91 year old man beaten
By Y3110w
@Y3110w (113)
United States
May 14, 2007 5:27pm CST
Well I'm watching television right when I saw a story on a 91 year old man who was beaten by a black 22 year old. The 91 year old was walking to his car, he opened his car door then the freaking 22 year old came up and knocked him against the car parked next to him. So this 91 year old was trapped between his door and the car next to him as that a-hole starts to punch him a total of 21 TIMES!!!!!! The old man wasn't even able to fall. At the end the 22 year old just stole the car keys and drove away.
I know that that's HORRIBLE enough alone but what is even more disturbing is the fact that there was a group of around five people watching. They just stood there as this poor innocent man was beaten to oblivion. THEY JUST WATCHED!!!!! How can you just watch as anyone gets beaten up...forget the fact that it's an elderly man. This freaking guy was committing and illegal act...to commit another illegal act...he deserves to die. If I was there I would have went all out I can't stand it...how can anyone?! AM I ALONE IN HOW I FEEL???!!!
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13 responses
@koikoikoi (1246)
• United States
15 May 07
Wow that is just so disturbing. If I was there I would've called the cops and jumped on the guys back to stop. It's incredible in the type of society that we live in today. Did you hear about the 101-year-old lady that was mugged in New York City. It just pisses me off. Why can't they get a job. Stealing people's good when they work hard for it to gain it and they just get it by stealing and punching. I suppose they caught the 21 year old right?
@Y3110w (113)
• United States
15 May 07
Of course I know about the 101 year old woman, I started a discussion on it it pissed me off so much!!!! It is disgusting and you're right they do need to get a freaking job. I'm pretty sure they can't get one because they're uneducated, and lazy. They want what they want now and they're not willing to work for it to appreciate it.
@Destiny007 (5805)
• United States
15 May 07
Something like this happens and then people wonder why there is racism in this country.
It hasn't been that long ago that old woman had the hell beat out of her by a black guy who then robbed her.
I cannot understand how anyone can just stand by and watch something like that happen.
With any luck at all, when this POS is finally caught and sent to prison, he will wind up amongst the White Supremacists who will then teach him the finer points of proper Etiquette and the meaning of the Golden Rule.
That would be justice served and no more than he deserves.
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
17 May 07
No, you are not alone in how you feel. It is bad enough that this 22 year old beat up an old man so badly, all for the car keys!
Just as bad, and a crime, is standing around watching & making no attrempt to do anythung. They are making attempts to prosecute people who see crimes & don't act.
Wha is that saying by Martin Luther King?
"The greatest crime in humanity, is not that the actual crime occured, but the millions who did not ct against it?"
That isn't the correct quote, as I can't remember it, & if someone could tell me what it is, I think it would emphasis to thgis discussion.
@lisado (1227)
• United States
15 May 07
I can't imagine just watching some kid beating up an elderly person like that! And what was the point? The guy didn't have to beat him to take his keys and steal his car. He was doing it just because he could. I hope that he was caught and that something was done about it. The people that stood by and watched should be charged with accessory or something since they basically let it happen. They could have done something. A lot of people are more worried about what could happen to them if they try to help anymore. Of course, with people suing others for stupid reasons (I've heard where someone saved another's life and then the person turned around and sued them because during the saving of their life something else happened) people are more concerned with saving their own skin.
@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
18 May 07
That's disgusting. Those people should be ashamed of themselves!
@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
18 May 07
That's disgusting. Those people should be ashamed of themselves!
@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
15 May 07
OMG, I get cold chills and tears in my eyes when I read stuff like this. How can anyone just stand there and watch? Do you suppose it was out of fear that they too would be beaten? Killed? Sadly more and more criminals are targeting the elderly due to their inability to fight back. There is a special place in he!! for people such as this attacker.
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
15 May 07
Y3110w, how does this sound, I hold the animal and you kick and punch him 21 times you know where. That animal deserves some long prison time for this. I don't know when but this act will come back to him one day - it just has to!
@kiwikidz (753)
• New Zealand
15 May 07
That is so sad for that old man, he probable served in the war to give that young man a good safe country. I really don't know what is the matter with people who can stand by and watch without lending a hand, or even calling the police for help, I hope their consciouses are getting to them, what would they do if it were there elderly parent or grandparent, I bet they wouldn't let you hear the end of it. I think it is getting to be a very selfish world we are now living in and a lot of people don't care about anybody else than themselves. I'm pleased you would have gone and helped and no you are not alone in how you feel.
@fpd1955 (2074)
• United States
15 May 07
When i first saw the video a few days ago, it only showed the hoodlum beating on the 91 year old war veteran. I was very angry. Then, yesterday I saw another view that showed the 5 people standing outside their car parked next to ths veteran's. I was LIVID!! I didn't understand why they were just standing there and letting this happen. Do you think this 22 year old was a friend of theirs or they were also part of the carjacking? I think the Police should look into this aspect. They caught the 22 year old. Thankfully, the 91 year old man seems to be alright.
Too many people just don't want to get involved when someone os being hurt. It's sad. While you and I would have done all we could to stop this attack, unfortunately there are people in this world that just can't be bothered. They better pray that something of this nature doesn't happen to them and someone doesn't stop to help them! What goes around comes around, right?
PEACE
@kennycaxton2006 (82)
• Nigeria
15 May 07
infact i cant believe it but never the less some youth are so stupid to the extent of spliting on elders which is not fear. we surpose to respect elders but to some youth it turns the other side. just immagine how could a 22 year old punch an old man of that age 21 times infact it looks rediculous. infact that person deserves a purnishment he will never forget in his life.
@Lifez2short (4962)
• United States
14 May 07
I saw this story a few days ago and it ticked me off also. I mean they had an interview with the old man and his face was so jacked up. I feel so bad for him and I'm very upset about how most the people around the crime just watched it happen.
