Brandon DeQuan Harper, Justin Harper & 17 YO Juvenile Arrested Tuscaloosa Waffle House Fight Caught on Video

Tuscaloosa police arrested Brandon DeQuan Harper, 21, Justin Darnell Harper, 19, and a 17 year old male in a Sunday morning brawl at a Waffle House.

The men were charged with disorderly conduct and their bonds were set at $300. That's quite laughable because such a low bond isn't a deterrent to future criminal behavior. I'm sure they will get in trouble again. According to AL.com, investigators have determined that the fight was linked to an August robbery. The suspect in the case saw the victim in the Waffle House, then started an altercation that led to the fight.

Troy Dale West Arrested and Charged with Battery for Beating African American Woman Tasha Hill, May be a Hate Crime

The FBI has launched an investigation in the beating of Tasha Hill, an African American woman, in Morrow, Ga., by a white man, Troy Dale West, of Poulan, Ga., after he attacked her after she asked him to be "be careful" at a Cracker Barrel restaurant. This incident occurred on September 9th at 7:30 p.m. This dirtbag thought he could get away with assaulting this woman for no reason, but he was wrong. We are heading down a slippery slope in America where racial relations are concerned. There are too many racial hostilities rearing their ugly heads. I could think of some choice words to describe this man, but I will leave that up to court system and the FBI.

Police said an investigation revealed that the Ms. Hill, was entering the Cracker Barrel with her 7-year-old daughter as West was leaving the restaurant. As West was leaving, the exit door came close to striking the 7-year-old daughter of the victim, police said. Thank God there were witnesses who said Hill politely asked West to be careful, officials said.

"The man slung open the door pretty hard and fast and I had to push my daughter out of the way. I turned to the man and I just said, 'Excuse me sir, you need to watch yourself you almost hit my daughter in the face.' And from there it just went downhill," said Hill.

At that point, West became enraged and began to beat the victim in front of her 7-year-old daughter, according to police. Hill said she told West she was an Army service member and she did not want any trouble. West threw her to the ground and hit her in the head with his fists and feet, police said. During the exchange, witnesses said West could be heard screaming racial slurs at the victim."Then he punched me in my face," said Hill. "And I fell to the ground and he proceeded to punch in my head and face." Source: WSBTV

What is amazing is that Rush Limbaugh has accused President Barack Obama of fanning the flames of racism in the beating of a white kid in Belleville, MO., but he is mysteriously silent on this obvious hate crime inflicted by a white man on a black woman.

This case has been referred to the FBI Civil Rights Division for a possible violation of Federal Hate Crime Laws. The dirtbag, West, bonded out of jail after being arrested and charged with battery, disorderly conduct, and cruelty to children in the first degree. West has bonded out of jail. It takes a real low-life to beat a woman.

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Sgt. James Crowley, the Arresting Officer of Henry L. Gates, Jr., also at Scene of Reggie Lewis' Fatal Death in 1993, Refuses to Apologize for Actions

Sgt. James Crowley, Photo by Christopher Evans

The fallout from the arrest of Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. continues. Sgt. James Crowley, the police officer who arrested Gates, has said that he isn't a racist and he will not apologize to Mr. Gates for his actions, which can be considered as racial profiling to many. There's an interesting revelation about Mr. Crowley that has come to light. He was a campus police at Brandeis University when Reggie Lewis suffered a fatal attack July 27, 1993, during an off-season practice there. Did he do enough to save Lewis, a black man then and did he do enough to treat Mr. Gates with dignity and respect now? He claimed, during an interview with the Boston Herald, that he cried many nights when questioned about "whether he had done enough to save the black athlete." “Some people were saying ‘There’s the guy who killed Reggie Lewis’ afterward. I was broken-hearted. I cried for many nights,” he said.

The bottom line is that once Crowley realized that Mr. Gates, 58, was not a burglar, then he could have easily just left the scene and went on his business. He owes Mr. Gates an apology and since he figured so prominently in another incident, albeit a tragic one, involving another black man, his police record is worth a second and closer look. Crowley says he harbors no “ill feelings toward the professor,” but added that “I just have nothing to apologize for,” he said. “It will never happen.” Really? It's really unfortunate that he feels this way and isn't man enough to admit that mistakes were made in this case.

Gates, who upon his arrest allegedly shouted to a gathering crowd on Ware Street, “This is what happens to black men in America!” believes he was targeted by Crowley - whom he called a “rogue” cop - because of his race. I wouldn't say it started out as a deliberate act by Crowley because he was responding to a call, but it certainly ended that way. It has proven that even though blacks have made significant gains in America, we are still marginalized and are discriminated against in many instances. So many black men -- decent, law-abiding, hardworking, family-oriented and educated -- have been the victims of exactly what happened to Professor Gates. I am hopeful that this will bring the issue front and center for debate and change.

Crowley, an 11-year veteran of the force, oversees the evidence room, paid details and records unit. He also coaches youth basketball, baseball and softball. I seem to recall that there were many members of the Ku Klux Klan who went to church regularly, were gainfully employed and were movers and shakers in their communities, but they were still racists. I am not saying that Mr. Crowley is a racist, but it seems a little weird that he has factored so prominently in two seemingly racist cases involving two prominent black men.

Here's my problem with President Obama's response -- he should not have said that the "Cambridge police acted stupidly," without knowing the facts. What he did was take the side of Mr. Gates without really knowing all the facts in this case. I am not saying that there are no incidents of racial profiling in this country or that this wasn't such an occurrence. Each black male or Latino has a story to tell about being stopped by a cop at some point in their lives, but President Obama could have declined to point fingers at the police department. Yes, he could have stated that racial profiling continues to be a problem in the United States, but he could have avoided direct criticism of the officer(s) involved. This is becoming a big distraction for President Obama and it really didn't have to end up this way.

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