Police refuse to release info on biracial 8 y.o. boy who was nearly lynched

[manicholic 3,694]

New Hampshire Police Refuse to Release Information in Case of 8-Year-Old Biracial Boy Who Was Nearly Lynched

Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. Say what you want, but when the U.S. president defends avowed white supremacists, one can’t be surprised when bullying takes on a decidedly racist tone as it did with an 8-year-old biracial boy who was hung from a tree in the year 2017. The climate has been set.

Yes, there are nooses hanging all over America, and some little cretins decided to use one, unfortunately.

NH1.com reports that a Claremont, N.H., boy had to be flown to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center after one or more teens decided to hang him from a tree with a rope.

The boy’s mother, Cassandra Merlin, posted the horrific photo of her baby’s neck to Facebook, and even then gave those responsible the benefit of the doubt.

The entire caption reads: “So my son is being flown to Dartmouth after a 14 year old kid decided to hang him from a tree. I don’t care if this was a so called accident or not. My son almost died because of some little sh** teenage kids.” (sic)

The town of Claremeont, N.H., has 13,000 residents, and is 96 percent white, 0.6 percent African-American, and 1.8 percent biracial, according to the 2010 Census. 

The boy’s uncle, Lyrik Martin, who also posted photos of his injuries on social media, wrote in a post that he wasn’t sure the attack was racially motivated, but the boy’s grandmother went on record saying the teens taunted the boy for being black.

Lorrie Slattery told the Valley News that the incident was in fact racially motivated and “intentional.”

Slattery said she was able to recount what happened from her grandson’s 11-year-old sister and other children present (there were no adults), and that her grandson and some teens were playing in a yard on Aug. 28 when the teens started calling the little boy “racial epithets” and throwing sticks and rocks at his legs.

Some or all of the teens allegedly stepped up on a picnic table and grabbed a nearby rope that had been part of a tire swing, Slattery said.

“The (teenagers) said, ‘Look at this,’ supposedly putting the rope around their necks,” Slattery said. “One boy said to (her grandson), ‘Let’s do this,’ and then pushed him off the picnic table and hung him.”

The boy swung back and forth by his neck three times before he was able to remove the rope from his neck; Slattery said none of the teens came to his aid.

As late as Friday, Claremont Police Chief Mark Chase would not comment on the specifics of the case, only saying that they were still investigating and that those involved are juveniles, prohibiting him specifically making any comment.

Chase also said that the kids being investigated (who knows if they’re charged) should be “protected.”

“Mistakes they make as a young child should not have to follow them for the rest of their life,” Chase said.*

*Notice how he called these predators “young children,” infantilizing the white teens. Conversely, teens like Trayvon Martin are made out to be hulking, menacing adults. Chief Chase seems to be centering the perpetrators feelings and futures, all but forgetting about the trauma of a little boy who had his so-called friends hang him from a tree to the point where he had to be medevaced to a hospital.

Activists, who only got wind of the case only through the boy’s mother’s social media post, are demanding more information, reports Valley News.

“I am upset and saddened and angered about how the police and city officials have chosen to play this,” said Kendra Colburn, of the Upper Valley chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice. “(They) all seem like they do not want media attention on this story, and I am concerned about that. I am really concerned that we can’t change what we don’t know about or refuse to look at.”

Chief Chase confirmed that no other information would be released about the case, including if it was racially motivated.

America 2017.

http://www.theroot.com/new-hampshire-police-refuse-to-release-information-on-c-1803054596

[ryanripley 86,575]

4 minutes ago, manicholic said:

“Mistakes they make as a young child should not have to follow them for the rest of their life,” Chase said.*

 

"ah jeez, i can't believe i just accidentally tried to hang a child to death"

get outta here with that bullsh*t lol they almost KILLED someone jesus christ

[Yuuri 21,636]

Isn't it illegal to with-hold import information to the parent? Shouldn't she just sue?

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

The child should be tried as an adult....what 14 year old hangs a child and thinks that's funny or ok...disgusting  

[Luke78619 23,559]

7 minutes ago, ryanripley said:

"ah jeez, i can't believe i just accidentally tried to hang a child to death"

get outta here with that bullsh*t lol they almost KILLED someone jesus christ

Exactly my thoughts, wtf, thinking an appointment was half an hour later is a mistake, not pushing someone off a table with rope around his neck  

[tthen 4,621]

What the actual ****? I thought I switched tabs to Town of Salem by mistake, but apparently not. They almost ****ing lynched a kid for being biracial....Dems and Liberals are obviously the ones corrupting America. After Nov 8, 2016, Nazis (I'm done with this white supremacy bs and have been since Charlottesville) have been taking the chance to harm others and probably get a pardon from the president because why not? Hell at this point the DoE are defending rapists, and the president has late night tantrums on Twitter every other night. No matter how much you dislike Hillary, she absolutely would've been way ****ing better. If I were in that department I would've released pics and detailed info about those little ****ers. Young children my ass. Muslims are terrorists Black people are all into gang violence, but white kids are just young children? MOMMY OOPS I HUNG A KID BECAUSE HIS MOM AND DAD ARE FROM DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES and nothing will happen because he's just a young child. May both of them burn in hell

[Ayoherewego 471]

How sad this happened before to here in my town with a little black girl. Ill link the story later.

[berlinforme 5,385]

The white trash people doing such things really deserve Trump as their president. And worse. Sorry for all the other Americans and especially this boy and his family. 

[Morphine Prince 109,647]

America's ugly past that white conservatives and some moderates want to pretend didn't happen is coming back. How sad. 

[lego 44,165]

This is so disgusting. Poor baby, he's only 8.

 

[PMKKARDASHiAN 8,570]

My jaw literally dropped and I have nothing to contribute right now except that I fear for America if this is the road it's about to travel. 

Wow... 

[Emvee 8,825]

He won't be tried as an adult since the kid is white. 

[JDi 1,495]

8 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

America's ugly past that white conservatives and some moderates want to pretend didn't happen is coming back. How sad. 

conservatives might pretend it doesn't affect the present but no one is pretending slavery and lynching didn't happen. 

also, almost every country in the world has an even uglier history while America has taught the rest a whole lot about liberty and progressivism. no amount of idiotic kids or loser racists can change that fact.

I don't hate your cause. I just hate your shitty ways and hope you'll soon realize you're part of the problem. 

[Morphine Prince 109,647]

33 minutes ago, JDi said:

conservatives might pretend it doesn't affect the present but no one is pretending slavery and lynching didn't happen. 

also, almost every country in the world has an even uglier history while America has taught the rest a whole lot about liberty and progressivism. no amount of idiotic kids or loser racists can change that fact.

I don't hate your cause. I just hate your shitty ways and hope you'll soon realize you're part of the problem. 

Show me the way oh wise one.

And before you respond (if you choose to) state why I'm part of the problem. Your posts are always like this but never offer any explanations. And they come off as condescending tbh. 

And please explain what my cause is. 

[JDi 1,495]

7 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

Show me the way oh wise one.

And before you respond (if you choose to) state why I'm part of the problem. Your posts are always like this but never offer any explanations. And they come off as condescending tbh. 

if you're not playing dumb, an explanation is wasted on you and only growing up will do the trick. 

and my posts are not always like this. only those directed at obsessed members like yourself and their irrational dedication to fuelling the conflicts they obsess over, so sorry you get the shitty treatment.