Black man 'beat to a pulp' by racist family after going to a Florida bar with his white wife

[Soph0571]

A Florida man has been charged with a hate crime after sparking a fight with an interracial couple on Mother’s Day, reports News 6 in Orlando.

The couple — the man was black, and the woman was white — were celebrating Mother’s Day with drinks at Tailgatorz Sports Bar & Grill on Mother’s Day with his wife, when Warren Stratton, 66, of Oak Hill, Florida, came up to them and asked the man if he was from Africa.

He then wondered aloud whether it was “Africa Day,” according to the police report.

The victim told Stratton to move along, but instead he shoved him. Other patrons tried to separate them but the fight escalated, with two of Stratton’s family members joining in.

“There’s a terrible fight and there’s one African-American that’s being beat to a pulp — and no one is here to defend him — by a bunch of rednecks,” a witness said in a 911 call.

[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/black-man-beat-to-a-pulp-by-racist-family-after-going-to-a-florida-bar-with-his-white-wife/|

What is WRONG with people?

[BeyondGeography]

1. Five years max

Pathetic.

[dalton99a]

2. There should be a civil lawsuit as well

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/volusia-county-men-facing-hate-crime-charges-after-fight-with-couple-on-mothers-day/953484378

That’s when deputies said Troy Noe came in punching at the victim and a fight started.

The wife told deputies Noe called her husband "a (n-word) and her a (n-word) lover.”

Other witnesses said Stratton was also, "using racial slurs like (n-word) and (again asking), ‘Where are you from, Africa?’”

No one answered at Noe's $900,000 home. There was a large fence around Stratton's house with a sign outside reading "Low Line Cracker."

[Brainfodder]

3. A-L-C-O-H-O-L

Alcohol blurs senses, but, being a racist triggered by booze, still up to the individual and likely home grown?

[obamanut2012]

7. Alcohol had zero to do with this

Quit making excuses for this dude being "triggered" by drinking. He was triggered by nothing.

[Clash City Rocker]

9. I don't think anyone was making an excuse

Alcohol tends to just bring out what someone really thinks. This idiot might not have said or done anything if he wasn’t drunk. That doesn’t excuse the fact that he’s a racist dirtbag.

[malaise]

11. Do you think that same drunk white man would have gone up to an all-white couple

and told the husband that he wants a piece of ass from his wife?
Please.

[live love laugh]

13. You're making excuses for the excuse maker. nt

[redstatebluegirl]

4. I would own everything this redneck has.

[monmouth4]

5. Another article says the black man is a regular at this bar and has been back since the incident. I

don't think he was beaten to a "pulp."

[obamanut2012]

8. And?

He could have been beaten by a pulp, be a regular, and still be a regular.

[live love laugh]

14. The dismissive comments are alarming. nt

[csziggy]

12. Argue with the person who reported this to 911 about this phrase

It did not come from the reporter or anyone here on DU.

As someone who has seldom been around any physical confrontations, I might be inclined to describe a fight this way since I would be horrified by an altercation.

[live love laugh]

15. So? He was beaten. What's your point?

[monmouth4]

16. If he was "beaten to a pulp" I doubt he would have been back to the bar. I'm glad he'd doing well..

[obamanut2012]

17. Why not?

[monmouth4]

18. Why not what? Are you trying to stir some shit 'cause I'm really not in the mood..n/t

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. I had neighbors that were a mixed marriage and

I used to worry about them all the time.

It was ok as long as they were home but they ran into trouble when they were traveling

[Blue_Tires]

10. "Economic anxieties" strike again...