Hate Crimes: Two 16-Year-Old Black Boys Pour Gasoline On 13-Year-Old White Boy And Lights Him On Fire…”You Get What You Deserve, White Boy’”
By: Tommy ‘Tj’ Sotomayor III |Published: Wednesday, March 7th, 2012, 3:34 PM (on twitter @tjsotomayor)
Tommy Sotomayor Says: Now this is some sad sick sh*t! What is wrong with the kids today when they are willing to do these types of things to each other. I did a feature talking about hate crimes going the other way and will they be prosecuted the same well lets hope for the sake of this young boy that they are.
The really sad part to me is that the kids are so young and most kids this age are only doing what they learned at home so I don’t know if I am for harsh punishment because jail is only going to produce a more hardened criminal! I pray the young boy gets better because I cant ever imagine being sat on fire and his scars will go far beyond the physical ones.
On an aside, how ironic is it that the white family’s last name is COON? I mean Im just sayin!
A 13-year-old boy who police say was doused with gasoline and lit on fire last week while walking home from school is recovering from first-degree burns to his face and head. The boy was just two blocks from his home in Kansas City Tuesday when two teenagers began to follow him and then attacked him, his mother, Melissa Coon, said.
Police have described the suspects as black 16-year-olds, while the victim is white. “We were told it’s a hate crime,” Coon told KTLA. “They rushed him on the porch as he tried to get the door open,” Coon told KMBC. “(One of them) poured the gasoline, then flicked the Bic, and said, ‘This is what you deserve. You get what you deserve, white boy.’”
By lighting the gasoline, the second attacker “produced a large fireball burning the face and hair” of the boy, according to a Kansas City Police Department report obtained by KCTV. “It was pretty bad stuff,” Detective Stacey Taylor told the TV station, adding that police are concerned the boy may have suffered damage to his eyes and lungs.
Coon said her son put out the fire with his shirt and called 911 himself. He was rushed to the hospital and was treated for his injuries. She believes the students also attend East High School with her son, and said he will not be returning to the school. She also told KMBC her traumatized family plans now plans to move.
“My 5-year-old came in and asked me, ‘Mom, am I going to get set on fire today?’” Coon said. “I was in tears.”
So sad, we hope the boy is able to heal quickly from the burns.
That’s why at first I thought it may have been a setup (the last name being Coon)! These kids need structure and to be busy at all times to keep them from doing these assinine things. Prison life is not what they want but unfortunately the behavior warrants jail time. I just wish the system would revise all jails and prisons so that it would be more about actual rehabilitation.
structure?? we need mandatory birth control!! put it in the damn water………i guarantee we will not find two college educated parents when we follow these kids home this is sickening!!!
well, all I can say is: it’s not right when the shoe is on the other foot, however hope this is an eye opener to the people who are racist because now they can at least see how Africans felt when they came in and took over our land. Reading this statement
“My 5-year-old came in and asked me, ‘Mom, am I going to get set on fire today?’” Coon said. “I was in tears.” the mother just brought my mind to our Ancestors children who probably was asking their parents the same thing but in a different form: in example: “Mom, am I going to get hung,set on fire or have to run from the slave Massa or be sold off and separated from family today ?” and the mother having to be in tears and fear of their lives and children’s lives everyday. They also say the saying “what goes around comes around”, and sometimes the come around don’t necessarily mean it’s coming back to you it could be anyone in your family or future generations it could come back on, but with all that being said it is sad to see this happen being we are suppose to be in a era where color and race should not matter however it still exits and people tend to be blinded about it by this multicultural experience everyone is undertaking as a different way of getting alone when the problem still has not been solved, thinking it’s gone when it’s only hidden and some parents of all cultures may still teach their children about racism and slavery and how never to forget it.
This is not about you.
What the hell is wrong with these boys the need help
To the author of this story,
I was wondering if you are
planning to run a follow-up story to the one regarding the 13 year old
that was burned. As you probably know, there is a growing number of
people who are questioning the veracity of that event. Up to this
point, I have neither seen nor heard anyone comment on this
development. That includes the police, news outlets and public
officials. Didn’t anyone act in a responsible way and investigate this
story? It really smacks of irresponsible journalism. Of course, it has
been used by all kinds of racists and other kooks to justify their hate
and bigotry. There are so many questions that should have been
raised. How do we know that the “assailants” were 16 years old? Why
wasn’t the gas can taken as evidence?? The boys go to his school???
Why haven’t they been identified since the 13 year old was able to give a
description that was so detailed that he could recall A NUMBER ON A
SHOE???? How could a huge gas fireball only cause first degree
burns????? I am looking for someone with the kahunas to start asking
these questions!