You know that crime you heard about where some kids in Ft. Lauderdale went around beating the snot out of homeless guys with baseball bats, killing one of them? The one with the horrifying video that's been all over the national news?
Yeah, that one.
Yesterday, Broward city commisioner Carlton Moore, at the urging of the local NAACP, called an emergency meeting at city hall that included the chief of police and the city attorney.
This was necessary because the three victims that particular night were "people of color" (two blacks, and one 'colorful' Hispanic) and Carlton Moore wants to make sure this crime is investigated just "as if they were millionaires." He also called on the State's Attorney to make hate crime charges, if applicable.
It's just a hunch, but I do believe the police are working on this one.
Since everyone was so unified in their revolt and disgust at these assaults on the homeless, Carlton Moore gets the Fast Bunny Race Bait-Award for being the first person to step in and make a hideous crime against vulnerable people living on the margins of our society be all about race.
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