Two more arrests; more details in hate attack
Baltimore police have arrested two more suspects -- ages 16 and 17 -- in the brutal attack of a black fisherman at Fort Armistead Park in which a self-proclaimed white supremacist (left) has already been charged. Some in today's newspaper are suggesting there's a growing climate of anger amid the debate on health care reform, but it looks to me like this was an attack of opportunity.
The first suspect arrested, Calvin Lockner, has a tattoo of Hitler on his stomach and police said he told them the attack wouldn't have happened had the victim, 76-year-old James Privott, been white.
I did spend some time on the fishing pier at the park and was heartened to watch as three men of three different races helped each other real in a two-pound catfish. They helped each other without a second thought, a battle waged by men that transcended any and all differences.
Here is a copy of the police charging document outlining the state's case against Lockner (it contains some stronge language):








Comments
what could health care possibly have to do with this incident? Is there any evidence that this individual is a partisan in the debate over national health care?
Posted by: Kaspar | August 23, 2009 9:27 PM