http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/MSU-student-says-his-beating-was-hate-crime/-/1719418/16286048/-/lnd9mo/-/index.html
Sophomore in collage, Zach Tennen
was at a party at MSU when he was brutally beaten just off campus. His jaw was
broken and had to be wired shut, and after he came to, he found that his mouth
had been stapled shut through his gums. Zach also declares that the beating was
a hate crime. Before the incident took place, Zach claimed that some men
approached him and asked if he was Jewish. After he replied yes, the men made
Nazi symbols with their arms, saluted Hitler, and said they were members of the
K.K.K. Zach admits to consuming a small amount of alcohol earlier that night.
I think
that this incident has a few other possibilities. Zach may have confessed to consuming
a small amount of alcohol, but what if that was the case? I don’t know of any
underage person who would admit to committing legal deeds. So Zach could have
consumed not only alcohol, but maybe drugs too. This would have made the
situation seem worse, but not saying the situation was bad. Also, the attackers
could have been under the influence of alcohol and or drugs. That doesn’t
excuse the act, but it may have been a joke taken too far or something they may
not have normally done.
This news
story is definitely one sided. There is no argument defending the attackers or
thought about other possibilities, like both Zach and the attackers being under
the influence.
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