Thread: Black Thugs fatally stab White Soldier in Hate Crime

Komo News
By KOMO Staff and Associated Press Published: Updated: Oct 6, 2013

Police: Soldier fatally stabbed; may be hate crime



Published on Oct 6, 2013

LAKEWOOD, Wash. (Oct. 5, 2013) - A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier was stabbed to death in a parking lot at the 12500 block of Pacific Highway Southwest around 2:30 a.m., officials say.

20-year-old Tevin Geike was walking with two other soldiers along Pacific Highway SW when a group of men drove by and shouted a racial comment toward the soldiers, the Lakewood Police Department said.

"One of the soldiers yelled back something about the suspects treating combat soldiers with disrespect," Lt. Chris Lawler said.

The car turned around and the men confronted the soldiers, according to reports. As the verbal confrontation ensued, the driver of the vehicle realized the men were actually combat veterans and called his friends off. While the men headed back to their vehicle, one of the suspects appeared to have bumped into Geike, witnesses say.

The soldiers saw Geike fall to the ground as the car sped away. He was bleeding profusely from stab wounds and died at the scene.

"We came down here, and he was already dead in my brother's arms," said Glenn Zimmerman, a friend of Geike.

Friends say there was a party at the Biltmore Motel that evening, and Geike was gathering with family and friends after being discharged from the military. Zimmerman said Geike's contract was up, and he was celebrating serving his country.

"I don't understand how someone can do this - that man, he almost gave his life for people to enjoy the freedoms they have and he was just stabbed for no (expletive) reason," he continued.

The initial remark that started the encounter seemed derogatory in nature, said Lakewood police Lt. Chris Lawler. He said it was too early to say that race was the motivating factor, but investigators were exploring whether the killing should be classified as a hate crime.

"We are certainly considering it, for sure," Lawler said.

Police are searching for a midnight blue BMW-type sedan or VW Jetta-type car with four doors, tinted windows and stock rims, and low profile tires. The main suspect is believed to be in his early 20s, about 6'1", medium build, and was wearing a blue zip-up hoodie. The driver was described as having short cropped hair, and wearing a blue and white horizontal striped shirt.

Detectives were in the area Saturday looking for businesses or others who might have video from around the time of the stabbing. Lawler said the person who stabbed the soldier should come forward and show remorse now.

"He's going to get caught," Lawler said. "Nobody's going to give up until we catch up."


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Soldier stabbed to death in Washington state in possible hate crime

By Jessica Chasmar
The Washington Times
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Police in Washington state are investigating a possible hate crime after a 20-year-old active-duty soldier was stabbed to death in a parking lot Saturday morning.

Three soldiers were walking from Joint Base Lewis-McChord when a vehicle carrying a group of men passed them and one man shouted a racial slur from the car, a local television station reported.

“One of the soldiers yelled back something about the suspects treating combat soldiers with disrespect,” said Lakewood, Wash., police Lt. Chris Lawler.
The vehicle turned around and five black men jumped out, the report said. The driver realized the men were actually combat veterans and called his friends off, but one man in a blue hoodie stabbed the victim before retreating, according to witnesses.

“We came down here, and he was already dead in my brother’s arms,” said Glenn Zimmerman, a friend of the victim, told KOMO. “I don’t understand how someone can do this — that man, he almost gave his life for people to enjoy the freedoms they have and he was just stabbed for no (expletive) reason.”

Lt. Lawler said that it’s too early to determine if race was a motivating factor, but investigators were looking into treating it as a possible hate crime.

“We are certainly considering it, for sure,” he said.

Officers are still looking for the suspect and the driver.

“He’s going to get caught,” Lt. Lawler said. “Nobody’s going to give up until we catch up.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...le-hate-crime/

We have become a pitiful nation.

Originally Posted by imblest

We have become a pitiful nation.

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3 soldiers arrested in fellow soldier's stabbing death

By Chuck Johnston and Jason Hanna, CNN
updated 4:38 PM EDT, Mon October 7, 2013



Soldier served abroad, killed at home

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• It now appears the stabbing was not racially motivated, police say
• The suspects, like the victim, were soldiers assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord
• Friends say they were on the way to celebrate Tevin Geike's pending discharge
• Witnesses initially said Geike was attacked after an assailant yelled about soldiers being white

(CNN) -- Three soldiers have been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a fellow soldier who was celebrating his pending departure from the Army -- an attack that police in Washington state now say doesn't appear to be racially motivated.
Jeremiah Hill, 23; Cedarium Johnson, 21; and Ajoni Runnion-Bareford, 21, were arrested on charges of murder in the death Saturday of Army Spc. Tevin Geike, police said Monday.
All four were assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, not far from the Lakewood sidewalk where police say Geike was accosted as he walked with two friends and fellow soldiers early Saturday.
Police initially said they were investigating the death as a possible hate crime after witnesses said a black assailant directed a racial comment toward Geike, who was white, and his white friends shortly before the stabbings.
But interviews with all involved now lead investigators to believe that race was not a motivating factor, Lakewood police said Monday, without elaborating.
Geike, 20, of Summerville, South Carolina, was walking along a Lakewood street with two fellow soldiers after 2 a.m. Saturday when a car carrying five black men passed, with one of the occupants yelling a comment about the three being white, police initially said.
One of Geike's companions, Brian Johnson, told CNN affiliate KIRO that someone in the car yelled "something like 'white' and 'cracker.' "
The other friend, Matthew Barnes, told KIRO that he yelled back: "So this is how we treat combat veterans now?"
The vehicle turned around and stopped, and five black men got out, police said.
The groups exchanged words, but the five began retreating once they realized they were all soldiers, police said.
But Hill stabbed Geike -- and cut himself in the process -- before they left, authorities said, citing one of Hill's companions who police said they interviewed.
Barnes said Geike died in his arms.
"I'm sitting here holding him, trying to stop the bleeding with my right hand and calling 911 in my left, trying ... to get them here," Barnes told KIRO. "Right before I got off the phone, I couldn't feel a heartbeat anymore, and he was gone."
Geike, Barnes and Brian Johnson were on their way to a celebration of Geike's upcoming discharge from the Army, Barnes told KIRO.
Suspect asked for first aid, police say
Police said they made the arrests after Hill asked a fellow soldier for help mending his hand for a knife wound. That solider, claiming Hill told him he wounded the hand when he killed someone, told a sergeant, police said.
According to police, Hill told the sergeant he injured the hand while cutting vegetables. Hill eventually went to a hospital, where he claimed he hurt the hand while cutting parachute cord, police said.
The sergeant went to police. Later, investigators identified and talked to a man who was among the five in the car. That man told investigators that Hill had bear-hugged Geike and pushed him to the ground, and that Hill was covered in blood when he got into the car, police said.
The five sped away and got rid of the knife, police said, citing the unidentified witness. A second person corroborated the witness's account, according to police.
Police didn't say how Cedarium Johnson or Runnion-Bareford were involved.
They also didn't say why they don't believe the incident was racially motivated, except to cite interviews from "everyone involved." Hill did not talk to investigators, who still do not know why the stabbing happened, police said.
Geike, an aviation operations specialist, joined the Army in October 2010 and arrived at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in April 2011.
Hill, Cedarium Johnson and Runnion-Bareford, as well as their two companions, were assigned to a combat infantry unit at the base, police said.
By Sunday, friends of Geike had placed flowers, a balloon and a sign on a sidewalk where the stabbing happened. Barnes said Geike was a good man and a great soldier.
"They were looking for trouble," Barnes told KIRO of the assailants. "They were looking for someone to attack. And we just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/07/justice/washington-soldier-killed/index.html