Happy Juneteenth!

true. drinking, crowds, and fuck ups don't mix well.

 

Guess this guy's a fuckup for stopping at a red light.

Milwaukee Police say a 33-year-old man has a broken teeth, two broken eye sockets and cuts all over his face after a group of teenagers pulled him from his car and beat him following Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration.

Video:

http://www.breitbart.tv/html/1962.html

 

I thought it was interesting that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper story didn't mention the race or ethnicity of the victim. (http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=622207)

 

(He appears to be Middle Eastern.)



Man Pulled From Car, Beaten After Juneteenth
Michael George/WTMJ

MILWAUKEE - Pat Kasthurirangaian said he doesn't know the people who pulled him from his car and brutally beat him. He doesn't know why they did it. He has some serious injuries after a senseless beating that took place as people left Tuesday's Juneteenth celebration.

 

I'm not an expert, obviously, but Kasthurirangaian sounds like a South Asian name. Indian, Sri Lankan, Thai, someplace like that. If I had to guess.

 

It's very likely a Hmong name. The Hmong, who migrated from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in the mid 70s, mostly congregated in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The racism shown towards the Hmong is pretty shocking in some areas of both states.

 

Before reading this thread, I wasn't clear on what Juneteenth is. But I have seen the term several times recently. In fact, there's a story on the wire about some people beating the passenger of a vehicle to death after the vehicle hit a child, or something of that general nature. I noticed in that story a mention of a juneteenth celebration. But I really need to get a better idea of what this is.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

 

Thanks Buck. First Black History Month. Now this. If we could just overcome whatever it is that Gary Sheffield thinks is taking place in professional baseball, we'd finally have a society to write home about.

 

I never head of Juneteenth until this week, when there were news stories of violence associated with the holiday in Milwaukee, Austin and Syracuse.

Apparently, there is always going to be an element that will use any excuse to turn any holiday into Freaknik.

 

I had never heard of Juneteenth either but from the postings it seems to be the holiday on which drunken assholes beat the shit out of innocent people for no reason.

It's the American way.

 

It's a part of history that isn't taught in many schools.