Re: 1st degree verbal assault and battery hate crime at Applebees

From: cali (calculus_at_softhome.net)
Date: 01/21/05

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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:45:52 -0000

    This is the wierdest spam I have ever seen, maybe it is to solicit responses
    to harvest email addresses for a particular kind of targeted advertising. Or
    maybe a ludicrous attempt at trolling.

    cali

    > Hello questions@freebsd.org,
    >
    > Happy New Year to you.
    >
    > Well, I ended 2004 by being called a "***" several times by a white
    > terrorist in APPLEBEES on December 30. The reason I'm posting you is to
    > seek your advice as to what rights I have in a violent verbal assault,
    > and hate crime situation like this. What would you do if something this
    > devilish had happened to you?
    >
    > This is the second time this has happened to me in the same Applebees. The
    > first time was about five years ago when I overheard a professional person
    > using the "N" word to a white woman friend of his as they sat across from
    > me at the bar.
    >
    > She was telling him that she had found a new boyfriend and thought that
    > things were going to work out well for her. The fellow looked at her and
    > then said "I hope he's not a "***" I was astounded that he had said
    > something so lowlife in a full club with about 20 people sitting at the
    > bar and the rest of the tables nearby full as well.
    >
    > The bartender had been living with an African American male for over five
    > years at the time. She looked astounded, and turned to me as if she
    > couldn't believe her ears. I turned to the white people on each side of
    > me, and asked them if they were going to say something to the person. They
    > are always saying that they are not prejudiced. so this would have been
    > the perfect time for some of them to back up their words with action.
    >
    > They did nothing! They just looked at each other in that silly "HUH Head"
    > look that they utilize when they run into an idea that they had never
    > considered before on the subject of race. The manager did come out and ask
    > him to leave. He did so and to my knowledge he has never gone back. I have
    > seen the fellow in other clubs where the clientele is more receptive to
    > his modo di pensare. I did nothing official that time. This time I'm
    > trying to determine what the best way to proceed would be. Here are most
    > of the facts as to what occurred last Thursday, the 30th of December 2004.
    >
    > I went out to Applebees here in Cape Girardeau, Missouri around 2100. I
    > sat on the north end of the bar next to several young white women. One of
    > them was named "VanMater" from the Buick family here. I talked to them
    > about various subjects for about 30 minutes and bought them some
    > Frangelico. They had never tasted it so I thought I would let them sample
    > something different since they were kind enough to talk to me a 58 year
    > young African American. Most whites won't.
    >
    > Then they left and a friend of mine from Birmingham Alabama called me on
    > his cell phone. We talked for about fifteen minutes about the state of the
    > world and how savage, and inhumane so many Americans are in their thinking
    > when it comes to how they view others around the world.
    >
    > Out of the corner of my right eye, I notice the young blond white woman to
    > my right pushing a picture of a cute bi-racial child towards me. I picked
    > it up and looked at it. Then I complimented the female on having a little
    > girl that was so cute. After a few more minutes of talking to my friend, I
    > hung up and started talking to the young blonde white woman, her female
    > friend next to her, and her Canadian boyfriend to her right.
    >
    > The blonde's name was what it is. She said she was a hair stylist at a
    > salon here. I was telling them about how my cousin owned the Harlem
    > Globetrotter basketball team, and how there had been a couple of streets
    > named after my mothers family around here. I was basically giving them a
    > quick history on some black folks who were highly respected in this area.
    >
    > After about twenty minutes or so this 40ish white ball cap wearing, truck
    > driver looking white fellow across the bar asked me when we had graduated
    > from high school. I told him when I had graduated, and then N told him
    > when she graduated. The white supremacist then said "One of you is right,
    > and one of you is a fucking ***"
    >
    > I picked up my cell phone and called the police as the Applebees manager
    > was not on the scene. I had no idea what that piece of white trash would
    > do next. After a few minutes Ed, the manager came over to the WS, and told
    > him that he had to leave the club.
    >
    > The fellow got up and slowly walked toward the door selling wolf tickets
    > all the way. The policeman arrived and he stood in the vestibule and
    > talked to the manager of Applebees. He never came over and asked me
    > anything; nor did he advise me of my rights in that situation.
    >
    > I'm one of the charter members of Applebees here. I have been going there
    > since about six months after they opened in 1991, and I've never had a
    > serious incident like this one
    >
    > So I went back to talking to the three people. Now of course we were
    > talking about the white supremacist and his actions. One white 20ish
    > female caught my eye, grinned and gave me the thumbs up sign. Apparently
    > she was happy that he was gone.
    >
    > After about 20 minutes, another young white female stopped behind me and
    > told me that the fellow was still in the parking lot in his truck. None of
    > the other white men there, except for the canadian fella I was talking to
    > had anything positive to say to me, and they said nothing to the WS who
    > started the whole incident. Why am I not surprised?
    >
    > So I called the police department again. I relayed the information to the
    > police and sat back once more. After a few minutes the officer arrived and
    > for the second time, the Applebees manager met him in the vestibule, and
    > they talked for a few minutes. Again, the policeman never came over to
    > talk to me at all. Now I really felt something odd was going on because
    > I'm the one doing the calling, but no one wants to talk to me. Is that
    > normal police procedure now across the USA?
    >
    > Nicole was very quiet while the white guy was calling me a ***. She got
    > on her cell phone and called her biracial boyfriend and told him to come
    > by. The other couple got
    > Up and left after a half hour or so. Then this attractive light skinned
    > black man about 25 came in and Nicole snuggled up in his arms as he sat
    > down beside her.
    >
    > She told him what had happened and he began telling us what all behind he
    > would have kicked had it been done to him. He told me he was a criminal
    > and didn't play that sort of mess. The more we discussed it the more they
    > seemed to try to blame me for everything. I asked Nicole why she had
    > become such a chatterbox now that her black boyfriend had arrived. She
    > laughed and said that she felt safe now. They continued spewing out all
    > sort of nonsense about race that mentally confused Bi-racials, and
    > uninformed Caucasians tend to do. So after fifteen minutes of listening to
    > their ignorance, I told them I had to go. I wished them a happy New Year
    > and walked outside to the parking lot.
    >
    > I saw the truck was still there. So when I left I drove around town in a
    > random manner for about fifteen minutes to see if I was being followed.
    > When I felt that I wasn't I headed on home and called it a night. I
    > decided to stay home for New Years eve as I didn't want to run into any
    > more of these beer drinking, ball cap wearing rabid, mad dog, psychotic
    > folks like I had the night before. I didn't want to start the New Year
    > being a victim, or being in jail for harming some piece of trash.
    >
    > I haven't heard anything at all from Applebees yet. I'm not surprised
    > however. They didn't say or do anything when I called them about the first
    > incident.
    >
    > So there you have it. What should I do in this situation? What are my
    > rights? I've emailed Applebees twice, and spoke to them twice, but so far
    > they have done nothing.
    >
    > I think an apology is owed and reparations should be given.
    >
    > I would really appreciate it if you would take a few minutes of your time
    > to think about this and then email me back with your suggestions if you
    > think there is a fair and just remedy for me here.
    >
    > Amicably Yours
    >
    >
    > If you have a interest in being helpful to me then,
    > email me at clb6969@charterinternet.com
    >
    > So mote it be
    >
    >
    >
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