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It Begins… Youths Screaming “This Is For Trayvon” Beat 78 Year-Old White Man in Toledo
A 78 year-old man said a group of youths beat him in Toledo on his way home from a gas station on Sunday.
FOX Toledo has a video report:
Hate fueled weekend beating says elderly man: foxtoledo.com
The Toledo Blade reported, via Free Republic:
Mr. Watts said one of the boys delivered a single blow to the back of his head during the incident Saturday, knocking the victim to the ground.
At one point, the victim recalled being lifted from the ground so one of the boys could “drop-kick” him in the chest.
One boy, he said, put his foot on the back of the victim’s neck, with another shouting, “Kill him.”
While Mr. Watts was down the boys kicked him, over and over, shouting, “[Get] that white [man]. This is for Trayvon … Trayvon lives, white [man]. Kill that white [man],” according to a police report.
The boys fled when a man shouted at them, according to the report.
Mr. Watts said it’s possible the assault was retribution for the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, a Neighborhood Watch captain in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26. Mr. Zimmerman has said he fired in self-defense and has not been charged with any crime.
