I don’t know any of the facts but it appears that the police are investigating the brutal beating of a white man in Mobile, Alabama by a mob of African-Americans. I assume they will bring charges against as many of the attackers as they can identify. So, any comparison to the Trayvon Martin case is ridiculous. However, if it is true that one of the assailants said that the attack was “Justice for Trayvon,” that at least ties the two events together. And it ties them together in a way that is a bit different from how the right-wingers would like you to believe. If there are some black people out there who are mad enough about how the Sanford police and prosecutors treated the murder of Trayvon Martin that they want to do violence to random white people, that isn’t the fault of the people who highlighted the injustice in Florida. It’s a predictable, albeit unfortunate, result of not investigating and not prosecuting crimes against blacks while making certain to do so for whites. The lesson is that crimes should be treated the same regardless of the races of the perpetrator and the victim. It seems like a lot of right-wingers believe that injustice isn’t a problem unless someone complains about it.
I have no idea why this assault happened or what might have been said. I’m not passing judgment on that. Whatever happened and whatever was said, it doesn’t in any way justify the assault. All of the assailants should face stiff justice. If they don’t, there will be some white people who are out for blood. That’s how it works.
