Angry mob kills man for hitting a little girl at a festival

[Marinite]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_re_us/crash_assault;_ylt=AuGgEgdFhr0oD9ldVEjmfOOs0NUE


AUSTIN, Texas - An angry crowd beat a man to death after a vehicle he was riding in struck and injured a young girl, 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 driver had stopped to check on the little girl at the entrance to an apartment complex when a group of men attacked him, authorities said. The passenger, David Rivas Morales, 40, got out to try to help the driver, but the crowd turned on him, said police Commander Harold Piatt.

Morales was beaten to death by as many as 20 men and left lying in a parking lot, Piatt said. A preliminary autopsy listed blunt force trauma as the cause of death.

The little girl, 3 or 4 years old, was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver, who got away from the crowd, is cooperating with investigators, police said.

Piatt did not know how many witnesses had been identified, but thousands of people had been in the area for the daylong festival. He said no guns or knives appeared to have used in the fatal attack.

Juneteenth marks the day Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston in 1865 to share new

Overreact much?

[tb4000]

At first I thought they meant he literally smacked the child. Even that wouldn't be grounds for a mob killing.

[Bubblegum Girl]

That's just terrible. :sad::mad:

[Brandon Pierce]

This reminds me of the episode of CSI when that taxi dude hit an already-dying person, and he left his car to inspect the body, and then ran back to his car to phone help. But, the nearby mob thought he was fleeing the scene so they went after him and beat him to death.

Life imitates art, but this just flat out sucks.

[PRdude]

This reminds me of the episode of CSI when that taxi dude hit an already-dying person, and he left his car to inspect the body, and then ran back to his car to phone help. But, the nearby mob thought he was fleeing the scene so they went after him and beat him to death.

Life imitates art, but this just flat out sucks.

I saw that episode, and immediately thought of it upon reading the article.

Anyway, those guys are stupid. The girl survived. They got all riled up for nothing.

[Dr.Pepper]

The girl that was hit by accident lived and the guy that hit her, by accident, was killed:crying:

[Kurokawa41]

Entire mob should get the death sentence.

[Michael24]

That's just..... terrible.

Someone bought up CSI. I'm reminded of another episode, where passengers on a plane beat a guy to death because they thought something was wrong with him and he was about to open the hatch. With so many people involved, there was no way to determine what was the fatal blow and who delivered it, and in the end, everybody got off. Sounds like this could very easily end the same way. :mad:

[EinBebop]

Not saying this is what I'd do, but...

Someone once told me if you ever hit someone with you car to not stop and drive straight to the police station. Hit and run is better than some of the alternatives.

[Deadman]

thats horrible. that poor man.

[XOMiss_Samantha]

I instantly thought of the CSI episode as well, actually. That is just horrible. I feel bad for the mans family. You don't randomly attack a man just because the you might have 'assumed' something was going on.

[Ackar]

I instantly thought of the CSI episode as well, actually. That is just horrible. I feel bad for the mans family. You don't randomly attack a man just because the you might have 'assumed' something was going on.

The problem is that Juneteenth involves a lot of beer.

And 'lots of beer' and upset mobs don't mix well.

[tucsoncoyote]

It's odd. That a Man who stops and gets out of a car gets killed by a mob, and yet in a case in a Washington DC Party, A woman just plows into a group of Partygoers. (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/02/pedestrians.struck.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories) Oh and Btw, the woman had been smoking Crack cocaine.. I bet the guy who got killed was probably more sober then she was.

:coyote:

[limel]

The girl that was hit by accident lived and the guy that hit her, by accident, was killed:crying:

And what's even worse is that the guy that was killed wasn't even responsible for hitting the girl; the guy that got killed was just the passenger.

[Zeonic Freak]

The problem is that Juneteenth involves a lot of beer.

And 'lots of beer' and upset mobs don't mix well.

To add, its the Texans that consumed the beer...

[purplehairedwonder]

And what's even worse is that the guy that was killed wasn't even responsible for hitting the girl; the guy that got killed was just the passenger.I was about to point that out. That just makes the story all the more tragic.

[ElBarto]

Only in Texas.

[.bg]

Wow, people can be low-lifes sometimes.

[purplehairedwonder]

Wow, people can be low-lifes sometimes.I'd say this is more a testament to how far mob mentality can really corrupt a person's judgment. It's not only disturbing, but tragic.

[TyUnlimited]

Oh c'mon!!They beat a man to death for ACCIDENTALY hitting a girl who DID NOT GET ANY VITAL INJURYS.God that was just brutal.