Comments on: Video: Degenerate mugs, punches 101-year-old woman

By: William2006

William2006 — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:44:27 +0000

Hey, was that Rosie O’Donnel doing the mugging, or was it George W. Bush?

William

By: William2006

William2006 — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:41:09 +0000

Race might have been helpful in the description…

Verbal Abuse on March 12, 2007 at 12:10 PM

Race won’t be given if the perp is black.

If the perp is white or Chinese or Asian Indian, maybe.

Also, if the perp were Arab or Muslim, be that North African, South Asian, or Middle Eastern-Arab, whatever ethnic description they might fall under, if they are Muslim that description would likely be omitted from the profile as well.

Good luck looking for that man on the pink bicycle who struck and robbed the 101 year old woman and the 85 year old woman.

Better use caution when approaching him, if he is ever found. He can beat up 101 year old women pushing walkers and he can steal their purses.

He sounds like a real tiger to me!

William

By: Nonfactor

Nonfactor — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:38:50 +0000

Why am I not suprised. A black man and NYC….

You know, he wasn’t robbing her, he was just getting his 40 acres and a mule out of the lady.

Tim Burton on March 12, 2007 at 11:17 PM

Now THAT was funny.

By: Tim Burton

Tim Burton — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:17:56 +0000

Why am I not suprised. A black man and NYC….

You know, he wasn’t robbing her, he was just getting his 40 acres and a mule out of the lady.

By: uptight

uptight — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:14:04 +0000

The perp's race can be easily discerned at the end of this video When idiots, racists and bigots form assumptions, it's usually because there is a trend for them to work with. Ignoring the trends will not make the problem go away, just as media censorship won't stop people speculating.

By: roninacreage

roninacreage — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:34:07 +0000

It’s obvious the guy is a democrat, since party affiliation was not mentioned.

By: Merovign

Merovign — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:05:33 +0000

I really, REALLY hope they catch this scum soon.

I don’t think the guy’s really in it for the money. He could have just walked off with that purse, and what would the 101-yr-old lady have done, chased him down?

He hurts old people because he likes to hurt people and he knows they can’t fight back. This is not the first time he’s done something like this. I would take a bet he’s hurt children, too.

As to the lack of a detailed description, the “newspeople” are hampering the capture of a vicious thug for fear they’ll offend someone’s racial sensitivities by stating a simple fact.

That’s New York Media all over for ya.

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:49:00 +0000

Makes you wonder: What did Granny do to provoke this attack?

Labamigo on March 12, 2007 at 12:24 PM

Both women were robbed of less than $35

By: Child In Time

Child In Time — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:37:25 +0000

What a dispicable punk. Whoops, there I go again being judgmental. Obviously we need to practive some Restorative Justice, then of course we’ll shoot the SOB

By: Talon

Talon — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:56:04 +0000

If the cops do catch this scum bag, he should not make it back to the station. He should “try to escape”…….knowwhaddamean?

By: Zetterson

Zetterson — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:51:35 +0000

“Leave it to HotAir to see a topic like this produce comments about the Iraq war and Jesse Jackson.

Nonfactor on March 12, 2007 at 2:40 PM”

This statement is factually incorrect. None of the comments have been about the Iraq war. The comments are actually poking fun at… well… you and your fellow pink panty wearing lefties.

By: CyberCipher

CyberCipher — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:44:12 +0000

Of course, you all realize, don’t you, that if this were a Muslim county and we were living under sharia law, the 101-year-old Granny would now have to undergo 90 lashes simply because she was caught alone with a mugger.

(And no, I don’t think THAT is funny, I am dead serious.)

By: Esthier

Esthier — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:14:21 +0000

But that would be racist to accurately describe the man, which is arguably necessary because I’m willing to bet that a lot of people can’t tell from that video.

I know I couldn’t tell. I mean even if the guy is stark white, that would at least give more information than “30-year-old.”

There is a special place in hell for people who abuse the elderly don’t you think?

honora on March 12, 2007 at 1:49 PM

If I believed in such things (worse places in hell than hell itself), then yes, I’d agree. It’s so meaningless. When someone is already so helpless that they have to use a walker to get around, why bother punching them in the face? Just take the purse and run.

I liked what the first lady said though about how he’s had to sink so low just for 30 bucks. People like him are obviously already living in some sort of hell.

By: aelhues

aelhues — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:04:12 +0000

This will most likely turn out to be a perfect example of why our society was a failure in the book, “Starship Troopers” Lock them in the stocks so people can make fun, and throw fruit. Or better yet, 20 lashes….

By: amerpundit

amerpundit — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:58:25 +0000

ChrisIansNana,

Death isn’t a painful enough punishment for people like that, who would hurt an older person like that. Horrible.

By: forged rite

forged rite — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:57:19 +0000

This is too funny for you not to be joking.

Nonfactor on March 12, 2007 at 2:50 PM

What’s funny is your refusal to accept the reality of who your liberal friends are. You’re like a little kid holding your hands over your ears and screaming because you don’t want to hear things you don’t like.

By: Nonfactor

Nonfactor — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:50:19 +0000

10 to 1 it was someone with a leftist-liberal mindset for that is exactly the way they behave, violent, intrusive, disrespectful, always practicing the double standard, and with a strong mindset toward entitlement.

William2006 on March 12, 2007 at 2:44 PM

This is too funny for you not to be joking.

By: ChrisIansNana

ChrisIansNana — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:48:00 +0000

The slimey coward! When they find him someone should take him out behind the wood shed. My great aunt was mugged when she was 89, she was walking back to church because she thought she forgot to put money in the offering. It happened right in front of the church, at a stop light, broad daylight and nobody saw a thing. For 5.00, someone beat up a little old hunched back lady, she had a stoke and died a couple of days later. This woman spent her life taking care of other people, never said a bad word about anybody and would have forgiven her attacker without a seconds thought. Crimes against the elderly and children should be dealt with harshly.

By: William2006

William2006 — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:44:36 +0000

Wasn’t the attacker a “Peace Protester,” or a leftist-liberal with Bush Derangement Syndrome?

Or maybe it was something to do with Global Warming.

10 to 1 it was someone with a leftist-liberal mindset for that is exactly the way they behave, violent, intrusive, disrespectful, always practicing the double standard, and with a strong mindset toward entitlement.

They probably have attended some Cindy Sheehan, Jane Fonda, or Bill Maher lectures.

William

By: Nonfactor

Nonfactor — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:40:59 +0000

Leave it to HotAir to see a topic like this produce comments about the Iraq war and Jesse Jackson.

By: forged rite

forged rite — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:32:44 +0000

They didn’t mention what race he is, which is a pretty sure indication that he’s black, or a memeber of another non-white protected group. What a POS.

By: omnipotent

omnipotent — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:32:14 +0000

I bet his getaway vehicle (manly pink bicycle – with drop bar no doubt) was made by Halliburton.

If only we believed in punishment in this country.

By: Enrique

Enrique — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:21:19 +0000

But the real question is – how did frustration with Bush’s manipulative dishonesty over the Iraq war drive this man to commit such a heinous act?

Someone call Andrew Sullivan.

By: Matticus Finch

Matticus Finch — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:20:49 +0000

I agree, the description of the man should have been more detailed. They had no problem describing the color of the bicycle. There is only one reason for this.

By: SWLiP

SWLiP — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:18:34 +0000

Whenever the MSM omits race from a suspect’s description I think that most people just assume that the perp is non-white. The media’s usual justification is that they don’t want to stigmatize certain groups, but by embargoing a description of a perp’s race they leave us in the position of having to make assumptions. The result is that the very stereotypes that the media wants to protect against end up being even more strongly reinforced.

In other words, by omitting race the MSM is telling viewers, in code, that the perp was non-white.

As the French say, it is irony, no?