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Police identify 5 suspects in downtown attack
By Kris Betts Bio | Email | Follow: @KrisB_KVUE Posted on February 12, 2014 at 5:11 P.M.; updated today at 5:20 P.M. KVUE News and KVUE.comAUSTIN -- Police have identified five out of six suspects connected to a downtown attack captured by a viral video.
[N.S.: Correction: Captured by a video that has since gone viral.]
It happened just east of Interstate 35 on Jan. 26.
Police say they haven't charged the men because they are waiting to identify the sixth man involved, which may take a few more days.
Two of the men will also be charged with theft of a person for stealing wallets.
More than 400,000 people have watched the video.
Police chief Art Acevedo says the [gang attack] fight was not racially motivated.
"Some people have tried to paint this as a racial attack of African Americans against two white gentlemen, and let me just say this: our investigation has determined that race played absolutely zero part in this incident," Acevedo said. "This was nothing more than a bunch of people going downtown, getting too drunk, some probably smoking some weed."
Police say the fight started when the two groups passed each other and words were exchanged.
No one was seriously injured in the fight.
[That’s yet another case of defining “serious” down.]
I live in Austin. I must say, I don't recall seeing this story featured on two of local news web sites that I visit on a daily basis (for weather, etc.)
ReplyDeleteHow strange!
Seriously, Austin likes to think of itself as being hip and laid-back. The fact that racist blacks are attacking whites here is probably very difficult for many people to accept.
On a more serious note, my step-daughter lives in east Austin with her boyfriend. Although more white lives there these days, and even though some areas (like the site of the old airport) have been gentrified, I still pray for their safety.