Five of the attackers were caught and have now been charged with aggravated battery, mob action and criminal damage to property, all felonies.

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

...it is clearly a case of an attack because of racism.

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Lastly, where are the "Reverends" Sharpton and Jackson?

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My sources inform me that Sharpton and Jackson were at a competitor's waffle house.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

Bigots gotta be more careful.

Don`t we wish there was a bit more of this in Germany, during the years just before WWII.

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ORIGINAL: DaNewAgeViking

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

Bigots gotta be more careful.

Don`t we wish there was a bit more of this in Germany, during the years just before WWII.

There was - a lot of it. Only it was the Nazis cracking heads and breaking windows. True, it might have made a difference if the German people gave blow for blow, but do we really want to live in a society where this goes on?

Subrob, yachtie, RealOne, et al: before you go mouthing off with your Teabagger hate, stop to consider that violence goes both ways. Tone down the spew before 'they' come for you, eh?

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We hold open public displays of mostly Norsemen, what is normally called Viking history...do we get people complaining about us as some White Power group

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

http://news.yahoo.com/anti-racists-attack-white-heritage-group-family-restaurant-003220721--abc-news-topstories.html

18 people dressed in black and wearing masks barged into a Mom & Pop restaurant and attacked (they were armed with hammers and steel batons) another gathering of people.

The people gathered were members of the Illinois European Heritage Association. They are purported to be a "White Pride" group.

The people that attacked are connected to HARM (Hoosier Anti Racist Movement). Well, the 5 guys that were caught and detained are connected to HARM. The other 13 may or may not be.

Here's something I did "like" about the guys that were caught. They were white. So, at least 5 white guys were caught attacking a supposed white pride group. That speaks to their stance against racism.

But, here's what they were charged with:

Five of the attackers were caught and have now been charged with aggravated battery, mob action and criminal damage to property, all felonies.

Now, I could be wrong, but racism was at the heart of these attacks, right? Doesn't that qualify these attacks as "hate crimes?" There was no mention of hate crime accusations, though it is clearly a case of an attack because of racism.

Lastly, where are the "Reverends" Sharpton and Jackson?

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
Here's something I did "like" about the guys that were caught. They were white. So, at least 5 white guys were caught attacking a supposed white pride group. That speaks to their stance against racism.

Are you really saying white guys can't be against white supremacy?

But, here's what they were charged with:

Five of the attackers were caught and have now been charged with aggravated battery, mob action and criminal damage to property, all felonies.

Well, yes.

Now, I could be wrong, but racism was at the heart of these attacks, right?

I think you are wrong. Coming out against racism isn't itself racist. What reason do you have to attribute these attacks to the victims' race, rather than their political views? Nevermind, I'll answer that myself. None, apparently, because many of the people charged with this assault against white supremists were themselves white, as you said yourself.

Doesn't that qualify these attacks as "hate crimes?"

In my opinion, any assault is a "hate crime". However, the hate, in this case, seems to be based on politics, and not on race.

There was no mention of hate crime accusations, though it is clearly a case of an attack because of racism.

Because an attack "because of racism" (as heinous as it may be) is neverthetheless NOT a "hate crime", at least by the Justice Department's definition of the term "hate crime":

"Hate crime is the violence of intolerance and bigotry, intended to hurt and intimidate someone because of their race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability. (You will notice that "political views" is NOT on the list."

http://www.justice.gov/crs/pubs/htecrm.htm

Lastly, where are the "Reverends" Sharpton and Jackson?

Probably too smart to endose assault, no matter who it was against.

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ORIGINAL: Edwynn
What a good thing it is to have a media puppet's distraction to draw our attention away from the many thousands of deaths occurring in other parts of the world at our behest.

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

http://news.yahoo.com/anti-racists-attack-white-heritage-group-family-restaurant-003220721--abc-news-topstories.html

18 people dressed in black and wearing masks barged into a Mom & Pop restaurant and attacked (they were armed with hammers and steel batons) another gathering of people.

The people gathered were members of the Illinois European Heritage Association. They are purported to be a "White Pride" group.

The people that attacked are connected to HARM (Hoosier Anti Racist Movement). Well, the 5 guys that were caught and detained are connected to HARM. The other 13 may or may not be.

Here's something I did "like" about the guys that were caught. They were white. So, at least 5 white guys were caught attacking a supposed white pride group. That speaks to their stance against racism.

But, here's what they were charged with:

Five of the attackers were caught and have now been charged with aggravated battery, mob action and criminal damage to property, all felonies.

Now, I could be wrong, but racism was at the heart of these attacks, right? Doesn't that qualify these attacks as "hate crimes?" There was no mention of hate crime accusations, though it is clearly a case of an attack because of racism.

Lastly, where are the "Reverends" Sharpton and Jackson?