Detroit Lynching

This is a crazy story:

Bystanders near a barbershop on the east side of Detroit took the law into their own hands when the driver of a pick-up truck struck a 10-year old boy who had just stepped off of the curb to start to walk across the street said Detroit police Sgt. Michael Woody.

…Driver Steve Utash received a beating from a group assembled near the accident, despite the fact that he immediately stopped his vehicle to get out to check on the condition of the youngster, 10-year old David Harris.

The men not only injured Utash, they also managed to rob him before fleeing when police arrived on the scene.

Harris sustained injuries to his lips, knees and feet. Doctors say he is expected to recover. Driver Utash fared much worse because the beating he received from the crowd rendered him unconscious. He is currently hospitalized and his condition has been listed as critical, with no comment yet from doctors on his chances for a full recovery.

Some reports are calling this “Vigilante Justice”, but there is NOTHING that makes me think this. #1 you can see in the video in the link the child darted out into traffic. There was nothing the driver could have done to avoid this. #2 The driver stopped and was attempting to render aid to the fallen boy when he was jumped. #3 The driver was white, the attackers were black. #4. The kid sustained minor injuries the driver was nearly beaten to death. #5 The attackers robbed him before fleeing.

Not to besmirch all blacks, from another report I heard on the news, a black woman with a gun broke up the mob before the police arrived.

“The little boy was lying there. He said his head was hurting, so I kept trying to say things to cheer him up,” Hughes said.

Hughes then noticed Utash getting out of his truck.

“I saw the man get out of his truck and walk down,” Hughes said. “He said ‘Oh my god, did I do this? Is he alright?'”

Hughes says she cared for the little boy who had minor injuries, and then an angry crowd confronted Utash.

“And then they got him and started beating him and stomping him. It wasn’t right,” Hughes said.

She ran over there and told the group they needed to stop.

“I got over there and I told them ‘Don’t nobody hit him anymore,'” Hughes said. “I had a gun in my pocket, I was ready to do some damage if I had to.”

“Somebody had to stand up. It was maybe 100 people out here. I was the only one [who stepped up]” said Hughes.

Good on her!

And then there’s this:

No arrests were made in the beating, but Woody said the boy’s father was taken into custody Thursday on an unrelated warrant.

No arrests, don’t you feel safer?

One thing I can proudly say is that if this man dies from his injuries there will NOT be a riot as a result of this hate crime. There are some serious cultural problems in this country that need to be addressed.

**UPDATE** Looks like four people have been arrested in the beating, according to eyewitnesses that’s only a third of the perpetrators, but its a start.

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One Response to Detroit Lynching

  1. Cargosquid says:

    And look! A good guy with a gun stopped the violence.

    Bet that tidbit gets hidden. This is the first time I’ve seen the fact that someone actually confronted and stopped the mob.

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