Trio Arrested After Racist Insults at Restaurant (MA)

[struggle4progress]

by CHARLES LAM
JUN 21 2016, 5:41 PM ET

... they arrived at Royal Hotpot and Sushi Bar in Quincy the night of June 11. After being informed that the restaurant did not serve specials, witnesses interviewed in the report said that the trio began "yelling and swearing," including the use of seemingly racist language and hit a glass door causing an emergency lighting system to fall down ...

One of the .. owners .. informed them she was calling the police because they had damaged the restaurant ... At that point, alleged in the owner's interview, McDonough pushed, punched, and hit her using her purse while using seemingly racist language, including telling the owner to "go back to your own country."

Two of the .. other owners began filming the incident and a restaurant patron rushed to help ... During the fight, Mulhern also bit the restaurant patron, according to the report. According to witnesses interviewed, one of the trio tripped over a hanging chain while leaving the crime scene ...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/trio-arrested-after-allegedly-fighting-yelling-seemingly-racist-insults-restaurant-n596576

[MADem]

1. Great job--those people are making Irish Americans look bad.

McDonough, O'Sullivan, Mulhern?

Sounds like the roll call in a South Boston public school in the sixties...

And why in hell isn't "O'Sullivan" in jail?

Mulhern, McDonough, and O'Sullivan were arrested that night and arraigned on June 13. All three pleaded not guilty. Mulhern faces three counts of assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and one count of committing a civil rights violation. O'Sullivan faces the same charges in addition to a charge of defacement of property. McDonough faces two counts of assault and battery, one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and one count of committing a civil rights violation.

O'Sullivan has had multiple run-ins with the Quincy police, including 16 separate entries for assault and battery on police officers, according to the police report.

[jberryhill]

2. Why were they looking for specials on Sushi?

Wot? Edamame isn't complimentary with an entree?!?

[MADem]

4. I have no idea! I haven't been to Quincy in years-it always used to be fairly mellow. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. I thought they were teens until I clicked on link..old enough to know better

[Warpy]

5. Nobody looks their best in a mug shot

but alcohol is writ large upon those faces.

It would be nice if the jail term was long enough for them to dry out, but that's not going to happen for a simple assault and minor property damage.

[KelleyKramer]

6. "seemingly racist language" ...

What the hell is that suppose to mean?

Does it mean they said something that might 'seem' like it was racist, but maybe it's not??

Or maybe it 'seems' racist only to certain people? ... Is that it?

That's a pretty short article but it repeats 'seemingly racist language' three times

That is so full of shit I want examples.. give me at least 2 or 3 examples of what is 'seemingly racist language'

Because if it 'seems' like a racist remark, you know what, that means it IS a racist remark!


/rant off


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[jberryhill]

7. The reporter wasn't there

The story appears to have been written on the basis of what the police report says that witnesses said. In other words, the news article is a third-hand account. The reporter does not directly know what the accused men said, and does not directly know what the witnesses said to the police.

One way to phrase it would be "according to the police, the witnesses said the men used racist language" which is unwieldy. I am not familiar with MA law on racially motivated crimes, but if the men may possibly be charged with such a crime, then the men may deny having used racist language. In that case, whether or not they did remains to be proven in court. For the paper to report it as a fact, based on second hand information, puts the paper in the position of potentially besmirching the reputation of these fine gentlemen accused of a crime.