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Judi Lynn

(160,449 posts)
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 02:16 AM Apr 2021

Police Charge Massachusetts Man With Trying to Run Over Black Children After Playground Fight

Source: Newsweek

Matthew Impelli 10 hrs ago


A Massachusetts man was recently arrested and charged with attempting to run over a group of Black children in response to a school playground fight.

Shane Belleville, 36, of Holbrook was charged with assault and battery, four counts of civil rights violations, four counts of assault with attempt to intimidate based on race and four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (motor vehicle).

Belleville was arrested by the Holbrook police last Thursday at his home and was arraigned at the Quincy District Court. He was released that day after posting $750 bail.

The arrest and subsequent charges came shortly after police responded to a call on April 10 at approximately 1:15 p.m. Police said "a juvenile called and said that a man in a red pickup truck tried to run the caller and a group of friends over."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/police-charge-massachusetts-man-with-trying-to-run-over-black-children-after-playground-fight/ar-BB1fPaZb?li=BBnb7Kz





Shane Belleville, 36, of Holbrook
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Police Charge Massachusetts Man With Trying to Run Over Black Children After Playground Fight (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2021 OP
Portrait of a MASSHOLE. Mopar151 Apr 2021 #1
Kind of a low bail for trying to run down kids. Chicago1980 Apr 2021 #2
$750 for trying to kill kids? RVN VET71 Apr 2021 #4
I was about to say the same thing. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2021 #7
"Cars aren't weapons!" intheflow Apr 2021 #8
Hehe (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Apr 2021 #9
Same people who all VGNonly Apr 2021 #17
And apparently Belleville PatSeg Apr 2021 #12
So I'm left to wonder, was it racism or immaturity that drove this fool? . . . Journeyman Apr 2021 #3
Should have done it in Florida... Mawspam2 Apr 2021 #5
Yep, in Florida, if he found black kids playing in his yard, he could just shoot them William Seger Apr 2021 #10
Or anywhere, stand your ground encourages leaving no witnesses IronLionZion Apr 2021 #14
but the kids were not in his yard... stillcool Apr 2021 #18
Was going to say the same thing. Politicub Apr 2021 #16
There's a little redneck bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #6
WTF is wrong with people???? LymphocyteLover Apr 2021 #11
a slap on the wrist bdamomma Apr 2021 #13
"I am absolutely revolted by you, young man! Bail: $100,000! Aristus Apr 2021 #15
He could use the excuse that dangerous driving skills are the standard in MA. n/t King_Klonopin Apr 2021 #19

OldBaldy1701E

(5,084 posts)
7. I was about to say the same thing.
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 07:57 AM
Apr 2021

But, he is white and they were black. Second class citizens and all that. (The guy should be facing multiple counts of attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon, but that would be 'delusional' in our current society.)

intheflow

(28,442 posts)
8. "Cars aren't weapons!"
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 08:06 AM
Apr 2021

*This bullshit disclaimer brought to you by the same people who brought you:

"Guns don't kill people, people do!"
"AK-27s aren't machine guns, they're assault rifles!"
"If you outlaw guns, people will still get stabbed to death!"

VGNonly

(7,480 posts)
17. Same people who all
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 03:14 PM
Apr 2021

get all pedantic if someone doesn't know a clip from a magazine...but can't seem to tell the difference between a taser and a pistol.

PatSeg

(47,244 posts)
12. And apparently Belleville
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 09:34 AM
Apr 2021

slapped a girl in the face as well. Can't believe he was released the same day with only $750 bail.

Journeyman

(15,023 posts)
3. So I'm left to wonder, was it racism or immaturity that drove this fool? . . .
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 02:44 AM
Apr 2021

Or maybe this twit's the juncture of both demons, demonstrating in his own sad way that racism is a form of immaturity, and only when we "grow up" are we able to finally put our useless baggage aside.

Mawspam2

(723 posts)
5. Should have done it in Florida...
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 06:03 AM
Apr 2021

...DeSatan just signed a law making running over "protestors" legal. "Honest Judge, those kids were protesting me driving at high speed toward them, so I hit 'em!" CASE DISMISSED!

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
14. Or anywhere, stand your ground encourages leaving no witnesses
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 01:29 PM
Apr 2021

as long as the shooter claims he "feared for his life"

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
18. but the kids were not in his yard...
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 03:36 PM
Apr 2021

not that it matters.

According to the statement from the Holbrook Police Department, after an investigation and interviews with witnesses, officers determined that the incident occurred after two children got into a verbal argument at a middle-senior high school. The children were not identified by name, but the statement noted that they were 7 and 8 and one was Black and one was white.
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As the situation between the juveniles continued to escalate, one called a relative and asked a man, who was later identified as Belleville, to help them.

According to police, by the time Belleville arrived at the scene, the groups of juveniles had already separated.

bdamomma

(63,791 posts)
13. a slap on the wrist
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 09:48 AM
Apr 2021

of $750 dollars??? to try to run over children, black children at that, did that jerk feel threatened by them?

Aristus

(66,276 posts)
15. "I am absolutely revolted by you, young man! Bail: $100,000!
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 01:43 PM
Apr 2021

"What's that, bailiff? The victims were black? Bail: $750, but I'm still revolted by you, young man; yes sir; revolted!"

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