What do you think of this story by Foxnews?
The driver of the car carrying Morales struck a 3- or 4-year-old girl, apparently prompting the attack.
"The driver, for whatever reason, whether he realized he was involved in the collision or his vehicle forced a stop, got out of the car, got into a confrontation with several men and was assaulted," Piatt said.
Morales came to his aid and was fatally attacked in what police are calling a "spontaneous homicide." He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
The driver was able to get back into his car and drive away. Both he and his vehicle have been located, Piatt said, but he declined to release the driver's identity because the man is a witness in an ongoing investigation.
"We could have had anywhere from two to 15 and 20 [people] who are actually involved in the assault," Piatt said. Some 2,000 to 3,000 people were gathered in the parking lot at the time.
The child was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Brackenridge Hospital.
Piatt said there is no reason to link the assault with the Juneteenth celebrations.
"There were no city-sponsored events occurring on the parking lot of Booker T. Washington, although there were some events in the immediate area — Rosewood park," he said. "Some of the crowd may have gone onto Booker T. or people just out in their apartments — celebrating, having a good time, whatever — but there's nothing to tie one to the other and nothing to indicate that this was a hate crime."
First of all I would say beating a man to death would require a lot of hate (although I know that is not what a "hate crime" refers to).
Second do you think it matters that the crowd was black (as was the girl hit by a car) and the driver hispanic? I'd say it mattered alot.
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I don't really think there's enough in the article to determine what the motivation was, but it doesn't appear to be a race issue. The fact that people of different races were involved seems to be incidental.
I suspect what really mattered was that one or more of those involved probably knew the child who was struck. It took place in a parking lot of an apartment complex, so it seems entirely possible that somebody knew the kid and reacted to someone running her over.
Also, it took place in the vicinity of a "celebration" of some kind, so there could be other factors involved as well (alcohol, etc.) But without more info, it's hard to make any judgment as to why it happened the way it did.
Good points Greg, but again I wonder if this was a person of the same race, if it would have escalated as much as it did.
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