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State Chapters => California => Topic started by: TomSea on July 10, 2018, 01:53:31 pm

Title: Man, 92, beaten on street, told to 'go back to your country
Post by: TomSea on July 10, 2018, 01:53:31 pm

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Man, 92, beaten on street, told to 'go back to your country'

A 92-year-old man who was thrown to the ground, stomped on by strangers and told to "go back to your country" on the Fourth of July was recovering Tuesday in his Los Angeles-area home.

"Who would do this to anybody?" the grandson of the man, Rodolfo Rodriguez, told NBC Los Angeles.

"A 92-year-old senior citizen, what can he do to anybody?" another grandson, Erik Mendoza, added. "There's no harm that he meant."

Read more at: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/man-92-brutally-beaten-street-told-go-back-your-country-n890146 (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/man-92-brutally-beaten-street-told-go-back-your-country-n890146)

The press is making a meal of this and yes, of course, this is very wrong.

I saw the headlines earlier and wondered? Where did this happen?

Title: Re: Man, 92, beaten on street, told to 'go back to your country
Post by: endicom on July 10, 2018, 02:00:45 pm

I always carry a brick with me in case I feel like beating someone with it.

Title: Re: Man, 92, beaten on street, told to 'go back to your country
Post by: skeeter on July 10, 2018, 02:01:51 pm

A quick check on Facebook yields information about the woman attacker which, of course, was omitted from the article.

Title: Re: Man, 92, beaten on street, told to 'go back to your country
Post by: Sanguine on July 10, 2018, 03:09:09 pm

This person?

(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/09/14/4E0F7DBF00000578-5933843-image-m-13_1531143155841.jpg)

Title: Re: Man, 92, beaten on street, told to 'go back to your country
Post by: dfwgator on July 10, 2018, 03:20:48 pm

Quote from: Sanguine on July 10, 2018, 03:09:09 pm

This person?

(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/09/14/4E0F7DBF00000578-5933843-image-m-13_1531143155841.jpg)

Well there goes that story down the hole.

Title: Re: Man, 92, beaten on street, told to 'go back to your country
Post by: skeeter on July 10, 2018, 04:36:03 pm

Quote from: dfwgator on July 10, 2018, 03:20:48 pm

Well there goes that story down the hole.

Yeah the picture kinda negates the 'immigrant attacked on the fourth of july' imagery.

Title: Re: Man, 92, beaten on street, told to 'go back to your country
Post by: Gefn on July 11, 2018, 08:56:16 pm

This is why I really hate people

Title: Re: Man, 92, beaten on street, told to 'go back to your country
Post by: truth_seeker on July 11, 2018, 09:22:19 pm

"Laquisha Jones, 30, was arrested Tuesday night, NBC Los Angeles said. She was booked "


By the way, the injured man is a "LEGAL US RESIDENT" originally from Mexico