blacks and asians start claiming that they are being punished unfairly and quote this. 10 bucks they do it at my school, even though we are on the other side of the world. I know exactly who will do it too.

[QUOTE=Handsome;25032650]it certainly was misplaced, i'm not defending those pack of ravaging assholes. i'm just saying i can understand their view on the history of their people and what America has done to their people in the past, and still do to some extent. and as i said, i'm not just sympathizing with blacks but anyone who is discriminated against regardless of race or color.[/QUOTE] I dunno, I have trouble sympathizing with people who discriminate based on race or color. But then again , I'm not exactly a normal person either. I never have an never will discriminate against someone for something that stupid. I just don't get it, I guess...

[QUOTE=Handsome;25032650]it certainly was misplaced, i'm not defending those pack of ravaging assholes. i'm just saying i can understand their view on the history of their people and what America has done to their people in the past, and still do to some extent. and as i said, i'm not just sympathizing with blacks but anyone who is discriminated against regardless of race or color.[/QUOTE] Yet you aren't sympathizing with the teen who was assaulted due to the color of his skin. You must be the guy that wants reparations for slavery.

[QUOTE=Handsome;25032590]I never said it was justified - it wasn't. I can just understand what they were [b]saying[/b]. Not their actions upon this innocent child. And it's still happening today with all types of minorities not just blacks but Hispanics,Ggays, Asians, etc. There's discrimination occurring all over, it's far from dead. Don't be naive. What I'm saying is that I can feel their anger. But saying this, feeling for their thoughts is totally different from what they did in this occurrence. It's unjustified and stupid.[/QUOTE] Yes, discrimination exists so lets take it out on some random person. Anybody who gets so frustrated with discrimination that they resort to violence needs to be rehabilitated.

[QUOTE=Sprocket Shit;25032735]Yes, discrimination exists so lets take it out on some random person. Anybody who gets so frustrated with discrimination that they resort to violence needs to be rehabilitated.[/QUOTE] of course, stop going at me like i'm agreeing with what they did. i'm not, what they did was wrong and unjustified. i can just understand their [b]view[/b] on their past history of their people - that is all. regardless of the crap that they did. and saying that i do feel really bad for the kid.