X1965ChainImmigrants
12-12-2003, 05:24 PM
I personally hope knee cap shooting becomes popular in future years of White Nationalism. It seems to me it would be a reasonable lightweight, mind-altering corporal punishment technique for recalcitrant socialists- that is, government "workers" and their "boosters".
They say it exceeds the pain of childbirth, and they'd walk like Chester on Gunsmoke. A twin pair wouldn't work too well at all. It would cure the worst cases of socialism.
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/7447891.htm
16 year old boxing glve attack victim Randy Ruth
http://www.philly.com/images/philly/dailynews/7450/55507565000.jpg
Boxing-gloved gangs attack pedestrians
By REGINA MEDINA
medinar@phillynews.com
"They never said anything about wanting money. Once two people started hitting him maybe they thought 'OK, this is the guy to beat up.'"
THE GANGS, working in groups of five to 15, attack pedestrians and bikers without warning.
Clad in black-hooded sweatshirts and black skullcaps, they hunt down victims in the dark, then beat them mercilessly, shouting "Get him!" and "you ain't goin' nowhere!"
In at least one case, they stabbed a young man with a knife. In another, they shot an advertising salesman who stopped to ask for directions. They're motive is uncertain.
But it's the boxing gloves that give these attacks an added bizarre twist.
"I've never seen that before - using boxing gloves to beat up people," said Lt. Walter Bell, head of Special Investigations in South Detectives.
Detective Larry McKnight, one of the lead investigators, says he's seen a lot in his 30 years as a cop. "This is a first for me."
Police say they believe seven incidents, all in South Philadelphia, are linked to one or more gangs that have been randomly attacking people near the Courtyard at the Riverview, also known as the "Tower," a residential area just south of Queen Village. In at least three of the attacks, the hoods were wearing boxing gloves.
The attacks began Oct. 24, with the most recent beating on Nov. 30 near 4th Street and Washington Avenue. In that attack - the only attack in which the suspects actually robbed a victim - the thugs stole a pair of Nike sneakers, a cell phone and a wallet.
Their victims are still reeling from the viciousness of the crime.
Randy Ruth was punched in his left ear by a youth wearing a boxing glove as he walked on 4th Street between Carpenter Street and Washington Avenue about 7 p.m. Nov. 16.
"They never said anything about wanting money," recalled Ruth, 16.
He said he was attacked by one teenager, and then suddenly, about 15 other teens - many wearing boxing gloves - unleashed their fury on his friend.
"Once two people started hitting him, maybe they thought 'OK, this is the guy to beat up,' " recalled Ruth.
His friend, who didn't want to be identified, said he tried to escape, but the hooligans blocked and grabbed him. When he finally did flee, he realized he had been stabbed in the middle of his back. He said he was cut "very very close" to his lung and received six stitches at a local hospital.
"It's messed up that it [the beating] was for no reason," said the stabbing victim, a 19-year-old Temple student who says he plans now to take a self-defense class.
Like a bunch of bullies, investigators say the gang seems to wait for their victims, trying to catch someone off guard, just walking down the street.
And they seem to do it just for fun.
Adam Carrigan is still trying to understand why he was attacked, on Nov. 17, on his way home from school. Carrigan, 31, a film student at the University of the Arts, noticed six kids hanging on the sidewalk on Moyamensing Avenue near Washington.
"I should have known when they got real quiet right as I was about to walk past them," said Carrigan.
He wasn't intimidated, and kept on walking. After all, he had passed groups of teens in the neighborhood plenty of times before.
But this time, out of the blue, "they clocked me over the back of my head."
It was a hard, heavy object, and it left him dizzy, his vision blurred. He didn't see the boxing gloves.
"They wanted to see me fall and get a joke out of it," said Carrigan, who dropped his glasses when he fell. And the thugs did: they laughed, stomping on his glasses as they fled down a side street.
"It felt like my whole world was shot out of my head for a moment. All I heard was laughter," he said.
In another case, they shot an ad salesman who found himself lost Nov. 7 on Federal Street near 5th. He made the mistake of asking the group of teens for directions.
They said they couldn't help him and, as he turned to walk away, they suddenly returned, confronting him with a gun, said the victim, who also asked that his name not be used.
He said they inexplicably began firing, shouting obscenities. He believes he tried to knock the gun away, but was shot three times - in the knee, abdomen and neck.
"I was just surprised; he was shooting so soon," he said.
Investigators have warned community groups to use caution, particularly when walking alone at night.
Police don't know who is behind the beatings or why. There is no rhyme or reason to the cases, but they believe them to be linked. Maybe it's an initiation rite. Maybe some kids, who work out at a nearby rec center, have some more aggression to get out.
"Either they live in the area or they used to live in the area and have come back. They're definitely familiar with this area and most crimes are committed in comfort zones," Bell said.
They say it exceeds the pain of childbirth, and they'd walk like Chester on Gunsmoke. A twin pair wouldn't work too well at all. It would cure the worst cases of socialism.
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/7447891.htm
16 year old boxing glve attack victim Randy Ruth
http://www.philly.com/images/philly/dailynews/7450/55507565000.jpg
Boxing-gloved gangs attack pedestrians
By REGINA MEDINA
medinar@phillynews.com
"They never said anything about wanting money. Once two people started hitting him maybe they thought 'OK, this is the guy to beat up.'"
THE GANGS, working in groups of five to 15, attack pedestrians and bikers without warning.
Clad in black-hooded sweatshirts and black skullcaps, they hunt down victims in the dark, then beat them mercilessly, shouting "Get him!" and "you ain't goin' nowhere!"
In at least one case, they stabbed a young man with a knife. In another, they shot an advertising salesman who stopped to ask for directions. They're motive is uncertain.
But it's the boxing gloves that give these attacks an added bizarre twist.
"I've never seen that before - using boxing gloves to beat up people," said Lt. Walter Bell, head of Special Investigations in South Detectives.
Detective Larry McKnight, one of the lead investigators, says he's seen a lot in his 30 years as a cop. "This is a first for me."
Police say they believe seven incidents, all in South Philadelphia, are linked to one or more gangs that have been randomly attacking people near the Courtyard at the Riverview, also known as the "Tower," a residential area just south of Queen Village. In at least three of the attacks, the hoods were wearing boxing gloves.
The attacks began Oct. 24, with the most recent beating on Nov. 30 near 4th Street and Washington Avenue. In that attack - the only attack in which the suspects actually robbed a victim - the thugs stole a pair of Nike sneakers, a cell phone and a wallet.
Their victims are still reeling from the viciousness of the crime.
Randy Ruth was punched in his left ear by a youth wearing a boxing glove as he walked on 4th Street between Carpenter Street and Washington Avenue about 7 p.m. Nov. 16.
"They never said anything about wanting money," recalled Ruth, 16.
He said he was attacked by one teenager, and then suddenly, about 15 other teens - many wearing boxing gloves - unleashed their fury on his friend.
"Once two people started hitting him, maybe they thought 'OK, this is the guy to beat up,' " recalled Ruth.
His friend, who didn't want to be identified, said he tried to escape, but the hooligans blocked and grabbed him. When he finally did flee, he realized he had been stabbed in the middle of his back. He said he was cut "very very close" to his lung and received six stitches at a local hospital.
"It's messed up that it [the beating] was for no reason," said the stabbing victim, a 19-year-old Temple student who says he plans now to take a self-defense class.
Like a bunch of bullies, investigators say the gang seems to wait for their victims, trying to catch someone off guard, just walking down the street.
And they seem to do it just for fun.
Adam Carrigan is still trying to understand why he was attacked, on Nov. 17, on his way home from school. Carrigan, 31, a film student at the University of the Arts, noticed six kids hanging on the sidewalk on Moyamensing Avenue near Washington.
"I should have known when they got real quiet right as I was about to walk past them," said Carrigan.
He wasn't intimidated, and kept on walking. After all, he had passed groups of teens in the neighborhood plenty of times before.
But this time, out of the blue, "they clocked me over the back of my head."
It was a hard, heavy object, and it left him dizzy, his vision blurred. He didn't see the boxing gloves.
"They wanted to see me fall and get a joke out of it," said Carrigan, who dropped his glasses when he fell. And the thugs did: they laughed, stomping on his glasses as they fled down a side street.
"It felt like my whole world was shot out of my head for a moment. All I heard was laughter," he said.
In another case, they shot an ad salesman who found himself lost Nov. 7 on Federal Street near 5th. He made the mistake of asking the group of teens for directions.
They said they couldn't help him and, as he turned to walk away, they suddenly returned, confronting him with a gun, said the victim, who also asked that his name not be used.
He said they inexplicably began firing, shouting obscenities. He believes he tried to knock the gun away, but was shot three times - in the knee, abdomen and neck.
"I was just surprised; he was shooting so soon," he said.
Investigators have warned community groups to use caution, particularly when walking alone at night.
Police don't know who is behind the beatings or why. There is no rhyme or reason to the cases, but they believe them to be linked. Maybe it's an initiation rite. Maybe some kids, who work out at a nearby rec center, have some more aggression to get out.
"Either they live in the area or they used to live in the area and have come back. They're definitely familiar with this area and most crimes are committed in comfort zones," Bell said.