91-year-old man beaten with brick, told 'go back to Mexico'

[Kobie]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/09/us/mexican-man-beaten-brick-los-angeles/index.html

Tears glistened on the black and purple bruises covering 91-year-old Rodolfo Rodriguez's face as he described being attacked by a group of people while going for a walk on the Fourth of July.

"I can't walk anymore," Rodriguez said in Spanish. "I'm in so much pain."

He'll be turning 92 in September, Rodriguez said, and he's never been hurt like this before, in a life working the fields with cattle and corn.

He had traveled from Michoacan, Mexico, to visit his family in Willowbrook, California, a city in Los Angeles County, his grandson Erik Mendoza said.

He makes the trip about twice a year, and takes a walk through the neighborhood every day after lunch, Mendoza said. "Everyone in the neighborhood knows him already," he said.

Rodriguez said he was walking to a nearby park on Wednesday when he passed a woman and a little girl. Without warning, the woman assaulted him, he said, hitting him with a concrete block and enlisting a group of men to join in beating him.

"I didn't even bump into her kid," Rodriguez said. "I just passed her and she pushed me and she hit me until she was done."

Police are looking for "a female suspect and three to four male suspects" in the assault, the LA County Sheriff's Department said in a statement Monday night.

Authorities don't know at this time if any weapons were used or what the motive might have been, the statement said.

"We are concerned, especially with the type of crime they committed," Sheriff's Deputy D'Angelo Robinson told CNN affiliate KTLA. "There was what appears to be a 4-year-old child there who witnessed the entire thing. We can't have these kind of people like that out in the streets."

Misbel Borjas was driving by when she saw the woman hitting Rodriguez repeatedly in the head with a concrete block, she said.

"I heard her saying, go back to your country, go back to Mexico," she told CNN by phone. "When I tried to videotape her with my cell phone, she threw that same concrete block, tried to hit my car."

Just awful.

 

[Rosie1]

That is more than embarrassing, it's disgusting. I blame it on Trumpism.

 

[Kal'Stang]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/09/us/mexican-man-beaten-brick-los-angeles/index.html



Just awful.

Something we can actually agree on there Kobie.

 

[Kal'Stang]

That is more than embarrassing, it's disgusting. I blame it on Trumpism.

Hate to break it to you but this kind of thing has been happening LONG before Trump came along. Regardless though, such people should be on death row imo.

 

[Hawkeye10]

My first thought is that because of "reforms" folks dont seem to fear the LAPD/courts like they used to.

And that 4 days later the LAPD could still not come up with the goods.

 

[Captain Adverse]

Hate to break it to you but this kind of thing has been happening LONG before Trump came along. Regardless though, such people should be on death row imo.

Strange for such reports, the race of the attackers is usually mentioned...but not in this case. I wonder why?

Here is another report posted today (07/10/18):

Misbel Borjas was driving by when she saw the woman hitting Rodriguez repeatedly in the head with a concrete block, she said....Rodriguez said he doesn’t remember when the woman picked up the concrete block, but he remembers being hit repeatedly. At one point, he says, the woman ran up to a group of men nearby and told them Rodriguez was trying to take her daughter away from her — so the men joined her and started kicking him as he lay bleeding on the sidewalk, Rodriguez said.

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/07/10/91-year-old-man-beaten-with-brick/

Again, no mention of the alleged race of any of the attackers, although we already have a Forum member claiming they must be "Trumpist" xenophobes. This despite the fact, according to the victim, the men thought he was trying to abduct a child. We don't know why the woman acted as she did initially, we are informed she told the men were he was abducting her child, and the allegation is the attack occurred because the woman thought he was an illegal immigrant.

While this incident is bad, and the gentleman seems to have been an innocent victim...I would like to see more evidence of the incident before committing to a blanket "hate crime" scenario.

BTW, who was videoing him without helping him up? That seems fairly insensitive to me.

 

[Kal'Stang]

Strange for such reports, the race of the attackers is usually mentioned...but not in this case. I wonder why?

Here is another report posted today 07/10/18):

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/07/10/91-year-old-man-beaten-with-brick/

Again, no mention of alleged race of the attackers.

I hadn't noticed that until you pointed it out. Strange indeed.

 

[enderpotato00]

That is more than embarrassing, it's disgusting. I blame it on Trumpism.

Thats right blame it on him. He caused this. Thats ****ing stupid. What happened to the man was terrible, but you need to stop politicizing all of it all the time.

 

[Utility Man]

 

[Kobie]

Thats right blame it on him. He caused this. Thats ****ing stupid. What happened to the man was terrible, but you need to stop politicizing all of it all the time.

I dunno, Maxine Waters was to blame for the Annapolis newsroom getting shot up. That's what I read. Here.

 

[Moot]

Thats right blame it on him. He caused this. Thats ****ing stupid. What happened to the man was terrible, but you need to stop politicizing all of it all the time.

I agree with her. I too think Trump's rhetoric brought these racist monsters out of the woodwork and gave them license to treat others as subhuman. That way his base doesn't have to think of them as human beings as they do his dirty work for him.

 

[Port & Starboard]

That is more than embarrassing, it's disgusting. I blame it on Trumpism.

Dumb! Why not call it for what it is and leave it alone? It's ugly period!


But I guess only you would know that there could never be any Hispanic on Hispanic crime, or Black on Hispanic, or Hispanic on Black, or Black on Black...…………..right?


Bye the way, how's Harvard doing with the Asian kids these days?

 

[Oborosen]

I agree with her. I too think Trump's rhetoric brought these racist monsters out of the woodwork and gave them license to treat others as subhuman. That way his base doesn't have to think of them as human beings as they do his dirty work for him.

We don't know that this woman was white, nor do we know why such an attack happened.

This wouldn't be the first time we have seen someone lie about such things after 2016.

 

[Moot]

We don't know that this woman was white, nor do we know why such an attack happened.

This wouldn't be the first time we have seen someone lie about such things after 2016.

"Go back to your country, go back Mexico" would highly suggest the woman was not only white but a deranged racist Trump supporter.

Frankly, I'm surprised he's still alive getting beaten like that at such an old age.

 

[Hatuey]

... that website... the "blacks for Trump" site.... Talk about being horrified if that's what it means to be a "black Republican". Some screenshots:

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[Oborosen]

"Go back to your country, go back Mexico" would highly suggest the woman was not only white but a deranged racist Trump supporter.

Frankly, I'm surprised he's still alive getting beaten like that at such an old age.

So whites are the only people capable of being racist?

 

[dirtpoorchris]

Strange for such reports, the race of the attackers is usually mentioned...but not in this case. I wonder why?

Here is another report posted today (07/10/18):

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/07/10/91-year-old-man-beaten-with-brick/

Again, no mention of the alleged race of any of the attackers, although we already have a Forum member claiming they must be "Trumpist" xenophobes. This despite the fact, according to the victim, the men thought he was trying to abduct a child. We don't know why the woman acted as she did initially, we are informed she told the men were he was abducting her child, and the allegation is the attack occurred because the woman thought he was an illegal immigrant.

While this incident is bad, and the gentleman seems to have been an innocent victim...I would like to see more evidence of the incident before committing to a blanket "hate crime" scenario.

BTW, who was videoing him without helping him up? That seems fairly insensitive to me.

Hey if cops dont have to go in to save kids being shot in the building right next to them or go and engage the hollywood shooter till well after hes done shooting when there is 3 cops and a security guard.... You expect a random witness to stop a brick wielding freak and gang of guys?

 

[Captain Adverse]

Hey if cops dont have to go in to save kids being shot in the building right next to them or go and engage the hollywood shooter till well after hes done shooting when there is 3 cops and a security guard.... You expect a random witness to stop a brick wielding freak and gang of guys?

Sorry, I was referring to the video in this report:

https://people.com/crime/92-year-old-man-allegedly-beaten-brick-woman/

The person recording just videotaped him on the ground, and did nothing to aid him.

 

[Moot]

So whites are the only people capable of being racist?

No, but they're a lot more open about it....especially, white female Trump supporters. I'm adding this one to the list...

White woman calls police on Black Starbuck customers.

White woman calls police on Black family having a BBQ in public park.

White woman calls police on AirRNB Black customers.

White woman calls police on little Black girl selling water.

White woman calls police on Black boy mowing lawn.

White woman calls police on Black legislator campaigning in neighborhood.

White woman physically and verbally assaults Black teens at community swimming pool with racist tirade .

White woman physically and verbally assaults two Black female soldiers in restaurant parking lot with racist tirade.

White woman verbally assaults Black family celebrating birthday at Black Flags with racist tirade.

White woman verbally assaults Asian American veteran during California traffic jam with racist tirade.

White woman verbally assaults minorities in Walmart with racist tirade.

White woman verbally assaults Hispanic man with racist tirade.

White woman verbally assaults Black reporter with racist tirade.

White woman verbally assaults black passengers on bus with racist tirade.

White woman violently assaults 91 year old Hispanic man with a brick.​

And that's just in the last couple of months or so.

 

[Moot]

Dumb! Why not call it for what it is and leave it alone? It's ugly period!


But I guess only you would know that there could never be any Hispanic on Hispanic crime, or Black on Hispanic, or Hispanic on Black, or Black on Black...…………..right?


Bye the way, how's Harvard doing with the Asian kids these days?

The president sets the tone for the nation...like a tribal leader sets the tone for the village. Soon the whole country will speak and act just like Trump. Sad.

 

[Moot]

I just read the woman was African American. Ooops, my bad :3oops:

I'm taking this one off the list.

 

[Oborosen]

No, but they're a lot more open about it....especially, white female Trump supporters. I'm adding this one to the list...

White woman calls police on Black Starbuck customers.

White woman calls police on Black family having a BBQ in public park.

White woman calls police on AirRNB Black customers.

White woman calls police on little Black girl selling water.

White woman calls police on Black boy mowing lawn.

White woman calls police on Black legislator campaigning in neighborhood.

White woman physically and verbally assaults Black teens at community swimming pool with racist tirade .

White woman physically and verbally assaults two Black female soldiers in restaurant parking lot with racist tirade.

White woman verbally assaults Black family celebrating birthday at Black Flags with racist tirade.

White woman verbally assaults Asian American veteran during California traffic jam with racist tirade.

White woman verbally assaults minorities in Walmart with racist tirade.

White woman verbally assaults Hispanic man with racist tirade.

White woman verbally assaults Black reporter with racist tirade.

White woman verbally assaults black passengers on bus with racist tirade.

White woman violently assaults 91 year old Hispanic man with a brick.​

And that's just in the last couple of months or so.

Seeing as the first and last line are both lies in of themselves, you nearly destroy the validity of the whole list. I am now going to regret ever thinking you were one of the credible posters of DP.

The men in Starbucks were not customers and refused to leave, which legally made them trespassers. Not to mention their story for being there turned out to be a total farce.

This story makes no mention of the attackers race, so either you are a psychic, or you're lying.

Racism has always existed in this country, though I can agree that its far easier to make assumptions when you can put a simple excuse to it. Yet we all know that this isn't Trump's fault, because said racism was around before he was president.

 

[Moot]

Seeing as the first and last line are both lies in of themselves, you nearly destroy the validity of the whole list. I am now going to regret ever thinking you were one of the credible posters of DP.

The men in Starbucks were not customers and refused to leave, which legally made them trespassers. Not to mention their story for being there turned out to be a total farce.

This story makes no mention of the attackers race, so either you are a psychic, or you're lying.

Racism has always existed in this country, though I can agree that its far easier to make assumptions when you can put a simple excuse to it. Yet we all know that this isn't Trump's fault, because said racism was around before he was president.

See post #21. I took this one off the list. I was wrong and I'm very sad about it.

“On July 4th at around 7pm, my grandfather Rodolfo Rodriguez whose [sic] 92 years of age was going for his daily walk around the block when he was assaulted by an African American lady and five other guys,” Mendoza wrote. “He is doing really bad, has a lot of bruises on his face and a broken cheekbone.”​

But the rest of list is correct whether you agree with it or not.

 

[Oborosen]

See post #21. I took this one off the list. I was wrong and I'm very sad about it.

“On July 4th at around 7pm, my grandfather Rodolfo Rodriguez whose [sic] 92 years of age was going for his daily walk around the block when he was assaulted by an African American lady and five other guys,” Mendoza wrote. “He is doing really bad, has a lot of bruises on his face and a broken cheekbone.”​

But the rest of list is correct whether you agree with it or not.

Seeing as the whole list isn't even cited and you have already been forced to retract one of the post due to your own racial bias.

I will refrain from even beginning to suspect its legitimacy.

Are you sure all of these people were white?
Where people affected guilty of their own actions or where they affected simply because of their race?

You have already jumped to a false conclusion once. So how am I and any other poster on this site supposed to believe you haven't done so again?

 

[MSgt]

Take that, old man. USA...USA....USA....USA...

I can't believe some of you pretend that this act doesn't comfortably fit perfectly within our current political environment.