Thread: This is definately racially motivated violence

Late-night snack soured by racially motivated violence

By MIKE WIGGINS
The Daily Sentinel
Wednesday, July 25, 2007

One minute, Sam and Nathan Corle say, they were sitting outside a Grand Junction fast-food restaurant, enjoying a late-night snack.

The next, they were being assaulted by a group of strangers, leaving the teenagers with black eyes, bloody noses and bruises.

The father of the brothers is decrying last weekend's attack as random and racially motivated and says he fears it could be symptomatic of a larger problem with street gangs in the Grand Valley.

"I've seen this, and this is not something we can tolerate in this community," Greg Corle said.

The Corle brothers, who are white, say they and a friend had driven to Los Jilbertos, 2812 North Ave., about 1 a.m. Sunday to grab something to eat and were sitting outside the restaurant when a red Honda pulled into the parking lot and a group of young Hispanic men got out.

Nathan Corle, 16, said the men began yelling at them, calling them "white boys" and asking them what they were looking at and if they wanted to fight. He said he laughed because he thought it was a joke.

Sam Corle, 19, said he had his head down and was taking a bite of his burrito when one of the men ran around behind him and punched him in the side of his head.

"I had no idea why they were attacking us," Nathan Corle said. "No normal person walks up and hits someone for no reason."

A fight ensued between the Corle brothers and their friend and what they estimated to be six to eight Hispanic men. During the fight, Nathan Corle said he heard the Hispanic males yelling "'We're going to teach white boys a lesson. White boys are going to die.'"

The brothers said they fought back but were outnumbered.

"Normally, my boys could take care of themselves," Greg Corle said, noting that Sam will soon graduate from St. John's Military School in Salina, Kan., and Nathan, a junior-to-be at Palisade High School, is on the wrestling team. "But when you have three or four guys attacking you at once, you don't have a lot of options."

Sam Corle said he ran into the restaurant and up to the counter to try to get away from two men who were assaulting him, but he said employees did not offer any help or call 911.

Two men who appeared to be Mesa State College students and were also sitting outside tried to intervene. The Corles, who commended the men, said one of them was assaulted but still managed to call 911.

Police arrested two men, Cesar Javier Haro, 18, and Edward Portillo, 19, on suspicion of ethnic intimidation, a felony, and third-degree assault, among other charges. Prosecutors are expected to formally file charges against them Friday.

The other Hispanic men who were involved in the attack jumped into a red and white truck and fled the restaurant, police said.

Sam and Nathan Corle each sustained black eyes. Nathan also received a bloody nose and cuts inside his mouth from his braces, and Sam had a lip stud torn out. Greg Corle said he took Sam to the doctor after he complained about neck pain.

The brothers said they have heard from friends of similar attacks on whites by Hispanics in Grand Junction. They said police indicated they have had problems with fights at Los Jilbertos.

Greg Corle said it appears to him the Hispanic men were simply driving around town, looking for some white people to attack.

"If we don't take it seriously right now, it will turn into a blight in our community," he said, noting he found himself in the middle of several racially motivated assaults growing up in Albuquerque, N.M.

Grand Junction police spokeswoman Linda Bowman said reports of bias-motivated crimes appear to be rare in the city. Police handled eight cases of ethnic intimidation last year. She said three cases, including the one involving the Corles, have been reported this year.

"Our agency does take these very seriously," Bowman said, noting an assault in April, which resulted in an arrest, generated more than 20 follow-up police reports and commandeered two months' worth of officers' time.

Bowman said police received 89 calls for service from Los Jilbertos last year. As of Monday, officers had received 55 calls for service this year. Most of the calls related to reports of criminal mischief and disturbances.

Anyone want to bet when LaRaza or Ruben Navarette will decry this "Wave of Hate"? Probably when Hell freezes over.

By the way, I am not related to Linda Bowman

Hey, here's an idea. Stay away from Los Jilbertos. And los burritos. And los enchiladas. and... and...
I should ride up there with my bros and find out if they want a piece of True American. It's not that far from me and I really crave a burrito right now...

Oh dear......when can we expect the follow up, propaganda article? You know the one:

Big picture on front page of said thugs dressed a preppies surrounded by the distressed and heartbroken family of 50.

Text consisting of glowing descriptions of straight A students who have never been in trouble before in their lives because.....between studies, boy scouts, church choir, and working hard at some job an American teenager won't do.....they simply don't have time to get into trouble. Mother sobbing and wailing through a translator about how this can ruin their American dream, whatever shall they do. Closing pitch by attorney for the family that this is clearly a case of racial profiling spurred by a "Wave of Hate" toward the immigrant community, and even as they speak they are looking into legal options for the family of these wrongfully accused fine young lads.

Sound about right or have I left anything out?

Pretty good except this has to run in a conservative rag since the media seems to be on their side. This would be negative news to them and they would ignore it unless somebody gets really hurt, then they would look for a bright side.

Originally Posted by azwreath

Oh dear......when can we expect the follow up, propaganda article? You know the one:

Big picture on front page of said thugs dressed a preppies surrounded by the distressed and heartbroken family of 50.

Text consisting of glowing descriptions of straight A students who have never been in trouble before in their lives because.....between studies, boy scouts, church choir, and working hard at some job an American teenager won't do.....they simply don't have time to get into trouble. Mother sobbing and wailing through a translator about how this can ruin their American dream, whatever shall they do. Closing pitch by attorney for the family that this is clearly a case of racial profiling spurred by a "Wave of Hate" toward the immigrant community, and even as they speak they are looking into legal options for the family of these wrongfully accused fine young lads.

Sound about right or have I left anything out?

You covered it.....I also wouldn't be surprised if allegations of white supremicism are thrown at the Corle's in an attempt to justify the attack. That is what happened to a 17 year old boy I went to high school with, who was KILLED by illegals. Then, they'll probably blame Lou Dobbs and ALIPAC for creating the anti-immigrant fervor for prosecutors to lynch these fine young men -- again, similar to what happened after the killing of the kid at my high school.

Bowman said police received 89 calls for service from Los Jilbertos last year. As of Monday, officers had received 55 calls for service this year. Most of the calls related to reports of criminal mischief and disturbances.

It should be shut down as a nuisance. We had a hip-hop joint shut down recently for the same kind of thing, including several shootings.

It's only a hate crime and racially motivated it is a Caucasian attacking any other ethnicity. Rumors have it that it is specifically written into law that way. At least that's what police chiefs, prosecutors and judges have interpreted.

Thomas Sowell, the noted black economist said that whites were being beaten down and he was amazed that they just stood by and took it, all the while feeling guilty somehow. Everytime, the slightest incident happens that can be perceived as racism, people are ushered into "diversity" training. Here in Nashville, the police dept. went thru diversity training from the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, of all people. They were taught to be "sensitive" to Latino issues as one person put it. I don't suppose that other groups care one whit about being "sensitive" to the American culture and showing respect for it.

They've got it all backwards. They're in this country and they need to be sensitive to our laws and our culture.

We... as Citizens...have to live in fear for ourselves and our kids.... and the Govt doesn't give a cr>>...and the States can't do anything either to protect us..... This is unreal.....these racists have probably been released already as we read it....