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Team Sergeant
05-15-2012, 16:42
Now had the victim shot and killed all of these bottem feeders the al sharpton would have been up in arms. Funny the spineless cowards are wearing hoodies....

VIDEO: U.S. Army soldier brutally beaten in South Tampa
Tampa, Florida -- Police want your help finding four men who teamed up to beat a young U.S. Army soldier in a South Tampa street.

It was an awful welcome to Tampa Bay for a young soldier. Police say the victim of a violent beating caught on camera is 24 years old and has lived in Tampa for less than a month.

Photo Gallery: Soldier beaten and robbed in South Tampa

He's a U.S. Army soldier assigned to MacDill Air Force Base and lives not far from the base at Dale Mabry Hwy. and Interbay Blvd.

Police say Sunday morning, at around 3 a.m., the soldier's car broke down a few miles from home along Westshore Blvd.

The attack came when he was walking home and using Iowa St. to get from Westshore to Dale Mabry. At the intersection of Iowa and Renellie Dr., the man came into the view of a neighbor's motion-activated security camera.

A group of three young men is seen walking ahead of the soldier. Police say one of the men in the group doubled back and asked to soldier to borrow a dollar. When the soldier reached for his wallet, the first punch flew.

The first, tremendous sucker punch laid the victim onto the ground. The other two men joined in, punching and kicking the soldier.

A fourth man comes sprinting into view from the left edge of the video. The new attacker -- a man the soldier said he had walked past earlier -- joined in the beating.

Tampa Police officers say the crooks stole the soldier's wallet and cell phone, then took off south on Renellie Dr. When he eventually got to his wallet, the first punch flew.

The first, tremendous sucker punch laid the victim onto the ground. The other two men joined in, punching and kicking the soldier.

A fourth man comes sprinting into view from the left edge of the video. The new attacker -- a man the soldier said he had walked past earlier -- joined in the beating.

Tampa Police officers say the crooks stole the soldier's wallet and cell phone, then took off south on Renellie Dr. When he eventually got to his feet, the victim had to knock on doors to find someone to help him call 911.

See Also: Video shows young soldier severely beaten

The soldier was taken to Tampa General Hospital with cuts and bruises on his face and head. Police say he is expected to make a full recovery.

Police say they haven't gotten many useful details about the suspects from the video.

The victim was not able to tell police much more: they're all in their late teens to early 20's. Two were black men with an average build, police said. One attacker was possibly Hispanic, also with an average build. The fourth man was also black, but with a heavier build.

Police are hoping someone knows about this brutal beating and will call Tampa Police at 813-354-6600 to help them find the attackers.

http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/article/255240/250/VIDEO-US-Army-soldier-brutally-beaten-in-South-Tampa-

glebo
05-15-2012, 17:04
And so it begins....more to follow...I'm sure..:mad:

tonyz
05-15-2012, 17:05
Fu$&ing animals.

Many Tampa neighborhoods can vary dramatically from one street to the next - particularly in the Westshore area. The Westshore area is near the airport and the interstate - lots of hotels (as well as the base just down Dale Mabry Highway) a fancy mall across the street next to the airport.

Transients, drug houses, gangs, trouble-in-general is never more than a street or two away. Damn predators.

I have stayed in the Westhore area dozens of times - this poor kid was obviously unfamiliar with the area and was probably observed as his car broke down.

Prayers out for his full recovery and justice be done to those animals.

The Reaper
05-15-2012, 17:26
Agreed, that is a bad neighborhood.

This is part of an increasing trend of racial violence that is going to continue.

TR

KimuraFTW
05-15-2012, 23:01
Scum...

MR2
05-16-2012, 05:07
May 15, 2012 12:00 A.M.
A Censored Race War (http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/299918/censored-race-war-thomas-sowell#)
The media ignore racially motivated black-on-white crime.

By Thomas Sowell

tonyz
05-16-2012, 06:17
May 15, 2012 12:00 A.M.
A Censored Race War (http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/299918/censored-race-war-thomas-sowell#)
The media ignore racially motivated black-on-white crime.

By Thomas Sowell

I saw that.

It takes courage to be Thomas Sowell and comment on what the MSM chooses largely to ignore - or at least underreport.

It takes courage in this day and age to be conservative and be black.

Unfortunately, the agitator-in-chief has been anything but the great uniter.

MOO, the MSM does not wish for us to believe that many of these attacks happen because of race.

VVVV
05-16-2012, 06:37
Fu$&ing animals.

Many Tampa neighborhoods can vary dramatically from one street to the next - particularly in the Westshore area. The Westshore area is near the airport and the interstate - lots of hotels (as well as the base just down Dale Mabry Highway) a fancy mall across the street next to the airport.



The attack didn't take place in the "neighborhood" where International Mall is located. The mall is about 5 miles / 15 min drive to the north. It's very foolish to walk in unfamiliar territory anywhere at 3 am I believe the area is known as Gandy Gardens, which is south of Rattlesnake!

tonyz
05-16-2012, 07:00
The attack didn't take place in the "neighborhood" where International Mall is located. The mall is about 5 miles / 15 min drive to the north. It's very foolish to walk in unfamiliar territory anywhere at 3 am I believe the area is known as Gandy Gardens, which is south of Rattlesnake!

I agree about walking in unfamiliar territory at 3:00 a.m. - 5 miles is 5 minutes drive or less - at that hour.

My observations were intended to suggest - that to those unfamiliar with that area of Tampa - one can be lulled into a false sense of security as one passes a number of hotels and restaurants, a very nice mall ...and 5 minutes later (or one street over) some quite hostile terriitory.

Having stayed on Westshore Blvd. itself - at a number of national name brand hotels - and going for a jog before sunrise I can attest to observing some questionable activity on some of the side streets running from Westshore.

Gandy Gardens is probably worse.

Badger52
05-16-2012, 08:38
And so it begins....more to follow...I'm sure..:mad:Yup, the playbook is runnin'. Perpetrators are enabled because they're in a protected-class of "historically disadvantaged" folks - so sayeth "their" Attorney General.

I like TS' intro comment RE a place where the Soldier had a right to be (bad neighborhood notwithstanding). Flip the chips and if 2 or 3 attackers went to the morgue how would the "disparity of force" discussion enter into it, or would it?

Hoodies. (Indeed, or that spidey sense going off about that nervous airplane passenger...)
Not talking simple prejudice here but, with all the nuances it comprises, in my view if you're not profiling you're either stupid or a liar.

VVVV
05-16-2012, 11:09
I agree about walking in unfamiliar territory at 3:00 a.m. - 5 miles is 5 minutes drive or less - at that hour.

My observations were intended to suggest - that to those unfamiliar with that area of Tampa - one can be lulled into a false sense of security as one passes a number of hotels and restaurants, a very nice mall ...and 5 minutes later (or one street over) some quite hostile terriitory.

Having stayed on Westshore Blvd. itself - at a number of national name brand hotels - and going for a jog before sunrise I can attest to observing some questionable activity on some of the side streets running from Westshore.

Gandy Gardens is probably worse.

5 miles in under 5 minutes!!! Which city street in Tampa has a 60 MPH speed limit and is without stop signs and traffic lights? I've lived in the Tampa/Tampa Bay area for 32 years and don't know of any.

The area that this attack happened is not like what you described...it's strictly residential (there are million dollar homes close by). As I said before, walking (especially alone) in unkown territory anywhere at 3 am is foolish . He had a cell phone, he should have called a cab or AAA. Luckily he will be okay.

tonyz
05-16-2012, 12:06
The area that this attack happened is not like what you described...it's strictly residential (there are million dollar homes close by). As I said before, walking (especially alone) in unkown territory anywhere at 3 am is foolish . He had a cell phone, he should have called a cab or AAA. Luckily he will be okay.

As I suggested - my observations were intended to convey - to those unfamiliar with that area of Tampa - one can be lulled into a false sense of security in Tampa.

Your observations regarding million dollar homes near the location of the attack tends to reinforce that notion.

In my experience, the neighborhoods can vary quite rapidly in Tampa - that can be a bit unusual for a newcomer.

I recently looked for housing in the area and was struck by how rapidly the neighborhoods change - sometimes street to street.

The last time I lived in Tampa I ended up on Harbour Island - downtown.

sf11b_p
05-16-2012, 14:34
He had a cell phone, he should have called a cab or AAA. Luckily he will be okay.

That sounds very reasonable. At 3am I wonder the waiting time for AAA to respond... do they respond for just anyone who calls with or without subscription? At 3am are cabbies responsive to calls from a cell to locations not a home or business, say you just want to be picked up at the intersection of what and ever?

Looks like he was a short distance from home, depending on route, when he was attacked.

PSM
05-20-2012, 18:21
Nabbed a couple of the scumbags: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/19/2807602/2-arrested-in-macdill-afb-soldier.html

Pat

Scimitar
05-20-2012, 19:38
"a nearby surveillance camera captured the image of a man running up to hand punch him"

Is a hand punch different from a regular punch? :p

S

Dusty
05-20-2012, 19:58
"a nearby surveillance camera captured the image of a man running up to hand punch him"

Is a hand punch different from a regular punch? :p

S

A "regular" punch to this slime is a kick to the head when the victim is on the ground and outnumbered by at least 5-to-1. Dirtbag shiteaters. :mad:

VVVV
05-20-2012, 21:18
http://southtampa.wtsp.com/news/crime/121455-two-arrests-made-relation-sgt-aparicio-robbery

http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/article/255881/8/Police-searching-for-two-more-suspects-in-soldier-attack

Sarski
05-20-2012, 22:43
A "regular" punch to this slime is a kick to the head when the victim is on the ground and outnumbered by at least 5-to-1. Dirtbag shiteaters. :mad:

I hate to ever sound dogmatic, QP Dusty, but those destined to meet their own similar fate are not too far away from the paths the choose to walk.

-Sarski

greenberetTFS
05-21-2012, 10:08
Agreed, that is a bad neighborhood.

This is part of an increasing trend of racial violence that is going to continue.

TR

I concur.........:mad:

Big Teddy :munchin

VVVV
05-21-2012, 11:10
IMO, it appears to be a crime of opportunity rather than racial violence.

Weller
06-06-2012, 19:49
It's always good to know the community has your back.

http://www2.tbo.com/news/news/2012/may/16/1/tampa-church-offers-5000-reward-in-soldiers-beatin-ar-404436/

A $16250 reward was out for the attackers.